PSYCH 137I
Interpersonal Influence and Social Power
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Study of theory and research that addresses influence and persuasion from social psychological perspective. Particular attention given to reviewing theory and empirical research on conformity, compliance, and obedience. Covers attitudes and their measurement, factors that make persuasive messages effective in changing attitudes, social influence online, cross-cultural influence, and resisting persuasion and influence attempts. Application of findings from social influence literature to understanding influence processes in various social contexts. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2019 - By far this has been the worse class I’ve taken at UCLA. The readings are redundant, so you better not have anything else to do because they will consume your time. The writing assignment is a complete joke with unclear guidelines, but points will be deducted based on subjective measures such as and I quote “to me it feels to long.” The lectures are a pain to sit through. I’m a senior with a record of As and Bs in all my classes, but I got a C in this class not because I didn’t do well on the exams and not because the material was hard, but because the professor and her TA had to much power and control over my written assignment, so because they both personally didn’t like me they were able to make sure that I did poorly in this class. Dr. Smurda should be sued for unfair practices along with her TA Macrina Cooper-Smith.
Fall 2019 - By far this has been the worse class I’ve taken at UCLA. The readings are redundant, so you better not have anything else to do because they will consume your time. The writing assignment is a complete joke with unclear guidelines, but points will be deducted based on subjective measures such as and I quote “to me it feels to long.” The lectures are a pain to sit through. I’m a senior with a record of As and Bs in all my classes, but I got a C in this class not because I didn’t do well on the exams and not because the material was hard, but because the professor and her TA had to much power and control over my written assignment, so because they both personally didn’t like me they were able to make sure that I did poorly in this class. Dr. Smurda should be sued for unfair practices along with her TA Macrina Cooper-Smith.
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