Social Psychology of Attraction and Relationships

This course provides information about attraction and relationships, broadly defined. Topics in the course include how people learn about each other, the mechanisms that underlying the initial decisions on whether we like people or not, and psychological models of relationship satisfaction. The course also differentiates types of love and describes the decision process when people leave relationships. Within each of these topics, people are encouraged to apply the concepts to their own relati

• Describe key psychological concepts of relationships and attraction
• Explain impression formation, nature of love, and termination processes
• Apply relationship models to predict satisfaction and longevity