心理学文学硕士-社会心理学

社会心理学的核心见解之一是人类的思想和行为受社会环境的影响。社会心理学研究生计划通过创建一个协作环境将这种见解付诸实践，自计划启动以来，该环境已成功进行了创新性的实验研究。理查德·沃尔特斯（Richard Walters），梅尔文·勒纳（Melvin Lerner），迈克尔·罗斯（Michael Ross），约翰·福尔摩斯（John Holmes），马克·赞纳（Mark Zanna）和齐瓦·昆达（Ziva Kunda）的工作树立了滑铁卢大学作为社会心理学国际领导者的声誉。滑铁卢大学被评为加拿大和北美地区最
Social Psychology emerged to understand social movements, injustice, polarization, racism, and cultural divides. Its core insight concerns the mutual constitution of culture and the mind, highlighting how social context and individual differences shape human thought, emotion, and behaviour. Waterloo is the birthplace of Social Psychology in Canada, and our alumni are major contributors in all research-intensive institutions in Canada (and many abroad), and in leading governmental and industry positions. Social Psychology program in Waterloo provides a collaborative and innovative research environment. Our students typically work with multiple faculty members, conduct several lines of research, and use cutting-edge experimental, survey, data science, or psychophysiological methods. Students have many opportunities to present their findings in weekly seminars and lab meetings and to attend professional conferences. As one of the top programs in North America, we aim to address major social challenges, be it in interpersonal relationships, groups, or societal change. We use innovative, cutting-edge and interdisciplinary methods. We work with industry partners and big data, to address bold, understudied questions aiming to improve human condition.