PhD Social Psychology

The doctoral program in Social Psychology is designed to train researchers to use rigorous scientific methods to uncover the fundamental principles underlying social behavior and to address practical questions about everyday relations among people. Their students combine continuous involvement in research with a series of courses designed to provide broad substantive knowledge, as well as methodological and quantitative expertise. The goals of their program are to:-provide a setting in which students can grow toward mature roles as researchers, teachers, and consultants in basic and applied areas of social psychology;-advance basic knowledge in psychology and apply that knowledge to society; and-make continuing contributions to our discipline through the achievements of the program s graduates.Since its implementation in 1973, the social psychology program at ASU has greatly grown and is now widely recognized as among the best such programs in the country.