I just want to express a Warm Welcome to You for signing up for this course. I am so very happy that you will be joining me this semester. This is an Introduction to Social Psychology. This is one of my favorite courses to teach. Social Psychology is the scientific study of the causes and consequences of people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions regarding themselves and other people. It is a set of concepts and discoveries that can fundamentally expand and enrich your understanding of yourself, those in your social sphere, and events in the world around you.