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Social Psychology: Understanding Human Behavior Professor Kristin Sommer (Ph.D. in Social Psychology from The University of Toledo) |
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 Broadly defined, social psychology is the study of how people's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others. Participants in this one-day workshop will be exposed to some of the key social psychological principles and phenomena affecting workplace behavior and decision-making. Each topic will be introduced by way of classic studies in the area, followed by a review of contemporary research findings that illustrate how these processes play out in a work context. Throughout the workshop, participants will be exposed to the scientific tools used to test research hypotheses in the social sciences.^Top
 Professor Sommer received her Ph.D. in social psychology (with minors in statistics and personality psychology) from the University of Toledo in 1995. After completing a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, she joined the faculty at Baruch College where she is currently an associate professor. Dr. Sommer teaches undergraduate and doctoral courses in research methods and social psychology. She also teaches a class on research design in work organizations as part of Baruch College's Executive Master's Programme in Management of Human Resource and Global Leadership in Taipei, Taiwan.Dr. Sommer's primary research interests involve the cognitive and behavioral consequences of interpersonal rejection. She and her colleagues are investigating the myriad ways in which self-protection motives following rejection influence perceptions of, and behaviors toward, new (non-rejecting) relationship partners. The theme underlying this work is that people seek to minimize the pain of future rejection by cognitively derogating others and dismissing the importance of relationships, while simultaneously avoiding behaviors that objectively increase the likelihood of rejection. Her studies document how brief experiences with rejection negatively impact broad social expectancies and beliefs about others' traits and motives. They also explore the extent to which rejected individuals attempt to mask their disliking of others through the active suppression of controlling or critical behaviors. The research she is currently conducting with doctoral students examines how the paradoxical coupling of interpersonal derogation and rejection-avoidance plays out in interactions between supervisors and subordinates in a simulated work context. Specifically, these studies explore how rejected individuals put in a supervisory role negotiate the delicate balance between the need to deliver negative performance feedback to subordinates and their desire to avoid rejection by others. ^Top
Receive complimentary advisory session with our expert trainer to discuss the issues that matter to your business. ^Top
To ensure maintain the quality of the Master Class, enrolment is capped at 15 participants per session. Registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Register by calling: (65) 6720 3333 or email: training@aventisgroup.com.sg ^Top
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The workshop will be organized into three sections. Part 1: Stereotyping and prejudice
Note: given the time constraint we may not be able to cover all topics mentioned in the tentative workshop outline. ^Top |
