MA in Psychology - Social Psychology in Honolulu United States | University of Hawaii at Manoa

The Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social (CNS) program pioneers innovative research on human behavior, examining processes from cellular interactions to societal dynamics, while investigating how brain mechanisms and behavior intersect within social environments. To address compelling questions in these domains, faculty and graduate students employ diverse methodologies including behavioral experiments, psychophysical measurements, computational modeling, virtual reality eye-tracking and motion analysis, EEG, fMRI, along with developmental, genetic, and animal studies. CNS graduate students gain cross-disciplinary education spanning all three focus areas, actively contributing to both established and emerging research initiatives. While typically guided by faculty specializing in cognition, neuroscience, or social psychology, students have opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship.
Social: This psychological discipline examines individuals within their social environments, investigating how situational factors influence human thoughts, emotions, and actions. Current research develops and evaluates theories of social behavior to enhance understanding of various human experiences, including relationship dynamics, prejudice and stereotypes, person perception, judgment biases, emotional processes, cultural cognition, prosocial and aggressive behaviors, self-concept development, and attitude formation and change.