About this course: The level of popularity you experienced in childhood and adolescence is still affecting you today in ways that you may not even realize. Learn about how psychologists study popularity and how these same concepts can be used in adulthood to be more successful at work, become better parents, and have a happier life.
Who is this class for: This class is for anyone who went to high school. By the time you finish this course, you will never think about popularity the same way again. You will think differently about how to help today's generation of popularity-obsessed teens, and you may just feel better about your own adolescence too!
Created by: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Taught by: Dr. Mitch Prinstein , John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Author of Popular: The Power of Likeability in a Status-Obsessed World
UNC Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 6 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
How is Popularity Affecting Your Life as an Adult?
We will review how popularity is changing your social information processing and DNA expression.
5 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: Grading and Logistics
- Video: Is Popularity in Our DNA?
- Video: How Popularity Affects Us Thousands of Times a Day
- Video: Do You Have a Hostile Attribution Bias?
- Video: Do You Have a Rejection Sensitivity Bias?
Graded: Module 1 Quiz
WEEK 2
How Do We Study Popularity Scientifically?
We will discuss the ways that we have identified different subgroups of kids and adults who have
different popularity profiles.
5 videos
- Video: Asking Peers About Children’s Popularity
- Video: What are the 5 Categories of “Sociometric Popularity”?
- Video: Does Popularity Change When Moving to a New Context?
- Video: A New Form of Popularity in Adolescence?
Graded: Module 2 Quiz
WEEK 3
Why are Some People More Popular Than Others? (Part 1)
We will discuss what behaviors popular people engage in, and what types of specific behaviors make
people unpopular almost immediately. Implications for adult relationships will be discussed.
4 videos
- Video: Other Social Behaviors That Make People Popular
- Video: What Forms of Aggression are Related to Popularity and Rejection?
- Video: What Functions of Aggression are Related to Popularity and Rejection?
Graded: Module 3 Quiz
WEEK 4
Why are Some People More Popular Than Others? (Part 2)
We will review why facial and body attractiveness plays a role in popularity and how parents can make
their children more popular.
4 videos
- Video: Body Attractiveness and Popularity
- Video: Can Smart Kids be Popular?
- Video: How Did Your Parents Determine How Popular You Were?
Graded: Module 4 Quiz
WEEK 5
How Does Popularity Change Our Mood, Feelings, and Behaviors? (Part 1)
We will discuss recent findings regarding the links between popularity and psychopathology.
6 videos
- Video: How Does Popularity Predict Delinquency?
- Video: Different Types of Rejected Children
- Video: Why Do Rejected-Aggressive Children Have so Many Difficulties?
- Video: How Does Popularity Predict Internalizing Symptoms?
- Video: How Does Depression Predict Peer Rejection?
Graded: Module 5 Quiz
WEEK 6
How Does Popularity Change Our Mood, Feelings, and Behaviors? (Part 2)
We will review why popular people really do have better skills and life outcomes compared to others.
5 videos
- Video: Let’s Talk About Sex (and Babies)!
- Video: Popular Teens are Not as Risky as we Thought?
- Video: How Does Popularity Predict Long-Term Adult Outcomes?
- Video: Closing Video
Graded: Module 6 Quiz
FAQs
How It Works
课程作业
每门课程都像是一本互动的教科书，具有预先录制的视频、测验和项目。
来自同学的帮助
与其他成千上万的学生相联系，对想法进行辩论，讨论课程材料，并寻求帮助来掌握概念。
证书
获得正式认证的作业，并与朋友、同事和雇主分享您的成功。
Creators
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is known around the world for innovative teaching and research. Regularly ranked as the nation’s best value for academic quality, UNC has produced the most Rhodes Scholars for the past 25 years among U.S. public research universities.
Pricing
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Ratings and Reviews
I'm from Perú and I found it really interesting. All the lectures are very clear. I can relate what I learned here with the social interaction I see at work.
The course itself is great and have a lot of awesome points, such as:
- interesting subject and I couldn't wait to finish it.
- it helped me to understand what exactly is my problem with peers and romantic relationship. Now I have clear goals to work with: no hostile attribution bias, not to be excessive reassurance seeker.
Though, for my point of view it needs some polish.
- Entire course is possible to complete in 1 day, due to NO homework, NO lectures, NO extra resources for study.
- The topic is not disclosed and leaves more questions than answers. Lecture "Does popularity change when moving to a new context?". Why they didn't make experiment with selecting only popular kinds from all schools and putting them together? Most probably, roles would change. There was similar experiment on rats https://steemit.com/psychology/@natord/social-roles-exploiter-worker-whipping-boy-and-independent
- No links to resources. I would like to see more details on experiments. I would like to know more data of experiments such as how many children were participating?
- Data is not structured. Charts with one axis, one curve with two names. The idea is clear, but not mathematically expressed correctly.
- Strange analyze of data. Difference of 6% considers as a huge one, difference of 30% not important.
- Contradictive course. First he said it's almost impossible to change group, later he provides fact that in 2 year 58% of not aggressive - rejected (50% of all rejected) kids becomes not rejected.
- Some terms are not explained and used as everybody should know it. For example I find internalizing/externalizing symptoms not very common.
Interesting lecture!
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