PSYC 791W (03) - Special Topics
SpcTop/SciStdyGroups&Bias
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
CRN: 56346
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location | |
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1/23/2024 | 5/6/2024 | MW | 2:10pm - 3:30pm | MCC 110 | |
Final Exam | 5/10/2024 | 5/10/2024 | F | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | MCC 110 |
Social Psychology of Prejudice
When you meet someone new, you make a guess about their gender, race/ethnicity, and age. You do this really quickly and often without thought. These group identities then guide how you interact with that person and your own sense of yourself. Here, we’ll read scientific articles about group biases. We’ll learn about bias in minds (how individual people think) and bias in systems (collective, institutional). We’ll learn about different ways the mind works (psychological processes) that contribute to biases and discrimination. We’ll often focus on gender and race/ethnicity groups. But you’ll also learn about groups more generally.