Course Info

Browse the Course Catalog Course Search

Course Info for PSYC - 346 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 3104 Title: Intergroup Relations Department: Psychology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 16 Current enrollment: 10 Available seats: 6
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, MC - 313 Instructor(s): Outten, Robert
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 226.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Writing Emphasis Part2 Requirements
Course Description:
This course will provide students with a basic understanding of the psychological study of intergroup relations—how people of different groups relate to one another. The area of intergroup relations focuses on the psychological processes involved with how individuals perceive, judge, reason about, feel, and behave toward people in other groups. Social groups can take many forms, ranging from classic social groups (e.g., race, gender, age, ethnicity, religion, class, sexual orientation), not so classic social groups (e.g., weight, mental ability, physical ability, physical attractiveness) to minimal groups. We will examine some of the causes and consequences of intergroup inequality, and explore ways in which the psychological study of intergroup relations can inform attempts at social change.