Psychology 269 - COLQ: CATEG & INTERGROUP BEHAV

A broad consideration of the nature of prejudice, stereotypes and intergroup relations from the perspective of social cognition with emphasis on issues of race and ethnicity. We will encounter theories and research concerning the processes of self-and-other categorization, socioidentity, stereotyping, prejudice, and strategies from the reduction of intergroup hostility that these approaches inform. Enrollment limited to 18.