Psychology & Brain Sciences 217 - Psych Of Cruelty & Kindness

Spring
2020
01
3.00
Brian Lickel
M W 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
48237
Hasbrouck Lab Add room 20
blickel@psych.umass.edu
Important forms of kindness and cruelty (from helping and harming among individuals to violence between groups and genocide). Historical conditions, cultures, personal characteristics that lead to kindness or cruelty. Devaluation, scapegoating, the role of ideology; prosocial values, empathy, feelings of responsibility. Socialization, experience with peers, culture promoting kindness or cruelty. Prerequisite: introductory psychology.
Pre Req: PSYCH 100 or 110
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Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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