Psychological & Brain Sciences 391CU - S-Cultural Diversity/Globe
Spring
2024
01
3.00
Mohammad Atari
TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
19859
Tobin Hall room 307
matari@umass.edu
The main aim of this course is to look at how culture shapes the way humans think, feel, and act. This course is about why people from different parts of the world think and behave differently, why Homo sapiens is a cultural species, how cultural learning shapes the human mind, and why there is substantial diversity in our psychology around the globe. The materials is this course cover topics like how culture affects our emotions, sense of self, morals, and how people behave in social contexts.
Open to juniors and seniors whose primary major is Psychology. Pre Req: PSYCH 241