This course aims to advance multicultural thinking in the study and practice of psychology by increasing understanding about mental health problems affecting the major U.S. ethnic minority groups. First, the course will use self-examination to provide an experiential understanding of ethnocultural development. Second, it will provide theoretical models and concepts for understanding ethnic minority mental health in a sociocultural, historical, psychological, and methodological context.

Topics course. The seminar considers contemporary work on the relationship between language and thought, including the recent rise in "Neo-Whorfianism" or cross-cultural work on whether the language we speak influences the way that we think, also the relationship of concepts and linguistic labels, and on the potential role of syntax on conceptions of events. Prerequisites: at least one of PSY 120, PSY 160, PSY/PHI 209, PSY/PHI 213 , PHI 236, , PHI 262, or permission of instructor.

Considers language and communication difficulties and disorders in adults and children arising from such factors as sensory impairment (deafness and blindness), cognitive and social impairment (Down's syndrome and autism), and specific language impairment. Studies the brain mechanisms underlying language disorders through cases of adult and childhood aphasia resulting from brain damage. Also covers issues of language assessment and intervention. Enrollment limit of 25 students. (E)

How do we know who is a terrorist? A good Muslim? A bad Arab? a criminal? A (bad) immigrant v. a cosmopolitan citizen? Do persons make decisions about their identities or are they "produced" in ways beyond their control? Can one's racial, ethnic, gendered self-recognition be publicized in ways that they like, or will that identity necessarily be misrecognized and reappropriated? In this course, we will look at a range of writings on how groups, cultures, and identities are created within political and legal contests.