PSYCH 4070 - The Origins of Us vs Them

(SBA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Application required. Co-meets with PSYCH 6070.

K. Kinzler.

How do we divide the world into social groups, and are we predisposed to like people who are “like us”? Drawing on literature from social, cognitive, moral, and developmental psychology, this course will explore the origins of people’s tendency to categorize the world into social groups.