Psychology & Brain Sciences 217 - Psych Of Cruelty & Kindness

Fall
2017
01
3.00
Brian Lickel
M W F 9:05AM 9:55AM
UMass Amherst
36493
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
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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