Description
This course explores the psychological and social factors that influence how we perceive race and how differing notions about race affect our interactions with people from different racial or ethnic groups. The course begins with an interdisciplinary examination of ideas about race, including biological, culrural and perceptual constructs. Cultural transmission theories including meme theory are used to examine how beliefs about race are acquired, reinforced and expressed. We explore the neuropsychology of perception and attribution theory to better understand how race influences our personal and social experience. We will consider the application of this understanding with a variety of psychological and educaitonal contexts.