0 or 3 credits
Fall 2026 Lecture Distance Learning Upper Division
This course examines the topics of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination from a social psychological perspective. Relying on empirical findings and relevant theoretical approaches, the course moves beyond lay opinions to explore the social psychological foundations and forms of stereotyping and prejudice, and to examine various strategies for reducing intergroup biases.
Learning Outcomes1Describe how social psychologists define stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, and distinguish between various theoretical approaches to studying these ideas.
2Recognize and analyze the scientific methods and theoretical frameworks used to study these topics, including how people perceive, evaluate, and behave toward others based on a wide range of self-reported social identities (e.g., race, gender, sexuality, age, ability, appearance) and other group memberships or belief systems.
3Define and describe processes, social conditions, and individual-difference factors that influence the development of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination across multiple domains.
4Describe and analyze the effectiveness of various methods to reduce stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.
5Apply course principles to examples in everyday life, analyze how intergroup attitudes relate to broader social behavior, and more confidently interpret or confront real-world examples of prejudice where they see it.
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