Psychology of Evil

3 credits

Using examples from psychological research and historical events such as the Stanford Prison Experiment, residential schools, and the Holocaust, this course will examine the processes that lead humans to commit and/or tolerate large scale acts of evil. ***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102, or permission of the Department Head and completion of 60 credit hours.*** *Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*