How to navigate the social world

Undergraduate / Graduate

How do children navigate the complex and sophisticated social world? This seminar is designed to shed light on this question to help students develop an understanding of the foundations of human nature in social contexts. It will provide an overview of the topics in early social cognition, including psychological reasoning, theories of mind, essentialism, social categorization, moral development, stereotypes and prejudice. It will cover the classic theories and empirical cutting-edge research in social cognitive development, as well as introducing methods, paradigms and research designs in this area.