THE PSYCHOLOGY AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF FORGIVENESS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn what forgiveness is and is not and be able to apply this knowledge as appropriate in situations of injustice Audience: Undergraduate 2. Acquire knowledge about how forgiveness develops in adults and in children, including empirically-verified studies showing these advances; Audience: Undergraduate 3. Think critically about forgiveness and address philosophical and psychological objections to forgiveness Audience: Undergraduate 4. Examine the questions which researchers ask regarding the psychology of forgiveness (basic research questions and applied-psychology questions and empirical results) Audience: Undergraduate 5. Become familiar with the variations in people’s appropriation of forgiveness in different cultures; Audience: Undergraduate 6. Learn what the consequences of forgiving are for individuals, relationships, and communities, based on the peer-reviewed and published scientific studies; Audience: Undergraduate 7. Gain proficiency in knowing what forgiveness education is for children and adolescents, including the scientific studies examining the outcomes of such education for the students. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn what forgiveness is and is not and be able to apply this knowledge as appropriate in situations of injustice Audience: Undergraduate 2. Acquire knowledge about how forgiveness develops in adults and in children, including empirically-verified studies showing these advances; Audience: Undergraduate 3. Think critically about forgiveness and address philosophical and psychological objections to forgiveness Audience: Undergraduate 4. Examine the questions which researchers ask regarding the psychology of forgiveness (basic research questions and applied-psychology questions and empirical results) Audience: Undergraduate 5. Become familiar with the variations in people’s appropriation of forgiveness in different cultures; Audience: Undergraduate 6. Learn what the consequences of forgiving are for individuals, relationships, and communities, based on the peer-reviewed and published scientific studies; Audience: Undergraduate 7. Gain proficiency in knowing what forgiveness education is for children and adolescents, including the scientific studies examining the outcomes of such education for the students. Audience: Undergraduate