PSY 414 THEORIES OF VIOLENCE

This course provides students with an in-depth examination of the social, cultural, and psychological reasons behind interpersonal and mass violence and atrocities committed in human history. The course will explore concepts of morality through the lens of the aggressors. This course will also provide students with an understanding of social psychological experiments that help explain violence against others. Readings are drawn from violence research and theory, historical and current events, and extensive literature of social psychological experiments. This course also allows students to understand the impact of cultural differences and social pressures and how these factors can cause people to harm others while demonstrating little remorse or regret.