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PSYC 110: Introduction to Psychology

Lecture 15 - A Person in the World of People: Morality << previous session | next session >>

Overview:

Professor Bloom provides an introduction to psychological theories of morality. Students will learn how research in psychology has helped answer some of the most central questions about human morality. For instance, which emotions are "moral" and why did these moral feelings evolve? What factors guide our moral judgments? And what factors predict when good people will do bad things?

Reading assignment:

Gray, Peter. Psychology (5th edition), chapter 14

Cialdini, Robert B. "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion." In The Norton Psychology Reader. Edited by Gary Marcus. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. pp. 265-272

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