Students will be introduced to some of the social psychological processes involved in intergroup relations. Included will be a focus on some of the major theories of prejudice, and metatheoretical critiques of these theoretical approaches. Group behaviours and social cognitions will be considered, as will issues relevant to the reduction of intergroup prejudice and conflict. The main task of learning theory is defined as the investigation of species-specific learning processes. Language is investigated as a species-specific form of behaviour.
Cognition is studied as biologically based information- processing.