An advanced seminar examining the processes and mechanisms that underlie our thinking about ourselves and others. Topics to be covered include the consequences of automatic social processes, the causes and nature of stereotyping, how and why our judgments about ourselves and others go awry, the effects that our expectations and desires have on information processing and how feedback from the body can influence social cognitive processes. Prerequisites: C- or better in PSYC 110 , two Tier 2 courses, and either PSYC 252 , PSYC 364 , or permission of instructor. Tier 3 course. Not offered 2018-2019 Group I