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CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCH 528
Course Description

Societies are shaped by the people, places, and environments that surround us. Examine the ways that culture and individual psychology make each other up, including how we think about ourselves, how we attend to and reason about the world, how we think about those like us and unlike us, and how these beliefs, attitudes, and cognitions are shared and maintained across groups.

Prerequisties

PSYCH 403 , PSYCH 406 , 413, PSYCH 414 , or PSYCH 456 . Not open to students with credit in PSYCH 428.

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

4

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.33

13.02% from Historical

Completion Rate
94.63%

3.95% from Historical

A Rate
31.54%

36.59% from Historical

Class Size
149

0.22% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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