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Charles Darwin. (Image courtesy of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.)
Prof. James Paradis
21L.448J / 21W.739J
Fall 2010
Undergraduate
Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain and our mind. This course covers social development, social behaviour, social cognition and social neuroscience, in both human and non-human social animals. Topics include altruism, empathy, communication, theory of mind, aggression, power, groups, mating, and morality. Methods include evolutionary biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology and anthropology.
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