Topic: Psychology of Peace and Conflict Resolution

Catalog description

Division 48 of the American Psychological Association, the Peace Psychology Division, works to promote peace in the world at large and within nations, communities and families, through research, education and training on issues concerning peace, nonviolent conflict resolution and reconciliation, and the causes and prevention of destructive conflict. Its journal, Peace and Conflict: the Journal of Peace Psychology, is published quarterly, and reflects the growing interest in this area of focus within the field of psychology. This course will devote itself to these same issues, focusing on the causes and prevention of violence, training in methods of non-violent resolution of conflict, and the practices of violence, training in methods of non-violent resolution of conflict, and the practices and institutions that promote peacemaking and peaceful development of families and nations.