Diversity Prosperity Resilience: A Psychological Perspective on the Interaction Between Mind &…

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Through a series of readings, discussion, projects, presentations, and exercises, this advanced seminar will enhance students’ understanding of the interaction between the mind, body, situations, circumstances, and society and the influence that these exert on our experience of diversity, well-being, prosperity, resilience, and disparity. Inter-and intra-individual differences (biological, psychological, and social) are shaped by, and in turn, shape cultural diversity. The course will enhance students' understanding of individual and cultural diversity, locally and globally. Cultural diversity, or indeed any kind of diversity within a group of people, inevitably contributes to demarcating identifiable versus non-­ identifiable traits and preferred versus non-preferred characteristics; eventually these preferences and identifications contribute to disparities.