Psychology of Queer Issues (FYS)
PSYC 125F
Spring 2026
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01
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While the LGBTQ+ community itself, and acceptance of LGBTQ+ community, have increased over the course of history, members of the community continue to have unique interpersonal experiences and experience bias at both the individual and systemic level. This course will cover major perspectives that aim to provide interdisciplinary insights into our understanding of the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. Topics for this course will include psychological theories that can contribute to widely held perceptions and attitudes about the LGBTQ+ community, the role of ideologies, as well as intersectional perspectives that provide a more wholistic understanding of the queer experience. Additionally, this course will also discuss how the issues faced by LGBTQ+ people may not only stem from outside the community, but also within the LGBTQ+ community, and the unique consequences these may have. Through reading and discussion of theoretical and experimental research, we will analyze and learn the perspectives that researchers use to understand the experience of LGBTQ+ people, while also considering the social implications that can come from our current psychological understanding about the queer experience. This course counts as an elective towards the psychology major. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PSYC |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (Psychology) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Rule, N. O., Ambady, N., & Hallett, K. C. (2009). Female sexual orientation is perceived accurately, rapidly, and automatically from the face and its features. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(6), 1245-1251.
Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., Toosi, N. R., Miller, C. A., Lisnek, J. A., & Martin, L. A. (2022). Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?: Examining Christian/sexual orientation zero-sum beliefs. Journal of personality and social psychology, 122(1), 73.
Beam, A. J., & Wellman, J. D. (2024). The consequences of prototypicality: Testing the prejudice distribution account of bias toward gay men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 11(1), 79.
Petsko, C. D., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2019). Racial stereotyping of gay men: Can a minority sexual orientation erase race?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 83, 37-54.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly class readings and reflections, class presentations, and a final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course counts as an elective towards the psychology major. |
| Instructor(s): Beam,Adam Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 15 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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