Psychology of the Contemporary American Culture War -- talk with Q+A 11/21/2009 "Through the Red & Blue Looking Glass: The Psychology of the Contemporary American Culture War," with Professor Peter Ditto, Chair of the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. His expertise is in human judgment and decision making, with research focusing on "hot cognition" -­ how our motivations and emotions shape (and often bias) our social, moral, medical, political, and legal judgments. Prof. Ditto's current work examines the intersection of moral and political psychology and focuses on understanding the psychological and social dynamics underlying political partisanship and the contemporary American red-state / blue-state "culture war." 2:30pm socializing; 3pm meeting starts, $2 student or $5 general donations appreciated. 5pm optional dinner, $23, reservations required, phone 805-967-3045 or e-mail mwilk@cox.net. Presented by the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara on Saturday, November 21st in the Patio Room at Vista del Monte, 3775 Modoc Road (Las Positas exit off 101) in Santa Barbara. Information web page http://www.santabarbarahumanists.org/newsletters/letframe.html