| Review exercises are
available at the textbook's web site: http://www.wwnorton.com/socialPsych |
Learn more about Social Psychology |
| EXAM Information | Graduate Study in Social Psychology |
| Links to Helpful Studying & Writing Resources | "Psychology Web" Social Links |
| Avoiding inappropriate paraphrasing (REQUIRED READING) | Society for Personality and Social Psychology |
| The Situationist Blog - interesting articles about the role of social psychology in "real life" | |
Assignments and supplementary readings are due on the date listed. For textbook chapters, you should familiarize yourself (i.e., skim) the entire
chapter in preparation for the class unit, and carefully read the
chapter during that unit. It is important to keep up with readings, so
plan to have each chapter finished before we move on to the next
chapter. Check
often (weekly) for schedule revisions/updates/additions. Supplementary
class readings are available at the library or in
Blackboard.
In Blackboard, open our class site, and click on "Course Documents." The
file for each reading is a "PDF" file. If you would
like to download Acrobat, visit
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.
Acrobat is a free download (though large) and should be on all campus
computers.
Please bring a copy of supplementary readings to class with you on the day we discuss them.
| Date | Topic | Readings | Assignments |
| OVERVIEW & METHODS | |||
| M 8/31 | |||
| W 9/2 | Methodology Exercise | Chapter 1 | |
| THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS | |||
| M 9/7 | The Self |
Chapter 5 |
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| W 9/9 | |||
| M 9/14 | |||
| W 9/16 | (class cancelled) |
Baumeister, 1999 (posted on BB) Crocker & Knight, 2005 (posted on BB) |
Self-Esteem Response Paper Due |
| M 9/21 | finish self-esteem; Components of Attitudes | Chapter 8 | *please bring a copy of your SE paper to class |
| W 9/23 | |||
| FALL BREAK | |||
| W 9/30 | Cognitive Dissonance | ||
| M 10/5 | EXAM 1 |
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| W 10/7 | Attribution Theory, Heuristics & Social Judgment |
Chapters 9 & 10 (You will be responsible for the material in Chapter 10, though we will not cover it in class) |
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| M 10/12 | Fundamental Attribution Error | ||
| W 10/14 | Behavioral Confirmation (Self-fulfilling prophecy) |
Snyder, Tanke & Berscheid (posted on BB) | |
| M 10/19 | Social Influence |
Chapter 6 | |
| W 10/21 |
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| M 10/26 | Milgram's Obedience Studies |
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| W 10/28 | Sabini &
Silver & Hersh (New Yorker article on Abu Ghraib) - see BB |
Conformity
and Obedience Response Paper Due *please bring a copy of your work to class |
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| M 11/2 | EXAM 2 | ||
| INTER-GROUP PROCESSES | |||
| W 11/4 | Catharsis & Social Learning Theory | Chapter 13 - Aggression & Altruism | |
| M 11/9 | |||
| W 11/11 | Helping Behavior | ||
| M 11/6 | Social Dilemmas; Conflict Resolution |
Chapter 14 |
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| W 11/18 | Prejudice | Chapter 11 Stereotyping & Prejudice | |
| M 11/23 | After you've taken the two IATs, watch these videos, in this order (about 10 minutes total): 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF8iIeOVEo&NR=1 |
Take the "Gender-Career" and the "Weapons" Implicit Associations Tests (you'll need about 20 minutes) at:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html (Note: cookies must be allowed in order to proceed with the test.) Optionally, you may also take one or both of the following IATs: http://humanoralien.com/ ; http://deadidentity.com/ |
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| THANKSGIVING BREAK | |||
| M 11/30 | Jigsaw Classroom Session 1 | Note: Eventually you will have to read all of these articles. For now, however, you should read and be prepared to answer questions about the article that has been assigned to you. (TBA) Articles are posted on Blackboard.
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| W 12/2 | Jigsaw Classroom Session 2 | Skim all of the articles listed above. |
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| M 12/7 | Stereotype Threat Theory |
Stereotyping & Prejudice Response Paper Due | |
| W 12/9 | EXAM 3 |
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