PSY 202 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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PSY 202 Tentative Reading/Assignment Schedule

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. Note: Some class readings are available 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.

T 1/15 Introduction
TH 1/17 Chapter 1
BASIC PROCESSES
T 1/22

The Social Self & The Self in Groups

TH 1/24 Chapter 5
T 1/29
TH 1/31 class cancelled
T 2/5 Baumeister (PDF on Blackboard)
TH 2/7 Chapter 2 - Groups
Self Response Paper Due
T 2/12 .
TH 2/14 Social Perception
Chapters 9 & 10   (get started working on Chapter 9 first, you will be responsible for the material in Chapter 10, though we will not cover it in class)
T 2/19
TH 2/21 Snyder, Tanke & Berscheid (PDF on Blackboard)
T 2/26 .
TH 2/28 Attitudes
Chapter 8
Social Perception Response Paper Due
T 3/11
TH 3/13
T 3/18 Exam 1 (Introduction, The Self, Groups, Social Perception, Attitudes)
TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
TH 3/20 Social Influence
Chapter 6
T 3/25 .
TH 3/27
T 4/1 Sabini & Silver & Hersh (New Yorker on Abu Ghraib) - PDFs on Blackboard
Conformity and Obedience Response Paper Due
TH 4/3

Stereotyping, Prejudice & Stigma

Chapter 11;  Visit the following website and take two of the IAT tests. You'll need about 20 minutes or so.  https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html

T 4/8 For class, carefully read the article assigned to you & be prepared to discuss the questions in the Reading Guide. Skim the other articles for now. Note that everyone must eventually READ all of these articles. All articles are on Blackboard. Please bring your assigned article and your textbook to class.

Article assignments and the Reading Guide are here.

  • Word, Zanna & Cooper
  • Dovidio - Journal of Social Issues
  • Johns et al. Psychological Science
  • Aronson & Bridgeman
  • Dovidio & Gaertner - Current Directions
TH 4/10 Please bring your textbook and copies of all the assigned readings (above) to class.
T 4/15
TH 4/17 Aggression & Altruism 
Chapter 13
T 4/22
TH 4/24
T 4/29
TH 5/1 Stereotyping & Prejudice Response Paper Due - Be sure to read the instructions, this paper is different from previous assignments.

Exam 2 (Social Influence, Stereotyping & Prejudice, Aggression & Altruism)