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| 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 |
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| 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.
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| 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) |