Advanced Social Psychology (PY 672)

Spring 2006 Class Schedule

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Date
Topic
Readings Assignment Due
Outline Available
Jan 12 Introduction      
Jan 17 Research methods Nicks et al.
Reaction # 1 Yes
Jan 19 The self: Overview Baumeister
Bertman
Twenge at al.
Levy et al.
Reaction # 2 Yes
Jan 24 The self: Merchants of cool Internet site: Merchants of cool (Read "Themes" page)
   
Jan 26 The self: Image and control Lavine et al.
Ginis et al.
Muraven & Baumeister
Reaction # 3 Yes
Jan 31 Social cognition Brehm et al. (pp. 101-127 only)   Yes
Feb 1   Submit 1 question for class discussion (Chua et al. or Anderson) Submit 1 question
(1:00 pm)
 
Feb 2 Social cognition: Errors & biases Chua et al.
Anderson
Reaction # 4 Yes
Feb 6   Submit 1 question for class discussion (Frankel & P-D, Berglas, or Murray) Submit 1 question
(1:00 pm)
 
Feb 7 Social cognition: Errors & biases Frankel & Prentice-Dunn
Berglas
Murray
  Yes
Feb 9 Attitudes: ELM Petty & Cacioppo
  Yes
Feb 14 Attitudes: PMT Floyd et al.
Internet site: Healthy People 2010
Reaction # 5 Yes
Feb 16 Attitudes: PMT McClendon & Prentice-Dunn
Dinoff & Kowalski
  Yes
Feb 21 Attitudes: Social factors Perloff
Han & Shavitt
Reaction # 6  
Feb 23 Prejudice: Foundations Devine (pp. 467-499 only)
Glick & Fiske
Kunda & Spencer
Internet site: Southern Poverty Law Center
Internet site: Sexual prejudice
Reaction # 7 Yes
Feb 27   Submit 1 question for class discussion
(Steele, 1992 or Steele, 1997)
Submit 1 question
(1:00 pm)
 
Feb 28 Prejudice: Effects Steele (1992)
Steele (1997)
  Yes
Mar 2 Prejudice: Reduction Devine et al.
Fazio & Hilden
Pettigrew & Tropp
Internet site: Jigsaw classroom
Reaction # 8 Yes
Mar 7 Social influence: Tactics Cialdini
Reaction # 9 Yes
Mar 9 Social influence: Tactics Brookhart
Internet site: Working psychology (Browse site)
  See Mar 7
Mar 14 Social influence: Conformity & compliance Elms
Internet site: Stanley Milgram
Reaction # 10 Yes
Mar 15   Submit 1 question for class discussion from readings for Mar 16 Submit 1 question
(1:00 pm)
 
Mar 16 Attraction & relationships

Rusbult et al.
Bryan et al.
Barnett & Hyde
Hyde

  Yes
Mar 28 Attraction & relationships     See Mar 16
Mar 30 Prosocial behavior Shroeder et al.
Internet site: Carnegie Hero Commission (Browse site)
Reaction # 11
Extended paper due
Yes
Apr 4 Prosocial behavior Latane & Darley
Simon et al.
Oliner & Oliner
Reaction # 12
Yes
Yes
Apr 6 Aggression: Perspectives Berkowitz
Sapolsky

Reaction
# 13
Yes
Apr 11 Aggression: Perspectives Huesmann (pp. 84-102 only)
Flannery et al.
  Yes
Apr 13 Aggression: Media effects Bushman & Anderson (2001)
Reaction # 14 Yes
Apr 18 Aggression: Media effects Robinson et al.
Anderson et al.
  See Apr 13
Apr 20 Aggression: Prevention Fawcett et al.
Bushman
Internet site: Violence prevention topics
Reaction # 15 Yes
Apr 25 Groups: Cults Miller
Internet site: Heaven's Gate
Block
Dittman
Marcum
Reaction # 16 Yes
Apr 27 Groups: Decisions Brehm et al.
Ferraris & Carveth
Lawler
Internet site: Group dynamics (Browse site)
Course themes paper due Yes
May 2 Groups: Power of the situation Spivey & Prentice-Dunn
Internet site: Stanford prison experiment
Reaction # 17 Yes
May 4 No class   Course Evaluation  
May 5 Basowitz Lecture: Dean Keith Simonton of UC-Davis