Course Schedule

PSY 240: Social Psychology

DATES	TOPICS	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS

Mar 24	Introduction/Methods	Ch. 1	Ch. 1: Is it Psychology or common sense? Ch. 17: Doing social psychology research topic resources: methods 100 years of social psych
Mar 26	Social Motives	pp. 34-44, 351, 581-591	Correlation coefficients Type of correlation? Ch. 2: Connect the Dots Lyrics to "More"
Mar 28	Social Motives	pp. 137-141, 218-220 The origins of cognitive... Assignment 1 possible flaw? research article Monty Hall game another Monty Hall video	Types of research methods

Mar 31	Social Motives	Illusion and well-being... Questions 51-73, 94-97	Ch. 14: Creating cop-outs Ch. 17: Putting common sense...The social self topic resources: the self
Apr 2	Attributions	Dread risk, September 11... Assignment 2 pp. 99-109	topic resources: social judgments origin of the self-serving bias
Apr 4	Attributions	Evaluating videotaped confessions Assignment 3

Apr 7	Impression Formation	p. 76-83 First impressions... Assignment 4	Ch. 5: Shortcuts and Schemas Ch. 18: Whom do you trust? Ch. 14: Are you a chameleon? Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(Perceiving persons) Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(Perceiving groups)
Apr 9	Judgment Biases	Ch. 14 (skim)	The danger of knowing for sure Vividness effect: Summer of the shark Racial profiling Journal due
Apr 11	Judgment Biases	p. 324-326, 333-340 Humor and Stereotypes Weapon Bias... Assignment 5	Research Summary Paper due family resemblance - confirmation bias stereotype threat

Apr 14	Judgment Biases	pp. 84-94 Automaticity of being Smells like clean spirit... Assignment 6	Ch. 17: How could you not... Implicit Association Test
Apr 16	EXAM 1
Apr 18	Attitudes and Behavior	Ch. 4	Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(attitudes) topic resources: attitudes embassy suites commercial

Apr 21	Persuasion Demonstrations	Ch. 7	Allstate commercial Toyota loch ness commercial Toyota Sequoia commercial tobacco ads Calvin Klein jeans
Apr 23	Persuasion	The cues of life Assignment 7	Ch. 17: I'll figure it out... topic resources: persuasion persuasion strategies in business "A Class Divided" Bill O'Reilly's propaganda techniques
Apr 25	Conformity	Ch. 5	Ch. 18: How far would you go? Ch. 18: Putting common sense..conformity Body image on math performance The science of evil Strip-search case

Apr 28	Conformity	Ch. 6 The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power... Assignment 8	topic resources: genes and culture topic resources: conformity National Social Norms Institute
Apr 30	Group Influence Demonstrations		Ch. 18: Putting common sense..group processes
May 2	Group Influence	Ch. 8	topic resources: group influence Journal due

May 5	Group Conflict	Ch. 13	Ch. 18: Does self-interest pay?
May 7	Group Conflict	Assignment 9	topic resources: group conflict conflict in the middle east
May 9	EXAM 2

May 12	Prejudice Demonstrations	Ch. 9	Crazed Palestinian gunman stereotype topic resources: prejudice
May 14	Prejudice
May 16	Attraction	Stereotype threat effects on ... Assignment 10 Ch. 11	topic resources: attraction

May 19	Attraction	Love: What is it... Selective versus unselective... Assignment 11	Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(Attraction) Ch. 18: How do you say...
May 21	Helping Demonstrations	Ch. 12	topic resources: helping donors choose
May 23	Helping		Ch. 18: Maybe I'll help... Ch. 18: Putting common sense..helping The costs of benefits ... Multilevel selection theory...

May 26	NO CLASS - Memorial Day		Ch. 18: What's aggression? Ch. 18: Are men really more.. Ch. 18: Putting common sense..aggression
May 28	Aggression Demonstrations	Ch. 10	topic resources: aggression
May 30	Aggression	Assignment 12 Influences of serotonin...

June 2	EXAM 3	7:30-9:30 am	JOURNAL DUE