Course Schedule

PSY 240: Social Psychology

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DATES TOPICS READINGS ASSIGNMENTS




Mar 24 Introduction/Methods

Ch. 1


Ch. 1: Is it Psychology or common sense?
Ch. 17: Doing social psychology research

Mar 26 Social Motives pp. 34-44, 351, 581-591

Correlation coefficients
Type of correlation?
Ch. 2: Connect the Dots

Mar 28 Social Motives

pp. 137-141, 218-220

The origins of cognitive...



Types of research methods




Mar 31 Social Motives

Illusion and well-being...

51-73, 94-97

Ch. 14: Creating cop-outs
Ch. 17: Putting common sense...The social self

Apr 2 Attributions

Dread risk, September 11...

pp. 99-109

Apr 4 Attributions

Evaluating videotaped confessions





Apr 7 Impression Formation

 

p. 76-83

First impressions...

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)

Journal due

Apr 11
Judgment Biases

p. 324-326, 333-340

Humor and Stereotypes

Weapon Bias...






Apr 14 Judgment Biases

pp. 84-94

Automaticity of being

Smells like clean spirit...

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)





Apr 21

Persuasion

Demonstrations

Ch. 7

 


Apr 23 Persuasion

The cues of life

Assignment 7

Ch. 17: I'll figure it out...

Apr 25
Conformity
Ch. 5


Ch. 18: How far would you go?
Ch. 18: Putting common sense..conformity






Apr 28
Conformity

Ch. 6

The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power...


 

Apr 30

Group Influence

Demonstrations


Ch. 18: Putting common sense..group processes


May 2 Group Influence Ch. 8
Journal due




May 5 Group Conflict Ch. 13

Ch. 18: Does self-interest pay?

May 7 Group Conflict Assignment 9
May 9
EXAM 2






May 12

Prejudice

Demonstrations

Ch. 9
May 14
Prejudice



May 16 Attraction

Stereotype threat effects on ...

Ch. 11





May 19 Attraction

Love: What is it...

Selective versus unselective...

Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(Attraction)
Ch. 18: How do you say...

May 21

Helping

Demonstrations

Ch. 12
May 23 Helping

Ch. 18: Maybe I'll help...
Ch. 18: Putting common sense..helping





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

 

 

May 30 Aggression

Assignment 12

Influences of serotonin...





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