Course Schedule

PSY 240: Social Psychology

DATES	TOPICS	READINGS	ASSIGNMENTS

Jan 5	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 correlation cartoon
Jan 7	Social Motives	pp. 34-44, 351, 581-591	Correlation coefficients Type of correlation? Ch. 2: Connect the Dots Lyrics to "More" Despondex
Jan 9	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

Jan 12	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
Jan 14	Attributions	Dread risk, September 11... Assignment 2 pp. 99-109	topic resources: social judgments origin of the self-serving bias
Jan 16	Attributions	Evaluating videotaped confessions Assignment 3

Jan 19	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)
Jan 21	Judgment Biases	Ch. 14 (skim)	Vividness effect: Summer of the shark Racial profiling Doodling can help Journal due
Jan 23	Judgment Biases	p. 324-326, 333-340 Humor and Stereotypes Weapon Bias... Assignment 5	Research Summary Paper due family resemblance - confirmation bias stereotype threat Test your weapon bias

Jan 26	Judgment Biases	pp. 84-94 Automaticity of being Deliberation-without-attention effect Smells like clean spirit... Assignment 6	Ch. 17: How could you not... Implicit Association Test Subliminal smells Car crash consciousness Academy award winners unpopular names priming of self and God detecting sexual orientation more research
Jan 28	EXAM 1
Jan 30	Attitudes and Behavior	Ch. 4	Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(attitudes) topic resources: attitudes embassy suites commercial

Feb 2	Persuasion Demonstrations	Ch. 7	Toyota loch ness commercial Toyota Sequoia commercial tobacco ads Calvin Klein jeans Are funny ads worth the money?
Feb 4	Persuasion	Assignment 7	Ch. 17: I'll figure it out... topic resources: persuasion "A Class Divided" Bill O'Reilly's propaganda techniques Cialdini's six principles
Feb 6	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

Feb 9	Conformity	Ch. 6 The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power... Assignment 8	topic resources: genes and culture topic resources: conformity National Social Norms Institute
Feb 11	Group Influence Demonstrations		Ch. 18: Putting common sense..group processes
Feb 13	Group Influence	Ch. 8	topic resources: group influence Journal due

Feb 16	Group Conflict	Ch. 13	Ch. 18: Does self-interest pay?
Feb 18	Group Conflict	Assignment 9	topic resources: group conflict conflict in the middle east
Feb 20	EXAM 2

Feb 23	Prejudice Demonstrations	Ch. 9	Crazed Palestinian gunman stereotype topic resources: prejudice
Feb 25	Prejudice		Reducing racial bias Stereotyping by blood type
Feb 27	Attraction	Stereotype threat effects on ... Assignment 10 Ch. 11	topic resources: attraction

Mar 2	Attraction	Love: What is it... Selective versus unselective... Assignment 11	Ch. 17: Putting common sense...(Attraction) Ch. 18: How do you say...
Mar 4	Helping Demonstrations	Ch. 12	topic resources: helping donors choose
Mar 6	Helping		Ch. 18: Maybe I'll help... Ch. 18: Putting common sense..helping The costs of benefits ... Multilevel selection theory... Aiding the fallen

Mar 9	Aggression		Ch. 18: What's aggression? Ch. 18: Are men really more.. Ch. 18: Putting common sense..aggression
Mar 11	Aggression Demonstrations	Ch. 10	topic resources: aggression Alabama massacre Troubling portrait School shooting in Germany Gunmen had depression
Mar 13	Aggression	Assignment 12 Influences of serotonin...

Mar 16	EXAM 3	10:00-12:00 am	JOURNAL DUE