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a) One mid-term examination (essay, open book), on Thursday, March 13.
b) One final examination, take-home format (essay).
c) One short term paper. Due date: Dean's date, Tuesday, May 13, 4:30 in Room 2N1 Green Hall.
d) Precept participation.
e) Reading from purchased texts plus packet purchased from Pequod Copy Center.
BASIC TEXT (AT U-STORE)
S. Taylor et al. Social Psychology (Ninth
Edition), Prentice Hall, 1997.
PAPERBACKS (AT U-STORE)
E. Aronson, Readings About the Social Animal, Freeman, 1995 (Seventh Editon).
S. Milgram, Obedience
to Authority, Harper, 1974.
PART I: THEORY AND METHOD
Week 1 (February 4 & 6): Levels of Analysis: Structure, Culture and Personality
1) S. Taylor, Preface, and pp. 2-13 in Chapter 1.
Week 2 (February 11 & 13): Basic Theories and
Methods
1) S. Taylor, pp. 13-27 in Chapter 1; and Chapter 2.
2) Zimbardo, pp. 1-47 (reading packet).
3) Selection, "What is the Nature of Man," pp. 1-34 (reading packet).
4) Sacks, "To See and Not See," pp. 59-73 (reading packet).
Week 3 (February 18 & 20): Basic Theories and
Methods
(continued)
1) S.Taylor, Chapters 3 and 4; and read pp. 418-425 in Chapter 16; and skim Chapter 5.
2) Selection, "How Do People Perceive and Organize Their Social Environment," pp. 35-51 (reading packet).
3) Curran, "Why Investors Make the Wrong Choices," pp. 63-68 (reading packet).
Week 4 (February 25 & 27): Attitudes:
Definition
and
Measurement
1) S. Taylor, Chapter 6.
2) Zimbardo, "The Experiment as a Source of Information," and "Techniques of Attitude Measurement," pp. 197-220 (reading packet).
Week 5 (March 4 & 6): Attitudes: Attitude and
Behavior
Change
1) S. Taylor, review Chapter 6.
2) Rosenblatt, "How Do Tobacco Executives Live With Themselves?"
3) Osherow, "Making Sense of the Nonsensical: An Analysis of Jonestown," pp. 68ff in Aronson.
Week 6 (MARCH 11): WEEK FOR REVIEW AND MID-TERM
EXAMINATION (MARCH
13)
PART II: THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
Week 7 (March 25 & 27): Interpersonal Attraction
1) S. Taylor, Chapters 9 and 10.
2) Selection by Kerlinger, "Sociometry," pp. 556-563 (reading packet).
3) Dutton and Aron, "Some Evidence for Heightened Sexual Attraction Under Conditions of High Anxiety," pp. 501ff. in Aronson.
Week 8 (April 1 & 3): Deviance and Conformity;
Ethics and
Experimentation
1) S. Taylor, Chapters 8 and 14.
2) Haney et al., "A Study of Prisoners and Guards in a Simulated Prison,," pp. 52ff. in Aronson.
3) Milgram (book), Chapters 1-9 and especially Chapter 15. Also selection by Colman, pp. 81-108 (reading packet).
4) Selection by H. Taylor, on separated twins, pp. 75-111 (reading packet), and selection on "Nature vs. Nurture," by Colman, pp. 15-49 (reading packet).
5) H. Taylor, "Intelligence," pp. 941-949 (reading packet).
Week 9 (April 8 & 10): Small Group Dynamics
(I)
1) S. Taylor, Chapters 11 and 13.
2) Berkowitz, "The Effects of Observing Violence," pp. 293ff in Aronson.
3) Toobin, "The Marcia Clark Verdict," pp. 58-71 (reading packet).
Week 10 (April 15 & 17): Small Group Dynamics
(II)
1) S. Taylor, Review Chapters 11 and 13; skim Chapters 15 and 16.
2) Darley and Batson, "From Jerusalem to Jericho," pp. 37ff in Aronson.
3) M. Sherif, "Experiments in Group Conflict" (The Robber’s Cave Experiment), pp. 422ff, in Aronson.
Week 11 (April 22 & 24): Prejudice, Racism, and
Sexism
1) S. Taylor, Chapters 7 and 12, and Chapter 5.
2) Selection by Jones, "Prejudice and Racism," pp. 114-167 (reading packet).
3) Pettigrew, "The Ultimate Attribution Error," to be handed out.
4) R.B. Moore, "Racist Stereotyping in the English Language," pp. 317-329 (reading packet).
Week 12 (April 29): Social Psychology and Public
Policy
1) S. Taylor, Chapter 17.
2) Miller et al., "Attribution Versus Persuasion," 100ff. in Aronson.
Week 12 (May 1): Synthesis: Core Issues in the Study
of Attitudes,
Social Structure, and Interpersonal Behavior.
No new reading assignments.
Following is a list of sources which
will be of use as a start for term paper topics and also for precept
assignments. These sources are not now on reserve, but a select
number of them may be placed on reserve if the need arises. In
the main, the following topics represent areas of recent research
interest, and areas which we have found are of particular interest
to students in courses like this one. Each of the following topics
are covered to a greater or lesser degree in the lectures.
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1. Labeling theory of
deviance
a. D.L. Rosenhan, "On Being Sane in Insane Places," Science, Vol. 179 (January 19, 1973), pp. 250-258.
b. K.T. Erikson, Wayward Puritans (Wiley, 1966).
c. C. Haney et. al.,
"Interpersonal
Dynamics in Simulated Prison," International Journal of
Criminology and Penology, Vol. 1, 1973, pp. 52ff.; in Aronson,
assigned above.
2. Risky shift and
polarization
a. M. Wallach et. al., "Group Influence on Individual Risk-Taking," in R.J. Ofshe, Interpersonal Behavior in Small Groups (1973), pp. 340 ff.
b. J. Blascovich et. al., "Blackjack and the Risky Shift," Sociometry, Vol. 36 (March 1973), pp. 42 ff.
c. S. Taylor, pp. 293-295, assigned
above.
3. Gender differences in
interpersonal
behavior
a. S. Taylor, Ch. 12.
b. Article on "Sexual Script for First Date," S. Rose and I.H. Frieze, Gender and Society, Vol. 3 (1989), pp. 258ff.
c. D. Tannen, You Just Don't
Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (Morrow, 1990).
4. Proxemics and
interpersonal space
a. N.J. Russo and R. Sommer, "Invasions of Personal Space," in R.J. Ofshe, Interpersonal Behavior in Small Groups (1973), pp. 276 ff.
b. E.T. Hall, The Hidden Dimension (1966); cf. also S. Taylor, Ch. 16.
c. H.W. Smith, "Territorial
Spacing on a Beach Revisited: A Cross-National Exploration,"
Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 44 (June
1981), pp. 132 ff.
5. The Milgram
experiments
a. Milgram, assigned above.
b. A.M. Colman (1987), pp. 81-108, assigned above as required.
c. J. Martin et. al., "Obedience Under Conditions Demanding Self-Immolation," Human Relations, Vol. 29 (April 1976), pp. 345 ff.
d. C.L. Sheridan and R.G. King, "Obedience to Authority with an Authentic Victim," APA Proceedings, 1973 (copy from Prof. Taylor) (The "Puppy Study").
e. Fireman, Gamson, Rytina and Taylor,
"Encounters with Unjust Authority," 1979, copy from
Prof. Taylor.
6. Impression Management
(Self-Presentation)
a. E.Goffman, The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life (Doubleday, 1959), Chap.
1and/or 6.
b. D. Albas and C. Albas, "Aces and Bombers: The Post-Exam Impression Management
Strategies of Students," Symbolic
Interaction, Vol. 11 (1988), pp. 289-302.
7. Coalition formation
a. W.E. Vinacke and A. Arkoff, "An Experimental Study of Coalitions in the Triad," in R.J. Ofshe, Interpersonal Behavior in Small Groups (1973), pp. 726 ff.
b. T. Caplow, Two Against One (Prentice Hall, 1968).
c. P.V. Crosbie and V. Kullberg,
"Minimum Resource or Balance in Coalition Formation,"
Sociometry, Vol. 36 (December 1973), pp. 476 ff.
8. Unconscious group
processes
a. P.E. Slater, Microcosm (Wiley, 1966).
b. W.G. Bennis and H.A. Shepard,
"A Theory of Group Development" in W.G. Bennis et.al.,
The Planning of Change, pp. 321 ff.
9. Analysis of plays
(and movies;
stories; etc.) with graph (and network) theory
a. R.G. Stanton, "'A Midsummer Night's Dream': A Structural Study," Psychological Reports, Vol. 20 (1967), pp. 657-658.
b. H.F. Taylor, Balance in Small
Groups (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970), Ch. 3.
10. Prejudice and racism
in Black-White
interaction
a. Kluegel, J.R., "Trends in Whites Explanations of the Black-White Gap in Socio-economic
Status," American Sociological Review, Vol. 55(1990), pp. 512ff.
b. J. Jones, "Racism: What It Is and How Does It Work" (1997), ms. from Prof. Taylor.
c. H. Schuman, C. Steeh and L. Bobo, Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations (1985).
d. D. Ugwuegbu, "Racial and Evidential Factors in Juror Attribution of Legal Responsibility," Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 15 (1979), pp. 133-146. [cf., the trial of O.J. Simpson!]
e. R.W. Rogers and S. Prentice-Dunn, "Deindividuation and Anger-Mediated Interracial
Aggression: Unmasking Regressive
Racism," pp. 327ff. in Aronson.
11. Nonverbal
communications
a. S. Taylor, pp. 100-109 (assigned above).
b. R. Rosenthal et. al., "Body Talk and Tone of Voice: The Language Without Words," Psychology Today, Vol. 8, No. 4 (September 1974), pp. 64 ff.
c. B. Schwartz et. al., "Dominance Cues in Nonverbal Behavior," Social Psychology Quarterly, 45 (June 1982), pp. 114-120.
d. J. T. Wood, Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender and Culture (Wadsworth, 1994);
pick a chapter.
e. See D. Tannen above, under Gender
Differences.
12. Bystander intervention
a. J.M. Darley and B. Latane, "Bystander Intervention in Emergencies: Diffusion of Responsibility," in R.J. Ofshe, Interpersonal Behavior in Small Groups (1973), pp. 64 ff.
b. B. Latane and J. Dabbs, "Sex, Group Size and Helping in Three Cities," Sociometry, Vol. 38 (June 1975), pp. 180 ff.
c. T.L. Huston et. al., "Bystander Intervention Into Crime: A Study Based on Naturally-Occurring Episodes," Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 44 (March 1981), pp. 14 ff.
d. S. Spacapan and Oskamp, eds.,
Helping and Being Helped: Naturalistic Studies, Sage,
1992.
13. Mathematical
(regression) models
of cognitive consistency processes
a. H.F. Taylor and C.A. Hornung, "On a General Model for Social and Cognitive Consistency," Sociological Methods and Research, Vol. 7 (February 1979), pp. 259-287.
b. H.F. Taylor, "Linear Models of Consistency," American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78 (March 1973), pp. 1192-1215.
c. D. Heise, selection from Prof. Taylor.
14.
"Groupthink"
a. I.L. Janis, Victims of Groupthink (Houghton Mifflin, 1972); see also second (1983) edition, with appendix on Watergate.
b. J.K. Esser and J.S. Lindoerfer, "Groupthink and the Sapce Shuttle Challenger Accident," Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 1989
c. S. Taylor, pp. 295-297, assigned
above.
15. Cults
a. "Making Sense of the Nonsensical: An Analysis of Jonestown," pp. 68ff. in Aronson.
b. See the magazine Society, Vol. 15 (May-June 1978), an entire special issue on cults. See especially I. Doress and J.N. Porter, "Kids in Cults," pp. 69 ff; and A.D. Shupe and D.G. Bromley, "Witches, Moonies, and Evil," pp. 75 ff.
c. L. Festinger et. al., When Prophecy Fails, 1956, on a "doomsday cult".
d. Selection by Wuthnow, from Professor
Taylor.
16. Biases and heuristics
in perception
and inference
a. J.J. Curran, "Why Investors Make the Wrong Choices," Fortune Magazine (Fall 1987), pp. 63-68. (Note: written before October, 1987, "black Monday"!). Assigned above.
b. Sears, Ch. 3 (already assigned).
c. M.D. Pugh, "Contributory Fault and Rape Convictions: Loglinear Models for Blaming the Victims," Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 46 (September 1983), pp. 233-242.
d. D. Kahneman, et. al., Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (1982).
e. S. Taylor, Chap. 2, assigned
above.
17. Misattribution
a. S. Schachter and J.E. Singer, "Cognitive, Social, and Physiological Determinants of Emotional States," Psychological Review, Vol. 69 (September, 1962), pp. 379-399.
b. S. Taylor, pp. 66-67.
18. Violence and media
aggression
a. See S. Taylor, ch. 14, esp. pp. 376ff.
b. "The Impact of Mass Media Violence [prizefights] on U.S. Homicides," ASR, pp. 132ff. in Aronson.
c. "The Facilitation of Aggression
by Aggression: Evidence Against The Catharsis Hypothesis,"
pp. 305ff. in Aronson.
19. Romantic
relationships
a. C.T. Hill, et. al., "Break-ups Before Marriage: The End of 103 Affairs," Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 32, No. 1 (1976), pp. 147-168.
b. D. Reed and M.S. Weinberg, "Premarital Coitus: Developing and Established Sexual Scripts," Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 47 (June, 1984), pp. 129-138.
c. "The Search for the Romantic
Partner: Effects of Self-Esteem and Physical Attractiveness on
Romantic Behaviors, pp. 477ff. in Aronson.
20. Ethics in research;
and deception
in social psychological research
a. M. Hunt, "Research Through Deception," New York Times Magazine (September 12, 1982), pp. 66 ff.
b. "Problems of Ethics in Research," Appendix (pp. 193 ff) to Milgram's book (book assigned above as required reading).
c. A.M. Colman, Facts, Fallacies and Frauds in Psychology (1987), pp. 81-108, assigned above as required reading.
d. L. Christensen, "Deception
in Socialpsychological Research: When Is Its Use Justified?"
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (December, 1988),
pp. 664ff.
21. Violence against
women; date
rape
a. "Predictors of Naturalistic Sexual Aggession," pp. 344ff. in Aronson.
b. S. Taylor, Chap. 14, esp. pp. 381-389.
c. N.M. Malamuth and L. M. Brown, "Sexually Aggressive Men's Perceptions of Women's
Communiations," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 67 (1994), pp. 699-
712.
22. Juries
a. M. Hunt, "Putting Juries on the Couch," New York Times Magazine (November 28, 1982), pp. 70 ff.
b. C. Nemeth, "Social Psychology in the Courtroom," in L. Berkowitz (ed.), A Survey of Social Psychology (New York: Holt, 1980), pp. 443-463.
c. R. Brown, "Jury Size and Decision Rule," in R. Brown, 1986, Social Psychology: The Second Edition (New York: Free Press).
d. J. Toobin, "The Marcia
Clark Verdict" (1996), assigned above.
23. Social networks and the
"small
world" phenomenon
a. S. Milgram, "The Small World Problem," Psychology Today, Vol. 1 (May 1967), pp. 61-67.
b. J. Travers and S. Milgram, "An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem," Sociometry, Vol. 32 (December 1969), pp. 425-443 (Reprinted in Leinhardt, 1977).
c. M. Granovetter, "The Strength of Weak Ties," in Leinhardt, 1977.
d. H. Taylor, "The Structure
of a National Black Leadership Network: Preliminary Findings"
(1990), copy from Professor Taylor.
24. IQ: nature or nurture
or both?
a. H.F. Taylor, The IQ Game (1980), especially Chs. 1-3 and 4; also H.F. Taylor, "Intelligence," Encyclopedia of Sociology (1992), copy from Prof. Taylor.
b. L. Kamin, The Science and Politics of IQ (1974), Chs. 1-4.
c. A.M. Colman, Facts, Fallacies and Frauds in Psychology (1987), Chs. 1-3.
d. R. Herrnstein and C. Murray, The Bell Curve (1994), Introduction plus Chapters 1, 2 and 13.
e. Taylor, "Ringing the Bell Curve" (1995), copy from Professor Taylor; also Review Symposium of The Bell Curve by R. Hauser, H. Taylor, and T. Duster, Contemporary Sociology (March, 1995), pp. 149-161.
f. C. Steele and J. Aronson,
"Stereotype
Vulnerability and African-American Intellectual Performance,"
pp. 409ff. in Aronson.
25. Social psychology's
methodology
a. D.O. Sears, "College Sophomores in the Laboratory: Influences of a Narrow Database," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 51 (1986), pp. 515-520.
b. E.J. Webb, et. al., Unobtrusive Measures (1966).
c. Others (see Prof. Taylor).
26. Interpersonal
games: Prisoner's
Dilemma and others
a. G.P. Knight and C. Chao, "Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Social Values Among Eight and Twelve Year Old Siblings, Friends, and Acquaintances," Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17(1991), pp. 201ff.
b. Reading selection on Nash Equilibrium.
c. S. Taylor, pp. 297-303, assigned above.