Psychology 6200

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Freshman Seminar

Psychology 4200

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W. Keith Campbell Class Time: 12:30-1:45

Office: 413 Psychology Bldg Location: 426 Psychology

Phone: 542-1429 email: wkc@arches.uga.edu Office Hours: By appt.

Course Aims: The goal of this course is to expose graduate students to the discipline of Social Psychology. This course is designated as a survey course; thus, a broad range of topics in the area of Social Psychology will be covered throughout the semester. This course should inspire new directions in students’ research areas. Discussion is encouraged!

Text: No text will be used. Articles will be available from the office of the Social Secretary, Pam Riddle.

Grading: Course grades will be based on the following:

Item                                         Points                   %                    

Research Idea 1                      25                    25                                           

Research Idea 2                      25                    25                                           

Research Idea 3                      25                    25                                           

Class Presentation                25                     25                                           

Research Idea Papers: These are 2-3 page papers that entail proposing a novel research idea in any are of study that is based on social psychological principles.

Class Presentations: Each student is responsible for one in-class presentation. Articles are listed below.

Special Note: This syllabus is a work in progress. Changes and modifications may be made throughout the semester.

All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.

Day    and   Topic                                                               Assignment                                                                       

January

Tu 8                 Introduction                                                                

Th 10               History/Methods

Tu 15               Social Cognition                                                                     

Th 17               Social Cognition

Tu 22               Person Perception                                                                   

Th 24               Person Perception

Tu 29               Attribution

Th 31               Attribution

February

Tu 5                 The Self                                                                             

Th 7                 The Self                                                      Research Idea 1

Tu 12               The Self

Th 14               The Self

Tu 19               Attitudes                                                                                  

Th 21               Attitudes                                              

Tu 26               Prejudice                                                                                

Th 28               Prejudice                                                                    

March                                                                        

Tu 5                 Social Influence

Th 7                 Social Influence                                                          

Tu 12               Interpersonal Attraction

Th 14               Interpersonal Attraction                                   Research Idea 2                                            

Tu 19               No Class – Spring Break

Th 21               No Class - Spring Break

Tu 26               Relationships

Th 28               Relationships                                                                          

April

Tu 2                 Groups

Th 4                 Groups                                                                        

Tu 9                 Helping

Th 11               Helping                                                                        

Tu 16               Aggression                                                               

Th 18               Happiness                                                       Research Idea 3

Tu 23               Happiness

Th 25               Happiness                              

READINGS for PRESENTATIONS

Social Cognition

Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T. L. (1999). The unbearable automaticity of being. American Psychologist, 54, 462-479.

Person Perception (0)

Attribution

Campbell, W. K., & Sedikides, C. (1999). Self-threat magnifies the self-serving bias: A meta-analytic integration. Review of General Psychology, 3, 23-43.             

The Self (2 weeks)

Markus, H. (1977). Self-schemata and processing information about the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35, 63-78.

Markus, H., & Nurius, P. (1986). Possible selves. American Psychologist, 41, 954-969.

Wegner, D. M., & Wheatley, T. (1999). Apparent mental causation: Sources of the experience of will. American Psychologist, 54, 480-492.

Twenge, J. M., & Campbell, W. K. (2001). Age and birth cohort differences in self-esteem: A cross-temporal meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 321-344.

Attitudes (0)

Prejudice

Devine, P. G., & Elliot, A. J. (1995). Are racial stereotypes really fading? The Princeton Trilogy revisited. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1139-1150.

Social Influence

Latane, B. (1981). The psychology of social impact. American Psychologist, 36, 343-356.

Attraction

Buss, D. M. (1989). Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12, 1-49.

Relationships

Baumeister, R. F. (1993). Unrequited love: On heartbreak, anger, guilt, scriptlessness, and humiliation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 377-394.

Groups

Cialdini, R. B., Borden, R. J., Thorne, A., Walker, M. R., Freeman, S., & Sloan, L. R. (1976). Basking in reflected glory: Three (football) field studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34, 366-375.

Helping (2)

Cialdini, R. B., Brown, S. L., Lewis, B. P., Luce, C. & Neuberg, S. L. (1997). Reinterpreting the empathy-altruism relationship: When one into one equals oneness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 481-494.                                       

Batson, C. D., Sager, K., Garst, E., Kang, M., Rubchinsky, K., & Dawson, K. (1997). Is empathy-induced helping due to self-other merging? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 495-509.   

Neuberg, S. L., Cialdini, R. B., Brown, S. L., Luce, C., Sagarin, B. J., & Lewis, B. P. (1997). Does empathy lead to anything more than superficial helping? Comment on Batson et al. (1997). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 510-516.            

Batson, C. D. (1997). Self-other merging and the empathy-altruism hypothesis: Reply to Neuberg et al.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 517-522.

Aggression

Cohen, D., Nisbett, R. E., Bowdle, B. F., & Schwarz, N. (1996). Insult, aggression, and the southern culture of honor: An "experimental ethnography." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 945-960

Happiness

Twenge, J. M. (2000). The age of anxiety? Birth cohort change in anxiety and neuroticism, 1952-1993. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79.