COURSE SCHEDULE
Readings are to be completed BY the day they are listed. The schedule listed here will be adhered to as closely as possible, but is subject to change. Should changes occur, you will be notified.
SA = Aronson,
The Social Animal
Optional: Ellyson & Halberstadt "On
Reading the Research Literature" and/or
Jordan & Zanna "How to Read a Journal
Article in Social Psychology" (on reserve,
Knight Library)
RP = Reading packet
Selections are listed by author name. Please note articles in the packet are in
alphabetical order by author, not in the order we will read them.
Date
New Reading
What's Due? Wk 1
Mon April 1
(first class, no reading)
Make sure you have an email
account and a Blackboard account
Wed April 3
Syllabus
SA Ch 1 - What is Social Psychology?
SA Ch 9 - Social Psychology as a Science
Wk 2
Mon April 8
SA Chapter 2 - Conformity
Wed April 10
RP Darley & Batson
RP Isen & Levin
Wk 3
Mon April 15
RP Milgram
RP Neto
Wed April 17
Quiz 1
SA Chapter 3 - Mass Communication,
Propaganda, and Persuasion
Wk 4
Mon April 22
RP Han & Shavitt
Paper 1 due for editing
Wed April 24
SA Chapter 4 - Social Cognition
Edited Paper 1 returned
Final version Paper 1 due by 4 pm
FRIDAY April 26
Wk 5
Mon April 29
RP Miller
RP Dutton & Aron Term paper proposal due
Wed May 1
Quiz 2
SA Chapter 5 - Self-JustificationWk 6
Mon May 6
RP Wilson et al.
RP Baldwin, Carrell, & LopezPaper 2 due for editing
Wed May 8
SA Chapter 6 - Human Aggression
RP Bushman, Baumeister, & StackEdited Paper 2 returned
Final version Paper 2 due by 4 pm
FRIDAY, May 10Wk 7
Mon May 13
Quiz 3
SA Chapter 7 - Prejudice
Wed May 15
RP Fein & Spencer
RP Word, Zanna, & CooperWk 8
Mon May 20
RP Shih, Pittinsky, & Ambady
optional: RP Aronson, Quinn, & SpencerTerm paper due for editing
Wed May 22
RP McRae, Bodenhausen, Milne, &
Jettson
RP Phelps, O'Connor, Cunningham,
Funayama, Gatenby, Gore & Banaji Edited term paper returned
Final Version of term paper due
by 4 pm FRIDAY May 24 Wk 9
Mon May 27
Memorial Day - NO CLASS
Weds May 29
Quiz 4
SA Chapter 8 - Liking, Loving and
Interpersonal Sensitivity Wk 10
Mon June 3
RP Buss
RP Pennebaker
RP Harris
Wed June 5
RP Abbey, Zawacki, & McAuslan
RP Klein & Hodges
Wed Jun 12
Final Exam: 3:15
You must take the final to pass the
course