~ Advanced Social Psychology ~
(SOP 6069)
Instructor: Dr. Stephen J. Vodanovich
Office: Building 41, Room 220; Phone: 474-2944. E-mail: stevevodanovich@uwf.edu
Office Hours: MW 10:00-11:00; 2:30-3:30. Other times are available by appointment.
Required text: Baumeister, R. F., & Finkel, E. J (2010). Advanced Social Psuchology: The state of the science. New York: Oxford University Press.
*** Plus the required outside readings included below.
Student Learning Objectives |
| Students will be able to: |
1) Discuss and evaluate the historical, current trends,and important figures, in the field of social psychology. [Primarily assessed via exams and class discussions] Relevant core areas: Content, Critical thinking, Communication |
| 2) Explain how social forces/social influence (e.g., social comparison) affects how we see, think, feel, and know. |
3) Discuss the implications of social psychological research and theories for individuals and society. [Primarily assessed via exams and class discussions] Relevant core areas: Content, Critical thinking, Communication |
4) Assess the strengths, weaknesses, and ethics of the various research designs/studies employed in the field. [Primarily assessed via exams and class discussions] Relevant core areas: Content, Critical thinking, Communication, Integrity/Values |
5) Synthesize the empirical findings of research within the context of social psychological theories. [Primarily assessed via exams and class discussions] Relevant core areas: Content, Critical thinking, Communication |
6) Present, discuss, and debate the research findings on a given topioc in social psychology. [Primarily assessed via presenation/debate] Content, Critical thinking, Communication, Project management |
7) Summarize the content and implications of original articles within major areas of social psychology. [Primarily assessed via exams and class discussions] Relevant core areas: Content, Critical thinking, Communication |
Helpful Social Psychology-Related Web Sites:
Social Psychology Network
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for Experimental Social Psychology
European Association of Experimental Social Psychology
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Approximate Timeline |
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Date(s) |
Topic |
Readings |
1/6 |
Introduction/Overview |
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1/8 |
Social Infuence [Conformity]
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Asch, S. E. Opinions and social pressure. (1955). Scientific American, 193, 31-35. Get article. Reno, R R., Cialdini, R. B., & Kallgren, C. A. (1993). The transitional influence of social norms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 104-112.
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1/13 |
Social Influence [Obedience]
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Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67, 371-378. Get article. Burger, J. M. (2009). Replicating Milgram: Would people still obey today? American Psychologist, 64, 1-11. Get article.
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1/15 |
Social Influence [Obedience Ethics] Debate John Duany (Ethical; Milgram position) Dianne Fralix (Not Ethical; Baumrind position)
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Baumrind, D. (1964). Some thoughts on ethics of research: After reading Milgram's "Behavioral study of obedience." American Psychologist, 19, 421-423. Get article. Milgram, S. (1964). Issues in the study of obedience: A reply to Baumrind. American Psychologist, 19, 848-852. Get article. APA Ethical Principles of Psycholgists & Code of Conduct (Sec. 8, Research)
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1/20 |
Martin Luther King Day |
(No Class) |
1/22 |
Social Influence [Universal influence principles]
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Chapter 11
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1/27 |
Social Influence [Compliance Techniques]
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Cialdini, R. B. (1975). A reciprocal concessions procedure for inducing compliance: The door-in-the-face technique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 21, 206-215. Get article. Burger, J. M. (1986). Increasing compliance by improving the deal: The that's-not- all technique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 277-283. Freedman, J. L., & Fraser, S. C.(1966). Compliance without pressure: The foot-in-the-door technique. Journal ol Personality and Social Psychology, 4, 155-202. |
1/29 |
Class Cancelled Due to Weather
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2/3 |
Prosocial Behavior (Helping Others)
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Chapter 8 Latane, B. & Darley, J. M. (1968). Group inhibition of bystander intervention in emergencies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 10, 215-221. |
2/5 |
Prosocial Behavior (Altruism) Debate Kimberly Chafin (Altruism exists) Gary Graves (Altruism does NOT exist) |
Toi, M., & Batson, C. D. (1992). More evidence that empathy is a source of altruistic motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 281-291. Cialdini, R. B. Schaller, M., Houlihan, D., Arps, K., Fulltz, & Beaman, A. L. (1987). Empathy-based helping: Is it selflessly or selfishly motivated? |
2/10 |
Group Processes [Social Loafing & Females in Leadership Positions] |
Chapter 14
Latane, B., Williams, K., & Harkins, S. (1979). Many hands make light work: The causes and consequences of social loafing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 822-832. Get article Massengill, D., & diMarco, N. (1979). Sex-role stereotypes and requisite management characteristics: A current replication. Sex Roles, 5, 561-570. Loafing and Females in Leadership Slides
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2/12 |
Social Perception [Attributing the Causes of Behavior] |
Gilbert, D. T., & Jones, E. E. (1986). Perceiver-induced constraint: Interpretations of self-genrated reality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 269-280. Get article.
Storms, M. D. (1973). Videotape and the attribution process: Reversing actors' and observers' points of view. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 165-175. Get article. Article presentation: Katherine Harnish Reversing Actor-Observer Slides
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2/17 |
Social Perception [Self-handicapping & Overjustification effect] |
Berglas, S., & Jones, E. E. (1978). Drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy in response to noncontingent success. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 405-417. Get article. Lepper, M. R., Greene, D., & Nisbett, R. E. (1973). Undermining children's intrinsic interest with external rewards: A test of the overjustification hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 607-616. Get article. |
2/19 |
Social Cognition |
Chapter 3
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2/24 |
Social Cognition [Counterfactual Thinking, Priming]
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McGraw, A. P., Mellers, B. A., & Tetlock, P. E .(2005). Expectations and emotions of Olympic athletes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 538-446. Get article. Loftus, E. F. (1975). Leading questions and the eyewitness report. Cognitive Science, 7, 560-572. Get article. CFT and Leading Questions Slides
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2/26 |
Attitudes [Cognitive Dissonance]
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Festinger, L, & Carlsmith, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Vol 58(2), 203-210. Get article. Aronson. E. (1992). The return of the repressed: Dissonance theory makes a comeback. Psychological Inquiry, 3, 303-311. Get article. Aronson, E., & Carlsmith, J. M. (1963). Effect of severity of threat in the devaluation of forbidden behavior. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 66, 584-588. Get article. Article presentation: Amy Oliver ~ Exam 1 Distributed ~
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3/3 |
Attitudes [Cognitive Dissonance] |
Aronson, E., & Mills, J. S. (1959). The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59, 177-181. Get article. Aronson, E., Fried, C., & Stone, J. (1991). Overcoming denial and increasing the Gilbert, D. T., & Ebert, E. J. (2002). Decisions and revisions: The affective forecasting of changeable outcomes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 503-514. Get article. Article presentation: Lauren Clifford
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3/5 |
No Class --- Annual SEPA Conference (Nashville, TN) |
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3/10 & 3/12 |
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No Class --- Spring Break |
3/17 |
Attitudes |
Chapter 7 |
3/19 |
Chaiken, S., & Baldwin, M. W. (1981). Affective-cognitive consistency and the effect of salient behavioral information on the self-perception of attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 1-12. Get article. Petty, R. E., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1984). The effects of involvement on responses to argument quantity and quality: Central and peripheral routes to persuasion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 69-81. Get article. |
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3/24 |
Prejudice & Discrimination |
Chapter 10 |
3/26 |
Prejudice& Discrimination (Reducing prejudice)
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Sherif, M. Experiments in group conflict. In J. Aronson & E. Aronson (Eds.) (2011) Readings About the Social Animal) (pp. 415-424). New York: Worth Publishers.
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3/31 |
Prejudice& Discrimination
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Word, C. O., Zanna, M. P., & Cooper, J. (1974). The nonverbal mediation of self-fulfilling prophecies in interracial interaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 109-120. Get article Heilman, M. E., & Stopeck, M. H. (1985). Attractiveness and corporate success: Different causal attributions for males and females. Journal of Applied Psychology, 70, 379-388. Get article.
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4/2 |
Aggression Debate Jessica Gladstone (correlation exist between media violence and aggression) Shane Kuhlman (No relationship exists)
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Freedman, J. (1986). Television violence and aggression: A rejoinder. Psychological Bulletin, 100, 372-378. Get article. Bushman, B. J., & Anderson, C. A. (2001). American Psychologist, 56, 477-489. Get article.
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4/7 |
Aggression (continued)
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Donnerstein, E., & Linz, D. (1986). Mass media sexual violence and male viewers. American Behavioral Scientist, 29, 601-618. Get article.
Anderson, C. A. (2004). An update on the effects of playing violent video games. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 113Ð122. Get article. Article presentation: Allysia Ramirez |
4/9 |
Interpersonal Relationships (Physical Attractiveness)
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Dion, K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 24, 285-290. Get article. Kenrick, D. T., & Gutierres, S. E. (1980). Contrast effects and judgments of physical attractiveness: When beauty becomes a social problem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 131-140. Get article. |
4/14 |
Interpersonal Relationships |
Chapter 14 |
4/16 |
Interpersonal Relationships (Attitude Similarity and Dissimilarity) Debate Katelyn Cleary (Similarity leads to attraction) Caitlyn Webster (Dissimilarity leads to non-attraction)
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Byrne, D., Clore, G. L., & Smeaton, G. (1986). The attraction hypothesis: Do similar attitudes affect anything? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1167-1170. Get article Rosenbaum, M. E. (1986). The repulsion hypothesis: On the nondevelopment of relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1156-1166. Get article. |
4/21 |
Interpersonal Relationships
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Dutton, D. G., & Aron, A. P. (1974). Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under condtitions of high anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 510-517. Get article.
Li, N. P., Bailey, J. M., Kenrick, D. T., & Linsenmeier, J. A. W. (2002). The necesssities and luxuries of mate preferences: Testing the tradeoffs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 947-955. Get article. Bridge and Mate Preference Slides
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4/23 |
Detecting Deception
Debate Brittany Fields (Detecting deception CANNOT be taught) Kyle Weichman (Detecting deception CAN be taught)
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Ekman, P., O'Sullivan, M., Frank, M. G. (1999). A few can catch a liar. Ekman, P., O'Sullivan, M. (1991). Who Can Catch a Liar? American Psychologist, 46, 913-920. Get article. DePaulo, B. M. (1994). Spotting lies: Can humans learn to do better? Get article (scroll down to see article) ~ Exam 2 Distributed ~ |
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