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Psychology 305 / 305G:
Social Psychology
Lecture & Reading Schedule

Semester 2, 2005

Week

Lectures
- Examinable slides from lectures

Essential Readings
- Examinable textbook chapters

Optional Readings
- Non-examinable articles & web notes

• Introduction to Course
  [.doc; .5 MB]

• Introduction to Social Psychology

• Introduction exam

• Vaughan, G. M., & Hogg, M. A. (2005).  Introducing social psychology.  In Introduction to Social Psychology (Ch 1, pp. 1 – 24). [ERES]

• Neill, J. T. (2005). What is social psychology? [html]
• Vaughan, G. M., & Hogg, M. A. (2005).  Glossary.  In Introduction to Social Psychology (pp. 430 - 438) [ERES]

• History of Social Psychology
  [.pdf; .3 MB]
• Research in Social Psychology
  [.pdf; .3 MB]
• The Social Self
  [.pdf; .1 MB]

• History exam

• Research exam

• Social self

• Fiske, S. T. (2004). The self: Social to the core.  In S. T. Fiske (2004). Social beings: A core motives approach to social psychology. (Ch 5, pp. 169 – 214). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley. [ERES]

• Neill, J. T. (2005). Social psychology history [html]

• APA Monitor (1999). Social psychology: Once overlooked, now a staple.  APA Monitor, 30(11).
• Danziger, K. (2000). Making social psychology experimental: A conceptual history, 1930 - 1970. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 36, 329 - 347.
• Haslam, S. A., & McGarty, C. (2001). A 100 years of certitude? Social psychology, the experimental method and the management of
  scientific uncertainty. British Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 1-21.
• Richard, F. D., Bond, C. F., Jr., & Stokes-Zoota, J. J. (2003). One hundred years of social psychology quantitatively described.
  Review of General Psychology, 7, 331-336.

• Prejudice & Discrimination 
  [.pdf; .1 MB]

• Prejudice exam

• Worchel, S., Cooper, J., Goethals, G. R., & Olson, J. M. (2000). Prejudice and stereotypes. In S. Worchel, J. Cooper, G. R. Goethals & J. M. S. Olson (2000). Social psychology (Ch 7, pp. 192 – 223). Wadsworth: Belmont, CA. [ERES]

• Ray, J. J. (1990). The old-fashioned personality. Human Relations, 43, 997-1015.
• Adorno, T. W. (c.1950). The authoritarian personality. [still being scanned]

• Aggression in the Human Animal

• Aggression exam

• Carr, S. C. (2003). Aggression. In S. C. Carr (2003). Social psychology: Context, communication and culture (Ch 10, pp. 358 – 389). John Wiley: Milton, Queensland, Australia. [ERES]

• Lorenz, K. (1963). What aggression is good for. In K. Lorenz (1963). On aggression (Ch 3, pp. 17-39). Norfolk, UK: Cox & Wyman.

• Attributions & Relationships [.pdf; .3 MB]

• Attributions exam

• Relationships exam

• Argyle, M. (1992). Social relationships. In M. Argyle (1992). The social psychology of everyday life (Ch3, pp. 38 – 71). Routledge: London. [ERES]

• Gladwell, M. (2005). The theory of thin slices: How a little bit of knowledge goes a long way [Gottman’s relationship studies] (pp. 18-34).  In M. Gladwell (2005). Blink: The power of thinking without thinking. London: Allen Lane.  [ERES]
• Rense, R. (2005). Less than satisfying encounters with humans.
• Mackay, H. [Irrationality]
• Weiner, B. (1985). An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion. Psychological Review, 92, 548-573. [CLASSIC]

• Groups
  [.pdf; .3 MB]

• Groups exam

• Bittner, J. R. (1983). Interacting in small groups. In J. R. Bittner (1983). Each other: An introduction to interpersonal communication (Ch7, pp. 193 – 221). Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. [ERES]

• Dewey, J. (1915). Education as a necessity of life.  In J. Dewey (1915). Democracy and education: An introduction to the philosophy of education (Ch1, pp. 1 – 9). [html; also ERES]
• Peck, M. S. (1990). Stumbling into community.  In M. S. Peck (1990). The different drum: The creation of true community – the first step to world peace (Ch1, pp. 25 – 52). Arrow Books: London.  [ERES]

• Leadership
  [.pdf; .5 MB]

• Leadership exam

• Social influence exam
  (also see W12)

• Kenrick, D. T., Neuberg, S. L., & Cialdini, R. B. (2005). Social influence: Conformity, compliance, and obedience. In D. T. Kenrick, S. L. Neuberg, & R. B. Cialdini (2005). Social psychology: Unraveling the mystery (3rd ed.) (Ch6, pp. 176 – 213). [ERES]
• Neill, J. T., (2005). Leadership [copy of all 100 slides and notes] [.ppt]
• Taylor, R. (2003). The confidence zone (Programme 2: Leadership). Videorecording.  15 mins. BBC Worldwide: Sydney, NSW.  UCAN Library Call No: BF575.S39.C66 2003 [3 hour loan].

• Altruism & the New Social Psychology (GD)

• Altruism exam

• Callan, V. J., Gallois, C., Noller, P., & Kashima, Y. (1991). Altruistic behaviour: Helping and resisting. In V. J. Callan, C. Gallois, P. Noller & Y. Kashima (1991). Social psychology (2nd ed.) (Ch9, pp. 143 – 159). Harcourt Brace: Sydney. [ERES]
• Harre, R. (1983). Analysis of social activity: dialogue with Ron Harre (Ch. 9). In J. Miller (Ed.). States of mind: conversations with psychological investigators (pp. 154-172). London: British Broadcasting Corporation.

• Language & Social Constructionism (GD)

• Social Constructionism exam

• Burr, V. (1995). Introduction to Social Constructionism. In V. Burr (1995). An introduction to social constructionism (pp. 1-16). London: Routledge. Routledge: London. [ERES]
• Hayakawa, S. I. (1977). Language in thought and action (pp. 8-17, 21-30, 34-42). London: Allen and Unwin.

• Gergen, K. (1996). Social psychology as social construction: The emerging vision. In McGarty & A. Haslam (Eds.) (1996). The Message of Social Psychology: Perspectives on Mind in Society. Oxford: Blackwell.  [ERES]

• Social Evolution: Social Influence, Social Identity, Self Categorisation

• Social Evolution exam

• Haslam, A. S. (2001). The social identity approach. In Haslam (2001). Psychology in organizations: The social identity approach (Ch2, pp. 26 – 57). Sage: London. [ERES]
• Brewer, M. B., & Miller, N. (1996). Intergroup discrimination: What is just to us is unfair to them. In M. B. Brewer & N. Miller (1996). Intergroup relations (Ch4, pp. 77 – 106). Open University Press: Buckingham. [ERES]

• McGarty, C. et al (2005). Social identity theory and Self-categorization theory.  Australian National University.
• Tajfel, H. (1982). Social psychology of intergroup relations.  Annual Review of Psychology, 33, 1-39.
• McNamee, S., & Gergen, K. J. (Eds). (1999). An invitation to relational responsibility. In S. McNamee & K. J. Gergen (1999). Relational responsibility: Resources for sustaining dialogue (Ch 1, pp. 3-28). Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA. [ERES]

• Body Image, Gender & Society (VL)
• Cross-Cultural (AM)

• Gender exam

• Cultural exam

• Korabik, K. (1997). Applied gender issues. In W. Sadava & D. R. McCreary (1997). Applied social psychology (Ch15, pp. 292 – 309). Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ. [ERES]
• Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., & Crandall, C. S. (2004). The psychological foundations of culture: An introduction. In M. Schaller & C. S. Crandall (2004). The psychological foundations of culture (Ch1, 3-12). Laurence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.

• Adams, G., & Markus, H. R. (2004). Toward a conception of culture suitable for a social psychology of culture. In M. Schaller & C. S. Crandall (2004). The psychological foundations of culture (Ch14, 335-360). Laurence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.
• Mak, A. S., & Barker, M. (2004). A social cognitive learning program for facilitating intercultural relations (Ch 9). In Y. Kashima et al (Eds). Progress in social psychology, Vol 4, (pp. 157-179). Seoul: Kyoyook- Kwahak-Sa.
• Winkelman, M. (1994). Cultural shock and adaptation. Journal of Counseling & Development, 73(6), 121-126. [ERES]

• Environmental Psychology

• Environmental Psychology exam

• Oskamp, S., & Schultz, P. W. (1998). Environmental issues: Energy and resource conservation. In S. Oskamp & P. W. Schultz (1998). Applied social psychology (2nd ed.) (Ch11, pp. 205 – 228). Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ. [ERES]

• Green is good for you
• Current Trends in Environmental Psychology

• Overview

• Schneider, D. J. (1988). Social psychology and life. In D. J. Schneider (1988). Introduction to social psychology (Ch17, 498 – 525). [ERES]
• McGuire, W. J. (1973). The Yin and Yang of progress in social psychology. Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 26, 446 – 456. In Peplau, L. A., Sears, D. O., Taylor, S. E., & Freedman, J. L. (1988). Readings in social psychology: Classic and contemporary contributions (2nd ed.) (Ch30, pp. 301 – 312). [ERES]