PSYCHOLOGY
160: Social Psychology
SYLLABUS
Fall 2006
Mondays
& Wednesdays, 11-12
145 Dwinelle
INSTRUCTOR:
Professor
Serena Chen
Office: 3413 Tolman
Phone: 643-0843
Office hours: Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m.
E-mail: serchen@berkeley.edu (please try to
visit office hours first)
GRADUATE STUDENT
INSTRUCTORS:
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Sang Hee Park |
Chris Soto |
Liz Horberg |
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Office: |
4129
Tolman |
4115
Tolman |
4135
Tolman |
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E-mail: |
sanghee@berkeley.edu |
cjsoto@berkeley.edu |
horberg@berkeley.edu |
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Sections: |
107,
Monday, 2-3 |
101,
Wednesday, 2-3 |
104,
Thursday, 9-10 |
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108,
Monday, 3-4 |
102,
Wednesday, 3-4 |
105,
Thursday, 10-11 |
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109,
Monday, 4-5 |
103,
Wednesday, 4-5 |
106,
Thursday, 11-12 |
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Social
psychology is the scientific study of the way people think about, feel, and
behave in social situations. It involves understanding how people influence,
and are influenced by, the others around them. A primary goal of this course is
to introduce you to the perspectives, research methods, and empirical findings
of social psychology. Topics to be covered include: impression formation,
conformity, prosocial behavior, interpersonal attraction, persuasion,
stereotyping and prejudice. Equally important is the goal of cultivating your
skills for analyzing the social situations and events that you encounter in
your everyday lives. Finally, throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on
developing critical and integrative ways of thinking about theory and research
in social psychology.
COURSE FORMAT AND
REQUIREMENTS:
Course
lectures are designed to reinforce and supplement the course readings,
so they may include material that is not covered in the readings. The sections
led by your GSI are intended to hone and discuss in depth the ideas covered in
each week's lectures and readings. You are expected to attend and actively
participate in these sections. Sections begin meeting the week of Sept. 4th.
(Wednesday, Sept. 6th will be the first day of sections since Sept.
4th is Labor Day and there are no Tuesday sections).
There
will be 3 exams (multiple choice & short answer) given during lecture time.
The dates are:
Wednesday, Oct. 4th
Monday, Nov. 6th
Wednesday, Dec. 6th
MARK THESE IN
YOUR CALENDARS NOW. There is no exam during the final exam period. All exams are non-cumulative.
Each covers the material presented in the lectures, readings, AND sections
within the specified dates. Make-up exams require advance notice and a
legitimate and documented excuse (e.g., a legible doctor’s note for
illness).
Finally, there is a 3-credit Research Participation
Program (RPP) requirement for this course. RPP coordinators from the Psychology
Department will visit our first lecture to provide information regarding the
prescreening survey (which counts for 1 credit) and enrolling in the on-line RPP
system called Experimetrix.
The URL for Experimetrix is: http://www.experimetrix.com/berkeley
Deadlines for RPP can be found at: http://psychology.berkeley.edu/rpp/
GRADING:
Your
final grade in this course will be based on your achievement on the course
requirements weighted in the following manner:
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Exam
#1 |
30% |
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Exam
#2 |
30% |
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Exam
#3 |
30% |
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Section
Participation & RPP Participation |
10% |
Final
letter grades are based on standard percentages, not curves, as follows:
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97-100%
… |
A+ |
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77-79%
… |
C+ |
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93-96%
… |
A |
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73-76%
… |
C |
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90-92%
… |
A- |
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70-72%
… |
C- |
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87-89%
… |
B+ |
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67-69%
… |
D+ |
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83-86%
… |
B |
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63-66%
… |
D |
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80-82%
… |
B- |
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REQUIRED READINGS:
Textbook
Social Psychology (5th Edition)
Authors:
Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, & Robin M. Akert
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2005
The course textbook can be bought at ASUC, and possibly at Neds and Campus Textbook Exchange (CTE).
[Two copies of the textbook will be available on
reserve in the Ed-Psych library in Tolman]
Supplementary Empirical Articles
These
articles can be downloaded from the following website: http://eres.berkeley.edu.
Click “Electronic Reserves and Course Materials” and then it’s probably quickest
to search by instructor (Chen, Serena) to get to our course webpage. To access
the readings, you will need to enter the course password (XXXXX). Once you are
in the course webpage, click on the EMPIRICAL ARTICLES folder. In there, you
should be able view and print the readings as PDF files simply by clicking on
their titles. [Full citations for these
articles are on the last page of the syllabus]
Lecture Power Point Slides
Power Point slides will also be available on the ERES website (see above) no later than 48 hours after each lecture. To open the ERES folder where the slides will be stored, use the following password: XXXXX.
To view and/or print each Power Point file itself, use the following password: XXXXX.
Lecture Notes
Lecture notes will be available through Black Lightning Lecture Notes.
Podcast
Lectures will be podcast (i.e., audio-recorded) through a university-provided service. Quality of the podcasts is not guaranteed, so listening to them is not meant to serve as a substitute for attending lectures. Rather, doing so may serve as a useful way to review the course material. For information on how to download and listen to the lecture podcasts, visit the following website: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/podcasting.html.
Course Website (displays basic course info)
http://courseweb.berkeley.edu/courseweb/pub/courses/2006/Fa/PSYCH/160/001
COURSE
SCHEDULE & READINGS:
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DATE |
TOPIC |
READINGS |
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M,
Aug. 28 |
Introduction |
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W,
Aug. 30 |
Themes
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Chapter
1 |
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M,
Sept. 4 |
No Class—Labor
Day
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W,
Sept. 6 |
Research
Methods |
Chapter 2 |
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M,
Sept. 11 |
Introduction to
Social Cognition
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Chapter
3 |
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W,
Sept. 13 |
Effects
of Schemas |
Hastorf
& Cantril (1954) |
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M,
Sept. 18 |
Confirmation
Biases & Schema Change |
Chapter
4 |
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W,
Sept. 20 |
Automatic vs. Controlled Processing |
Bargh,
Chen, & Burrows (1996) |
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M,
Sept. 25 |
Nonverbal
Communication & Culture |
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W,
Sept. 27 |
Attribution,
Part I |
Choi
& Nisbett (1998) |
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M,
Oct. 2 |
Attribution, Part II
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W,
Oct. 4 |
EXAM #1 |
Exam
covers 8/28-10/2 material |
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M,
Oct. 9 |
The Self, Part I
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Chapter
5 |
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W,
Oct. 11 |
The Self, Part
II
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Linville
(1985) |
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M,
Oct. 16 |
Cognitive
Dissonance
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Chapter
6 |
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W,
Oct. 18 |
The
Multiply Motivated Self |
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M,
Oct. 23 |
Attitudes &
Persuasion, Part I
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Chapter 7
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W,
Oct. 25 |
Attitudes &
Persuasion, Part II
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Petty,
Cacioppo, & Goldman (1981) |
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M,
Oct. 30 |
Conformity
& Compliance |
Chapter 8 |
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W,
Nov. 1 |
Obedience |
Santos,
Leve, & Pratkanis (1994)
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M,
Nov. 6 |
EXAM #2
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Exam
covers 10/9-11/1 material |
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W,
Nov. 8 |
Group Processes
|
Chapter
9 |
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M,
Nov. 13 |
Attraction |
Chapter 10 |
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W,
Nov. 15 |
Close
Relationships
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Aron,
Aron, Tudor, & Nelson (1991) |
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M,
Nov. 20 |
Prosocial
Behavior
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Chapter
11 |
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W,
Nov. 22 |
Stereotyping
& Prejudice, Part I |
Chapter
13 |
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M,
Nov. 27 |
Stereotyping
& Prejudice, Part II |
Johns, Schmader, & Martens (2005) |
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W,
Nov. 29 |
Intergroup Relations
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Dovidio
& Gaertner (1999) |
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M,
Dec. 4 |
Applying
Social Psychology & Revisiting Themes |
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W,
Dec. 6 |
EXAM #3 |
Exam
covers 11/8-12/4 material |
Supplementary Empirical Articles
Hastorf, A. H., &
Cantril, H. (1954). They saw a game – A case study. Journal of Abnormal and Social
Psychology, 49,
129-134.
Bargh, J. A., Chen, M., &
Burrows, L. (1996). Automaticity of social behavior: Direct effects of trait
construct
and stereotype activation on action. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology,
71, 230-244.
Choi, I., & Nisbett, R. E. (1998). Situational
salience and cultural differences in the correspondence
bias
and actor-observer bias. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 949-960.
Linville, P. W. (1985). Self-complexity
and affective extremity: Don't put all your eggs in one
cognitive
basket. Social Cognition, 3, 94-120.
Petty, R. E., Cacioppo, J. T.,
& Goldman, R. (1981). Personal involvement as a determinant of
argument-based
persuasion. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 41, 847-855.
Santos, M. D., Leve, C.,
& Pratkanis, A. R. (1994). Hey buddy, can you spare seventeen cents?
Mindful
persuasion and the pique technique. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 755-
764.
Aron,
A., Aron, E.N., Tudor, M., & Nelson, G. (1991). Close relationships and
including other in the
self. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 241-253.
Johns, M., Schmader, T.,
& Martens, A. (2005). Knowing
is half the battle: Teaching stereotype threat
as a means
of improving women’s math performance. Psychological
Science, 16, 175-179.
Dovidio, J. F., &
Gaertner, S. L. (1999). Reducing prejudice: Combating intergroup biases. Current
Directions, 8,
101-105.