Date

Topic

Readings & Notes

Week 1

9/4

Course Introduction

9/6

What is Social Psychology?

S&M-1
Hastdorf & Cantril (1954)
Darley & Batson (1973)
Jordan & Zanna (2003; OPTIONAL)

Week 2

9/11

History of Social Psychology

Devine (1995)
Fiske (1995)

9/13

(continued)

S&M-2

Week 3

9/18

Perceiving Individuals

S&M-3
Kendrick & Gutierres (1980)

9/20

(continued)

Storms (1973)

Week 4

9/25

Perceiving Groups

S&M-5
Word et al. (1974)

9/27

(continued)

Sherif (1956)
Aronson & Bridgeman (1979)

Week 5

10/2

The Social Self

S&M-4

10/4

(continued)

S&M-6
Cialdini et al. (1976)

Week 6

10/9

(continued)

Dutton & Aron (1974)

10/11

(continued)

Arndt et al. (1997)
Landau et al. (2004)

Progress check on Journals; turn in during class. You need to have at least 4 entries by this date.

Week 7

10/16

No class: Fall Break

10/18

No class: Fall Break

Week 8

10/23

Exam 1

10/25

Attitudes & Persuasion

S&M-8

Week 9

10/30

(continued)

S&M-7
Fazio & Williams (1986)

11/1

(continued)

Dickerson et al. (1992)

Article review due; turn in during class.

Week 10

11/6

Attitudes & Persuasion (continued)

Petty et al. (1997)

11/8

Social Influence

S&M-9
Freedman & Fraser (1966)

Week 11

11/13

(continued)

Asch (1955)
Cialdini et al. (1990)

11/15

(continued)

S&M-10
Milgram (1963)

Week 12

11/20

Groups

S&M-12

Progress check on Journals; turn in during class. You need to have at least 9 entries by this date.

11/22

No class: Thanksgiving Break

Week 13

11/27

(continued)

Markus (1978)
Harkins (1987)

11/29

(continued)

Week 14

12/4

Exclusion from Groups

Smith & Williams (2004)

12/6

Close Relationships

S&M-11
Walster et al. (1973)
Snyder et al. (1977)

Week 15

12/11

TBA

TBA

12/13

Exam 2

Journal due (12 entries) by 5:00pm on Friday Dec. 14th.

Week 16

Finals week

Final paper: due by the end of finals week (Friday, Dec. 21^st, 5:00pm)