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Day
Topic
Readings
Assignments Due
Week 1
M: 9/1
No class; Labor Day
W: 9/3
Course Introduction
Berscheid (1999)
Week 2
M: 9/8
Relationship Science
Berscheid & Peplau (1983) Finkel & Eastwick (2008)
W: 9/10
Perspectives on Attraction
Pennebaker et al. (1979) Wegner et al. (1994) Jones et al. (2004)
Week 3
M: 9/15 W: 9/17
Evolutionary Perspectives
Buss (2003) Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (you’ll read Chapters 4 and 7 later, although you’re free to look at them now)
De Backer (2007) Khallad (2005)
Week 4
M: 9/22 W: 9/24
Attachment Theory
Hazan & Shaver (1987) Collins & Allard (2001) Impett et al. (2008) Locke (2008)
Week 5
M: 9/29 W: 10/1
Interdependence Theory
Rusbult (1980) Rusbult et al. (1994) Bui et al. (1996) Branje et al. (2007)
Week 6
M: 10/6
Self-Expansion
Aron & Aron (1997) Aron et al. (2000) Aron et al. (2006)
W: 10/8
Cognition in Relationships
Lenton (2005) Etcheverry & Le (2005)
Week 7
Week 8
M: 10/20
Relationships in Context
Lohmann et al. (2003) Morse & Neuberg (2004) Strachman & Schimel (2006)
W: 10/22
Relationship Support & Capitalization
Gable et al. (2006) Bolger et al. (2000)
Week 9
M: 10/27 W: 10/29
Social Networks
Milardo & Allan (1997) Milardo et al. (1983)
Read 2 of these 3:
Agnew et al. (2001) Etcheverry & Agnew (2004) Green et al. (2008)
Theory Paper due Monday 10/27 in class
Week 10
M: 11/3 W: 11/5
Sex
Willetts et al. (2004) Buss Chapter 4 Vohs et al. (2004) (optional)
Read 2 of these 4:
Paul & Hayes (2002) Donnelly & Burgess (2008) Smith (2007) Birnbaum & Gillath (2006)
Week 11
M: 11/10
Infidelity
Drigotas et al. (1999) Previti & Amato (2004) Barta & Kiene (2005)
W: 11/12
Jealousy
Fenigstein & Peltz (2002) Buunk et al. (1996)
Read 1 of these 2:
Harris & Christenfeld (1996) DeSteno & Salovey (1996)
Week 12
M: 11/17
Violence in Relationships
Johnson (2006) Shackelford et al. (2005) Frye (2006) Buss Chapter 7 (optional)
W: 11/19
Student Topic #1
TBA
Week 13
M: 11/24
Student Topic #2
W: 11/26
No Class; Thanksgiving
Week 14
M: 12/1
Student Topic #3
W: 12/3
Student Topic #4
Week 15
M: 12/8
Student Topic #5
W: 12/10
Student Topic #6
Week 16
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