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Adv Social PsychologyP3 – Dr. Fraser- PY320
SCS 248 - 408 864 8636
Spring 2008
T/Th 10:40- 12:30
Texts:
Cialdini, R. B. (2001). Influence: Science and Practice (4th Ed.) Allyn and Bacon, Boston. ISBN 0-321-01147-3
Miller, D.T. (2006). Reader to accompany an invitation to Social Psychology. Thomson/Wadsworth. Belmont, CA. ISBN 0-534-59206-6
Myers, W.D.(2001). Monster. Amistead Publishing. ISBN-10: 0064407314
ISBN-13: 978-0064407311
Class format:
This class explores the social behavior of the human in society. It is taught from a social science standpoint and uses the socratic method in the examination of theory where appropriate. We examine social systems which impact the individual as well as how the person influences society.
Below are the links to the outline and other resources to aid you in the sucess of this course.. You are responsible for the information located here. I will go over the first day of class, but after that you are on your own and held responsible for understanding the course guidelines.
You will note that some of the dates on the outline are linked to the actual outline I will be using in lecture. Please feel free to print these out and use them as study guides if you would like to.
Pdf version of the "p3 social psych outline" here
Online Reesources
The Thirty Second Candidate.
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/
Sherif's Robber's Cave
http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/peaceed/pe_robbers_cave.html
“The Lucifer Effect” please download and bring a copy to class with you on the .
Sweet Cucumber is a downlaodable pdf file. Please print and bring to class on the 10th of October.
Moral Dilemmas is a podcast on itunes. It is a lecture given at Stanford by William Sinnot-Armstrong in th ephilosophy department. Please listen to it befor ecoming to class on 11/28
Guest Speakers
Dr. William (Bill) Froming is not only the Academic Vice President of PGSP, but he is also an expert on terrorism and genocide, specifically the genocide in Rwanda in which 1 million people were killed within the span of three months. He is interested the common features shared by genocides of the 20th century. He has studied the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide, interviewed survivors, and taught and written on the topic. In addition, he focuses on social development and the process by which social norms are internalized by children. This is thought of as the development of self-regulation.
Grading
Because this is such a small class we have the luxury of creating a round table discussion. Each student will be assigned one topic to lead a discussion on through the course of the term, and that student will be responsible for finding research to provide the other students (25% of grade) as well leading the discussion in which they are the "expert (25% of grade). Questions are to be provided to the instructor three weeks before the discussion via email and feedback will be provided also via email. Finally the research process leading to the presentation is 25% of grade
No quotes are accepted.
you can also always go the website below to follow your favorite Supreme Court decisions. The extra credit is to do your research and then explain how social psychological constructs get brought to bear in some of these decisions:
Http://www.supremecourtus.gov
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