Fall Semester: The individual as social cognizer

- Spring Semester -

Week 1: Defining the field and reviewing its history

Farr, R. M. (1991). The long past and the short history of social psychology. European Journal of Social Psychology, 21(5), 371-380.

Farr, R. M. (1995). Some dates in the emergence of social psychology.

Week 2: The psychological and sociological dimensions to social psychology

Cerulo, K.A. (Ed.) (2002). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-1.

Graumann, C. F. (2001). Introduction to a history of social psychology. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-1.

Wilson, D.W. & Schafer, R.B. (1978). Is Social Psychology Interdisciplinary? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 4, 548 - 552.

Week 3: Conference: New York Academy of Sciences

Week 4: Library visit

Week 5: Methodology and methods of research in social psychology

Manstead, A.S.R. & Semin, G.R. (2001). In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-4.

Week 6: The mental structure of the world

Bruner, J.S. & Goodman, C.D. (1947). Value and need as organizing factors in perception. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 42, 33-44.

Fiedler, K. & Bless, H. (2001). Social cognition. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-5.

Zerubavel, E. (2001). The elephant in the room: Notes on the social organization of denial. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-2.

Week 7: Unconscious processes
Friday October 25: Dinner in the city (6PM-9PM)

Nisbett, R.E. & Schachter, S. (1966). Cognitive Manipulation of Pain. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2, 227 - 236.

Fiedler, K. & Bless, H. (2001). Social cognition. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-5.

Vaughan, D. (2001). Signals and interpretative work: The role of culture in a theory of practical action. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-3.

Week 8: Explaining the world

Rosenhan, D.L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science, 179, 250-258.

Espeland, W.N. (2001). Commensuration and cognition. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-4.

Fiedler, K. & Bless, H. (2001). Social cognition. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-5.

Week 9: The use of false beliefs

Langer, E.J., Roth, J. (1975). Heads I win, tails it’s chance: The illusion of control as a function of the sequence of outcomes in a purely chance task. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 951 - 955.

Fiedler, K. & Bless, H. (2001). Social cognition. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-5.

Isaacson, N. (2001). Preterm babies in the “mother machine”: Metaphoric reasoning and bureaucratic rituals that finish the “unfinished infant.” In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-5.

Week 10: Attribution theory

Abbey, A. (1987). Misperceptions of Friendly Behavior as Sexual Interest: A Survey of Naturally Recurring Incidents. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 11, 173 - 194.

Gamson, W.A. (2001). How storytelling can be empowering. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-10.

Hewstone, M. & Fincham, F. (2001). Attribution theory and research: from basic to applied. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-7.

Week 11: The fundamental attribution error

Jones, E.E. (1976). How do people perceive the causes of behavior. American Scientist, May/June, 300-305.

Schwartz, B. & MiKyoung, K. (2001). Honr, dignity, and collective memory: Judging the past in Korea and the United States. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-11.

Hewstone, M. & Fincham, F. (2001). Attribution theory and research: from basic to applied. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-7.

Week 12: The presentation of the self

Deaux, K. & Ethier, K. (1994). Negotiating social identity when context change: Maintaining identification and responding to threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 67(2), 243-251.

Fine, G.A. (2001). Thinking about evil: Adolf Hitler and the dilemma of the social construction of reputation. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-12.

Hewstone, M. & Fincham, F. (2001). Attribution theory and research: from basic to applied. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-4.

Horwitz, A. V. (2001). Culture, harmful dysfunctions and the sociology of mental illness. In K.A. Cerulo, (Ed.)). Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition. New York, NY: Routledge, chap-14.

Week 13: - The history of attitudes

Bohner, G. (2001). Attitudes. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-8.

Festinger, L., & Carlsmith, J.M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-210.

La Piere, R.T. (1934). Attitudes versus action. Social Forces, 13, 230-237.

Lieberman, S. (1956). The effects of changes in roles on the attitudes of role occupants. Human Relations, 9, 385-402.

Week 14: Student Presentations

Week 15: Student Presentations

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