Spring 2003: The dynamics of groups and social influence

- Fall Semester -

Week 1: The concept of attitudes
Week 2: Attitudes and behavior
Week 3: Defining the concept of group
Week 4: The study of group in social psychology
Week 5: Becoming a group
Week 6: The structural dimensions of groups
Week 7: The Social Nature of Group
Week 8: Decision-making and the power of the group
Week 9: Social influence and the role of the majority
Week 10: Minority influence and change
Week 11: The Dynamics Between Groups
Week 12: Conflict between groups and the superordinate goal
Week 13: Oral presentations
Week 14: Oral presentations


Week 1: The concept 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.


Week 2: Attitudes and behavior

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.

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


Week 3: Defining the concept of group

Le Bon, G. (1982). The Crowd, a Study of the Popular Mind. Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company,


Week 4: The study of group in social psychology

Buys, C. J. (1978), Humans would do better without groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 4, 123-125.

Steiner, I. (1974), Whatever Happened to The Group in Social Psychology? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 94-108.

Van Lange, A.M. & De Dreu, K.W. (2001). Social interaction: Cooperation and Competition. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-11.


Week 5: Becoming a group

Aronson, E. & Miles, J. (1959), The Effect of Severity of Initiation on Liking for a Group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59, 177-181.

Dashiell, J. F. (1930). An experimental analysis of some group effects. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 25, 190-199.

Sherif, M. (1937). An experimental approach to the study of attitudes. Sociometry, 1, 90-98.

Mullen, B. & Copper, C. (1994). The relation between group cohesiveness and performance: an integration. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 210-227.

Wilke, H. & Wit, A. (2002). Group performance. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-14


Week 6: The structural dimensions of groups

Diener, E. (1976), Effects of prior destructive behavior, anonymity, and group presence on deindividuation and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33, 497-507

Wilke, H. & Wit, A. (2002). Group performance. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-14


Week 7: The Social Nature of Group

Harkins, S. J. (1987), Social Loafing and Social Facilitation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 23, 1-18.

Van Avermaet, E. (2002). Social groups. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-13-

Zajonc, R. B. (1965), Social facilitation. Science, 149, 269-274.


Week 8: Decision-making and the power of the group

Janis, I. (1971). Groupthink. Psychology Today, November, 43-46.

Moscovici, S. & Zavalloni, M. (1968), The Group as a Polarizer of Attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 12, 125-135

Van Avermaet, E. (2002). Social groups. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-13-


Week 9: Social influence and the role of the majority

Asch, S.E. (1955). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific American, 193, 31-35.

Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal Social Psychology, 67, 371-378.

Van Avermaet, E. (2002). Social groups. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-13-


Week 10: Minority influence and change

Moscovici, S., Lage, E., & Naffrechoux, M. (1969). Influence of a consistent minority on the responses of a majority in a color perception task. Sociometry, 32, 365-380.

Van Avermaet, E. (2002). Social groups. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-13-


Week 11: The Dynamics Between Groups

Brown, R. (2001). Intergroup relations. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-15.

Lorenzi-Cioldi, F. (1993). They all look alike, but so do we... sometimes: Perceptions of ingroup and outgroup homogeneity as a function of sex and context. British Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 111-124.

Brewer, M.B., (1991). The social self: On being the same and different at the same time. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 475-482



Week 12: Conflict between groups and the superordinate goal

Brown, R. (2001). Intergroup relations. In M. Hewstone, W. Stroebe,. (Eds.). Introduction to Social Psychology: A European Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Chap-15.

Philogene, G. (2000). Blacks as 'Serviceable Other', Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 10(5). pp. 391-401.

Sherif, M. (1958). Superordinate goals in the reduction of intergroup conflicts, Journal of Sociology, 63, 349-356.


Week 13: Oral presentations

Week 14: Oral presentations



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