Psychology 456/556
Social Psychology
Prof. Bertram Malle
Fall 2002

Course Readings

10/9 Seminar: The Self

Malle, B. F. (1994). The self in philosophy and psychology. Unpublished manuscript.

Sherman, D. K, & Cohen, G. L. (2002). Accepting threatening information: Self-affirmation and the reduction of defensive biases. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 119-123.

Fein, S., & Spencer, S. J. (1997). Prejudice as self-image maintenance: Affirming the self through derogating others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 31-44.

Vonk, R. (2002). Self-serving interpretations of flattery: Why ingratiation works. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 515-526.

 

10/23 Lecture: Social Cognition: Grasping Behavior and Mind

Malle, B. F. (2002). A brief history of research on attribution and explanation. Unpublished manuscript, University of Oregon.

 

10/28 Seminar: Theory of Mind and Social Cognition

Malle, B. F. (in press). Folk theory of mind: Conceptual foundations of human social cognition. In R. Hassin, J. S. Uleman, & J. A. Bargh, The new unconscious. New York: Oxford University Press.

Baird, J. A., & Baldwin, D. A. (2001). Making sense of human behavior: Action parsing and intentional inference. In B. F. Malle, L. J. Moses, & D. A. Baldwin (Eds.), Intentions and intentionality: Foundations of social cognition (pp. 193-206). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Povinelli, D. M. (2001). On the possibilities of detecting intentions prior to understanding them. In B. F. Malle, L. J. Moses, & D. A. Baldwin (Eds.), Intentions and intentionality: Foundations of social cognition (pp. 225-248). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

 

11/4 Seminar: Personality Consistency

Malle, B. F. (1997). The person and the situation. Unpublished manuscript, University of Oregon.

Funder, D. C. (1997). Personality traits and behavior. In D. C. Funder, The personality puzzle (ch. 4, pp. 59-75). New York: Norton.

Mischel, W., Shoda, Y., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2002). Situation-behavior profiles as a locus of consistency in personality. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 50-54.

 

11/11 Lecture: Conformity, Obedience

Crano, William D. (2000). Milestones in the psychological analysis of social influence. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, & Practice, 4, 68-80.

Article on conformity in the public domain http://www.promethea.org/Misc_Compositions/OnConformity.html.

 

11/18 Seminar: Is Social Influence Evil?

Markovsky, B., & Thye, S. R. (2001). Social influence on paranormal beliefs. Sociological Perspectives, 44, 21-44.

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

Gibson, J. T., & Haritos-Fatouros, M. (1986, November). The education of a torturer. Psychology Today, 20, 50-58.

Information about cults and psychological manipulation in the public domain: http://www.csj.org.

 

11/25 Seminar: Violence Today

[No readings; group presentations]

 

12/2 Seminar: Stereotypes and Stereotype Vulnerability

Steele, S. (2000). X-Percent Plans - After preferences, more race games.  National review, 52 (2), 22-25.

Anderson, M. (1998). Still waiting. Review of "A dream deferred: The second betrayal of Black freedom in America," By Shelby Steele. NY Times Review of Books, November 22, 1998.

Steele, C. M. (1992). Race and the schooling of black Americans. The Atlantic Monthly, April, 68-78.

Cohen, G. L., Steele, C. M, & Ross, L. D. (1999). The mentor’s dilemma: Providing critical feedback across the racial divide. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1302-1318.

Plous, S. (1996). Ten myths about affirmative action. Journal of Social Issues, 52, 25-31. Available in the public domain: http://www.socialpsychology.org/affirm.htm.

 

12/4 Seminar: Attraction and Relationships

Kenrick, D. T. (1989). Bridging social psychology and sociobiology: The case of sexual attraction. In R. W. Bell, N. J. Bell (Eds.), Sociobiology and the social sciences (pp. 5-23). Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press.

Hinde, R. A. (1995). The adaptionist approach has limits. Psychological Inquiry, 6, 50-53.

Schuetz, A. (1999). It was your fault! Self-serving biases in autobiographical accounts of conflicts in married couples. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 16, 193-208.