Readings for Psy 456 - Social Psychology
Winter 2001
Dr. Sara D. Hodges
The following articles are in addition to the text for the course (Aronson's The Social Animal). Articles appear in alphabetical order by author, not by the order they will be assigned in class. Please check your syllabus to see when articles should be read.

Abbey, A. (1982). Sex differences in attributions for friendly behavior: Do males misperceive females' friendliness? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 830-838.

Aronson, J., Quinn, D. M., & Spencer, S. J. (1998). Stereotype threat and the academic underperformance of minorities and women. In J. K. Swim & C. Stangor (Eds.), Prejudice: The target's perspective (pp. 83-103). New York: Academic Press.

Baldwin, M. W., Carrell, S. E., & Lopez, D. F. (1990). Priming relationship schemas: My advisor and the Pope are watching me from the back of my head. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 26, 435-454.

Bushman, B. J., Baumeister, R. F., & Stack, A. D. (1999). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 367-376.

Buss, D. M., (1998). Sexual strategies theory: Historical origins and current status. Journal of Sex Research, 35, 19-31.

Darley, J. M., & Batson, C. D. (1973). "From Jerusalem to Jericho": A study of situational and dispositional variables in helping behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 100-108.

Dutton, D. G., & Aron, A. P. (1974). Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 510-517.

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.

Han, S., & Shavitt, S. (1994). Persuasion and culture: Advertising appeals in individualistic and collectivistic societies. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 30, 326-350.

Isen, A. M., & Levin, P. F. (1972). Effects of feeling good on helping: Cookies and kindness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 21, 384-388.

Kenrick, D. T., & Gutierres, S. E. (1980). Contrast effects and judgments of physical attractiveness: When beauty becomes a social problem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 131-140.

Klein, K. J. K., & Hodges, S. D. (in press). Gender differences, motivation, and empathic accuracy: When it pays to care. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Macrae, C. N., Bodenhausen, G. V., Milne, A. B., & Jetten, J.(1994). Out of mind but back in sight: Stereotypes on the rebound. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 808-817.

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

Miller, J. G. (1984). Culture and the development of everyday social explanation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 808-817.

Neto, F. (1995). Conformity and independence revisited. Culture and the development of everyday social explanation. Social Behavior and Personality, 23, 217-222.

Pennebaker, J. W., Dyer, M. A., Caulkins, R. S., Litowitz, D. L., Ackerman, P. L., Anderson, D. B., & McGraw, K. M. (1979). Don't the girls all get prettier at closing time: A country and western application to psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5, 122-125.

Ruback, R., & Juieng, D. (1997). Territorial defense in parking lots: Retailiation against waiting drivers. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 821-834.

Storms, M. D. (1973). Videotape and the attribution process: Reversing actors' and observers' points of view. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 27, 165-175.

Wilson, T. D., Lisle, D. J., Schooler, J. W., Hodges, S. D., Klaaren, K. J. & LaFleur, S. J. (1993). Introspecting about reasons can reduce post-choice satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 331-339.

Word, C. O., Zanna, M. P., & Cooper, J. (1974). The nonverbal mediation of self-fulfilling prophecies in interracial interaction. Journal of Experimenal Social Psychology, 10, 109-120.