Wes - Social Psychology 

Quick Course Overview

Lecture 1.1: Welcome, Social Psychers!

Lecture 1.2: Course Logistics: Some Rules of the Road

Lecture 1.3: Tour of Social Psychology Network and Invitation to Join

Lecture 1.4: The Psychological Construction of Reality

Lecture 1.5: Confirmation Bias

Lecture 1.6: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Lecture 1.7: Thin Slices: Social Judgments in the Blink of an Eye

Lecture 1.8: What Other People Think of You

How the Course Works

Lecture 1.1: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 1.2: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 1.1 - Introducing Social Psychology

Lecture 1.3: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

How to Join Social Psychology Network

Editing Your SPN Member Page

Lecture 1.4: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 1.5: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 1.6: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 1.7: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 1.8: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Bonus Reading 1.1 - On Being Sane in Insane Places

Snapshot Quiz, Part 1: Complete before Lecture 1.4

Snapshot Quiz, Part 2: Complete before Lecture 1.4

Assignment #1: The Random Assignment Assignment

Lecture 2.1: Attribution Theory: The Whys and Wherefores of Behavior

Lecture 2.2: Some Twists and Turns When Explaining Behavior

Lecture 2.3: Is the Attitude Bone Connected to the Behavior Bone?

Lecture 2.4: Cognitive Dissonance and Self-Perception

Lecture 2.5: Two Flavors of Dissonance: Vanilla and Earthworm

Bonus Video 2.1: A Conversation with Elliot Aronson

Lecture 2.6: How to Be Persuasive

Lecture 2.7: Secrets from the Science of Persuasion (Guest Lecture)

Lecture 2.8: The Ins and Outs of Social Influence

Lecture 2.1: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 2.1 - The Self in a Social World

Lecture 2.2: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 2.3: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Peer Assessment FAQ

Lecture 2.4: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 2.5: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 2.6: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 2.2 - Two Routes to Attitude Change

Lecture 2.7: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 2.8: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 2.3 - Crafting Normative Messages to Protect the Environment

Lecture 3.1: Obedience to Authority (Part 1: Watch Before Milgram Video)

Assigned Video 3.1: Obedience (Stanley Milgram's Classic Documentary)

Lecture 3.2: Obedience to Authority (Part 2: Watch After Milgram Video)

Bonus Video 3.1: Stanley Milgram Discusses His Electric Shock Generator

Bonus Video 3.2: What Was Stanley Milgram Like?

Lecture 3.3: Group Pressure and Conformity (Part 1)

Lecture 3.4: Group Pressure and Conformity (Part 2)

Lecture 3.5: The Dark Side of Deindividuation (Part 1: Watch Before Quiet Rage)

Assigned Video 3.2: Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment

Lecture 3.6: The Dark Side of Deindividuation (Part 2: Watch After Quiet Rage)

Lecture 3.1: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 3.1 - Chapter 3 of Myers: Social Beliefs and Judgments

Lecture 3.2: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 3.2 - Replicating Milgram: Would People Still Obey Today?

Bonus Reading 3.1 - How Nice People Get Corrupted

Lecture 3.3: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 3.4: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Bonus Reading 3.2 - Opinions and Social Pressure

Lecture 3.5: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 3.6: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Bonus Reading 3.3 - The SPE: Ethics and Extensions

Lecture 4.1: Group Dynamics and the Abilene Paradox

Assigned Video 4.1: The Abilene Paradox

Lecture 4.2: How Categorical Thinking Gives Rise to Prejudice

Assigned Video 4.2: Race: The Power of an Illusion

Assigned Video 4.3: Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

Lecture 4.3: The Minimal Group: From Dots to Discrimination in 60 Seconds

Lecture 4.4: When Intergroup Biases Don't Feel Like Biases

Lecture 4.1: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 4.1 - Many Hands Make Diminished Responsibility

Bonus Reading 4.1 - Doing Together What We Would Not Do Alone

Reading 4.2 - How Groups Intensify Decisions

Lecture 4.2: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 4.3: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 4.3 - Psychology of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Lecture 4.4: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Bonus Video 5.1: Experiments in Change Blindness

Bonus Video 5.2: Hangout with Philip G. Zimbardo

Bonus Reading 5.1 - Cyranoids

Bonus Audio 5.1: Buzzer

Bonus Audio 5.2: Stereotypes Drive Perceptions of Race

Bonus Reading 5.2 - How Social Status Shapes Race

Lecture 6.1: Bystander Intervention in Emergencies

Lecture 6.2: The Triggers of Aggression

Lecture 6.3: Countering Terrorism: Is Psychology Mightier Than the Sword?

Lecture 6.4: Halting the Lions of War by Taking the Third Side

Lecture 6.5: Israel and Iran: A Love Story?

Lecture 6.6: The Day of Compassion

Lecture 6.1: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 6.1 - When Do People Help?

Lecture 6.2: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 6.2 - The Nature and Nurture of Aggression

Bonus Reading 6.1 - Heat and Violence

Lecture 6.3: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 6.3 - Causes of Conflict

Bonus Reading 6.2 - How Social Science Can Reduce Terrorism

Lecture 6.4: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 6.5: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Bonus Reading 6.3 - Psychology of Climate Change Communication

Lecture 6.6: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Honors Assignment: Small-Group Discussion

Honors Assignment: Small Group Discussion (Quiz)

Lecture 7.1: Is Empathy a Magic Bullet?

Assigned Video 7.1: This Emotional Life: Understanding Happiness

Lecture 7.2: How to Buy Happiness

Lecture 7.3: Romantic Attraction and Close Relationships

Lecture 7.4: Concluding Remarks: Where to Go From Here

Bonus Video 7.1: Hangout with Mahzarin Banaji

Bonus Video 7.2: Hangout with Daniel Gilbert

Lecture 7.1: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 7.2: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Lecture 7.3: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

Reading 7.1 - Who Likes Whom?

Lecture 7.4: Further Readings and Viewings (optional)

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Social Psychology Glossary (Study Aid)

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