Attitudes and Social Cognition
Psychology 506
(Graduate Core Course in Social Psychology)
Professor Lee Jussim
Syllabus,
Revised 9/27/04
Mondays, 1:10-3:50 in Tillett 605
Requirements:
Reading summaries: 10%.
Take home final: 50%.
Lead discussions: 20%.
Participation: 20%.
Format:
Discussion. Minimal lecture (I may spontaneously lecture when we
hit a
crucial point not covered in readings that I need to spend some time
explaining, but I
will have no lectures planned in advance).
Required readings. Note: There is one set of (typically) 3-4
readings per week. The first set
of readings should be read by the second class; the second set by the
third class, etc.
All readings will be available through the Rutgers Libraries, on the
web.
IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ACCESSING READINGS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB THRU RUTGERS' ELECTRONIC
RESERVE SYSTEM, CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
Get a jump on the first two weeks of
readings.
Our first class is not until Sept. 13. BUT, that class will
only be organizational. (Do not attend at your own
risk).
Our first "real" class is not until Sept. 20.
So, in order to avoid being overwhelmed by mid-semester,
you should seriously consider reading the first week's worth
of stuff early; and even the second week's worth of stuff
early. HOWEVER, you do not want to read too far in advance,
because 20% of the class is discussion, and you will have a hard
time participating if you do not remember the readings.
REGULAR FONT MEANS UP ON WEB.
BOLD MEANS SUBMITTED TO LIBRARY
FOR UPLOADING.
RED = NOT YET SUBMITTED TO LIBRARY
GREEN=NOTES AND COMMENTS
PART I:
SOCIAL PERCEPTION AND SOCIAL COGNITION
1. Early Approaches to Person
Perception
Asch, S. (1946). Forming impressions of personality.
Journal of Abnormal and Social
Psychology, 41, 258-290. PARTS
MAY BE HARD TO READ.
Hastorf, A. H., & Cantril, H. (1954). They saw a game: A case
study. Journal of
Abnormal and Social
Psychology, 47, 129-143.
Allport, F. H. (1955). Theories
of Perception and the Concept of
Structure (Chapter
13, JUST pages 304-344; Chap 14). NY: Wiley.
2. Knowledge "Structures": Welcome to
the Cognitive Zoo
Stacy,
Florette, Danielle
Gilbert, D. T. (1995). Attribution and interpersonal
perception. In A. Tesser (Ed.), Advanced Social
Psychology.
JUST PAGES 99-126. NY:McGraw-Hill.
Sedikedes, C., & Skowronski, J. J. (1991). The law of
cognitive structure activation.
Psychological Inquiry, 2,
169-184.
Tversky, A. & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under
uncertainty: Heuristics and
biases. Science, 185,
1124-1131.
Leventhal, H., Benyamini, Y., Brownlee, S., Diefenbach, M., Leventhal,
E.A.,
Patrick-Miller, L., & Robitaille, C. (1997). Illness
representations:
Theoretical foundations. In K.J. Petrie & J.A. Weinman (Eds.).
Perceptions
of health and illness:
Current research and applications. (pp. 19- 45).
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Harwood Academic Publishers.
3. Error and Bias: Duh? How
did
us morons ever get to the moon?
Jeff, Carrie, Aarathi
Nisbett, R. E., & Wilson, T. D. (1977). Telling more than we
can know: Verbal reports
on mental processes. Psychological
Review, 84, 231-259.
Weinstein, N. D. (1980). Unrealistic optimism about future
life events. Journal of
Personality and Social
Psychology, 39, 806-820.
Chapman, G. B., & Elstein, A. S.
(2000). Cognitive processes
and biases in medical
decision making. In G. B.
Chapman & F. A. Sonnenberg (eds.),
Decision
making in
health
care: Theory,
Psychology, and Applications.
NY: Cambridge
University Press.
4.
Interpersonal Expectancies:
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Biased
Interpretation, and
Biased
Information-Seeking
Dorothy, Jason, Shalin
Jussim, L. (2004). The Once Raging and Still Smoldering Pygmalion
Controversy,
Chapter 3, to appear in Interpersonal
Expectancies.
Jussim, L. (2004). Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Chapter 4, to
appear in
Interpersonal Expectancies.
Jussim, L. (2004). Expectancy Effects. Chapter 5, to appear
in Interpersonal
Expectancies.
5. Expectancy Effects: A
Revisionist
View
Tom,
Jarret, Sandra
Jussim, L. (2004). A Critical Evaluation of the Early,
Classic Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Research, Chapter 6 to appear in Interpersonal Expectancies.
Jussim, L. (2004). You Better Change Your Expectations Because I
Will Not Change
to Fit Your Expectations: Self-Verification as a Limit to
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies,
Chapter 7, to appear in Interpersonal
Expectancies.
Jussim, L. (2004). The Less Than Awesome Power of Expectations to
Distort
Information-Seeking, Chapter 8, to appear in Interpersonal Expectancies.
Jussim, L. (2004). The Less Than Awesome Power of Expectations to
Bias
Perception and Judgment, Chapter 9, to appear in Interpersonal
Expectancies.
6. Accuracy
Florette,
Aubrie, Stacy
Jussim, L. (In press). Accuracy in Social Perception:
Criticisms, Controversies, Criteria, Components and Cognitive Processes.
Advances in Experimental
Social Psychology.
Jussim, L., et al. (accepted with
revisions). Social Reality Makes the Social Mind:
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Stereotypes, Bias, and Accuracy
in Social Perception.
Interaction Studies.
PART
II: ATTITUDES
1. What are Attitudes?
Mandy, Danielle, Aarathi
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). The nature of attitudes,
Chapter 1 in The
Psychology
of Attitudes.
Fort Worth Texas: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). The measurement of
attitudes. Chapter 2 in The
Psychology
of Attitudes.
Fort Worth Texas: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). The structure of
attitudes and beliefs. Chapter 3,
in The Psychology
of
Attitudes. Fort Worth
Texas: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich.
2. Where
do Attitudes Come From?
Sandra,
Carrie
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). Process theories of
attitude formation and
change. Chapter 8 in The
Psychology of Attitudes.
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). Affective processes in
attitude formation and
change. Chapter 9 in The Psychology
of Attitudes.
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). JUST PAGES 427-455 in
Motivational processes
in attitude formation and change,
Chapter 10 in The Psychology
of
Attitudes.
3.
Attitudes do not cause behavior?
Christine,
Cheryl
LaPiere, R. T.
(1934). Attitudes
versus actions. Social
Forces,
13, 230-237.
Minard, R.
D.
(1952). Race
relations in the Pocahontas Coal
Field. Journal
of
Social
Issues,
8, 29-44. POOR
QUALITY ORIGINAL!
Wicker, A. W.
(1969). Attitudes
versus actions: The relation of verbal
and overt
behavioral
responses to attitude
objects. Journal
of
Social Issues, 25,
41-78.
POOR
QUALITY ORIGINAL!
4. Attitudes DO cause behavior!
Dorothy,
Aubrie
Ajzen, I. (1988). From
intentions to actions. Chapter 6 in
Attitudes,
personality, and
behavior.
Chicago: The Dorsey Press.
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). The impact of attitudes
on behaviors, Chapter 4 in
The
Psychology of Attitudes.
Weigel, R. H. & Newman, L. S.
(1976). Increasing
attitude-behavior correspondence
by broadening the scope of the
behavioral measure. In A.G.
Halberstad & S. L. Ellyson
(eds.) Social
Psychology
Readings: A Century of Research.
New
York: McGraw Hill.
Orginally appeared in Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 33,
793-802.
5. Behavior Causes Attitudes!
Jarret, Tom, Mandy
Festinger,
L. (1957). A
theory of
cognitive dissonance,
Chapters 1-3. Stanford, CA:
Stanford
University Press.
Festinger , L.,
& Carlsmith,
J. M. (1959). Cognitive
consequences of forced
compliance.
Journal
of
Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58,
203-210.
DELETED
FROM REQUIRED READINGS:
Eagly,
A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). Motivational processes in
attitude formation and
change,
Chapter 10 in The
Psychology of Attitudes,
JUST
PAGES 455-479
(Theories
of
Cognitive Consistency)
6. Trouble in Dissonance-land
Jason,
Leticia, Shalin
Bem, D.
(1970). Behavioral
foundations of beliefs and
attitudes. Chapter 6 in Beliefs,
attitudes,
and human affairs.
Eagly,
A. H., & Chaiken, S.
(1993). The impact of behavior on
attitude formation and
change,
Chapter 11 in The
Psychology of Attitudes.
Aronson, E.
(1992). The
return of the repressed: Dissonance
theory makes a
comeback. Psychological
Inquiry 3,
303-311.
Commentaries on the
Aronson
article by Brehm, Jussim, Lord, &
Schlenker.
Titled,
respectively
"An unidentified
theoretical object."
"Dissonance: A
second coming?"
"Was cognitive
dissonance theory a mistake?"
"Of shape
shifters and theories."
NOTE: You will need the titles to
find them on electronic reserve. They
may all be filed under the one title of "An unidentified theoretical
object."
7. Implicit vs. Explicit Attitudes
and
Cognitions
Christine, Cheryl, Jeff
Greenwald, A. G. et al.
(2002). A unified theory of implicit attitudes,
stereotypes, self-esteem, and self-concept. Psychological
Review,
102,
4-27.
Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T.
L. (1999). The unbearable
automaticity of being.
American
Psychologist 54,
462-479.
Wilson, T. D.,
Lindsey, S., and
Schooler, T. Y. (2000).
A model
of dual attitudes. Psychological
Review, 107,
101-126.
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