Description: Introductions, Syllabus, Calendar, Learning goals; Break Introduction to basic concepts (agency, culture, structure, institutions; psychological vs. sociological analysis); Break VIDEO clip: What is social psychology? (5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjTsx44-jeY), Discuss course assignments & letter to the instructor, due next time Handouts: Syllabus; Letter to the Instructor handout CLICK on the link below this box to access the Course Syllabus All documents for the course are also located in the Resources tab

Description: Lecture: “What is the Self?” & create a self-schema diagram Lecture: Introduction to Social Construction theory; Break More key concepts: 4 Tenets of social construction theory, Ethnocentrism & Cultural relativism; Break Finish syllabus, ask Qs & discuss technology use in this class Readings: Shulman & Hewitt, Chapter 1: pgs. 1-9 Ritzer & Ryan selection: Brief Overview, Social Psychology (All readings are on NEO, under the RESOURCES tab) Assignments/deadlines: Letter to Instructor Due Turn in on paper in class or submit to NEO Dropbox

Description: Lecture: Basics of Social Psychology (Myers), Discuss components of research assignment, interviews, Break; Introduction to Symbolic Interactionism & Major Tenets (Hewitt); Break Theoretical Approaches in PSP vs. SSP; Rouge/Red Dot Test Video; Application: Levels of analysis handout, discuss in small groups Readings: Shulman & Hewitt, Chapter 1: pgs. 22-30 Myers, Chapter 1: pgs. 3-15 (stop at “I knew it…”) Handout: Levels of Analysis handout

Description: Lecture: How is research done in Social Psychology? Experimental vs. Ethnographic research VIDEO: Lab Experiments: Critical Social Psychology (8 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN0z0Y1q4-E); Break Methods lecture: Correlation vs. Causation, Experiments, Ethics, Break VIDEO: 5 Psychology Experiments You Couldn’t Do Today (11 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3l1jgmYrY) Readings: Myers, Chapter 1: pgs. 19.5 – 33 Kvale, Qualitative research interviewing, pgs. 1-16 Assignment: Begin reviewing for Quiz 1, next class

Quiz 1 in class, first part is taken on NEO, second part (essays) is taken on paper provided by Dr. H (bring a pen please) Bring your laptop to class, fully charged, with internet access ready After Quiz 1: Begin designing your research project at home Reading: Kvale, Qualitative research interviewing, pgs. 27-37 Assignments: QUIZ 1 (all material from classes 1-4) 3rd hour: Write first draft of your interview question set, due next week - turn your draft of the interview guide in on NEO by 14 March

Description: Lecture: History of Identity Development in Europe & North America; Lecture: Significant Symbols, Break Lecture: Social Objects; Activity: Cell Phone Exercise; Break Writing Workshop I & Workshop time: Peer review of interview guides; Discuss research projects, ask Qs Reading: Hewitt, Chap. 2 (pgs. 35-69) Handout: Writing Workshop I Assignments: Upload a first draft of the interview question set you will use in your project, due in NEO by 14 March, before this class ** Please also bring a PRINTED copy of your interview guide draft to class with you, to use during peer review portion of the class

Discuss writing Informed Consent form, ask questions Lecture: Self & the physical body, Short writing exercise: Relationship to your own physical body & how it affects you as a self; then --> Activity: Class Field Trip to the Czech Museum of Music Choose a piece of art to reflect on in Conceptual Application paper (You will need your phone to take a photo of the art you choose.) Reading: Ritzer & Ryan selection: Conceptual Overview, The Self Assignments: Make revisions to Interview Guide in NEO, upload new draft to the 2nd draft Dropbox for the Interview Guide EMAIL Completed Conceptual Application to Art Paper to me by 3/24 (you can also upload to NEO, but I print out all the art papers and grade them by hand, over the spring break.)

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Lecture: Self-Concept, Social Self, Cooley’s Looking Glass Self, Self & Culture, Break Lecture: Perceived Self-Control, Learned Helplessness; Break End of class: Complete learning goal evaluations together Reading: Myers, Chapter 2 (pgs. 38-74) Handout: Learning Goal Evaluations Assignment: Draft of informed consent form due in NEO before class, please use the correct Dropbox

Data: Feedback from learning goal evaluations Lecture: Attributing Causality, Fundamental Attribution Error; Break Lecture & Khan Academy video (5 mins.) on Kelley’s theory, Judging Others, Self-Fulfilling Beliefs; Break VIDEO: Social Thinking, Crash Course Psychology #37 (11 mins.) Class discussion: The Stanford Prison Experiment Reading: Myers, Chapter 3 (pgs. 77-124) Assignments: Begin reviewing for Quiz 2, next class Draft due: Informed Consent form

Quiz 2 - Material from second part of the course: March 14 - April 11 Both quizzes are administered in the classroom, on NEO Quizzes are open book, open notes but no other materials (only what we use in class, in assigned readings, and your notes) are to be used

Lecture: A bit more on the self as affected by culture; VIDEO: Introduction to Goffman (2 min.); Key concepts, Break Activity: Application of Goffman’s theoretical ideas in video analysis: Film clips from The Devil Wears Prada Reading: PDF, Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self, pgs. 1-16 Assignments: Continue conducting research interviews for your project Reflect on which aspects of your interviews seem most engaging so far, to help you choose interviewee quotes for the final paper

Description: Lecture: Friendships, Physical Attractiveness, Similarity, Video: The Science of Attraction, Break Writing Workshop II; Ask any Qs about research interviews; Break Lecture: Passionate love and married love, Class Discussion: Rewards of Relationships Reading: Myers, Chapter 10 (pgs. 427-463) Assignment: Turn in PRINTED copy of Art Application Essay, in class Finish conducting interviews (3 required, see assignment)

Description: Begin reviewing data from the interviews, ask Qs about how to incorporate course readings/concepts/themes into your project, Break; Writing Workshop III: Re-read research interview project instructions together on NEO… Discuss how to include quotes from interviewees, how to cite and create a bibliography, Break; Complete faculty course evaluations on NEO Review for the final exam Assignment: Submit your final research paper to NEO by Sunday, May 19, 23:00

Description: Discuss course overall… Which components worked well, What might be changed?  Break Short, informal student presentations on the research process and results; Final Exam & Closing Letter to Instructor due Closing Letter to Instructor due today, May 16 Research Paper Submission due Sunday, May 19 Final exam structure (MC, T/F, & Fill-in-the-blank questions) 30% of the final exam covers the material since quiz 2 70% is a cumulative review of all terms, concepts, theories