Psychology 303: Experimental (Section A) Dr. David Simpson, Professor of Psychology Fall 2012 Syllabus: MTRF 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. Rankin 206

Office: Rankin 211 Office Hours: 11:00 – 11:50 MTRF and by appointment Phone: Office: [262-524] - 7252 Home: 262 - 966-7206

Electronic Mail: [email protected] Carroll Web page: http://www.carrollu.edu/programs/psychology/faculty_profile.asp?id=2F 38

Blog: http://curiousdavidredux.typepad.com/

Required texts: Myers, D. G. (2010). Social psychology (10th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill Student Resource Web Page: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073370665/student_view0/index.html

Aronson, J. & Aronson, E. . (2012). (Eds). Readings about the social animal. (11th ed.) New York: Worth “Free” online text we shall be drawuing upon: Stangor, C (2011). Principles of Social Psychology. Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge, Inc.

Important Social Psychology Web Sites 1) Scott Plous’ (Wesleyan University) “Social Psychology Network” http://www.socialpsychology.org/ 2) Jon Mueller’s “Student Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology” http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/student.htm 3) ’s Web Site http://aronson.socialpsychology.org/ 4) David Myers’ Home page http://www.davidmyers.org/Brix?pageID=1

Course Objectives: I look upon this course as an opportunity to help you build upon and

Syllabus for Experimental Social Psychology 303: Dr. David Simpson Page 101 apply what you have learned in other courses. I plan provide you with a number of opportunities to read, think deeply about, write about and discuss social psychological research. I hope to increase your knowledge, understanding, and enjoyment of the research process and of systematic, critical reflection. By the end of this course I want you to know the major contributors, findings, and points of controversy within the field of experimental social psychology. I look forward also to our discovering ways to use social psychology knowledge to make the world a better place.

Examinations: 300 Points There will be three regular examinations worth 100 points each. The comprehensive final examination will be worth 100 points.

Class Presentations/ Sharing/Blogging/Reaction Papers: (100 points). Each of you will be assigned readings from the Aronson and Aronson reader for which you will be responsible to lead class discussion. In preparation for your presentation, you should carefully read your article. You may want to prepare notes for your class mates which include an outline or a summary, but create it in your own words. Be sure in your presentation that you include your own insights about the studies.

Developing Social Psychology Research Skills (and Reflective Writing):

To better ensure your ability to enjoy and understand social psychology research, I shall provide you with a number of opportunities to read, write about, discuss, present, and critique social psychology published articles, conduct library searches, collect and analyze data, and write and discuss short reaction papers Completion of this reflective writing in a timely fashion will affect borderline grades and letters of recommendation from me.

Integrity and Civility:

I expect you to attend each class prepared and on time, to take examinations honestly and on time, and to participate actively in all class activities. Cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty or incivility will not be tolerated.

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Grades: Grades will be assigned using the following scale based on 500 possible total points (three regular 100-point examinations, 100 total points for presentation/sharing/reflective writing, and a 100 point comprehensive final exam).

A = 465 through 500 AB = 450 through 464 B = 415 through 449 BC = 400 through 414 C = 350 through 399 D = 300 through 349 F = Below 300

About your professor:

I took my first social psychology class my junior year at Oberlin College in Ohio where I earned my undergraduate degree. My adviser, Dr. Ralph Turner, was himself a social psychologist. Taking that course was a turning point in my life. I knew then that I wanted to learn more about attitude measurement and attitude change and to conduct research in social psychology. While a graduate student at The I studied under the supervision of four social psychology researchers: Dr. Thomas M. Ostrom, Dr. Anthony Greenwald, Dr. Bibb Latane, and Dr. Timothy Brock. Tom was my adviser throughout the time I earned my M.A. and Ph. D. degrees. While at Ohio State I also had the good fortune to meet or to hear presentations by most of the active experimental social psychologist researchers at that time (1971 to 1978). Many present social psychologists were my classmates and I’m proud to say that some present day social psychologists are former Carroll students! During my seven years of graduate studies I took courses, conducted research, spent a semester in Bergen, Norway, and published journal articles dealing with impression formation and memory organization in the Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, the European Journal of Social Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Social Cognition. I joined the Carroll faculty in February of 1978. I teach Introductory Psychology, Statistics and Experimental Design, Psychological Testing, Social Psychology, and Research Seminar. In 2007 I wrote a blog for the electronic version of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel under the name “Curious David.” In 2008-2009 I taught a first-year seminar about blogging and Web 2.0 learning tools.

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Selective Publications:

Simpson, D. D., Ostrom, T, M., & Sloan, L. R. (1983). Anchoring effects of trait range in impression formation. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 2, 383-84. Simpson, D. D. & Ostrom, T. M. (1975). The effect of snap and thoughtful judgments on person impressions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 5, 197-208. Simpson, D. D. & Ostrom (1976). Contrast effects in impression formation. Paper presented by Ostrom at the XXIst International Congress of Psychology, July 1976, Paris, France. Simpson, D. D. & Ostrom, T. M. (1976). Contrast effects in impression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34 625 -29. Ostrom, T.M., Pryor, J.B., & Simpson, D. D. (1981). The organization of social information. In E. T. Higgins, C. P. Herman, & M. P. Zanna, (Eds.). Social Cognition: The Ontario symposium, Volume 1, Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pryor, J. B., Simpson, D. D., Mitchell, M. L., Ostrom, T. M., & Lydon, J. E. (1982). Structural selectivity in the retrieval of social information. Social Cognition, 1, 336-57. Simpson, D. D. (September 1987). Online search skills crucial. American Psychological Association Monitor, P.50. Simpson, D. D. (May 1990). A computer-skills tool kit for undergraduate researchers. Poster session paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois, May 5, 1990. Simpson, D. D. (May 1991). Moderator for Symposium “Undergraduate Research in Context,” Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois. Simpson, D. D. (April 1992). “Discovering and Using Resources of the Electronic Community,” Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois. Simpson, D. D. (1995). “Ability Tests: Design and Construction.” Macgill’s Survey of Social Sciences: Psychology.

My Published book reviews in PsyCRITIQUES 2004-0834-1-1:

Syllabus for Experimental Social Psychology 303: Dr. David Simpson Page 104 Is There a Need for Yet Another SPSS Book? by David Simpson Review of: SPSS for introductory statistics: Use and interpretation (2nd ed.) by George A. Morgan Volume/Issue: 49(1), Published 09/28/2004

2004-0742-1-1: Bare-Bones Statistics: Whetting the Appetite or Malnourishing? by David Simpson Review of: Statistics for the behavioral sciences: A short course and student manual by Bryan Raudenbush Volume/Issue: 49(3), Published 10/12/2004

2004-0973-1-1: Counteracting Humpty Dumpty: Clarifying the Construct of Emotional Intelligence by David Simpson Review of: Emotional intelligence: Key readings on the Mayer and Salovey model by Peter Salovey Volume/Issue: 49(9), Published 11/23/2004

2004-0963-1-1: The Devil Is in the Details: What Social Psychology Can Tell Us About Good and Evil by David Simpson Review of: The social psychology of good and evil by Arthur G. Miller Volume/Issue: 49(10), Published 11/30/2004

2004-0282-1-1: Beyond Shibboleths and Political Correctness: Redirecting Research Toward Diversity in Advertising by David Simpson Review of: Diversity in advertising: Broadening the scope of research directions by Jerome D. Williams Volume/Issue: 50(4), Published 01/26/2005

2005-0096-1-1: Ruminations About What Turns Us On by David Simpson Review of: Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes by Joseph P. Forgas Syllabus for Experimental Social Psychology 303: Dr. David Simpson Page 105 Volume/Issue: 50(8), Published 02/23/2005

2005-1510-1-2: Progressing From Doing to Understanding Statistics by David Simpson, Michelle Braun Review of: Understanding statistics in the behavioral sciences by Roger Bakeman Volume/Issue: 50(17), Published 04/27/2005

2005-1572-1-1: Using Social Psychology to Ameliorate the Human Condition: An Inspirational Student-Friendly Introduction and Guide by David Simpson Review of: Applied social psychology: Understanding and addressing social and practical problems by Frank W. Schneider Volume/Issue: 50(19), Published 05/11/2005

2005-1660-1-1: Rethinking the Root Causes of Human Behavior: a Grand Unified Theory? by David Simpson Review of: The cultural animal: Human nature, meaning, and social life by Roy F. Baumeister Volume/Issue: 50(23), Published 06/08/2005

2005-1569-3-1: The State of the Art and of the Science of Persuasion by David Simpson Review of: Persuasion: Psychological insights and perspectives, 2nd ed. by Timothy C. Brock Volume/Issue: 50(28), Published 07/13/2005

2005-1851-1-1: Much Ado About Something: What is Requisite to Know about Research Design and Methodology? by David Simpson Review of: Essentials of research design and methodology by Geoffrey Marczyk, David DeMatteo, David Festinger Volume/Issue: 50(32), Published 08/10/2005

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2005-1880-1-2: Riddles of Human Behavior: An Economist Models the Powers of Exuberant Intellectual Curiosity by David Simpson Review of: Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Volume/Issue: 50(36), Published 09/07/2005

2005-1991-1-1: A Rose by Another Name? Statistical Analyses for Communication Researchers by David Simpson Review of: Statistical methods for communication science by Andrew F. Hayes Volume/Issue: 50(42), Published 10/19/2005

2005-2122-1-2: Words to the “Why’s”: Sagacity Revisited by David Simpson Review of: A handbook of wisdom: Psychological perspectives by Robert J. Sternberg, Jennifer Jordan Volume/Issue: 50(51), Published 12/21/2005

2005-2329-1-1: A Pocketful of Clinical Advice by David Simpson Review of: PsychNotes: Clinical pocket guide by Darlene D. Pedersen Volume/Issue: 51(21), Published 05/24/2006

2005-2521-1-1: Something Old and Many Things New: Wedding Classic and Contemporary Social Cognition Research by David Simpson Review of: Social cognition: Key reading by David L. Hamilton Volume/Issue: 51(23), Published 06/07/2006

2006-2855-1-1: Mindful Reflections: Influence, Influences, and Directions of Howard Gardner by David Simpson, Wilma Robinson Review of: The development and education of the mind: The selected works of Howard Gardner by Howard Gardner Syllabus for Experimental Social Psychology 303: Dr. David Simpson Page 107 Volume/Issue: 51(46), Published 11/15/2006

2006-3449-1-2: Lessons Learned from a Reality TV Show? by David Simpson Review of: Suite success: The psychologist from ^I The Apprentice ^R reveals what it really takes to excel - in the boardroom and in life by Liza Siegel Volume/Issue: 52(1), Published 01/03/2007

2006-4213-1-2: Striving, Thriving, and Conniving to Become a Successful Scientist by David Simpson Review of: Survival skills for scientists by Federico Rosei, Tudor Johnston Volume/Issue: 52(33), Published 08/15/2007

2007-4647-1-2: Best Practices in Need of Improvement: Developing Emotional Intelligence by David Simpson Review of: Applying emotional intelligence: A practitioner's guide by Joseph Ciarrochi, John D. Mayer Volume/Issue: 52(44), Published 10/31/2007

2008-6145-1-2: Beholden to Beauty by David Simpson Review of: The psychology of physical attraction by Adrian Furnham, Viren Swami Volume/Issue: 53(34), Published 08/20/2008

2008-6480-1-1: Whatever happened to baby Nim? by David Simpson, Matthew Scheel Review of: Nim Chimpsky: The chimp who would be human by Elizabeth Hess Volume/Issue: 53(38), Published 09/17/2008

2009-5050-1-3: Boldly Rethinking the Intelligence Canon: Strategies for Modifying Syllabus for Experimental Social Psychology 303: Dr. David Simpson Page 108 Intelligence and Reducing Disparities by David Simpson Review of: Intelligence and how to get it: Why schools and cultures count by Richard E. Nisbett Volume/Issue: 54(36), Published 09/09/2009

2010-5524-1-3: Making Implicit Social Cognition More Explicit by David Simpson Review of: Handbook of implicit social cognition: Measurement, theory, and applications by Bertram Gawronski, B. Keith Payne Volume/Issue: 56(5), Published 02/02/2011

2011-6641-1-3: Promising but Unfulfilled Promises: Using Social Psychology to Inform, Reform, and Transform Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by David Simpson Review of: (1) Empirical research in teaching and learning: Contributions from social psychology by Debra Mashek, Elizabeth Yost Hammer Volume/Issue: 57(13), Published 03/28/2012

2012-0740-1-3: Research-Informed Teaching Advice: Going Beyond Teaching Tips by David Simpson Review of: (APA) Evidence-based teaching for higher education by Beth M. Schwartz, Regan A. R. Gurung Volume/Issue: 57(35), Published 09/05/2012 No PDF Available

Some Carroll Graduates Accepted into Social Psychology Graduate School

Programs:

Teri Kott (‘81) Notre Dame University (Ph.D.: Director of Marketing Research, Lutheran General Health Care System, Park Ridge, IL) Cathy Carnot (‘82) The Ohio State University (Ph.D.:Lead Research Analyst, Nationwide Insurance, Syllabus for Experimental Social Psychology 303: Dr. David Simpson Page 109 Columbus) Pam Propsom (‘84) Dartmouth University (Ph.D; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Depauw University, Greencastle, IN)

http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=20388

Mark Klinger (‘85) The Ohio State University; (Ph.D: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Arkansas)

http://psychology.ua.edu/people/faculty/mklinger/fac.html

Deana Julka (‘92) Notre Dame University (Ph.D: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Portland State University http://julka.socialpsychology.org/

Jennifer Welbourne (‘92) The Ohio State University http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer- welbourne/8/8b6/a36

Darcy Reich (‘93) The Ohio State University http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/psy.php?page=faculty/drei ch

Gaynel Harris (‘94) University of Cincinnati

Week of Topic Read

September 06 Introducing Social Psychology Myers Chapter 01

September 10 The Self in a Social World Myers Chapter 02

September 17 Social Beliefs and Myers Chapter 03 Judgments

Friday, September 21 Presentations and Discussion

September 24 Behavior and Attitudes Myers Chapter 04

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October 01 Genes, Culture, and Gender Myers Chapter 05

Friday, October 5: Examination # 1 (100 points)

October 08 Conformity and Obedience Myers Chapter 06

Friday, October 12 Presentations and Discussion

October 18 Persuasion Myers Chapter 07

Friday, October 26 Presentations and Discussion

October 29 Group Influence Myers Chapter 08

Friday, November 02: Examination # 2 (100 points)

November 05 Prejudice: Disliking Others Myers Chapter 09

Friday, November 09 Presentations and Discussion

November 12 Aggression: Hurting Others Myers Chapter 10

Friday, November 16 Presentations and Discussion

November 19 Attraction and Intimacy: Liking and Loving Myers Chapter 11

November 27 Helping Myers Chapter 12

Friday, December 7: Examination # 3 (100 points)

December 10: Review for Final Exam

Tuesday, December 18 Final Exam 8:00 a.m. - 11:00

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Carroll Policy Statements

Statement on Academic Integrity – The Carroll Academic Integrity Policy is located in your student handbook. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with it. If a student violates this policy in any way, I reserve the right to impose a sanction of failure on the assignment/assessment or failure in the course. If you have questions about appropriate citations, please ask.

Accommodation for Disabilities – Any requests for accommodation must be made through Carroll’s Disability Services Office. I will make appropriate accommodations once I receive notification from that office and meet with you privately.

Modifications to the syllabus: The instructor and Carroll reserve the right to modify, amend, or change the syllabus (schedule, course requirements, grading policy, etc.) as the curriculum and/or program require(s).

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