Welcome to the homepage for Social Psychology, taught by Dr. Carothers. Check here for lecture outlines throughout the semester.

Class Syllabus (.doc)

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Lecture Outlines

• 1/9, 1/11
• 1/13, 1/16
• 1/18, 1/20
• 1/23, 1/25
  Links of the week:
  Stanford Prison Study Sometimes this link works, sometimes it doesn't. I'm not sure what's up with it.
  The IAT
• 1/29 - Cancelled - SPSP Conference
• 1/30 - Article Discussion #1
• 2/1 - Exam 1
• 2/3, 2/6
• 2/8, 2/10
• 2/13, 2/15
  Link of the week:
  Cult Education and Recovery
• 2/17, 2/20
  Links of the Week: In the past, students have commented that I'm too political and "push a liberal agenda," even in an intro class where I couldn't, for the life of me, remember ever mentioning politics at all. For that reason, I was hesitant to use G.W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq as an example of groupthink, at first. The more I thought about it, however, the more important I felt it was to use, since it's the most recent big historical example, with the full repercussions still not yet clear. Given that most of you are an intelligent, involved audience, I'll go with the central route here, and provide a few links to demonstrate that the Iraq war has been documented as a case of groupthink by the larger public, and not just a lunatic idea by your Liberal Yankee Professor.
  A pre-war article from the Boston Globe
  Getting a perspective from the Asia Times
  A page from Republicans for Kerry.com
• 2/22 - Article Discussion #2
• 2/24 - Exam 2
• 2/27, 3/1, 3/3 - Mardi Gras Break
• 3/6, 3/8
• 3/10, 3/13
• 3/15, 3/17
• 3/20, 3/22
• 3/24 - Article Discussion #3
• 3/27 - Exam 3
• 3/29, 3/31
  Links of the week:
  What Gasoline Really Costs Us
  Subsidizing Big Oil Some older info, but pretty much says the same thing.
  TerraPass
• 4/3, 4/5
• 4/7, 4/10
• 4/12
• 4/14, 4/17 - Easter Break
• 4/19 - Article Discussion #4 Berenguer, Corraliza, & Martin, 2005
• 4/21, 4/24, 4/26 - Portfolio Presentations
• Exam 4
  Seniors (and anyone else who wants to get things done early): Friday 4/28 @ 1:00
  Everyone else: Wednesday 5/3 @ 9 AM

Some links of interest:

American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
Society for Personality and Social Psychology