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Subject: [socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 13, No. 5
Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter
Vol. 13, No. 5
January 31, 2014
the e-mail newsletter accompanying the
Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website at
http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow
Editor's note: It's cold.
Activities and Exercises
Aggression: Why people drive aggressively and how to prevent it
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/
2013/november-13/teaching-current-directions-
in-psychological-science-7.html#driving
Another good activity from DeWall and Myers
Attraction & Relationships: Can romance be rational?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/
observer/2014/january-14/teaching-current-directions-
in-psychological-science-9.html#one
A few good activities from Myers and DeWall
Social Judgment: Why smart people make not-so-smart judgments
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/
observer/2013/october-13/teaching-current-directions-
in-psychological-science-6.html#judgments
Sponsored by DeWall and Myers -- Were you the victim of the myside bias?
Suffering from dysrationalia? Call DeWall and Myers!
Social Judgment: Making accurate interpersonal judgments with "zero
acquaintance"
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/
2013/december-13/teaching-current-directions-
in-psychological-science-8.html#acquaintance
That means having never met a person. A fun activity using reality TV.
You may have to explain what that is to your students. Oh wait, the other
way around.
The Self: Fast thinking feels good
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/
2013/october-13/teaching-current-directions-in-psychological-
science-6.html#thinking
Just off their latest stint in Vegas, here's another activity from DeWall
and Myers
Articles
Attraction: "Disease threats predict preferences for physically attractive
leaders"
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzfeNsuwQr24QnJid0hpVHdHMHM/edit?pli=1
General: Human social genomics
http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~hilmert/SPRG/SPRGPapers/Slavich_2013.pdf
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/
publications/observer/2013/may-june-13/social-
experiences-affect-our-genes-and-health.html
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/
publications/observer/2013/december-13/mapping-mindsets.html
"Although we generally experience our bodies as being biologically stable
across time and situations, an emerging field of research is demonstrating
that
external social conditions, especially our subjective perceptions of
those conditions, can influence our most basic internal biological
processes --
namely, the expression of our genes." The first link is to the research
article; the second is to a press release about it. The third link is to
an
article on cultural neuroscience which also addresses this interaction of
genes and the social world.
Examples
Gender and Culture: Double standards
http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/01/21/3187181/
female-tennis-player-reaches-australian-open-semis-asked-man-date/
"Female tennis player reaches Australian Open semis, is asked what man she
wants to date."
Prejudice: Institutional racism
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/
some-republicans-see-racism-as-a-factor-in-immigration-stale
A U.S. congressman acknowledges that race plays a role in immigration
reform debate.
Prejudice: Institutional racism
http://americablog.com/2014/01/russian-newspaper-editor-fined-quoting-gay-person-article.html
"Russian newspaper editor fined for quoting gay person in article." Well,
actually he was fined for quoting a gay person in the wrong way. The
article did not present homosexuality as deviant. That violates a new
law. As one official said, "Such a claim violates the laws of logic. By
presenting it to readers who are minors, the author leads them into error
about the normalcy of homosexuality. Following the logic of the author,
you could recognize the existence of maniacs, serial killers, etc. as
normal and even effective."
Topic Resources
Aggression: Biology and aggression
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/
publications/observer/2014/january-14/naturally-nasty.html
A good article describing research on genetic and biological influences on
hostile behavior, including some possible remedies
Aggression/Helping: Can game role playing shape later behavior?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/
were-only-human/whos-your-avatar-good-and-evil-in-the-gaming-world.html
Does playing Lord Voldemort increase your aggression? Yes. Does playing
Superman increase your generosity? Yes. So, I have to ask. If you were
turned into a character in a video game, what behavior would the player
engage in after playing you?
Attraction & Relationships: Social warmth linked to physical warmth
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/
observer/obsonline/the-heartwarming-nature-of-social-bonds.html
More embodied cognition research -- can drinking that warm cup of coffee
increase your social connection to others?
Genes, Gender, & Culture: Gender differences in the brain
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/02/men-women-brains-wired-differently
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/
getting-in-a-tangle-over-men-and-womens-brain-wiring/
Your students may have seen this research on apparent brain differences
between males and females in the news. The first link describes that
research and claims made from it. The second link is to an article that
is a rather strong critique of the research, the claims, and the media
portrayal of it all.
H/T to Marianne Miserandino
Genes, Gender, & Culture: Barbie is just fine the way she is
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justina-sharp/post_6626_b_4596855.html
A 16-year-old girl explains why she doesn't think the Barbie doll should
be changed at all. Do your students agree?
Genes, Gender, & Culture: "Not a single female student took the AP
computer science test in two states"
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2014/01/14/3160181/test-girls-race/
Can you guess them?
Genes, Gender, & Culture: "How one state plans to wipe out sexism at work
in a single bill"
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/31/3231891/minnesota-women-package/
Can you guess which one? They are proposing a bundle of initiatives
including increasing the minimum wage, paid sick leave, and better access
to childcare.
Genes, Gender, & Culture/Prejudice: "Girls underperform when they play
chess against boys"
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2014/01/
girls-underperform-when-they-play-chess.html
First evidence of stereotype threat in children? Interesting study.
Helping: Prosocial media and video games positively influence behavior
across cultures
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/
obsonline/prosocial-media-linked-with-empathy-across-cultures.html
Helping: Extraordinary altruism; What prompts it?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/
were-only-human/extraordinary-altruism-who-gives-a-kidney.html
Would you donate a kidney to a stranger? Perhaps if you feel better off,
according to this research (or, if you live in Utah)
Persuasion: Do rational arguments work?
http://mindhacks.com/2014/01/17/
whats-the-evidence-on-using-rational-argument-to-change-peoples-minds/
Well, you are going to have to wait to find out. I have included this
item because it describes a very interesting way writers are getting
funded to write through a site called Contributoria. This person's
article topic, "What's the evidence on using rational argument to change
people's minds?" has been funded. So, now he will write it. And I will
let you know when it is ready to read.
Prejudice: Anti-slavery collection
http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/umarmot/antislavery/
"The Antislavery Collection contains several hundred printed pamphlets and
books pertaining to slavery and antislavery in New England, 1725-1911. The
holdings include speeches, sermons, proceedings and other publications of
organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society and the American
Colonization Society, and a small number of pro-slavery tracts."
Prejudice: Why stereotype threat?
http://www.danielwillingham.com/1/post/2013/11/
whats-behind-stereotype-threat.html
Here is a good summary of recent research suggesting that stereotype
threat is not just the result of overloading working memory. Perhaps it
also involves regulatory fit.
Prejudice: 49% of Black males in U.S. arrested by age 23
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/07/3130401/
study-half-black-males-arrested-age-23/
38% of White and 44% of Hispanic males have been arrested by age 23,
according to a new report.
Prejudice: A simple intervention for first-generation and minority
students entering college
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/
were-only-human/whats-a-gpa-when-college-campus-is-a-strange-land.html
It is remarkable to see another brief intervention having meaningful
effects.
Social Judgment: "Mindfulness meditation can improve your decision making"
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2014/01/
just-fifteen-minutes-of-mindfulness.html
And just 15 minutes worth
Technology in Teaching
Videos
Gender & Culture: American males (well, all males) are being wussified by
feminism (3:37)_
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=292rVp8tlic
Helping: Storytelling, neurochemistry, and helping (5:57)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHeqQAKHh3M#t=341
Fascinating little video describing research on how good stories affect
our chemistry which affects our behavior.
Prejudice: Don't ask me why (7:10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcfmfaIYWRU#t=398
A good music video that draws parallels between the fight over interracial
and LGBT relationships
Psychology in the Courtroom/Social Judgment: The fiction of memory (17:36)
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2013/
may-june-13/social-experiences-affect-our-genes-and-health.html
This a good TedTalk from Elizabeth Loftus.
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