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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:55:47 -0500
From: Jonathan Mueller <jfmueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: socialpsy-teach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter -Vol. 14, No. 8
Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter
Vol. 14, No. 8
April 28, 2015
the e-mail newsletter accompanying the
Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website at
http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow
Note: I just switched to a Mac in my office where I create these Newsletters.
So, sorry for the weird formatting in places. I
have to figure it out.
Activities and Exercises
Subscriber Jim Bell would like to know if anyone has any activities you use in
conjunction with Mischel's marshmallow test.
If you have any, send them to me and I will pass them along. Thanks.
Attraction & Relationships: "The truth about trust"
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2015/april-15/teaching-current-directions-in-psychologica
l-science-21.html#trust
Nathan DeWall describes some classroom activities that can accompany this
recent Current Directions article.
Attraction & Relationships: "How close relationships foster health and
heartache"
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2015/april-15/teaching-current-directions-in-psychologic
al-science-21.html#relationships
Subscriber David Myers suggests some activities to accompany another Current
Directions article.
Articles
Wow. The April 2015 issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science is a
gold mine for we social psychologists
and our students. Very accessible and interesting articles for our students:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/obsonline/current-directions-in-psychological-science-2.html
Class Assignments
Conformity: A norm violation assignment
http://www.socialpsychology.org/teach/normviolation.htm
Examples
Aggression/Prejudice: Dehumanization
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/24/central-war-terror-propaganda-tool-western-victims-acknowledged/
Only Western victims of drone attacks are recognized.
Gender & Culture: A CEO's plan to rid his company of a gender wage
gap
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/04/24/3650881/salesforce-wage-gap/
Social Judgment: Many concepts
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2015/03/31/was-the-germanwings-flight-9525-pilot-a-muslim-convert/
Subscriber Warren Throckmorton shares this excellent article identifying
how a number of social judgment concepts, e.g., belief perseverance,
misinformation effect, availability heuristic, are captured in the
response to the co-pilot of the Germanwings Flight 9525, who intentionally
crashed his plane into the French Alps instantaneously killing all
passengers on the flight," and his alleged conversion to Islam.
Topic Resources
Aggression: Does video game violence increase aggression in adults with
autism?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/obsonline/
video-game-violence-doesnt-boost-aggression-among-adults-with-autism.html
No, it did not according to this research.
Aggression: "What is it like to sexually harassed?"
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/04/07/3643720/game-shows-feels-sexually-harassed/
"There's a video game for that."
Attraction & Relationships: Can earthquakes also crumble relationships?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/were-only-human/the-rocky-in-relationships.html
Sound weird, but this fascinating research suggests it is plausible. If
you were standing on one leg you thought your
relationship was as well. Got to love that embodied cognition.
Attraction & Relationships: "What do people do on Facebook when they are
breaking up?"
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/20/what-do-people-do-on-facebook-when-they-are-breaking-up.html
Attraction & Relationships: Negative effects of emotional suppression
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/16/negative-consequences-of-emotional-suppression-relationship.html
"The team found marital quality decreased over the study period to the extent
that husbands suppressed their emotions
during that time."
Attraction & Relationships: "Do your preferences for a romantic partner
influence your actual choice?"
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/24/do-your-preferences-for-a-romantic-partner-influence-your-ac.html
Attraction & Relationships: Redefining self-concept after a break-up
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/15/face-it-recover-the-self-to-recover-from-break-up.html
Research found that "t
aken together, these findings suggest that the failure to redefine the self
post-break-up contributes to greater breakup-related
distress."
Attraction & Relationships: Texting, sexting and avoidant attachment
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/13/i-dont-want-2-b-w-u-texting-sexting-and-avoidant-attachment.html
"In
short, if you’re with an avoidant person, they might not text you much. But
when they do send messages, they are more likely to be
sexual."
Attraction & Relationships/The Self: Commitment in relationships often
requires executive control
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/3/30/id-do-anything-i-can-for-you-sacrifice-requires-more-than-ju.html
Attitudes & Behavior/Prejudice: "How Americans and Japanese see each
other"
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/09/how-americans-and-japanese-see-each-other/
http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/04/07/
americans-japanese-mutual-respect-70-years-after-the-end-of-wwii/
#how-the-american-and-japanese-people-see-each-other
The first link is to a brief analysis of a recent Pew Research Center
survey. The second link is a more detailed
description of the results. H/T to subscriber Jessica Hartnett. Thanks.
Attitudes & Behavior/Persuasion: Effecting change: Peaceful or radical
action?
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/obsonline/social-interaction-and-extremism.html
Research finds that discussion with like-minded others fosters both.
Gender & Culture: "Do (hypersexualized) movie super-heroines empower
women?"
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/04/do-female-super-heroines-empower-women.html
Somewhat, yes.
Helping: Merit-based distributive justice is not universal
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/were-only-human/fair-is-fair-but-not-everywhere.html
In this interesting research, reward equivalent to work was found in
Western society, but not in smaller scale
societies where repeated contact is more frequent.
Persuasion: Alcohol references in UK pop music up significantly
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/04/references-to-alcohol-in-uk-pop-music.html
Prejudice: "Madison first in nation to pass ordinance protecting atheists"
http://www.channel3000.com/news/madison-first-in-nation-to-pass-ordinance-protecting-atheists/32125682
Psychology in the Courtroom: "The effect of eyeglasses on juror decisions"
http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2011/03/eyeglasses-and-mock-juror-decisions/
Insert some "justice is blind" joke here.
Psychology in the Courtroom/The Self: The power of self-deception
http://mindhacks.com/2015/03/03/downsides-of-being-a-convincing-liar/
When participants were "accidentally" given the answers on a first test,
they predicted they would do better than a
control group predicted for its performance on a second test even though
no answers were available this time around.
Social Judgment: Social sampling distorts perceptions of distribution of
wealth
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/were-only-human/im-rich-you-must-be-too.html
If you hang around other wealthy people you overestimate how wealthy
everyone else is. Same for other economic levels.
The Self: Self-justification for lying/cheating
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/minds-business/the-ethical-calculus-of-the-tax-cheat.html
Here is a brief summary of the research described in one of the above
Current Directions articles.
The Self: "Most good people have the same basic life story"
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-life-story-that-leads-to-well-being-2015-3
Technology in Teaching
Audio
Attractiveness & Relationships: Facial contrast and Kim Kardashian's ...
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/3/31/the-psychology-of-attractiveness-podcast-new-episode-on-faci.html
A podcast
Attractiveness & Relationships: Coalitional mate retention
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/8/the-psychology-of-attractiveness-podcast-preventing-cheating.html
If you want to prevent your partner from cheater, here's what you need to
know. A podcast
Attractiveness & Relationships: "How parents meddle in their children's love
lives"
http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/4/22/the-psychology-of-attractiveness-podcast-how-parents-meddle.html
A podcast
Video
Aggression: No Raping! (5:23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM2RUVnTlvs
Amusing clip from the show Inside Amy Schumer in which the new high school
football coach tells his players, "No
raping."
Attraction & Relationships: "A question of scents" (2:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y-2ODOMfH4#t=12
A psychologist describes her research on the influence of the scent of
lavender on trust.
Gender & Culture: A realistic military video game (3:09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXGJGuH59qw
Another amusing clip from the show Inside Amy Schumer in which the female
character is raped and then... well, it's the
military. I know, "amusing" may not be the right word, but another clip
that could prompt some good discussion in your
class.
Gender & Culture: 1973 Batgirl PSA: Equal pay for women (1:00)
http://www.upworthy.com/when-a-psa-from-the-1970s-can-illustrate-a-problem-still-happening-today-thats-a-problem?c=huf1
Prejudice: So, you are about to become a minority (3:14)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/so-youre-about-to-become-a-minority_553011f0e4b04ebb92325daf
Amusing video preparing Whites for the fall of White privilege when they
become a minority in the U.S. in the near
future.
Prejudice: "Muslim in America"
http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/muslim-in-america
"The
DIVERSITY OF MUSLIMS IN THE UNITED STATES IS VAST, AND SO IS THE BREADTH OF THE
MUSLIM AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. THE FOLLOWING
ANIMATED VIDEOS DEPICT THE EXPERIENCES OF NINE MUSLIM AMERICANS FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WHO DIFFER IN HERITAGE, AGE, GENDER
AND OCCUPATION. RELAYING SHORT ANECDOTES REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR EVERYDAY
LIVES, THESE MUSLIM AMERICANS DEMONSTRATE BOTH
THE ADVERSITIES AND BLESSINGS OF MUSLIM AMERICAN LIFE."
Social Judgment: Embodied cognition (1:32:05)
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/obsonline/lakoff-explains-embodiment.html
Researcher George Lakoff gives a presentation on this topic.
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