PSYC-2330-050 Introduction to Social Psychology Summer 2007 room 3408 6:30pm Thursdays

Instructor: Bruce Landon, Ph.D. office hour prior to class in office 3419A
Homepage: http://brucelandon.douglas.bc.ca

Text: Myers, D. & Smith, S. (2007). Exploring Social Psychology: Canadian Edition, 
McGraw-Hill Ryerson ISBN-13:978-0-07-097197-4 ISBN-10: 0-17-097197-8

Software: CMap Tools Client for creating and sharing concept maps
free download from http://www.ihmc.us
flash movie of at home installation instructions at 
http://brucelandon.douglas.bc.ca/2360w2007/firstcmap.htm

Online course supports: http://myDouglas.douglas.bc.ca 
Nesbit, J. C., & Adesope, O. O. (2006). Learning with concept and
knowledge maps: A meta-analysis. /Review of Educational Research, 76/,413-448.
http://www.sfu.ca/~jcnesbit/articles/nesbitadesope2006.htm
plus student suppliments from publisher at Student's Online Learning Centre which 
offers electronic learning aids, including modules reviews, multiple choice quizzes, 
true/false quizzes, activities and videos integrated with the text, and RSS feeds.

Schedule:
week1
m01 Methods
m02 Common sense and hindsignt bias
	Question and Answer demonstration and Guidelines (practice Q&A)
	Combine something old and something new learned from the reading assignment
		How is ____ related to ______?
		How is ____ simlar and different from _______?
		(Hint: define, explain, and personalize in writing your answer)
		[no cut and paste - rather paraphrase and cite source]
		[at least two paragraphs - approximately a one page essay] 

week2
m03 Self-concept
m04 Self-serving-bias

week3
m05 Self-efficacy
m06 FAE

week4
m07 Errors of Reasoning
m08 Attitudes and behaviour

week5 Project topic due in the form of an APA style title page
w09 Gender, genes, and culture
w10 Conformity and obedience

week6
m11 Persuasion
m12 Indoctrination

week7
m13 Presence of others
m14 Deindividuation

week8
m15 Groups
m16 Resisting social pressure

week9
m17 Aggression
m18 Outgroup bias

week10
m19 Prejudice
m20 Conflict

week11 Complete projects due prior to class (online submission)
m21 Mediation
m22 Helping

week12
m23 Attraction
m24 Relationships

week13
m25 Media
m26 Law
m27 Environment


The focus of poster will clearly relate to at lease one of the course modules and 
at least two of the articles from the recent articles list in myDouglas.  The intention 
of the project is for the student to understand more deeply the relationships between a 
subset of the conceptual ideas of social psychology by doing a focused project.
In the project the student will gain additional experience with the APA Articles database 
and with knowledge mapping using the CMapTools software.

Grading System: (minus 20% per day for late work)
12% weekly in class quizzes at the beginning of class (makups on final exam)
12% weekly discussion question replies posted prior to class
12% weekly structured and personalized question and answer emailed prior to class
32% final examination: multiple choice (27%) with one personalized essay question (5%)
32% project online poster (includes: APA title page page, 6+ page explanation, mp3 recording 
of the explanation for persons with disablities, APA reference page, one page presentation 
handout, and concept map with 25+ concepts with labled proposition links).

Academic honesty is expected in all course work consequently any plagiarism, cheating, etc. will earn zero.
It is expected that we will all treat each other respectifully both in class and on line.
Be respectful and kind to classmates avoiding harassment, disruptive behaviour,and violence).
Contribute to class discussions but avoid distracting side conversations in class.
When in doubt follow college policy first.