SOCIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY 530

 INTRODUCTORY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

 FALL 2012

John DeLamater

2432 Sewell Social Science Bldg.

262-4357

Office Hours: W 2:25 PM

delamate@ssc.wisc.edu

NOTICE: Exams will be given on October 26 and December 17.  Students who have 
or make travel plans for those dates must drop the course.

DATE TOPIC/ASSIGNMENT

      SOME BASICS

Sept. 5     Introduction

Sept. 7     Theories in Social Psychology

                DM:  Chap. 1

Sept. 10-14 Research Methods in Social Psychology

  	        DM:  Appendix: Research Methods

      SOCIALIZATION

Sept. 17-21 Childhood Socialization

  	        DM:  Chap. 2, pp. 23-50.

                CAH: Selections 12, 17, 33

Sept. 24-26 Self and Identity

                DM:  Chap. 3, pp. 65-89.

                CAH: 15, 16, 22

Sept. 28 -  Influence of the Life Course        "Who am I?"

  Oct. 1	DM:  Chap. 2, pp. 50-63.        Due Sept. 28

      THE INDIVIDUAL AS A SOCIAL ACTOR

Oct. 2 - 5  Symbolic Communication

                DM:  Chap. 5

                CAH: Selections 3, 4, 21

Oct. 8-10   Attitudes                            

                DM:  Chap. 5

 		CAH: Selections 6, 13

Oct. 11-15  Social Influence			Observation at Fast Food 

  		DM:  Chap. 7			Due Oct. 11

		CAH: Selection 34	

Oct. 16-19  Social Perception and Cognition

                DM:  Chap. 4

                CAH: Selections 10, 11

Oct. 22-25  Social Motives

                DM:  Chap. 8

		CAH: Selection 18

Oct. 26    MIDTERM EXAMINATION (In Class)
		Room to be announced.

      SOCIAL INTERACTION

Oct. 29 -   Interaction as Exchange
  Nov 2		Handout

Nov. 5-9    Impression Management

  		DM:  Chap. 3, pp. 89-114.

                CAH: Selections 8, 20, 24

Nov. 12-15  Interpersonal Relationships

 	      	DM:  Chap. 9                    Love 

                CAH: Selections 23, 25, 29	Due Nov. 16

      SMALL GROUPS

Nov. 16-21  Group Structure

                DM:  Chap. 10, pp. 277-287.

Nov. 22 to Nov. 25  Thanksgiving Recess

Nov. 26-29  Leadership and Productivity

                DM:  Chap. 11

Nov. 30 -   Cohesion and Conformity		The Power of Advertising

  Dec. 4        DM:  Chap. 10, pp. 287-297.	Due Nov. 30

      INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY

Dec. 5-10   Social Structure and Personality	

          	DM:  Chap. 13			

                CAH: Selections 14, 31, 36

Dec. 11-14  Deviant Behavior

        	DM:  Chap. 14

            	CAH: Selections 9, 30, 37, 39

Monday, December 17   FINAL EXAMINATION 

	   12:25 to 2:25 PM

           Room to be announced