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Social PsychologySOP 3004-08 & 09
Joanna Goplen
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Today:
• Syllabus
• Themes of Social Psychology
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Read Your Syllabus!
• Social Psychology is life!– Meets liberal studies requirement
• We meet early and often, but attendance will help your grade dramatically– Notes posted (but not full story)– Get contact info from 2 others
• Learning environment• Readings
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Grading
• Tests– 4 unit tests (40 quest.) worth 80 points each
• Study guides posted
– 4 online quizzes (10 - 20 quest.) worth 20 points each
• Extra Credit– 10 points random in class assignments– 10 points research participation (or writing)
• Do this early!
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Make Up Policy
• Contact me to make up any excused and documented absence!
• Sometimes we have good reasons to miss- but no documentation – Last day of class is official make up day– Can make up one exam and/or one quiz during
this class period without excuse• Cannot use notes/book on quizzes made up on this
day
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Final Exam
• Cumulative
• Optional– Can only help you– Cannot be taken early
• Will replace lowest test grade– Will not replace a zero
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Grades
• Everything out of 400
• Extra credit added before dividing by 400
• Correct rounding
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Course Overview
• Topics
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Student Information Form
• Please fill out the student information form and turn into me at end of class
• DON’T FORGET! This counts as first day attendance!
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The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another
•Broadly interpreted
What is Social Psychology?What is Social Psychology?
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What are we interested in?
• Social psychology has a range of topics including but not limited to:
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How do we see ourselves and relate to others?
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Why do we make the decisions we do?
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What determines who we are attracted to?What determines who we are attracted to?
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What causes racism and can we combat it?
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What determines when and who we help?What determines when and who we help?
Is there such a thing as true altruism?
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When do we act aggressively?
Does venting frustration reduce aggression?
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How are people persuaded?
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How can we increase self-control?
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Contemporary Social Issues
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Some Common Themes
• We are evolved cultural animals
• We put people first
• Selfish Impulse VS. Social Conscience
• We have duplex minds
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Evolved Cultural Animals
• Sometimes we forget- we are animals!
• The environment we evolved to thrive in is different than the one we live in now
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Putting People First
• Other people have a strong influence on our psychology
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Selfish Impulse Vs. Social Conscience
• Nature says, “Go,” culture says, “Stop.”
• Competing Internal and External Drives
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The Duplex Mind
• Automatic and nonconscious vs. controlled and conscious
• A lot goes on that we are unaware of!
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Next Class• What is social psychology?
• Read Chapter 1
Before you Leave• Turn in your student information sheet