The Burger study was just released today by APA. In fact, I included a link to it in the latest issue of my free, monthly e-mail newsletter which can be found below.
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--- Begin Message ---Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter Vol. 8, No. 4 December 19, 2008the e-mail newsletter accompanying the Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website at http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow Happy Holidays! And here's my cheap present to you ... an old joke: If I only had an hour to live I would want to spend it in a faculty meeting ... because they seem to go on forever. Let me start with an announcement from Scott Plous: 4th ANNUAL SPN ACTION TEACHING AWARD (Deadline: January 20, 2009) Dear Colleagues, As you may have read in the current issue of the APA Monitor, Social Psychology Network has established an international award to honor excellence in "action teaching" -- that is, teaching which not only leads to a better understanding of psychology but to a more just and peaceful world. The award is open to instructors from any area of psychology, and entries may include classroom activities, field experiences, student assignments, or web-based tutorials and demonstrations. For further details, please visit: http://www.ActionTeaching.org ( http://www.actionteaching.org/ ) http://www.socialpsychology.org/pdf/action-teaching.pdf The application process is simple, and the prize is $1,000. If you teach psychology in a creative, socially engaged way, please consider applying for this award! Happy holidays, Scott Plous Professor of Psychology SPN Executive Director Exampleshttp://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/examples.htm Prejudice: Is calling Obama's style "cool" playing to a racial stereotype? http://raceproject.org/2008/12/tall-cool-one.html Interesting blog entry about this question Social Judgment: Halo effect http://tinyurl.com/63vkb8 This blog entry describes an interesting study in which participants that were shown a meal consisting of a salad and a drink guessed that there were fewer calories in the meal than participants who were shown a meal consisting of the same salad and drink but also including some crackers labeled "trans fat free." ( http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/lecture.htm ) ( http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/sites.htm ) Articles http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/articles.htm Attraction: "The ability to judge the romantic interest of others" http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/prof/per/pdf/2222/Place_etal_PsychScience_inpress.pdf "Being able to quickly read other people's nonverbal behavior is an important part of dating - even for outside observers. Male and female participants in this study were equally good at judging the romantic interest of videotaped speed-daters; but all observers were better at judging males' romantic interest than they were at judging that of females." Group Influence: The broken window theory http://tinyurl.com/4td4uf http://tinyurl.com/4lsmd7 Broken window theory"states that signs of disorder, like graffiti, dirty streets, broken windows... induce more disorder. Not only more graffitti and other petty crimes, but also more serious crimes like murder, robbery, etc. This interesting test of the theory found support. For example, "in one setting they looked at whether individuals would steal an envelope visibly containing a five euro note. The white (addressed) window envelope sticking out of a mailbox (situated in Groningen) was very noticeable for everyone approaching the mailbox, and it was clearly visible that the envelope contained a 5 note. In the baseline condition the mail box and the ground surrounding it were clean. In one test condition the mail box was covered with graffitti and in another the ground was covered with litter. The results were quite dramatic, the rate of robbery doubled between the baseline and the "disorder" conditions! In the baseline condition, 13% of passer-bys stole the envelope, with graffiti this rate raised to 27% and with litter to 25%." The first link is to the research article; the second link is to a blog entry about it. Group Influence: "Synchrony and cooperation" http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/ps/20_1_inpress/wiltermuth.pdf "In total, the results suggest that acting in synchrony with others can increase cooperation by strengthening social attachment among group members." Social Judgment: Detecting your SES through "thin slices" http://tinyurl.com/3v7enh Can you tell someone's socioeconomic status just by the way he doodles or nods his head? Topic Resources http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/topics.htm Aggression: "In defense of teasing" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07teasing-t.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss Is teasing a good thing or a bad thing? Interesting essay in the New York Times Conflict and Peacemaking: "Mumbai: A battle in the war for Pakistan" http://www.cfr.org/publication/17981/ A good report from the Council on Foreign Relations regarding the India-Pakistan conflict and related issues Conflict and Peacemaking: "Does going to Mecca make Muslims more moderate?" http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/12/does_going_to_mecca_.html First, nice alliteration in that headline! Second, I like when naturally occurring random assignment makes such studies possible. Gender and Culture: Saudi girls begin to rock http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/world/middleeast/24saudi.html?_r=1&hp Helping: Food banks http://feedingamerica.org/ Looking to donate some food or volunteer hours at a food bank? You can locate a food bank near you at this Feeding America site. Other resources and opportunities available as well. Helping: Give a "good card" http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=699 Here's another good idea for a last minute gift. Pick an amount, purchase the good card in that amount, give it to someone, and that person can then donate that amount to the charity of his or her choice. It is tax deductible for the buyer. Persuasion: Cults http://www.rickross.com/ A large collection of resources about cults can be found in the Ross Institute Internet Archives for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements. Persuasion: Cults http://www.ex-cult.org/ More cult resources Persuasion: Cults http://www.freedomofmind.com/ More cult resources: "Steven Alan Hassan, cult counselor and mind control expert, is the Nationally Certified Counselor and licensed Mental Health Counselor who has developed the breakthrough approach to help loved ones rescue cult mind control victims." Persuasion: Cults: The Jonestown Massacre http://www.laweekly.com/2008-10-23/news/from-silver-lake-to-suicide/ Recently discovered letters tell one family's interesting experience in the Jonestown cult. Prejudice: Ban freshmen from sidewalks http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/princeton-proposition-8-to-protect.html Amusing take on Proposition 8 (in California) at Princeton Prejudice: A person of color on The Bachelor (TV show)? http://raceproject.org/2008/12/blackout.html Interesting blog entry about how no person of color is ever a "person in power" on the TV shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Prejudice: "U.S. balks at decriminalizing homosexuality" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28302371/ "Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. In all, 66 of the U.N.'s 192 member countries signed the nonbinding declaration * which backers called a historic step to push the General Assembly to deal more forthrightly with any-gay discrimination. More than 70 U.N. members outlaw homosexuality, and in several of them homosexual acts can be punished by execution." Prejudice: What does it mean to be "Black" today? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-08-race-identity_N.htm?csp=34 Prejudice: "Race bigotry falling in Britain" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124131227.htm The Self: Name-dropping ... maybe not such a good idea http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-name-drop.html "Indeed, according to Carmen Lebherz and colleagues, name-dropping will probably make you appear less likeable and less competent - unless, that is, you make your association with the famous name sound suitably distant and casual. Even then, it's only likely to do you any good as a kind of sympathy vote, after your audience have witnessed you fail." Student Resources http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/student.htm Study Resources: Some good note-taking tips http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/advice-for-students-taking-notes-that-work.html Technology in Teaching http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/technology.htm Audio Prejudice: Studs Terkel interviews http://www.studsterkel.org/race.php The recent death of author Studs Terkel has reminded many of his excellent interviews on topics such as race. Hear several here. Images Life Magazine collection http://images.google.com/hosted/life "Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." Video Persuasion: How cults work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJyfqeaKU8&feature=related Persuasion: "Cults: Dangerous devotion" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PT9gw80fM A History Channel program on cults that is broken into 10 parts on YouTube -- This link is to Part 1. How Do You ... ? Ever wonder how your fellow social psych instructors handle a certain topic or issue in their courses? Then send me your "How Do You..?" question and I will try and post it here. If I get some answers I will post them in the following issue. Request Line is Open! Yes, I take requests; in fact, I encourage them. Are there particular types of resources you would like examples of? Particular topics you are interested in? Teaching tips? Technology tips? I want to tailor this newsletter to your needs. So, please feel free to send me your requests, suggestions, comments and resources. Send them directly to me ([email protected]) or by replying to this message. The Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter is published monthly (hopefully) by Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology 30 North Brainard St. North Central College Naperville, IL 60540 Copyright, Jon Mueller 2001-2008. You are welcome to share part or all of this newsletter with anyone you like for non-commercial purposes. Please pass it along to others who you think might find it useful. ( https://lists.noctrl.edu/wws/info/socialpsy-teach ) How to subscribe to the Newsletter: Go to https://lists.noctrl.edu/sympa/subscribe/socialpsy-teach How to unsubscribe from the Newsletter: Go to https://lists.noctrl.edu/sympa/signoff/socialpsy-teach How to change subscription options: Go to https://lists.noctrl.edu/sympa/suboptions/socialpsy-teach How to view past issues of this Newsletter: Go to https://lists.noctrl.edu/sympa/arc/socialpsy-teach =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [email protected] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu ( http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/ )
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