[socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 17, No. 6
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* Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:43:03 +0000 From: Jon F Mueller <[hidden email]> To: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> Subject: [socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 17, No. 6 Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter Vol. 17, No. 6 February 27, 2018 the e-mail newsletter accompanying the Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow It’s the 20th anniversary of the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Read more about it below. Activities and Exercises Prejudice: “Teaching students how to celebrate racial diversity” https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/teaching-current-directions-in-psychological-science-45#threat Psychology in the Courtroom: Eyewitness testimony https://community.macmillan.com/community/the-psychology-community/blog/2018/02/12/eyewitness-testimony-is-he-guilty -or-not-guilty Social Judgment: “Why people believe conspiracy theories” https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/teaching-current-directions-in-psychological-science-45#conspiracy Does a conspiracy theory exist if no one believes it? Just asking. Examples Conflict & Peacemaking: Prisoner’s dilemma https://twitter.com/BachmannRudi/status/965280515539554304 Topic Resources Aggression/Attraction & Relationships: Cyberbullying – how do you measure it? http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2018/2/22/cyberbullying-sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-tweet.ht ml Attraction & Relationships: To rekindle or not to rekindle http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2018/1/31/to-rekindle-or-not-to-rekindle-that-appears-to-be-selena-and.ht ml This brief blog entry reviews some research on whether it is a good choice to try and revive an earlier relationship. Attraction & Relationships: Most effective ways to make up https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/02/14/mens-and-womens-views-on-the-most-effective-relationship-repair-strategies/ Probably easier than rekindling Attraction & Relationships: Too many fish in the sea http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2018/2/7/too-many-fish-in-the-sea.html Sometimes too much choice is overwhelming, particularly with online dating. Maybe rekindling is the way to go. Attraction & Relationships: 15 questions to evaluate your current relationship http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2018/2/9/15-questions-to-determine-if-your-relationship-is-hall-of-fa.htm l Research-based questions! Maybe no rekindling is necessary! Attraction & Relationships: Propinquity matters http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2018/2/27/proximity-alert.html That’s what I just told my class. My online class. Attraction & Relationships: “No, opposites do not attract” https://theconversation.com/no-opposites-do-not-attract-88839 I can’t wait until we get this replication failure. Gender, Genes, & Culture: Male/female brain differences already appear at one month https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/01/31/sex-differences-in-brain-structure-are-already-apparent-at-one-month-of-age/ Gender & Culture: “The more gender equality, the fewer women in STEM” https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem.html Interesting cross-cultural research on this surprising finding General: Are there good sides to bad behavior? https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/probing-the-good-in-bad-behavior This brief essay looks at research on objectification, aggression, and gossiping. Helping: Symbolic interactionism and the bystander effect http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2018/02/what-would-you-do.html A sociologist applies the theory of symbolic interactionism to this effect. Helping: “Could a more individualistic world also be a more altruistic one?” https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/02/05/581873428/could-a-more-individualistic-world-also-be-a-more-altruistic- one This article reviews research that addresses this counterintuitive question. Persuasion: Can the salesperson be too excited? https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/minds-business/too-sad-too-happy-salesperson-emotions-affect-buyer-behavio r-during-and-after-sale.html I think we know the answer to that, but let’s see what the research says. Prejudice: “Two decades of measuring implicit associations” (IAT) https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/the-bias-beneath-two-decades-of-measuring-implicit-associations https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/mahzarin-banaji-and-the-implicit-revolution https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/how-scientists-are-blocking-bias-in-the-world-at-large The first article provides a nice overview of the tool and some of what we have learned. The second link is to an article about one of its co-creators – Mahzarin Banaji. The third link is to an article describing the research of psychologists who have attempted to reduce bias in the real world. Psychology in the Courtroom: The category cluster recall technique http://keenetrial.com/blog/2018/02/20/the-category-cluster-recall-technique-increasing-eyewitness-recall/ to improve eyewitness recall – this research finds it superior to free recall. Psychology in the Courtroom: How easy is it to implant false memories of committing a crime? https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/02/15/psychologists-clash-over-how-easy-it-is-to-implant-false-memories-of-committing -a-crime/ Psychology in the Courtroom/Social Judgment: Lie detection approach foiled by made-up alibi https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/02/08/cognitive-approach-to-lie-detection-rendered-useless-by-made-up-alibi/ Using the idea that lying is more mentally demanding than telling the truth, techniques using speed of response are used to detect lying. This research suggests that that technique can be beaten. Social Judgment: “Another blow for ego-depletion theory” https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/01/29/another-blow-for-ego-depletion-theory-willpower-seems-to-replenish-over-time/ Social Judgment: Studying first impressions https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/studying-first-impressions-what-to-consider This brief article reviews some research on types and processes of first impressions. Social Judgment: “How low income affects routine decisions” https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/how-low-income-affects-routine-decisions.html Social Judgment: Is conservatism a “flaw,” or just a cultural difference? http://spsp.org/news-center/blog/conservatism-flaw-cultural Interesting research Technology in Teaching Video Conformity: The autokinetic illusion study and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BkzvP19v4 I love this video! A student pointed me to it. It is an excerpt of an episode of the YouTube show Brain Games. In addition to being a very interesting and creative test of conformity, it provides an excellent example of continuing a norm even after the confederates who started it have left the group, as in Sherif’s autokinetic illusion study. Conformity: Standing ovations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft7mwyiPyIo Another Brain Games episode Psychology in the Courtroom/Social Judgment: Eyewitness inaccuracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWO2UQ4MW7U Another Brain Games episode The Self: An interview with Walter Mischel https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/inside-the-psychologists-studio-with-walter-mis chel.html 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 ([hidden email]) 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 [hidden email] http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Copyright, Jon Mueller 2001-2018. 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. 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