[socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 17, No. 8
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. Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 13:37:29 +0000 From: Jon F Mueller <[hidden email]> To: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> Subject: [socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 17, No. 8 Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter Vol. 17, No. 8 “April 30,” 2018 ________________________________________________ the e-mail newsletter accompanying the Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow ________________________________________________ Yes, the April edition is coming out the day after Cinco de Mayo. Something is wrong with this picture. Sorry for the delay, but I will try to get you May’s edition…in May! Activities and Exercises Attraction & Relationships: The biology of social connection https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/teaching-current-directions-in-psychological-scie nce-48#connection Methods: “Using the movies to illustrate the principles of experimental design” http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0098628318762908 Examples Social Judgment: Cartoon: Confirmation bias https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/3/1761450/-Cartoon-You-won-t-believe-what-Trump-support ers-see Research has found it doesn’t matter where we are on the political spectrum, we see what we want to see. The Self: Moral licensing Here is an example from one of my students: “A classmate of mine said that she did 2 extra credit assignments over the weekend to turn in on Monday. She said it was a lot of work and it made her feel really ahead in class. She then exhibited moral licensing when she explained that because she did those extra assignments, she was going to skip class on Wednesday and asked me if I would provide the notes. I thought this was pretty funny.” Topic Resources Aggression/Gender & Culture: Inside the “incel” movement https://thinkprogress.org/inside-the-incel-movement-inspiring-mass-violence-against-women-99e19 2a61ae9/ “’Incel’ stands for ‘involuntarily celibate,’ an online community of mostly men who blame women for their inability to get the attention, and sex, they feel entitled to.” The man who recently drove the van in Toronto that killed 10 people has been linked to this movement. Aggression/The Self: “Why do young people join extremist groups?” https://community.cengage.com/t5/The-Psychology-Blog/Why-Do-Young-People-Join-Extremist-Groups/ ba-p/7667 Subscriber Michael Britt provides a nice interactive in which he describes how Significant Quest Theory attempts to answer this question. Attraction & Relationships: Attractiveness and income https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/04/19/study-of-20000-finds-an-income-advantage-for-those-judged- to-be-very-unattractive/ Interesting study found an income disadvantage for those rated unattractive, but an income advantage for those rated VERY unattractive Conflict & Peacemaking: Identity versus issues https://theintercept.com/2018/04/03/politics-liberal-democrat-conservative-republican/ According to this study, U.S. politics has become more about identity with a particular party or group and less about the issues. As we know, identity is far more powerful. Conformity: “Nudging the city and residents of Cape Town to save water” http://spsp.org/news-center/blog/nudging-city-residents-cape-town Conformity: “China’s behavioral monitoring system bars some from travel, purchasing property” http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Chinas-behavior-monitoring-system-bars-some-from-travel-purch asing-property-480688761.html “The government says it is trying to ‘purify’ society by rewarding people who are trustworthy and punishing those who are not, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.” Helping: What if you tell people which charities are most effective? http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/impediments-effective-altruism-role- subjective-preferences-charitable-giving Doesn’t seem to matter much according to this study. People will choose less effective charities if they are consistent with their preferred causes. Persuasion: Newspaper op-eds can change minds https://news.yale.edu/2018/04/24/study-shows-newspaper-op-eds-change-minds According to this new study Prejudice: “What we get wrong about closing the racial wealth gap” https://socialequity.duke.edu/sites/socialequity.duke.edu/files/site-images/FINAL%20COMPLETE%20 REPORT_.pdf A review of 10 myths about why there is a wealth gap between Whites and Blacks in the U.S. Prejudice: Black students with disabilities lose 77 more days to suspensions than their White counterparts https://today.law.harvard.edu/report-finds-wide-disparities-punishment-students-disabilities-ra ce/ Prejudice: Muslims are internalizing Islamophobia https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/muslims-islamophobia-media-coverage_us_5ae73150e4b04aa23f2 598d5 According to this report from the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Prejudice: “The Negro Motorist Green Book” https://thinkprogress.org/the-return-of-the-negro-motorist-green-book-d3c71a07e99e/ A fascinating historical document and its modern makeover -- In 1936, Victor Hugo Green began publishing a guide to tell Black travelers where it was safe to stop for food, fuel, or overnight accommodations. Prejudice: “People voted for Trump because they were anxious, not poor” https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/existential-anxiety-not-poverty-motivates-t rump-support/558674/?utm_source=atltw Anxious, according to this study, because dominant groups felt threatened by change. Social Judgment: “Humans process opinions we agree with as if they were facts” https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-involuntarily-process-opinions-facts ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________ 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 the Newsletter: Go to https://lists.noctrl.edu/sympa/arc/socialpsy-teach -- Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College Ph#: 630-637-5329 Website: http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/ |
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