PSYC 333 Lecture 15: Personality and Social Psychology Full Course
7 May 2018
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Personality!and!Social!Psychology!
PSYC!333!
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Lecture!1:!Introduction!Persons!and!Situations!(Jan.!9)!
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Lecture!2:!Who!am!I?!(Jan.!11)!
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Lecture!3:!Self-structure!(Jan.!16)!
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Lecture!4:!The!cognitively!adaptive!self!(Jan.!18)!
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Lecture!5:!Perceived!superiority!(Jan.!23)!
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Lecture!6:!Self-presentation!I!(Jan.!25)!
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Lecture!7:!Self-presentation!II!(Jan.!30)!
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Lecture!8:!The!self!under!threat!(Feb.!1)!
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Lecture!9:!CAPS!(Feb.!6)!
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Lecture!10:!Chapter!4!and!TBD!(Feb.!8)!
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Lecture!11:!MIDTERM'1'(Feb.'13)'
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Lecture!12:!Goals!I!(Feb.!15)!
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Lecture!13:!Goals!II!(Feb.!20)!
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Lecture!14:!Mental!Control!(Feb!22)!
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Lecture!15:!Sex!&!Gender!I!(Feb.!27)!
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Lecture!16:!TBD!(March!1)!
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Lecture!17:!Prejudice!I!(March!13)!
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Lecture!18:!Prejudice!II:!The!case!of!sexism!(March!15)!
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Lecture!19:!TBD!(March!20)!
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Lecture'20:'MIDTERM'2!(March!22)!
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Lecture!21:!Attachment!(March!27)!
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Lecture!22:!Attachment!and!the!relational!self!(March!29)!
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Lecture!23:!The!need!to!belong!(April!3rd)!
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Lecture!24:!Empathy!(April!5)!
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Lecture!25:!Person!x!Situation!Interactions!(April!10)!
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Lecture!26:!Wrap!up!(April!12)!
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Syllabus!
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Course!Description:!!
Human!residing! in! one's! environment! (other! individuals,! relationships,! groups,! and!
momentary! situations).! The! course! will! consider! traditional! approaches! to! person-
situation!interactions!and!a!more!dynamic!approach!based!on!recent!research!on!goals!
and!social!cognition.!!
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Required!Readings:!!
1)!“The!Person!and!The!Situation:!Perspectives!of!Social!Psychology”!by!L.!Ross!and!R.!
Nisbett!(2011;!2nd!ed.)!!!
2)! COURSEPACK.! Both! can! be! purchased! at! the! McGill& Bookstore.! Links! to! assigned!
podcasts! and! any! additional! readings! will! be! uploaded! to! MyCourses.! See! “PSYC! 333!
WINTER!2018!Calendar!&!Assigned!Readings”!on!MyCourses!for!relevant!deadlines.!!
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Course!Policies!!
Students! are! responsible! for! all! material! covered! in! lectures! as! well! as! the! assigned!
readings,!podcasts,!etc.!The!class!will!be!taught!in!lecture!format.!!
Students!are!expected!to!respect!each!other!and!the!learning!environment!by!refraining!
from! conversation! AND! from! non-course! related! activity! during! class! (e.g.,! checking!
email,! on-line! shopping,! etc.).! Please! turn! off! all! cell! phones! and! electronic!
communication!programs!on!laptops!during!class.!!
Slides' from' lecture' will!be!available!on!MyCourses.!At!a!minimum,!I!will!try!to!make!
drafts!of!powerpoint!files!available!prior!to!class!(barring!technical!difficulties),!but¬e&
that&the&final&version&may¬&be&posted&until&a&later&time.&!
Audio'recordings'are!also!available!on!MyCourses!but!note!that!each!term,!audio!seems!
to!fail!for!one!or!two!lectures.!Do'not'rely'solely'on'the'audio'recordings.'Recordings!
will! be! available! for! streaming! only.! It! is! not! possible! to! allow! downloading! of! the!
lectures! due! to! the! inclusion! of! copyrighted! materials! in! the! lectures.! All! material!
presented!is!the!property!of!the!instructor!or!the!copyright!holders!and!it!may!not!be!
reproduced!or!disseminated!(e.g.,!on!notes!sharing!websites)!without!permission.!!
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Evaluation!In-class!exams:''
Two!in-class!exams!will!be!given!in! this! course;! the! material!covered!for!each!in-class!
exam!WILL!NOT!be!cumulative.!!
The!first!in-class!exam!will!take!place!on!February'13th'in!STBIO!S1/4!(and!additional!
room(s)!TBA),!and!will!cover!lectures!from!January!9th!to!February!8th!(inclusive),!as!
well! as! the! assigned! readings,! podcasts,! etc.! during!that! period! (see! “Schedule! of!
Assigned!Readings”).!!
The! 2nd! in-class! exam! will! take! place! on! March' 22nd' in! STBIO! S1/4! (and! additional!
room(s)!TBA),!and!will!cover!lectures!from!February!15th!to!March!20th!(inclusive),!as!
well! as! the! assigned! readings,! podcasts,! etc.! during! that! period! (see! “Schedule! of!
Assigned!Readings”).!!
