10-02-2008

=Thursday October 2, 2008=

Taser Quiz: Social Relations Mobile Computing: Blogging, RSS Feeds, and Google Reader Video Clip: Social Norm Violation--Another Example-->Elevator Behavior Social Influence Influence: PowerPoint Slides #19-39

Video: [|Discovering Psychology: Episode #19: The Power of the Situation] [|Discovering Psychology: Episode #20: Constructing Reality] [|The Brain #24: Aggression, Violence, & the Brain] [|Milgram Experiment-Replicated by BBC News]

Outside Readings: [|Personal Account of a Subject from Milgram's Experiment] [|Digital Intimacy] [|War, Death, and Cognitive Dissonance] [|Sudan arrests UK teacher for teddy bear blasphemy] [|Why We Do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies] [|Resisting Influence by Philip Zimbardo] [|Confidence Game: Facial Features of Trust] [|The Link Between Video Games & Violence]

Experiments: http://www.faceresearch.org/ [|Implicit Associations Test] [|Understanding Prejudice: Exercises & Demos] [|Shooter Bias: Will You Pull the Trigger?]

1.Violating a Social Norm Project--Answer the directions on this handout on your blog....2 Bonus points on chapter test if you include a video or pictures/slideshow of you doing the social norm violation on your blog. [|Violating a Social Norm Project.pdf]
 * For Monday:**

2. Video, Outside Readings, Experiments:
 * Select //at least// ONE link from EACH of the above categories....read, watch, and participate.
 * Blog about each one (can combine in ONE post). Relate to chapter, use vocabulary, use critical thinking.