[socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 16, No. 8
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David P. Dillard
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. Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:53:02 -0500 From: Jon Mueller <jfmueller@...> To: socialpsy-teach@... Subject: [socialpsy-teach] TSP Newsletter - Vol. 16, No. 8 Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter Vol. 16, No. 8 April 29, 2017 the e-mail newsletter accompanying the Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology website at http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow Monthly or Weekly? Monthly it will remain. More than two-thirds of respondents to the survey said they preferred that I continue to send out the Newsletter on a monthly schedule. Thanks for all who responded. Excellent new video resource! Subscriber Steven Ross has created a YouTube channel in which he has organized an already large number of video clips from TV shows, movies, ads, and other sources for many of areas of psychology. Social psychology is well represented. If you select a video clip on a topic such as fear appeal, as I did, not only does that first ad using fear appeal play, but the other fear appeal ads play right after it in succession, which is very convenient in the classroom. Go to Playlists to see the different categories of videos. Check out the resource and suggest additional videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM_2SK06o4LrNTconbSUUkw Thanks, Steven. Oh, and enjoy the introductory song! :) Activities and Exercises Gender & Culture: Exploring dimensions of gender, sex, and attraction http://tinyurl.com/krlz3as Using the Gender Unicorn! General: Using pre-questions https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/04/06/heres-a-simple-way-to-boost-your-learning-from-videos-the-prequestion/ This study found that the simple use of pre-questions before students watch a short video significantly increased their memory for information in the video, even information unrelated to the pre-questions. Persuasion: A quiz on pre-suasion http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/quiz-know-sneaky-advertising-trick/ See how you do. From subscriber Robert Cialdini -- lots of material for discussion in class Prejudice: Privilege exercise http://differencematters.info/uploads/pdf/privilege-beads-exercise.pdf Prejudice: Confront and contest your stigma https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/teaching-current-directions-in-psychological-science-38#confront-contest-stig ma Topic Resources Aggression/Prejudice: Documenting Hate https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/hatecrimes http://www.beyondhomophobia.com/blog/counting-hate-crimes-a-brief-history-of-the-hate-crimes-statistics-act/ Documenting Hate is a project to create a national (U.S.) database of hate crimes and bias incidents. You can read stories of hate crimes and bias incidents here. The second link is to a good history of how the U.S. came to document hate crimes. Gender & Culture: "Representation of gender and sexuality in Disney's Beauty and the Beast" https://thinkprogress.org/report-anti-semitic-spike-this-year-bdf97cbe762 A brief essay on the new film Gender & Culture: "Google accused of 'extreme' gender pay discrimination" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pay-disparities-women-labor-department-lawsuit Gender & Culture: Should men have one-on-one meetings with women? https://thinkprogress.org/men-avoid-one-on-one-meetings-with-women-d2fce035a2a0 Interesting blog entry on the topic based on current events Gender & Culture: Preferred interpersonal space across countries https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/03/30/youre-in-my-space-how-preferred-interpersonal-distance-varies-across-the-world/ Interesting study found that Argentina, Bulgaria, and Peru appeared to prefer the closest distance while Romania, Hungary, and Saudi Arabia preferred greater interpersonal distance. Persuasion: "Do funny (journal) article titles garner more citations?" https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/do-funny-article-titles-garner-more-citations#.WQSzx8m1tuU Apparently not Persuasion/Social Judgment: The science of "blue lies" https://www.salon.com/2017/03/27/the-science-of-blue-lies-theres-a-reason-trump-supporters-embrace-his-alternative-facts_pa rtner/ Interesting discussion of why President Trump telling lies does not turn off his supporters - it's because he is often telling "blue lies" according to this analysis. Blue lies are "falsehoods, told on behalf of a group, that can actually strengthen the bonds among members of that group." Prejudice: The story about Ellen DeGeneres coming out on TV 20 years ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ellen-puppy-episode-20-years_us_59025821e4b02655f83b2615?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009 Most of your students were born around that time. How is their world different? Prejudice: "2016 was a horrible year for anti-Semitic hate crimes. 2017 is much worse." https://thinkprogress.org/report-anti-semitic-spike-this-year-bdf97cbe762 Prejudice: The father of "homophobia" http://www.beyondhomophobia.com/blog/the-father-of-homophobia-george-weinberg-1929-2017/ A brief essay about Dr. George Weinberg who coined the term "homophobia," and who recently died Prejudice: "The costs of racial 'color blindness'" https://hbr.org/2013/07/the-costs-of-racial-color-blindness Psychology in the Courtroom: "Eyewitness confidence can predict accuracy of identifications" https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/eyewitness-confidence-can-predict-accuracy-of-identifications-researcher s-find.html#.WQSzEMm1tuU Social Judgment: Liberals as biased as conservatives https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/04/25/new-studies-suggest-liberals-are-as-blinkered-and-biased-as-conservatives/ according to two new studies Social Judgment: The invisibility cloak illusion https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/04/25/introducing-the-invisibility-cloak-illusion-we-think-were-more-observant-and-less-obse rved-than-everyone-else/ It's always good to see Harry Potter sneak (because he's under the cloak) into our field. The illusion involves us believing that we are "more observant (and less observed) than everyone else." We really feel that when we're driving. Technology in Teaching Video Conflict & Peacemaking/Prejudice: Can we reduce conflict/prejudice if people are willing to sit down with each other? (4:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wYXw4K0A3g That is what this Heineken beer ad asks. Persuasion: Fear appeals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kyp7djGgrI&list=PLFJ58a4FdeDEAx4pedidi_gypCV6QFV2C&index=16 From Steven Ross' YouTube channel as described above Persuasion: Buschhhhhhhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7XMvq3NLTU This old Busch beer ad introduced during the Super Bowl and its follow up ads (e.g., oversharing, last word, indecision) capture a number of principles well such as humor, repetition, and the peripheral route. Prejudice: This is your brain on drug policy (1:21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKXN6Vdr3g0 This ad discusses racial bias in drug policy Prejudice: 25 mini-films https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/learning/lesson-plans/25-mini-films-for-exploring-race-bias-and-identity-with-s tudents.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1 Brief interviews/descriptions examining race, bias, and identify with students 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 (jfmueller@...) 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 jfmueller@... http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu Copyright, Jon Mueller 2001-2017. 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 view past issues of the 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 jfmueller@... http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu . .
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