Sociology 3701: Social Psychology
Schedule: Spring 2008
Subject to change (It is your reponsibility to check the internet schedule if you miss class.)

Week/date	Topics	Reading Assignment
Week One: Tues, Jan 22	Introduction.
Thurs, Jan 24	Culture and socialization:	O'Brien, Preface, 1-10, 36-39
Week Two: Jan 29	Human nature. Social science and truth.	O'Brien, 44-62.
Jan 31	Video: "Baby Talk"	O'Brien, 63-84
Week Three: Feb 5	Symbolic Interactionism. .	O'Brien, 236-257
Feb 7	Video: "Through Deaf Eyes"	O'Brien, 95-102, 223-234 (Bring one discussion question on each reading)
Week Four: Feb 12	Language and Reality.	O'Brien, 127-131; 84-86, 296-308 (A video on 2-hour reserve in the UMD library, The Power of 504, would be suitable for extra credit at this point.)
Feb 14	Video: "Waasa Inaabidaa--selections	O'Brien, 140-148
Week Five: Feb 19	No class.	,O'Brien, 484-492 (Bring one discussion question on each of the two "marijuana" readings) Study Guide 1
Feb 21	Naming our experiences
Week Six: Feb 26	Exam One
Feb 28	Meaning, self, interaction. Goffman: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Extra Credit opportunity: See the Tweed exhibit, "Portrait, Identity, Culture," and think about the ways in which different selves are portrayed in portraits (through March 8)	O'Brien: 131-139. 185-193.
Week Seven: Mar 4		O'Brien, 199-222. Bring 1 discussion question on each article.
Mar 6	Video: "Noises Off"	O'Brien, 149-167.
Week Eight: Mar 11		Exercise: Your Online Self O'Brien, 263-293
Mar 13	Video: "Growing Up Online"
Week Nine: Mar 25	Video excerpt: "People Like Us: Anderson High School"
Mar 27	Video: "Merchants of Cool"	O'Brien, 395-399
Week Ten: April 1	Review 2	O'Brien, 334-352
April 3	Exam Two
Week Eleven: April 8	Cognitive dissonance theory and psychological social psychology	Tavris/Aronson (T/A): 1-39
April 10	Video: "Anybody's Son Will Do"	T/A: 40-67
Week Twelve: April 15	Cognitive dissonance and change. Memory. The sociological dimension.	T/A; 68-96
April 17	Law and Disorder. Courtroom 302.	T/A: 127-158. Bring two discussion questions (typed) to class.
Week Thirteen: April 22	Video: "The Fog of War"	T/A: 185-236
April 24	Social Psychology of Difference: Stigma	Who Am I paper guidelines
Week Fourteen: April 29	Video: "Mask"	O'Brien, 426-443
May 1		O'Brien, 445-449
Week Fifteen: May6	Video:."After Stonewall"	O'Brien, 450-464 "Who Am I?" papers due
May 8	Constructing meaning in a postmodern World. Review 3	O'Brien, 511-519