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Social Cognition

PL 3238 AY14-15/ Sem 1

Lecture: Fridays 12pm 2pm LT14

Instructor: Dr. See Ya Hui Michelle

Email: [email protected] (best way to reach me!)

Phone: 6516-8187 (please leave message if no one picks up)

Office Hours: By appointment

Office: AS4 #02-31

Teaching Assistant: Wong Shi Hui Sarah

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: By appointment

Office: AS4 #02-07D

Course Goals

Content.

Students taking PL 3238 should acquire knowledge of scientific theory and research in themajor topic areas of social cognition. Some examples of major topic areas include


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- person memory- impression formation- stereotypes- automatic and controlled processing- cross-cultural cognition.

Learning skills.

Students should strengthen their abilities to read and discuss empirical research andreview articles. This involves learning how to

- process a large amount of information- integrate existing knowledge- to use existing knowledge to evaluate new information- to apply the principles they have learned for understanding mental processes ineveryday situations


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Course Format

The lecture will begin with a 5 minute writing exercise (for you to recap the previous weeksmaterials). I will then cover contents on the current weeks topic.

The tutorials will involve more in-depth discussion of some of the assigned readings aswell as group presentations.

Schedule of Course Topics (**subject to change**)

DATE

TOPIC

READINGS

Week 1

Aug 15

. Introduction to

Social Cognition

. Categories

. Schemas

Fiske & Taylor (2013). Social Cognition: From brains toculture. Chapter 1 Introduction. (pp.1-28). Los Angeles:


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Sage.

Jordan, C., & Zanna, M.P. (1999). How to read ajournal article in social psychology. In R.F. Baumeister(Ed.), The self in social psychology (pp. 461-470).Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Balcetis, E., & Dunning, D. (2006). See what you wantto see: Motivational influences on visual perception.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 612-625.

Week 2

Aug 22

. Heuristics I

Schwarz, N. et al. (1991). Ease of retrieval asinformation: Another look at the availability heuristic.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 195-202.

Epley, N., & Gilovich, T. (2001). Putting adjustmentback in the anchoring and adjustment heuristic:Differential processing of self-generated andexperimenter-provided anchors. Psychological Science,12, 391-396.

Week 3

Aug 29


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. Heuristics II

Tormala, Z.L., Petty, R.E., & Briol, P. (2002). Ease ofretrieval effects in persuasion: A self-validationanalysis, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,28, 1700-1712.


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Blankenship, K.L., Wegener, D.T., Petty, R.E.Detweiler-Bedell, Macy, C.L. (2008). Elaboration andconsequences of anchored estimates: An attitudinalperspective on numerical anchoring. Journal ofExperimental Social Psychology, 44, 1465-1476.

Week 4

Sep 4

. Hypothesistesting. Covariation

detection. Counterfactualthinking

Chapter 4 in this e-book:

Kunda, Z. (1999). Social Cognition: Making sense ofPeople. MIT Press: London, England.

Kray, L., George, L., Liljenquist, K., Galinsky, A.,Tetlock, P., & Roese, N. (2010). From what might havebeen to what must have been: Counterfactual thinkingcreates meaning. Journal of Personality and SocialPsychology, 98, 106-118.

Week 5

Sep 11

. Memory I

Loftus, E. F. (2005). Planting misinformation in the


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human mind: A 30-year investigation in the malleabilityof memory. Learning & Memory, 12, 361-366.

Lindsay, D., Hagen, L., Read, J., Wade, K., & Garry, M.(2004). True Photographs and False Memories.Psychological Science, 15(3), 149-154.

Week 6

Sep 18

. Memory II

Chapter 5 in this e-book:

Kunda, Z. (1999). Social Cognition: Making sense ofPeople. MIT Press: London, England.

Week 7

Oct 3

. MIDTERM EXAM

Everything covered from Week 1 to Week 6 in lectureand tutorial.


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Note: There is no make-up exam. Please do notenroll in this course if you are unable to attend themid-term and/or the final exam.


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Week 8

Oct 10

. Stereotypes

Maris, S. & Hoorens, V. (2012). The ISI phenomenon:When contradicting one stereotype changes another.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 624-633.

Wegener, D.T., Clark, J.K., & Petty, R.E. (2006). Not allstereotyping is created equal: Differentialconsequences of thoughtful versus nonthoughtfulstereotyping. Journal of Personality and SocialPsychology Bulletin, 90, 42-59.

Week 9

Oct 17

. AutomaticProcessing I

Hugenberg, K. & Bodenhausen, G.V. (2003). Implicitprejudice and the perception of facial threat.Psychological Science, 14, 640-643.

Bargh, J.A., Chen, M., & Burrows, L. (1996).Automaticity of social behavior: Direct effects of traitconstruct and stereotype activation on action. Journal


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of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 230-244.

Cesario, J., Plaks, J. E., & Higgins, E. T. (2006).Automatic social behavior as motivated preparation tointeract. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,90, 893 - 910.

Week 10

Oct 24

. AutomaticProcessing II

Bodenhausen, G. (1990). Stereotypes as judgmentalheuristics: Evidence of circadian variations indiscrimination. Psychological Science, 1, 319-322.

Gilbert, G.T., Krull, D.S., & Pelham, B.W. (1998). Ofthoughts unspoken: Social inference and the self-regulation of behavior. Journal of Personality andSocial Psychology, 55, 685-694.


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Week 11

Oct 31

. Motivation andAffect

Greenberg, J., Pyszczynski, T., Solomon, S.,Rosenblatt, A., Veeder, M., Kirkland, S., et al. (1990).Evidence for terror management theory II: The effectsof mortality salience on reactions to those who threatenor bolster the cultural worldview. Journal of Personalityand Social Psychology, 58(2), 308-318.

Sawicki, V., Wegener, D. T., Clark, J. K., Fabrigar, L.R., Smith, S. M., & Bengal, S. T. (2011). Seekingconfirmation in times of doubt: Selective exposure andthe motivational strength of weak attitudes. SocialPsychological and Personality Science, 2, 540-546.

Echebarria-Echabe Agustin (2013). Mortality salienceand uncertainty effects: Similar effects but differentprocesses? European Journal of Social Psychology,43, 185-191.

Week 12

Nov 7

. CognitiveConsistency

Gawronski, B., Walther, E., & Blank, H. (2005).Cognitive consistency and the formation ofinterpersonal attitudes: Cognitive balance affects theencoding of social information. Journal of ExperimentalSocial Psychology, 41, 618-626.


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Maio, G.R., Esses, V.M., & Bell, D.W. (1994). Theformation of attitudes toward new immigrant groups.Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 1762-1776.

Week 13

Nov 14

. Cross-cultural

Cognition

Choi, I., Koo, M., & Choi, J. A. (2007). Individual

differences in analytic versus holistic thinking.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 691

-705.

Hoshino-Browne, E., Zanna, A. S., Spencer, S. J.,

Zanna, M. P., Kitayama, S., & Lackenbauer, S. (2005).

On the cultural guises of cognitive dissonance: The

case of Easterners and Westerners. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 294 310.


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Schedule at a Glance

Week/Day Topic

1 Aug 15 Introduction to Social Cognition

Categories and Schemas

2 Aug 22 Heuristics I

3 Aug 29 Heuristics II

4 Sep 5 Hypothesis Testing

Covariation

Counterfactuals

5 Sep 12 Memory I

6 Sep 19 Memory II

7 Oct 3 Midterm Exam

8 Oct 10 Stereotypes

9 Oct 16 Automatic Processing I

10 Oct 24 Automatic Processing II

11 Oct 31 Motivation and Affect


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12 Nov 7 Cognitive Consistency

13 Nov 14 Cross-Cultural Cognition

Nov 26 (PM) Final Exam

NOTE:

Oct 6 (Week 8, Mon) and Oct 22 (Week 10, Wed) are Hari Raya and Deepavali publicholidays, respectively. There will be no tutorials on these dates for discussiongroups E1and E3. Hence, both groups will have a make-up tutorial (Tutorial 5) during Week13 at

their regular timeslot (i.e., Nov 10 for E1 and Nov 12 for E4). Please take thisintoconsideration when signing up for tutorials.

All other tutorials will proceed as scheduled.


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Tutorial Schedule

Discussion Group Week Day Time

D1 Odd Mon 12pm - 2pm

D2* Odd Tue 12pm - 2pm

D3 Odd Wed 12pm - 2pm

D4* Odd Wed 8am - 10am

E1 Even Mon 12pm - 2pm

E2* Even Tue 12pm - 2pm

E3 Even Wed 12pm - 2pm

*Discussion groups D2, D4, and E2 will be dropped in the event that the module is under-subscribed. Please do not enroll in this course if these are the only tutorial slots that youcan attend.

Week Topic

3/4 Tutorial 1: Welcome/How to Read a Journal Article

A. Jordan, C., & Zanna, M.P. (1999). How to read a journal article in social psy

chology.In R.F. Baumeister (Ed.), The self in social psychology (pp. 461-470). Philadelphia:Psychology Press.

B. Blankenship, K.L., Wegener, D.T., Petty, R.E. Detweiler-Bedell, Macy, C.L. (2008).


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Elaboration and consequences of anchored estimates: An attitudinal perspective onnumerical anchoring. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1465-1476.

5/6 Tutorial 2: Reconstructing the Past, Experiencing the Future

A. Kray, L. J., George, L. G., Liljenquist, K. A., Galinsky, A. D., Tetlock, P.E., & Roese,N. J. (2010). From what might have been to what must have been: Counterfactualthinking creates meaning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 106-118.

B. Gilbert, D. T., & Ebert, J. E. J. (2002). Decisions and revisions: The affective

forecasting of changeable outcomes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,82, 503-514.


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7/8 Tutorial 3: Group presentations** on Stereotypes

A. Sherman, J.W., Conrey, R.R., & Groom, C.J. (2004). Encoding flexibility revisited:Evidence for enhanced encoding of stereotype-inconsistent information undercognitive load. Social Cognition, 22, 214-232.

B. Lybarger, J.E., & Monteith, M.J. (2011). The effect of Obama saliency on individual-level racial bias: silver bullet or smokescreen? Journal of Experimental SocialPsychology, 47, 642-652.

C. Ranganath, K.A., & Nosek, B.A. (2008). Implicit attitude generalization occursimmediately; explicit attitude generalization takes time. Psychological Science,

19,249-254.

9/10 Tutorial 4: Group presentations** on Automatic Processing

A. Briol, P., Gasc, M., Petty, R.E., & Horcajo, J. (2013).Treating thoughts as mat

erialobjects can increase or decrease their impact on evaluation. Psychological Science,24, 41-47.

B. Macrae, C.N., & Johnston, L. (1998). Help, I need somebody: Automatic actionandinaction. Social Cognition, 16, 400-417.

11/12 Tutorial 5: Yin and Yang; Darkness and Light


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A. Greenberg, J., Pyszczynski, T., Solomon, S., Rosenblatt, A., Veeder, M., Kirkland,S., et al. (1990). Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortalitysalience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58(2), 308-318.

B. Choi, I., Koo, M., & Choi, J. A. (2007). Individual differences in analytic versusholistic thinking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 691-705.

** Group presentations

You will be presenting one experiment from the assigned article of the week. Thetime for eachpresentation should be between 15-20 minutes. The contents of the presentation should includebut not be limited to:

Introduction

. What is the research question/ why was this research conducted?

. What is the hypothesis?


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Method

. What is the overall design?

. How is the study conducted?

Conclusion

. What are the results?

. What can we conclude from the results?

. What is one real-life application of the finding?

Some tips for a good presentation:

. Explain and clarify rather than re-state or paraphrase. Use visual aids (e.g., diagrams, graphs, etc.) where appropriate, and be ableto break downand explain the visual aids. Think of ways to let your fellow classmates experience what participants in the study wentthrough (e.g. via exercises, demonstrations, etc.)

Important:

. It is a good idea to rehearse your presentation at least once. Time yourself to see if youneed to make revisions. Any portion of the presentation that occurs after 20 minutes will notbe graded.. You will receive 0% for your group presentation if you are absent.

Assessments

Class participation: 10%

Group presentation: 20%

Midterm exam (Oct 3): 30% (open book; short-answer and essay questions)

Final exam (Nov 26, PM): 40% (open book; short-answer and essay questions)


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