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l. Course Organization and Structure (Helgeson)
Tuesday, March 18
No assignment
2. On the General Nature of Personality (Scheier)
Thursday, March 20 Class Notes
Class Readings for Everyone:
Carver, C.S., & Scheier, M.F. (2008). Perspectives on personality (6th edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapters 1 & 4 only)
Scheier, M.F., & Carver, C.S. (1985). Optimism, coping and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies. Health Psychology, 4, 219-247.
Individual Assignments:
Smith, T.W., Pope, M.K., Rhodewalt, F., & Poulton, J.L. (1989). Optimism, neuroticism, coping, and symptom reports: An alternative interpretation of the Life Orientation Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 640-648. [Blair present; Elizabeth & Jaime critique]
Scheier, M.F., Carver, C.S., & Bridges, M.W. (1994). Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-master, and self-esteem): A re-evaluation of the Life Orientation Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 1063-1078. [Jingyuan & Leslie present; Sung-Joo & Bryan critique]
3. Relationship Theory and Research I: Interdependence Theory / Communal & Exchange Theory / What is a High Quality Relationship? (Feeney)
Tuesday, March 25
Reading Assignment for Everyone:
Clark, M. S., & Grote, N. K. (2003). Close relationships. In T. Millon & M. J. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Personality and social psychology (pp. 447-461). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Rusbult, C. E., Olsen, N., Davis, J. L., & Hannon, P. A. (2004). Commitment and relationship maintenance mechanisms. In H. T. Reis & C. E. Rusbult (Eds.), Close relationships: Key readings (pp. 287-303). Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
Individual Assignments:
Kilpatrick, S. D., Bissonnette, V. L., & Rusbult, C. E. (2002). Empathic accuracy and accommodative behavior among newly married couples. Personal Relationships, 9, 369-393. [Erika & Christopher present; Eleanor & Sarah critique]
Batson, C. D. (1993). Communal and exchange relationships: What is the difference? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 677-683. [Akiko present]
Clark, M. S., & Mills, J. (1993). The difference between communal and exchange relationships: What it is and is not. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 684-691. [This is a critique of previous article-Matthew & Jessica critique]
4. Relationship Theory and Research II: Attachment Theory as an Organizational Framework for Research on Relationships (Feeney)
Thursday, March 27
Readings for Everyone:
Collins, N. L., Guichard, A. C., Ford, M. B., & Feeney, B. C. (2004). Working models of attachment: New developments and emerging themes. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), pp. 196-239. New York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2000). Adult romantic attachment: Theoretical developments, emerging controversies, and unanswered questions. Review of General Psychology, 4, 132-154.
Individual Assignments:
Fraley, C. R., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Airport separations: A naturalistic study of adult attachment dynamics in separating couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 1198-1212. [Valentinos & Elizabeth present; Blair & Jingyuan critique]
Feeney, B. C. & Cassidy, J. (2003). Reconstructive memory related to adolescent-parent conflict interactions: The influence of attachment-related representations on immediate perceptions and changes in perceptions over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 945-955. [Jaime present; Sung-Joo & Akiko critique]
5. Person Perception-The Significance of Social Categories and Stigmas (Cox-Boyd)
Tuesday, April 1
Class Reading for Everyone:
Mackie, D.M. & Smith, E.R. (1998). Intergroup Relations: Insights from a theoretically integrative approach. Psychological Review, 105, 499-529.
Individual Assignments:
Bigler, R.S., Averhart, C.J. & Liben, L.S. (2003). Race and the workforce: Occupational status, aspirations, and stereotyping among African American children. Developmental Psychology, 39, 572-580. [Bryan present; Christopher & Sarah critique]
Lehmiller, J. J. & Agnew, C.R. (2006). Marginalized relationships: The Impact of social disapproval on romantic relationship commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 40-51. [Eleanor present; Matthew & Valentinos critique]
6. The Consequences of Prejudice-Implications for the Self and Health Effects (Cox-Boyd)
Thursday, April 3
Class Reading for Everyone:
Crocker, J. & Quinn, D. M. (2003). The psychological consequences of devalued identities. In R. Brown & S. Gaertner (Eds.) Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Processes (pp. 238-257). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing
Individual Assignments:
Guyll, M., Matthews, K.A. & Bromberger, J.T. (2001) Discrimination and unfair treatment: Relationship to cardiovascular reactivity among African American and European American Women. Health Psychology, 20, 315-325. [Jingyuan present; Blair & Leslie critique]
Gill, R. & Matheson, K. (2006). Responses to discrimination: The role of emotion and expectations for emotional regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 149-161. [Jessica & Erika present; Elizabeth & Bryan critique]
7. Comparative Social Judgment (Moore)
Tuesday, April 8
Class Reading for Everyone
Moore, D. A., & Healy, P. J. (in press). The trouble with overconfidence. Psychological Review.
Individual Assignments:
Kruger, J. (1999). Lake Wobegon be gone! The "below-average effect" and the egocentric nature of comparative ability judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(2), 221-232. [Jaime & Sung-Joo present; Christopher critique]
Moore, D. A., & Small, D. A. (2007). Error and bias in comparative social judgment: On being both better and worse than we think we are. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(6), 972-989. [Akiko & Matthew present; Erika critique]
8. Social Influences on Decision-Making (Julie Downs)
Thursday, April 10
Reading Assignments for Everyone:
Fischhoff, B., Downs, J. S., & Bruine de Bruin, W. (1998). Adolescent vulnerability: A framework for behavioral interventions. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 7, 77-94.
Ogden J (2003). Some problems with social cognition models: A pragmatic and conceptual analysis. Health Psychology,22, 424-428.
Individual Assignments:
Meyer D, Leventhal H, Guttman M (1985). Common-sense models of illness: The example of hypertension. Health Psychology, 4, 115-135. [Sarah present; Jessica & Valentino critique]
Downs, J. S., Murray, P. J., Bruine de Bruin, W., Penrose, J., Palmgren, C., & Fischhoff, B., (2004). Interactive Video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females' STD risk: A randomized controlled trial. Social Science & Medicine, 59, 1561-72. [Christopher present; Leslie & Eleanor critique]
9. Gender and Health (Helgeson)
Tuesday, April 15
Class Readings for Everyone:
Helgeson, V. S. (2008). Psychology of Gender (3rd edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Chapter 10 only
Helgeson, V. S., & Fritz, H. L. (1998). A theory of unmitigated communion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2, 173-183.
Individual Assignments:
Morrongiello, B. A., & Dawber, T. (2000). Mothers' responses to sons and daughters engaging in injury-risk behaviors on a playground: Implications for sex differences in injury rates. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 76, 89-103. [Eleanor & Blair present; Jaime critique]
Helgeson, V. S. Escobar, O., Siminerio, L., Becker, D. (2007). Unmitigated communion and health among adolescents with and without diabetes: The mediating role of eating disturbances. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 519-536. [Sung-Joo present; Erika & Akiko critique]
Thursday, April 17 NO CLASS
10. Expectancies, Optimism, and Well-Being (Scheier)
Tuesday, April 22
Class Readings for Everyone:
Carver, C.S., Scheier, M.F., & Weintraub, J.K. (1989). Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 267-283.
Mondloch, M.V., Cole, D.C., & Frank, J.W. (2001). Does how you do depend on how you think you'll do? A systematic review of the evidence for a relation between patients' recovery expectations and health outcomes. Journal of the Canadian Medical Association, 165, 174-179.
Carver, C.S., Scheier, M.F., Miller, C.J., & Fulford, D. (in press). Optimism In C.R. Snyder & S.J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd Edition) New York: Oxford University Press.
Individual Assignments:
Allison, P.J., Guichard, C., Fung, K, Gilain, L. (2003). Dispositional optimism predicts survival status 1 year after diagnosis in head and neck cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 21(3), pp. 543-548. [Elizabeth present; Bryan & Jessica critique]
Scheier, M.F., Matthews, K.A., Owens, J.F., Schulz, R., Bridges, M.W., Magovern, G.J., Sr., & Carver, C.S. (1999). Optimism and rehospitalization following coronary artery bypass surgery. Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 829-835. [Valentinos present; Matthew critique]
11. Relationships as Buffers of Stressful Life Events (Cohen)
Thursday, April 24
Readings (and an additional assignment) for Everyone:
Complete the ISEL (short questionnaire). It will not be collected. It is for your own information.
Cohen, S. (2004). Social relationships and health. American Psychologist, 59, 676-684.
Lakey, B., & Cohen, S. (2000). Social support theory and selecting measures of social support. In S. Cohen, L.U. Gordon, & B.H. Gottlieb (Eds.). Social support measurement and intervention: A guide for health and social scientists. New York: Oxford Press. (read only pp 29-36).
Individual Assignments:
Cohen, S., Kaplan, J.R., Cunnick, J.E., Manuck, S.B., & Rabin, B.S. (1992). Chronic social stress, affiliation and cellular immune response in nonhuman primates. Psychological Science, 3, 301-304. [Leslie present; Christopher & Akiko critique]
Rosengren, A., Orth-Gomer, K., Wedel, H., & Wilhelmsen, L. (1993). Stressful life events, social support, and mortality in men born in 1933. British Medical Journal, 30, 1102-1105. [Jingyuan & Sarah present; Erika critique]
12. Direct Effects (not stress-buffering) of Relationships on Health (Cohen)
Tuesday, April 29
Reading (and an Additional Assignment) for Everyone:
Lakey, B., & Cohen, S. (2000). Social support theory and selecting measures of social support. In S. Cohen, L.U. Gordon, & B.H. Gottlieb (Eds.). Social support measurement and intervention: A guide for health and social scientists. New York: Oxford Press. (read only pp 36-46)
Complete the Social Network Index
Individual Assignments:
Tucker, J.S. , Friedman, H.S., Winegard, D.L., & Schwartz, J.E. (1996). Marital history at midlife as a predictor of longevity: Alternative explanations to the protective effect of marriage. Health Psychology, 15, 94-101. [Sung-Joo present; Elizabeth & Valentinos critique]
Cohen, S., Doyle, W.J., Skoner, D.P., Rabin, B.S., & Gwaltney, J.M., Jr. (1997). Social ties and susceptibility to the common cold. Journal of the American Medical Association, 277, 1940-1944. [Jessica present; Eleanor & Jaime critique]
13. Adjustment to Chronic Illness (Helgeson)
Thursday, May 1
Reading Assignments for Everyone:
Taylor, S.E. (1983). Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation. American Psychologist, 38, 1161-1173.
Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2004). Posttraumatic growth: Conceptual foundations and empirical evidence. Psychological Inquiry, 15, 1-18.
Individual Assignments:
Tomich, P. L., & Helgeson, V. S. (2006). Breast cancer recurrence and cognitive adaptation theory: Are there limits? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 980-987. [Bryan present; Leslie & Blair critique]
McFarland, C., & Alvara, C. (2000). The impact of motivation on temporal comparisons: Coping with traumatic events by perceiving personal growth. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 327-343. [Matthew present; Jinguan & Sarah critique]