Psychology 403/505
Course Schedule

FALL 2004

Additional readings

The following readings could not be included in the Course Pack because the publisher (the American Psychological Association) is excluded from the University's Copyright agreement. Ironically, the papers are all available for download from the author's web site (copyright laws, go figure):

Bushman, B. J., & Anderson, C. A. (2001). Is it time to pull the plug on the hostile versus instrumental aggression dichotomy? Psychological Review, 108, 273-279.

Bushman, B. J., & Anderson, C. A. (2001). Media violence and the American public: Scientific facts versus media misinformation. American Psychologist, 56, 477-489.

Bushman, B. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (1998). Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 219-229.

Weaver et al (2004) Epigenetic programmign by maternal behavior..

 
Dates Topic Readings
Weds, Sept 8th
 Introductions, the Syllabus &
 Sept 10 Sapolsky: Trouble with...
Sept 13
Barlow et al. Do Midas cichlids win through prowess or daring?...
Sept 15
Maynard Smith. Hawk-Dove model
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Sept 17
Bushman. Does venting anger feed or extinguish the flame?
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Sept 20 Wommack et al. Repeated exposure to social stress... .
Sept 22
Early et al. The use of standard aggression testing...
Sept 24 Dyck. Booze, barrooms and scrapping... .
Sept 27
Caspi et al. Role of genotype in the cycle of...
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Sept 29
Temrin et al. Step-praents and infanticide...
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Oct 1
Bushman and Anderson: Media violence and the American public.
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Oct 4 Hurd: Cooperative signalling between opponents .
Oct 6
Neave & Wolfson: Testosterone, territoriality and...
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Oct 8 Bailey & Hurd: Finger length ratio predicts... .
Oct 11
Thanksgiving Day
No class
Oct 13
505 Seminars
Eric V. (read Wingfield et al. Testosterone, aggression, and communication: ecological bases of... )
Oct 15 505 Seminars Walter. read this
Alisha. read Knapp & Moore (from the coursepack)
Oct 18 403 Posters .
Oct 20 403 Posters .
Oct 22 TBA ...
Oct 25 TBA ...
Oct 27 TBA ...
Oct 29 TBA ...
Nov 1 TBA posters1.pdf
Nov 3
TBA
Nov 5 Poster review posters3.pdf
Nov 8 505 Seminars TBA
Nov 12
Fall Break
No class
Nov 12 403 Seminars TBA
Nov 15 403 Seminars TBA
Nov 17 403 Seminars TBA
Nov 19 403 Seminars TBA
Nov 22 403 Seminars TBA
Nov 24 403 Seminars TBA
Nov 26 No class today
Nov 29 No class today
Dec 1 403 Seminars TBA
Dec 3 403 Seminars TBA
Dec 6 403 Seminars TBA
Dec 8 403 Seminars TBA