March 8, 2007

Chapter 6 quiz answers


1)A

2)C

3)B

4)B

5)C

6)A

7)C

8)B

9)D

10)C

11)B

12)B

13)C

14)A

15)B

16)C

17)A

18)TRUE

19)TRUE

20)C

March 9, 2007

Milgram replications

This is the article Andrew discussed this week. I believe the author was a student of Milgram's. obedience.pdf (application/pdf Object)

The selfish generation?

Heather sent this link to a radio show discussing the narcissism study. What do you think about it? Agree? Disagree? MPR: The selfish generation?

March 12, 2007

Zimbardo retires

Short article about Philip Zimbardo - we'll be watching the movie of his study, The Stanford Prison Experiment.

AP Wire | 03/07/2007 | "Psychology of evil" professor delivers final Stanford lecture

March 13, 2007

Another TV show - on Heaven's Gate

TLC :: Episode :: Heaven's Gate: The Definitive Story-- Showing March 21st.

April 1, 2007

Star Tribune article on discrimination

Two lawsuits promote growing awareness of 'unconscious bias'

April 3, 2007

Zimbardo on Comedy Central

Comedy Central : Motherload

Thanks to Mike Vasseur for this link.

April 4, 2007

Do you have an Authoritarian Personality?

Try this and see!

The F Scale: Final form

An interesting website - tools to understand and fight prejudice

Tolerance.org

April 9, 2007

Answer key for Chapter 11


1)C

2)C

3)D

4)A

5)D

6)D

7)B

8)A

9)B

10)A

11)D

12)B

13)C

14)B

15)C

16)A

17)D

18)C

19)TRUE

20)TRUE


April 11, 2007

Das Experiment

Michelle recommends this movie as an interesting fictionalized account of the Stanford Prison Experiment.

Kinoeye | German horror: Oliver Hirschbiegel's Das Experiment

April 16, 2007

ASA Citation and Reference Guidelines for papers

HERE ARE SIMPLE EXAMPLES OF HOW TO CITE AND REFERENCE USING ASA GUIDELINES:

Guidelines for Citations & References

In-text Citations

General reference:

Risman (1998) has expanded on sociological theory of gender with a rather optimistic spin.


Direct quotation with page number:

“There are numerous theoretical perspectives within this tradition� (Black and Jones 1998:13).

or

Black and Jones (1998) found “discrepancies in the research of others� (p. 15).

For Bibliography or Works Cited at end of paper

Book:

Risman, Barbara. 1998. Gender Vertigo. New Haven: Yale University Press.


Book with two authors:

Blumstein, Philip and Pepper Schwartz. 1983. American Couples. New York: William Morrow.

Chapter or article in an edited book:

Collins, Patricia Hill. 2001. “Theorizing about Motherhood.� Pp 287-304 in Shifting the Center: Understanding Contemporary Families, edited by Susan Ferguson. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, pp. 287-304.

Journal article:

Glenn, Evelyn. 1983. “Split Household, Small Producer.� Journal of Marriage and the Family 45:35-46.


Newspaper article:

Sengupta, Sam. 2000. “Many Frustrated Parents Turn to Foster Care.� New York Times, September 1, p. A21.


Electronic source:

Goldstein, Amy. 1997. “Mad Cow Disease Is Here.� Washington Post, October 15. Retrieved March 3, 2004 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp=srv/WPPlate/1997-10/15-0661.idx.html).

American Sociological Association. 1997. “On Race and Racism� (ASA Action Alert, October 15). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association. Retrieved April 15, 2004 (http://www.asanet.org/racecall.htm).

April 17, 2007

French video on Landmark

France 3 documentary: "Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus"

April 18, 2007

Painting for peace

Painter of beauty aims to use art for peace

May 2, 2007

MPR show today on cutting carbon emissions

They must have listened in to class on Tuesday! Here's the professionals tackling the same topic we discussed - and to some extent coming up with similar solutions:
MPR: The business of cutting carbon