ANTH 107 Tentative Course Schedule (exams, lecture topics, and readings)

Week/ Lecture Date

Exams;
Lecture Topic

Readings

Week 1

April 4

An introduction to Psychological Anthropology

Read:  Human Universals  Chapters 1 & 5

Week 2

April 11

The Standard Social Science Model ; the Nature vs. Nurture debate

Read: Human Universals Chapters 2 (pp39-53)  &  Chapter 4 (pp88; 99-117)

Read: Lieberman et al. (2007). Architecture of Human Kin Detection. Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 217 KB [ERes]

Week 3

April 18

Human Universals and Cross Cultural Comparison

Read: Human Universals Chapters 6+ 7

Read: Pinker (2002). Blank Slate. pp.5-13, 30-41 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)        651 KB [ERes]

Week 4

April 25

Society and Personality, Gender, Sex

Read: Tooby & Cosmides (1990). On the Universality of Human Nature. Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 6678 KB [ERes]

Read: Harris (2005). Social Behavior and Personality Development. Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 1088 KB [ERes]

Read: Bogin (1988). Patterns of Human Growth: Ch. 01. Adobe Acrobat (PDF)                  1121 KB [ERes]

Week 5

May 2

Development and Psychology

Read:Flinn and Ward (2005). Ontogeny and Evolution of the Social Child. (PDF) [ERes]

Read: Bugental (2000). Acquistion of the Algorithms of Social Life. Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 4221 KB [ERes]

Week 6

 May 9

MIDTERM – 5PM MAY 9th;


Animal Psychology and Selection

Read: Coren (2000). How to Speak Dog: Ch. 02, 04. Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 455 KB [ERes]

Read: Hare et al. (2005). Social Cognitive Evolution in Captive Foxes... Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 155 KB [ERes]

Read: Talking Parrots? Web/OPAC Link [ERes]

Week 7

 May 16

Animal Psychology and Selection

Read: Brosnan (2006). Nonhuman Species' Reactions to Inequity... Adobe Acrobat (PDF) 259 KB [ERes]

Week 8

 May 23

Problem solving, Decision, and Rationality

Read: Jackson Lears (2003). Gambling for Grace[ERes]

Read: Gigerenzer (2000). Ecological Intelligence[ERes]

Read: Malinowski (1954) Magic, Science, Religion [ERes]

Week 9

 May 30

Beliefs, Superstitions,  and Mystical Experience

Read: Religion Explained Chapters 4 & 5;

Read: Svoboda (2007). Faces, Faces Everywhere. Adobe Acrobat (PDF)       208 KB  [ERes]

Read:  Weinberger (2007). Mind Games. Web/OPAC Link[ERes]

Week 10 June 6

Beliefs, Superstitions,  and Mystical Experience

Read: Religion Explained Chapters 6,7,& 8;

Read:  Clerkin (2007). Psychics "Hired to Find Bin Laden". Adobe Acrobat (PDF)       10 KB [ERes]

 

FINAL EXAM: Tuesday June 12; 7:30-10:30 p.m. North Hall 1109