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