Applied Social Psychology

Applied Social Psychology
Psychology 46-670
Winter 2007
Tentative Schedule of Topics and Readings
Psychology 46.670 readings
DATE TOPICS Discussant
Jan. 10
Intro and organization of the course; Historical roots of
Applied Social Psychology
Sirois
Jan. 17
Jan. 24
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
1) Lewin, K. (1943). Psychology and the process of group living. The Journal of Social Psychology,
17, 113-131.
2) Reich, J. W. (1981). An historical analysis of the field. Applied Social Psychology Annual,
(Volume 2, pp. 45-70). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
3) Rosen, S. (1993). From Lewin to the present: As glimpsed from a fast moving train.
Contemporary Social Psychology, 17(3), 61-67.
4) Pancer, S. M. (1997). Social Psychology: The crisis continues. In D. Fox & I. Prilleltensky (Eds.),
Critical Psychology: An introduction (pp. 150-165). London: Sage.
No class meeting – read and start planning research
proposal.
No class meeting – class to be made up at the end of the
term.
Overview of Applied Social Psychology Issues Sirois
1) Bickman, L. & Rog, D. J. (1998). Why a handbook of applied social research methods? In L.
Bickman & D. Rog (Eds.), Handbook of applied social research methods (pp. ix-xix). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage.
2) Hollander, E. P. (1979). Applied social psychology: Problems and prospects. International
Review of Applied Psychology, 28, 93-100.
3) Mark, M. M., & Bryant, F. B. (1984). Potential pitfalls of a more applied social psychology:
Review and recommendations. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 5, 231-253.
4) Ross, A. S. (2004). Lessons learned from a lifetime of applied social psychological research.
Canadian Psychology, 45 (1), pp. 1-8. (OL)
Theoretical and Methodological Issues Sirois
1) Proshansky, H. (1980). Uses and abuses of theory in applied research. In L. Bickman (Ed.)
Applied Social Psychology Annual (Vol.1), Beverly Hills: Sage, pp. 97-135.
2) Hill, D. B. (2006). Theory in applied social psychology: Past mistakes and future hopes. Theory
& Psychology, 16(5): 613–640.
3) Edwards, J. (1990). Frameworks for applying social psychological processes to social issues. In
J. Edwards, R.S. Tindale, L. heath, & E. J. Posavac (Eds.), Social Influence Processes and
Prevention (pp. 1-13). New York: Plenum.
4) Senn, C.Y. (2005). You can change the world: Action, participatory, and activist research. In F.
Schneider, J. Gruman, & L. Coutts (Eds.), Applied Social Psychology: Understanding and
Addressing Social Problems,(pp. 355-373). London: Sage.

Psychology 46.670 readings
DATE TOPICS Discussant
Feb. 14 Career Opportunities and Grant writing Sirois
1) Sternberg, R. J. (2004). Obtaining a research grant: The applicant’s view. In J. M. Darley, M. P.
Zanna, & H. L. Roediger (Eds.), The compleat academic: A career guide, 2nd Edition, (pp.169-
184). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
2) Oskamp, S. (1988). Nontraditional employment opportunities for applied psychologists. American
Psychologist, 43(6), 484-485.
3) Ballie, R. (Dec., 2001). Where are the new psychologists going? Monitor on Psychology, 24-25.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec01/wheregoing.html
4) Robson, C. (1993). Appendix A: Writing a project proposal (pp. 464-469). In Real World
Research: A resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers, Oxford: Blackwell.
Feb. 21
Proposal topic presentations and peer review
Brief presentation by each class member followed by group feedback.
Feb. 28 Study Break – no class
Mar. 7 Community Psychology 1 Andrea
1) Walsh-Bowers, Richard (1998). Community psychology in the Canadian psychological family.
Canadian Psychology, 39(4) 280-287. (OL)
2) Prilletensky, I. & Nelson, G. (1997). Community Psychology: Reclaiming social justice. In D. Fox,
& I. Prilletensky (Eds.), Critical psychology: An introduction (pp. 150-165). London: Sage.
3) Fryer, D., & Fagan, R. (2003). Toward a Critical Community Psychological Perspective on
Unemployment and Mental Health Research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 32
(1), 89-96. (OL)
Mar. 14 Community Psychology 2 Shelly
1) Krahé, B., & Altwasser, C. (2006). Changing negative attitudes towards persons with physical
disabilities: an experimental intervention. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology,
16(1), 59-69. (OL)
2) Bybee, D., & Sullivan, C. M. (2003). The process through which an advocacy intervention
resulted in positive change for battered women over time. American Journal of Community
Psychology, 30 (1), 103-132. (OL)
3) Dunham, P. J., Hurshman, A., Litwin, E., Gusella, J., Ellsworth, C., & Dodd, P. W. D. (1998).
Computer-mediated social support: Single young mothers as a model system. American Journal
of Community Psychology, 26(2), 281-306. (OL)
Mar. 21 Health Psychology 1 Barat
1) Ogden, J. (2003). Some problems with social cognition models: A pragmatic and conceptual
analysis. Health Psychology, 22(4), 424-428. (OL)
2) Morrison, D. M., Baker, S. A., & Gillmore, M. R. (2000). Using the theory of reasoned action to
predict condom use among high-risk heterosexual teens. In P. Norman, C. Abraham, & M.
Conner (Eds). Understanding and changing health behavior: From health beliefs to selfregulation
(pp. 27-49). Amsterdam: Harwood.
3) Sirois, F. M., Davis, C. G., & Morgan, M. (2006). “Learning to live with what you can’t rise above”:
Control beliefs, symptom control, and adjustment to tinnitus. Health Psychology, 25(1), 119-123.
(OL)
4) Barlow, J. H., Bancroft, G. V., & Turner, A. P. (2005). Self-management training for people with
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Psychology 46.670 readings
chronic disease: A shared learning experience. Journal of Health Psychology, 10(6), 863-872.
(OL)
Mar. 28 Health Psychology 2 Melissa
1) Borg, M. B. (2002). The Avalon Garden’s Men’s Association: A community health psychology
case study. Journal of Health Psychology, 7 (3), 345-357. (OL)
2) Hobfoll, S. E., Jackson, A. P., Lavin, J., Britton, P. J., et al (1994). Reducing inner-city women's
AIDS risk activities: A study of single, pregnant women. Health Psychology, 13(5), 397-403. (OL)
3) Deacon, H. (2006). Towards a sustainable theory of health-related stigma: Lessons from the
HIV/AIDS literature. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology.Special Issue:
Understanding and Challenging Stigma, 16(6), 418-425. (OL)
DATE TOPICS Discussant
April 4 Industrial/Organizational Psychology 1 Pamela
1) Seijts, G. H., & Latham, B. W. (2003). Creativity through applying ideas from fields other than
one's own: Transferring knowledge from social psychology to Industrial/Organizational
Psychology. Canadian Psychology, 44(3), 232-239. (OL)
2) Lyness, K. S., & Heilman, M. E. (2006). When fit is fundamental: Performance evaluations and
promotions of upper-level female and male managers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(4),
777-785. (OL)
3) Struthers, C. W., Dupuis, R., & Eaton, J. (2005). Promoting forgiveness among co-workers
following a workplace transgression: The effects of social motivation training. Canadian Journal
of Behavioural Science.Special Issue: Building Healthy Workplaces: What We Know So Far,
37(4), 299-308. (OL)
April 11 Industrial/Organizational Psychology 2 Joanna
1) Ilgen, D. R. (1990). Health issues at work: Opportunities for industrial/organizational psychology.
American Psychologist. 45(2), 273-283. (OL).
2) Mantler, J., Matejicek, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2005). Coping with employment
uncertainty: A Comparison of employed and unemployed workers. Journal of Occupational
Health Psychology, 10(3), 200-209. (OL).
3) Brown, D. J., Cober, R. T., Keeping, L. M., & Levy, P. E. (2006). Racial tolerance and reactions
to diversity information in job advertisements. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(8), 2048-
2071. (OL).
April 18 Other Applied Social Psychology topics Kristen
1) Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2005). A review of intervention studies
aimed at household energy conservation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25(3), 273-291.
(OL).
2) Halpern, D. F., & Desrochers, S. (2005). Social psychology in the classroom: Applying what we
teach as we teach it. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology.Special Issue: Dispelling the Fable
of "Those Who Can, Do, and Those Who Can't, Teach:" The (Social and Clinical) Psychology of
Instruction, 24(1), 51-61. (OL).
3) Ochsner, K. N., & Lieberman, M. D. (2001). The emergence of social cognitive neuroscience.
American Psychologist, 56(9), 717-734. (OL).
Course wrap up
(OL) = reading available electronically as full text-articles through the Leddy Library
* Several of the suggested readings are from a previous version of this course taught by Charlene Senn. I would
like to gratefully acknowledge the help of Charlene Senn in the development of the current course’s reading list.