Psych. 222 (2)
Fall ë79 GenerationÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ PRACTICING COMMUNITYóMANAGEMENT
CommunityóClassroom
SAMPLE SYLLABUS FOR EXERCISE ON p.______
LECTURE SEQUENCE
1)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SF = the objective analysis of behavior situated in social settings
2)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Objective analysis of social settings = diagramming social facts.
3)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SF is a scientific field = it has a history and a context.
4)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SF and Behaviorism.
5)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Science: Material & Spiritual
6)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Constructing a behavioral taxonomy for the daily round.
7)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Diagramming social circumstances using field theory notation.
8)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Conducting field investigations.
9)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Group dynamics in task forces and teams.
10)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Group dynamics in conversation.
11)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Interógroup relations and the public order.
12)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Consumerism and the vulnerable self.
13)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SF and Professionalizing the self.
14)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ The professional student is integrated in the community.
LECTURE NOTES
1.)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Common sense analyses can be objective: objective versus subjective accounts; intraópersonal versus interópersonal; common and collective versus solitary and individual.
Exercise 1:ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Look up etymologies of the above underlined words.
2) Types of diagrams: matrices, tables, lists, graphs, charts, figures, designs; notation systems; writing,ÝÝÝÝÝÝ
geometry, music, choreography, morse, computer programming languages, logic, chemical equations, punctuation, shorthand; diagrams of social situations are objective if interpersonally recognizable.
Exercise 2:ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Look up, Diagramming My Knowledge, in DRA Vols. What is Social Psychology?, in DRA Vols.
3)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Science and history and History of science; scientific revolutions in the history of ideas; social philosophy.
Exercise 3:Ý Look up and describe briefly 6 social philosophers from
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ among the following: Confucius, Moses, Christ, Buddha,
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Hobbes, Goethe,
Nietzsche, Compte, Wundt, Coleridge, Emerson, Freud,
Gandhi, W. James, R. Steiner, G. H. Mead, Skinner, A. Maslow,
Mao Tse Tung, Maharishi, Billy Graham, William Buckley, Jr.,
Jimmy Carter.
4)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Social Behaviorism: G.H. Mead; Behaviorism at the UH: Watson, Skinner, Ullmann, Tharpe and Watson, Staats; Experimental Social Psychology.
Exercise 4:Ý Look up 6 psychologists in SP textbooks and briefly describe their contribution.
5) The Negative Bias and Its Origins: the consequences; the Positive Bias; Spiritual Science.
Exercise 5:Ý ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Look up Elevated Register in DRA Vols. in light of the ideas presented on pp. Source ìB.î
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ and discuss in Reading
6) ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Taxonomy: in biology; in chemistry; in genealogy; in linguistics; in philosophy; in Rogetís Thesaurus; in library sciences; in psycholinguistics; Daily Log.
Exercise 6:Ý Look up Daily Log entries in DRA Vols. ways of graphing the information.
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ and propose
7)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ K. Lewin and Topological Psychology: Principles of Field Theory; Diagramming conflicts.
Exercise 7:Ý Diagram 6 situations depicted in Why Canít They Do It Another Way, DRA Vols. _____
8)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Natural History Methodology: Societyís Witnesses; Literacy and ordinary social competence; Forms in our daily round environment
Exercise 8:Ý Survey 6 types of FORMS now in the DRA:Ý comment on their value and shortcomings.
9)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Group dynamics: Types of networks and interactions in groups; social groups; roles, status, conformity.
Exercise 9: Look up Vita (DRA Vols. ______) and Committee Reports DRA Vols. ______) and discuss the dynamic
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ social forces visible therein.
10) Group dynamics in conversational episodes: Turnótaking rituals; Topic raising and switching; Legitimizing;ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Bargaining; Competition; Cooperation and exploration.
Exercise 10:Ý Look up Transcripts in DRA Vols. ______ and document the dynamic forces therein using DRA Form __________ (see p.
11)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Demography and population statistics: Mass society memberships; Lobbying and organized interest groups; The dynamics of the news.
Exercise 11:Ý Using DRA Form observations.Ý (see p._____) make contrastive
12)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ The dynamics of eating behavior; Junk food psychology; Medicalization versus homeopathic healing practices.
Exercise 12:Ý Look up Food Daily Round reports in the DRA, and Lifestyles (Vols. ______), and in that light discuss
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ your own situation. Use DRA FormÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ to report results (see p.
13)Ý ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Community strategies of relationships: collective learning; the dynamics of anonymity; Privacy;ÝÝÝ Awareness; Methods of Keeping Track; Language and Mind.
Exercise 13:Ý Look up in DRA: Standardized Imaginings (Vols. _____ Interior Dialog (Vols. _____) and Discharge
Reports (Vols. ______). Discuss how to improve these methods for keeping track of oneís experiences. Makeóup 6 Forms.
14)Ý ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Staying in community:Ý the Campus is ours; Reading with meaning and thinking for oneself; Balanced perspective on modernism; and the value of the old.
Exercise 14:ÝÝ Read something written hundreds, even thousands of years ago and discuss its relationship to us. UseÝ
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ DRA Form__________.
Note: make sure you attach ìDRA Forms,î as referred to in your Syllabus.Ý For sample DRA Forms used in this course, see pp ________; also consult DRA Volumes at Sinclair Library, for DRA Forms used by prior generations.