Evans, D., & Zarate, O. Introducing Evolutionary Psychology, 1999
Gopnik, A., Meltzoff, A.N., & Kuhl, P.K. The Scientist in the Crib, 1999
Kosslyn, S.M., & Rosenberg, R.S. Psychology: The Brain, the Person, the World (2nd edition), 2004
Stanovich, K.E. How to Think Straight about Psychology (7th edition), 2004
The following articles are available in .pdf format through electronic reserve. Once accessed they can be read on-line or printed from your home computer or other computer access. You will need a password to access this material, and it will be provided in class and on the mail list. You can get to the reading through the Fondren Library homepage, services, course reserves, then use Schneider or Psyc101 as the instructor or course search terms. You will need a recent version of Acrobat Reader to access the material. Most of you probably have it already as it comes with many software packages. If you do not have it, it can be downloaded from several sites (free), but The Adobe site works well. Acrobat Reader download. Please consult with one of the Teaching Assistantsif you are having problems with this.
Anderson, C.A. (2001). Heat and violence. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10, 33-38
Arrigo, J.M., & Pezdek, K. (1997). Lessons from the study of psychogenic amnesia. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 6, 148-152
Bernhardt, P.C. (1997). Influences of serotonin and testosterone in aggression and dominance: Convergence with social psychology. Current Directions in Psychology, 6, 44-48.
Brown, B. (1999). Optimizing expression of the common human genome for child development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8, 37-41.
Eagly, A.H., & Wood, W. (1991). Explaining sex differences in social behavior: A meta-analytic perspective. Personality and Sociaol Psychology Bulletin, 17, 306-315.
Herrnstein, R.J., & Murray, C. (1995). The Bell Curve, NY: The Free Press., pp. 1-50.
Gottlieb, G. (2000). Environment and behavioral influences on gene activity. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 93-99.
Kolb, B., Gibb, R., & Robinson, T.E. (2003). Brain plasticity and behavior. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 1-4.
Loftus, B.F. (1997). Memory for a past that never was. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 6, 60-65.
Pinker, S. How the Mind Works, (1997), pp. 1-58
Pinker, S. The Blank Slate (2003), pp. 1-72
Roediger, H.L. & McDermott, K.B. (2000). Tricks of memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 123-129
Sacks, O. An Anthropologist on Mars (1996), pp. 244-296.
Solomon, A. (2003). The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. NY: Scribner, pp. 39-99.
Steele, C.M. (1997). A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. American Psychologist, 1997, 52, 613-629.
Wegner, D.M. (1997). When the antidote is the poison: Ironic mental control processes. Psychological Science, 8, 148-150.
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