Evans, D., & Zarate, O. Introducing Evolutionary Psychology, 2005 (2nd edition)
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 emailed to you. 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 Assistants if you are having problems with this.
Herrnstein, R.J., & Murray, C. (1995). The Bell Curve, NY: The Free Press., pp. 1-50.
Pinker, S. How the Mind Works, (1997), pp. 1-58
Pinker, S. The Blank Slate (2003), pp. 1-72
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.
The following articles are available through Fondren electronic journals. At the main library page, click on Collections and then on Online journals. Type in the name of the journal and then find the relevant issue and click to download. The year of the article is in parenthesis after the author. The volume is the first number after the journal title, and the page numbers follow. If you have trouble accessing these articles please contact one of the Teaching Assistants.
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 Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 306-315.
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.
Roediger, H.L. & McDermott, K.B. (2000). Tricks of memory. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 123-129
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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