"Things to Do" List (Challenge & Change)
Thurs. Jan. 23 - EXAM (in-class - on everything)
--> review sheet here
ETA → Chomsky just laid down a 3-hour podcast, at 91 years old!!, and I summarized it into a 15-minute read. It's actually our whole course in a nutshell!! Question: If I made it into a 15-min podcast or video, would more people take the time to listen to it?? It's important stuff!
What We Did Today
Mon. Jan. 20 - Wed. Jan. 22
- review in class
- come for sure on WEDNESDAY to fill in anonymous course evaluation
Wed. Jan. 15 - Fri. Jan. 17
- take up the test
- start Open Project presentations
- FYI - The Turning Point - 3 min cartoon
Tues. Jan. 14
- test (answers here)
Mon. Jan. 13
- review unit 3 (review sheet)
FYI - new interview with Chomsky on why being smart might work against survival
Fri. Jan. 10
- how is climate change denial like old duck and cover ads
- persuasion: what worked and what didn't
- FYI - Monbiot on lab meat; cartoon on factory farms; Canada set to ban single-use plastics; Alberta's cuts to firefighting; and the world's poorest president; ALSO the guy who shot down the Ukrainian jet; India general strike; and the Tim's strike ended; AND events at the Causerie; and land rights in northern BC right now
Thurs. Jan. 9
- Wolin's inverted totalitarianism (Hedges and a Salon article on it)
- Exercise: DRAW how it all fits together!
- FYI - US war vet on war --> it all fits in with everything else, and a bit from Hedges
Wed. Jan. 8
- Davis on phthalates and wifi
- two paths: Davis, Saul, & Barlow --> boots on the ground protesting, (because government and corporations won't changed unless forced to) OR
Slee & Monbiot --> governmental regulation of people (because citizens won't change unless forced to)
- is 'profit' a form of theft? - more on economics stuff here (and the role of sheep)
- are we in a true feudal system again with CEOs in place of Kings? (Chomsky's surreptitious dictatorship)
- Sheldon Wolin's inverted totalitarianism
Tues. Jan. 7
- Ariely on persuasion - we revert to the default when too many options
- Devra Davis - cancer research - myth of individual responsibility and why we need the precautionary principle (more here)
Mon. Jan. 6
- The Greatest Movie Ever Sold - excerpts on neuromarketing, Ralph Nader, and advertising in schools
- FYI - some Iran-issue analysis, Australian PM heckled, Mr. Beast's Trees, identifying the gender of toys, and the "nag factor" in advertising to children
FYI - experiment on phone use in a university class; 20 min video on the connection between obesity and Coke and HFCS and free trade deals!
Thurs. Dec. 19
- class critique of culture jams
Tues. Dec. 17
- work period --> make something to persuade the masses and an elite - ROUGH DRAFT only - to be critiqued during class on Thursday
Mon. Dec. 16
- more theories of persuasion
- try applying them to ending single-use cups
Fri. Dec. 13
- theories of persuasion
(you can protest COP25 actions at Waterloo Town Square at 4:30-5:00 today!)
- FYI - here's that iPad ad; and the Little Mix controversy; and Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc. are named in a lawsuit around child cobalt mining deaths
Thurs. Dec. 12
- the next project! --> choose one issue and try to persuade people to avoid it with a "culture jam" and some type of communication with someone in charge (corporate or political)
- FYI - Why facts don't change our mind (logos and ethos); interesting 30 min discussion: Should billionaires exist?; FYI if you haven't heard about China's Uyghur (and here), or about climate talks paid by oil companies and kicking out protesters
Thurs. Dec. 5 - Wed. Dec. 11
- present the Challenges of Corporate Corruption --> Fill in this chart to help everyone study for the next test!
- FYI - Trump's anti-cruelty bill; Ford's ag-gag bill; and wind turbine energy use
- FYI - recent article on tax shelters; Linda McQuaig on privatization; hermit crabs dying of plastic;
- FYI - see what's in make-up and skin care; palm oil 1.5 min ad; "Crying Indian" PSA; when you see fish, think panda ad, and in today's paper: The Great Recycling Con
- FYI - controversial book on drugs for mental health; trafficking children at the border; a TEDTalk about war; how fossil fuels are subsidized;
Tues. Dec. 3
- Keynes vs Friedman - economic framework - Should business be allowed to self-regulate? But if the government regulates business, what if it is just as corrupted?
Are your luxuries (chocolate, lots of clothes, trips, etc.) important enough to take away other people's necessities?
- FYI - slavery in the chocolate trade (and here and here and here) --> look for the Fair Trade symbol when you shop, like on Green & Black, Divine, Camino...
- FYI - Foxconn suicide nets - they manufacture pretty much every type of electronics
Mon. Dec. 2
- de-regulation --> bank de-regulation and the mortgage crisis
(FYI - the BC strike in 2014 started with rotating strikes in May, then a full walk-out on June 17 that lasted until September 22 - summer school was cancelled - students missed exams, so marks were submitted based on work they had done to that point, and the next semester was condensed)
Thurs. Nov. 28 - Fri. Nov. 29
- work periods --> check out Hasan Minhaj's latest: Why Billionaires Won't Save Us
Wed. Nov. 27
- privatization, de-regulation, busting unions --> the policy changes that allowed the rich to get dramatically richer
- FYI - my thoughts on French from 3 years ago, and articles on privatized prisons in the US (and see here) - but I can't find what % of costs is paid for by the government; Doug Ford is learning French, and that video on Strawberry High
Tues. Nov. 26
- income inequality videos
- also check out the films Inside Job and/or The Big Short
Mon. Nov. 25
- quintiles and inequality
- FYI - Microsoft use of child slaves (Bill Gates)
Fri. Nov. 22
- what we fear and how to cope with it
- FYI - Sacha Baron Cohen - 25 min. (Borat) - winning an Anti-Defamation award - about social media connection to hate crimes and genocide (or read it here instead)
Thurs. Nov. 21
- work period - corporate corruption
Wed. Nov. 20
- take up the first half of the test --> look at the hate crime chart #2 again - how to turn theories around to make solutions - ETA - second half ANSWERS are here
- look at corruption in big box stores - why it happens - use theories to make solutions
- CORRECTION: I said WalMart CEO makes about 200:1 (ratio of CEO pay to lowest workers pay) --> it's 1,076:1 --> Bill Gates just surpassed Jeff Bezos as richest in all the land with $110 billion net worth. Here's a one min. video of what that looks like.
Tues. Nov. 19
- test and then we'll look at KCI's stats
- FYI - Canada reversed position on Palestine
Mon. Nov. 18
- review why we hate: ignorance, fear, and news manipulation
Thurs. Nov. 14
- mass media influences hate: example #2 - Iraq invasion
- pics of Abu Ghraib (warning: graphic); on 14-year-old Abeer Hamza; and a bit more on Rehtaeh Parsons (main guy got probation)
- FYI - a book summary about why sexism persists --> Manne thinks it's NOT that some men see women as less than human, but it's about taking out the opposition
- FYI - AOC grilling Zuckerberg
Wed. Nov. 13
- corporate control of mass media influences hate: example #1 - Palestinian occupation - on hunger strike here, and the full video is here, and BDS info wrt Canada is here, and some censorship around the map I drew on the board, and FB shut down a publication featuring Glenn Greenwald (the first journalist Edward Snowden trusted with his story) for being pro-Palestine; and this just happened:
- review in class
- come for sure on WEDNESDAY to fill in anonymous course evaluation
Wed. Jan. 15 - Fri. Jan. 17
- take up the test
- start Open Project presentations
- FYI - The Turning Point - 3 min cartoon
Tues. Jan. 14
- test (answers here)
Mon. Jan. 13
- review unit 3 (review sheet)
FYI - new interview with Chomsky on why being smart might work against survival
Fri. Jan. 10
- how is climate change denial like old duck and cover ads
- persuasion: what worked and what didn't
- FYI - Monbiot on lab meat; cartoon on factory farms; Canada set to ban single-use plastics; Alberta's cuts to firefighting; and the world's poorest president; ALSO the guy who shot down the Ukrainian jet; India general strike; and the Tim's strike ended; AND events at the Causerie; and land rights in northern BC right now
Thurs. Jan. 9
- Wolin's inverted totalitarianism (Hedges and a Salon article on it)
- Exercise: DRAW how it all fits together!
- FYI - US war vet on war --> it all fits in with everything else, and a bit from Hedges
Wed. Jan. 8
- Davis on phthalates and wifi
- two paths: Davis, Saul, & Barlow --> boots on the ground protesting, (because government and corporations won't changed unless forced to) OR
Slee & Monbiot --> governmental regulation of people (because citizens won't change unless forced to)
- is 'profit' a form of theft? - more on economics stuff here (and the role of sheep)
- are we in a true feudal system again with CEOs in place of Kings? (Chomsky's surreptitious dictatorship)
- Sheldon Wolin's inverted totalitarianism
Tues. Jan. 7
- Ariely on persuasion - we revert to the default when too many options
- Devra Davis - cancer research - myth of individual responsibility and why we need the precautionary principle (more here)
Mon. Jan. 6
- The Greatest Movie Ever Sold - excerpts on neuromarketing, Ralph Nader, and advertising in schools
- FYI - some Iran-issue analysis, Australian PM heckled, Mr. Beast's Trees, identifying the gender of toys, and the "nag factor" in advertising to children
FYI - experiment on phone use in a university class; 20 min video on the connection between obesity and Coke and HFCS and free trade deals!
Thurs. Dec. 19
- class critique of culture jams
Tues. Dec. 17
- work period --> make something to persuade the masses and an elite - ROUGH DRAFT only - to be critiqued during class on Thursday
Mon. Dec. 16
- more theories of persuasion
- try applying them to ending single-use cups
Fri. Dec. 13
- theories of persuasion
(you can protest COP25 actions at Waterloo Town Square at 4:30-5:00 today!)
- FYI - here's that iPad ad; and the Little Mix controversy; and Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc. are named in a lawsuit around child cobalt mining deaths
Thurs. Dec. 12
- the next project! --> choose one issue and try to persuade people to avoid it with a "culture jam" and some type of communication with someone in charge (corporate or political)
- FYI - Why facts don't change our mind (logos and ethos); interesting 30 min discussion: Should billionaires exist?; FYI if you haven't heard about China's Uyghur (and here), or about climate talks paid by oil companies and kicking out protesters
Thurs. Dec. 5 - Wed. Dec. 11
- present the Challenges of Corporate Corruption --> Fill in this chart to help everyone study for the next test!
- FYI - Trump's anti-cruelty bill; Ford's ag-gag bill; and wind turbine energy use
- FYI - recent article on tax shelters; Linda McQuaig on privatization; hermit crabs dying of plastic;
- FYI - see what's in make-up and skin care; palm oil 1.5 min ad; "Crying Indian" PSA; when you see fish, think panda ad, and in today's paper: The Great Recycling Con
- FYI - controversial book on drugs for mental health; trafficking children at the border; a TEDTalk about war; how fossil fuels are subsidized;
Tues. Dec. 3
- Keynes vs Friedman - economic framework - Should business be allowed to self-regulate? But if the government regulates business, what if it is just as corrupted?
Are your luxuries (chocolate, lots of clothes, trips, etc.) important enough to take away other people's necessities?
- FYI - slavery in the chocolate trade (and here and here and here) --> look for the Fair Trade symbol when you shop, like on Green & Black, Divine, Camino...
- FYI - Foxconn suicide nets - they manufacture pretty much every type of electronics
Mon. Dec. 2
- de-regulation --> bank de-regulation and the mortgage crisis
(FYI - the BC strike in 2014 started with rotating strikes in May, then a full walk-out on June 17 that lasted until September 22 - summer school was cancelled - students missed exams, so marks were submitted based on work they had done to that point, and the next semester was condensed)
Thurs. Nov. 28 - Fri. Nov. 29
- work periods --> check out Hasan Minhaj's latest: Why Billionaires Won't Save Us
Wed. Nov. 27
- privatization, de-regulation, busting unions --> the policy changes that allowed the rich to get dramatically richer
- FYI - my thoughts on French from 3 years ago, and articles on privatized prisons in the US (and see here) - but I can't find what % of costs is paid for by the government; Doug Ford is learning French, and that video on Strawberry High
Tues. Nov. 26
- income inequality videos
- also check out the films Inside Job and/or The Big Short
Mon. Nov. 25
- quintiles and inequality
- FYI - Microsoft use of child slaves (Bill Gates)
Fri. Nov. 22
- what we fear and how to cope with it
- FYI - Sacha Baron Cohen - 25 min. (Borat) - winning an Anti-Defamation award - about social media connection to hate crimes and genocide (or read it here instead)
Thurs. Nov. 21
- work period - corporate corruption
Wed. Nov. 20
- take up the first half of the test --> look at the hate crime chart #2 again - how to turn theories around to make solutions - ETA - second half ANSWERS are here
- look at corruption in big box stores - why it happens - use theories to make solutions
- CORRECTION: I said WalMart CEO makes about 200:1 (ratio of CEO pay to lowest workers pay) --> it's 1,076:1 --> Bill Gates just surpassed Jeff Bezos as richest in all the land with $110 billion net worth. Here's a one min. video of what that looks like.
Tues. Nov. 19
- test and then we'll look at KCI's stats
- FYI - Canada reversed position on Palestine
Mon. Nov. 18
- review why we hate: ignorance, fear, and news manipulation
Thurs. Nov. 14
- mass media influences hate: example #2 - Iraq invasion
- pics of Abu Ghraib (warning: graphic); on 14-year-old Abeer Hamza; and a bit more on Rehtaeh Parsons (main guy got probation)
- FYI - a book summary about why sexism persists --> Manne thinks it's NOT that some men see women as less than human, but it's about taking out the opposition
- FYI - AOC grilling Zuckerberg
Wed. Nov. 13
- corporate control of mass media influences hate: example #1 - Palestinian occupation - on hunger strike here, and the full video is here, and BDS info wrt Canada is here, and some censorship around the map I drew on the board, and FB shut down a publication featuring Glenn Greenwald (the first journalist Edward Snowden trusted with his story) for being pro-Palestine; and this just happened:
AND there's a No-IDF student rally at York University on Nov. 20 because Israeli soldiers were invited to speak. (Is this anti-free speech or anti-apartheid??) And some examples of what's happening here.
Tues. Nov. 12
- Noam Chomsky, Timothy Snyder, and Chris Hedges --> effects of corporate control over government and some solutions --> on how the Koch brothers pay off Congress
- discuss the corporate corruption project
NOTE: quick clarification on fact vs probability vs stereotype
Tues. Nov. 12
- Noam Chomsky, Timothy Snyder, and Chris Hedges --> effects of corporate control over government and some solutions --> on how the Koch brothers pay off Congress
- discuss the corporate corruption project
NOTE: quick clarification on fact vs probability vs stereotype
Mon. Nov. 11
- Why we hate? --> news media --> history of public manipulation (note)
- bits about Edward Bernays at the beginning of this
- what is bias? (note --> it's also here)
- watch The Fourth Estate (from 3 min to 12 min, and then from 68 min to 74 min)
Mon. Nov. 4 - Fri. Nov. 8
- watch and take notes on seminars (slideshows are here)
- bit on studies by Ruston and Watson (more on Watson & Crick)
- Should we stop using "crazy" and similar terms in a derogatory way??
- FYI - why I think giving percentages on assignments is important
- FYI - Snyder's mark distribution data (2015-2018)
- FYI - cell phone concerns (3 min vid)
- FYI - employee stats - any interest in getting comparable KCI student stats?? <-- NOW WITH GRAPHED DATA!
- FYI - 40 year anniversary of Greensboro massacre - Drunk History on Superman taking down the Klan
- FYI - article on why Michelle Obama's solutions are misguided
- FYI - on Elizabeth Warren's "sexcapades" and on Katie Hill's tattoos: "Hill’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Daily Mail demanding that it take the racy image down as it was an 'invasion of privacy' — and denying the tattoo was linked to bigotry.'The claim that Representative Hill has Nazi imagery on her body in the form of a tattoo is false and defamatory.'"
Fri. Nov. 1
- Employment Equity Act (known as Affirmative Action in the states)
- Richard Pryor clip (from 1982) and the use of oppressive terms and the Western University incident
- the Katie Hill incident wrt "revenge porn" --> and an article addressing my bafflement about all the naked pics on people's phones (I'm not even a boomer!)
- FYI - Terry Crews on being a man (22 min. video)
Thurs. Oct. 31
- understanding sex/gender/attraction etc.
- forming ideas based on specifics of right/wrong vs forming ideas based on all-encompassing values (like don't harm people who are just doing their thing)
- the photo that changed everything - until it all changed back
- a bit on "transtrending" and dysphoria in a ContraPoints video (it looks weird, but give it a chance - or start 15 min. in - Natalie Wynn does a good job of arguing with herself about controversial issues - then check out her other videos!)
Tues. Oct. 29 - Wed. Oct. 30
- hate crime presentations
Thurs. Oct. 24 - Mon. Oct. 28
- hate crime work periods
- bit on prejudice data results and model Rohingya on Monday
Wed. Oct. 23
- choose seminar dates
- discuss how to research well
- look at trends in Hate Crime project (chart is here)--> I'd model one example, maybe two
Tues. Oct. 22
6. Inferiority (Zimbardo - role of powerful or victim affect behaviour - see Hyperbole and a Half's adorable cartoon)
7. Mirror Neurons;
8. Resource Depletion (see a summary of Diamond's Collapse);
9. Institutionalized racism/sexism/homophobia, etc. (see Manne's Down Girl)
Effects of Prejudice
Mon. Oct. 21
3. Mere Exposure;
B. Fear --> 4. Culture of Fear; 5. Memory Availability; 6. Inferiority
Fri. Oct. 18
- more Causes of Prejudice
A. Ignorance --> 1. Modelling: Asch video, funny peer pressure video
2. Rewards / Punshments: Milgram video; Hannah Arendt's book; Freud on aggression and sex (scroll down to Sex and Perversions); Elliott long video; Kitty Genovese write-up review; on Ashley Smith;
- smoke-filled room - we'd rather die than be embarrassed
- in comedy - Anthony Jeselnik on not crossing a line
Thurs. Oct. 17
- resilience studies
- Causes of Prejudice
Wed. Oct. 16
- bullying - FYI - here's the article written by a classmate of a shooter, and here are some of my thoughts about it all
Tues. Oct. 15
- polarization of men and women --> Separatists / MGTOWs
Fri. Oct. 11
- trends in prejudices - what's changed and why?
- Theodore Adorno's Authoritarian Scale
- polarization of Left and Right --> Radical Left / Alt Light/Alt Right (FYI - more info here and then more on gamergate here)
Thurs. Oct. 10
- stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination --> what are they
- mascots, statues, and school/street names; hallowe'en costumes
Wed. Oct. 9
- look at that study we did again --> DO your experiments!!
- take up the test (answers here)
Tues. Oct. 8
- Test!
Mon. Oct. 7
- review for the test --> here's the jeopardy game we played (and then some)
(FYI - thread of critical analysis of The Joker with spoilers)
Fri. Oct. 4
- finish conflict theory
- look at all theories together in a chart
Thurs. Oct. 3
- sociology: functionalism and conflict theory
Wed. Oct. 2
- look at that survey we did
- practice making graphs
Tues. Oct. 1
- effect of hormones on personality:
- OCD first-person experience (Button Poetry 3 min. video)
- OCD - David Sedaris (excerpt)
- Caster Semenya challenging gender in sports
Mon. Sept. 30
- CBT and AA (steps here)
- neuropsychology
- psychopath who diagnosed himself in a brain scan
- mirror neurons
- PTSD - The Bear's Embrace (excerpt with her in hospital) and aftermath
Fri. Sept. 27
- work period
Thurs. Sept. 26
- CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy
Wed. Sept. 25
- Experiment Pre Lab
- Jung's persona and shadow and collective unconscious
- bit more of behaviour conditioning
Tues. Sept. 24
- bit more on Jungian typology
- behavioural conditioning (and here's a bird doing tricks)
Mon. Sept. 23
- psych - Freud (id/ego/superego; transactional analysis) and Jung's typology
- FYI - Prodigal Son story and Freud in Ferris Bueller's Day Off --> Ferris (id), Jeanie (superego) and Charlie Sheen is in his ego
Thurs. Sept. 17
- go over research paragraph expectations
- psychology - Freud
Wed. Sept. 16
- work period on researching for the experiment
Mon. Sept. 14 - Tues. Sept. 15
- more on cultural anth and ritual work
Fri. Sept. 13
- discuss article #1 and breaking norms challenge
- cultural anth --> demographics - culture effects entire generations (Louis CK)
Thurs. Sept. 12
- a bit about the next Experiment section: researching write-ups
- physical anth: nature, instincts for survival, adaptations, alphas
(FYI - Alan Weisman got a new idea for how to slow population growth)
Wed. Sept. 11
- do a sample article assignment together
- time to do the first article assignment
Tues. Sept. 10
- finish discussing methodology quiz
- go over APA formatting
- overview of general Theories of Behaviour
- discuss on-going article assignment
Mon. Sept. 9
- challenges and changes you raised
- media reporting problems (more spurious correlations)
- methodology quiz
Fri. Sept. 6
- more on the scientific method
- how to compare claims in order to determine the more credible claim
- media reporting problems
Thurs. Sept. 5
- bit more about the experiment - any questions
- what is social science
- scientific method --> here's that journal ranking scale
Wed. Sept. 4
- experiment introduction --> discuss topics
(the movie I was talking about was Booksmart)
Tues. September 3
- course outline and discussion
- look at sample marksheet
- introduce the Open Project
- Why we hate? --> news media --> history of public manipulation (note)
- bits about Edward Bernays at the beginning of this
- what is bias? (note --> it's also here)
- watch The Fourth Estate (from 3 min to 12 min, and then from 68 min to 74 min)
Mon. Nov. 4 - Fri. Nov. 8
- watch and take notes on seminars (slideshows are here)
- bit on studies by Ruston and Watson (more on Watson & Crick)
- Should we stop using "crazy" and similar terms in a derogatory way??
- FYI - why I think giving percentages on assignments is important
- FYI - Snyder's mark distribution data (2015-2018)
- FYI - cell phone concerns (3 min vid)
- FYI - employee stats - any interest in getting comparable KCI student stats?? <-- NOW WITH GRAPHED DATA!
- FYI - 40 year anniversary of Greensboro massacre - Drunk History on Superman taking down the Klan
- FYI - article on why Michelle Obama's solutions are misguided
- FYI - on Elizabeth Warren's "sexcapades" and on Katie Hill's tattoos: "Hill’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Daily Mail demanding that it take the racy image down as it was an 'invasion of privacy' — and denying the tattoo was linked to bigotry.'The claim that Representative Hill has Nazi imagery on her body in the form of a tattoo is false and defamatory.'"
Fri. Nov. 1
- Employment Equity Act (known as Affirmative Action in the states)
- Richard Pryor clip (from 1982) and the use of oppressive terms and the Western University incident
- the Katie Hill incident wrt "revenge porn" --> and an article addressing my bafflement about all the naked pics on people's phones (I'm not even a boomer!)
- FYI - Terry Crews on being a man (22 min. video)
Thurs. Oct. 31
- understanding sex/gender/attraction etc.
- forming ideas based on specifics of right/wrong vs forming ideas based on all-encompassing values (like don't harm people who are just doing their thing)
- the photo that changed everything - until it all changed back
- a bit on "transtrending" and dysphoria in a ContraPoints video (it looks weird, but give it a chance - or start 15 min. in - Natalie Wynn does a good job of arguing with herself about controversial issues - then check out her other videos!)
Tues. Oct. 29 - Wed. Oct. 30
- hate crime presentations
Thurs. Oct. 24 - Mon. Oct. 28
- hate crime work periods
- bit on prejudice data results and model Rohingya on Monday
Wed. Oct. 23
- choose seminar dates
- discuss how to research well
- look at trends in Hate Crime project (chart is here)--> I'd model one example, maybe two
Tues. Oct. 22
6. Inferiority (Zimbardo - role of powerful or victim affect behaviour - see Hyperbole and a Half's adorable cartoon)
7. Mirror Neurons;
8. Resource Depletion (see a summary of Diamond's Collapse);
9. Institutionalized racism/sexism/homophobia, etc. (see Manne's Down Girl)
Effects of Prejudice
Mon. Oct. 21
3. Mere Exposure;
B. Fear --> 4. Culture of Fear; 5. Memory Availability; 6. Inferiority
Fri. Oct. 18
- more Causes of Prejudice
A. Ignorance --> 1. Modelling: Asch video, funny peer pressure video
2. Rewards / Punshments: Milgram video; Hannah Arendt's book; Freud on aggression and sex (scroll down to Sex and Perversions); Elliott long video; Kitty Genovese write-up review; on Ashley Smith;
- smoke-filled room - we'd rather die than be embarrassed
- in comedy - Anthony Jeselnik on not crossing a line
Thurs. Oct. 17
- resilience studies
- Causes of Prejudice
Wed. Oct. 16
- bullying - FYI - here's the article written by a classmate of a shooter, and here are some of my thoughts about it all
Tues. Oct. 15
- polarization of men and women --> Separatists / MGTOWs
Fri. Oct. 11
- trends in prejudices - what's changed and why?
- Theodore Adorno's Authoritarian Scale
- polarization of Left and Right --> Radical Left / Alt Light/Alt Right (FYI - more info here and then more on gamergate here)
Thurs. Oct. 10
- stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination --> what are they
- mascots, statues, and school/street names; hallowe'en costumes
Wed. Oct. 9
- look at that study we did again --> DO your experiments!!
- take up the test (answers here)
Tues. Oct. 8
- Test!
Mon. Oct. 7
- review for the test --> here's the jeopardy game we played (and then some)
(FYI - thread of critical analysis of The Joker with spoilers)
Fri. Oct. 4
- finish conflict theory
- look at all theories together in a chart
Thurs. Oct. 3
- sociology: functionalism and conflict theory
Wed. Oct. 2
- look at that survey we did
- practice making graphs
Tues. Oct. 1
- effect of hormones on personality:
- OCD first-person experience (Button Poetry 3 min. video)
- OCD - David Sedaris (excerpt)
- Caster Semenya challenging gender in sports
Mon. Sept. 30
- CBT and AA (steps here)
- neuropsychology
- psychopath who diagnosed himself in a brain scan
- mirror neurons
- PTSD - The Bear's Embrace (excerpt with her in hospital) and aftermath
Fri. Sept. 27
- work period
Thurs. Sept. 26
- CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy
Wed. Sept. 25
- Experiment Pre Lab
- Jung's persona and shadow and collective unconscious
- bit more of behaviour conditioning
Tues. Sept. 24
- bit more on Jungian typology
- behavioural conditioning (and here's a bird doing tricks)
Mon. Sept. 23
- psych - Freud (id/ego/superego; transactional analysis) and Jung's typology
- FYI - Prodigal Son story and Freud in Ferris Bueller's Day Off --> Ferris (id), Jeanie (superego) and Charlie Sheen is in his ego
Thurs. Sept. 17
- go over research paragraph expectations
- psychology - Freud
Wed. Sept. 16
- work period on researching for the experiment
Mon. Sept. 14 - Tues. Sept. 15
- more on cultural anth and ritual work
Fri. Sept. 13
- discuss article #1 and breaking norms challenge
- cultural anth --> demographics - culture effects entire generations (Louis CK)
Thurs. Sept. 12
- a bit about the next Experiment section: researching write-ups
- physical anth: nature, instincts for survival, adaptations, alphas
(FYI - Alan Weisman got a new idea for how to slow population growth)
Wed. Sept. 11
- do a sample article assignment together
- time to do the first article assignment
Tues. Sept. 10
- finish discussing methodology quiz
- go over APA formatting
- overview of general Theories of Behaviour
- discuss on-going article assignment
Mon. Sept. 9
- challenges and changes you raised
- media reporting problems (more spurious correlations)
- methodology quiz
Fri. Sept. 6
- more on the scientific method
- how to compare claims in order to determine the more credible claim
- media reporting problems
Thurs. Sept. 5
- bit more about the experiment - any questions
- what is social science
- scientific method --> here's that journal ranking scale
Wed. Sept. 4
- experiment introduction --> discuss topics
(the movie I was talking about was Booksmart)
Tues. September 3
- course outline and discussion
- look at sample marksheet
- introduce the Open Project