The Observation task involves you systematically examining the impact of a particular group membership on some behavior that takes place in a public context. More will be said about these two writing tasks in class and guidelines for each will be provided to you by the instructor. Finally, this is the time for me to be clear about an important aspect of your performance in this course. This is not a negotiable issue. As outlined by the University Senate Rules and Regulations academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, disruption of classes, giving or receiving unauthorized aid on examinations, knowingly misrepresenting the source of any academic work, or otherwise acting dishonestly.
Academic misconduct is a serious offense.
Your education and scholarship are to be respected and this is an important component of what I hope you will learn in this course. Date Lecture Topic Reading Assignments Thur. Aug 20 Introduction - purposes and topics Tues. Discrimination today Duckitt-Chap. Sept 8 Individual Differences Duckitt-Chap.