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Social Psychology Prelim Reading List (2004-2005)

EmoryUniversity

Department of Sociology

The reading necessary to prepare for the Ph.D. preliminary examination in a graduate field of specialization occurs over the entire period of graduate work. Many of these works listed below will be assigned in connection with social psychology seminars. Students should pursue other works on their own. Students should be familiar with the arguments and the general patterns of results in the works listed. Items preceded with an (*) are intended as useful references.

General References

*Cook, K., G. Fine, and J. House. 1995. Sociological Perspectives in Social Psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

*Lindzey, G. and E. Aronson. 1985. The Handbook of Social Psychology. New York: Random House.

*Rosenberg, M. and R. Turner. 1982. Social Psychology: /Sociological Perspectives. New York: Basic Books.

*Advances in Group Processes, JAI Press.

*Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

*Delamater, John. 2003. Handbook of Social Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic.

Social Cognition

General

Kunda, Ziva. 1999. Social Cognition: Making Sense of People. MIT Press.

Fiske, Susan T. 1992. “Thinking is for doing: Portraits of social cognition from daguerreotype

tolaser photo.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 63:877-889.

Morgan, D. L. and M. J. Schwalbe. 1990. “Mind and self in society: Linking social structure and

social cognition.” Social Psychology Quarterly 53:148-164.

Concepts, Person Perception and Social Construction

Kunda Ch. 2.

E. E. Jones. 1990. Ch2. “Early Approaches to Person Perception.”

Brewer, Marilyn. 1988. “A dual process model of impression formation.” Pp. 1-36 in Advances in Social Cognition, Volume 1, edited by T. K. Srull and R. S. Wyer, Jr. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Humphrey, Ronald. 1985. “How work roles influence perception: Structural-cognitive processes

and organizational behavior.” American Sociological Review 50:242-252.

*Asch, S. E. and H. Zukier. 1984. “Thinking about persons.” Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology46:1230-1240.

*Ross, L., T. M. Amabile and J. L. Steinmetz. 1977. “Social roles, social control, and biases in

social-perception processes.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 35:485–494.

*Milgram, Stanley. 1970. "The experience of living in cities.” Science 167:1461-68.

*Milgram, Stanley. 1984. “Cities as social representations.” Pp. 289-309 in Social

Representations, edited by R. M. Farr and S. Moscovici. London: Cambridge University Press.

Stereotyping, Expectancies, Stigma, and Labeling

Kunda Ch. 8.

Snyder, M., E. D. Tanke, and E. Berscheid. 1977. “Social perception and interpersonal behavior:

On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 35:656-666.

Steele, C. M. 1997. “Threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and

performance.” American Psychologist 52:613-629.

*Della Fave, L. R. 1980. “The meek shall not inherit the earth: Self-evaluation and the legitimacy

of stratification.” American Sociological Review 45:955-971.

*Merton, Robert K. 1948. “The self-fulfilling prophecy.” Antioch Review 8:193-210.

*Bodenhausen, G. V. 1990. “Stereotypes as judgmental heuristics: Evidence of circadian

variations in discrimination.” Psychological Science 1:319-322

Lemert, C. and A. Branaman, Editors. 1997. The Goffman Reader. Malden, MA: Blackwell

(Read Pp. 73-79 on the Stigmatized Self).

Link, Bruce G. and Jo C. Phelan. 2001. “Conceptualizing stigma.” Annual Review of Sociology

27:363-385.

Link, Bruce G, F T. Cullen, E. Struening, P. E. Shrout and B. P. A. Dohrenwend. 1989. “A

modified labeling theory approach to mental disorders: An empirical assessment.” American Sociological Review 543:400-423

*Crocker, Jennifer. 1999. “Social stigma and self-esteem: Situational construction of self-worth.”

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology35:89-107.

*Thompson, K. R. 1991. “Handling the stigma of handling the dead: Morticians and funeral

directors.” Deviant Behavior 12:403-429.

*Goffman, Erving. 1963. Stigma: Notes On the Management of Spoiled Identities. New York:

Prentice-Hall.

Social Inference and Attribution

Kunda Ch. 3 and skim over Chs. 6 and 7.

Bechara, Antoine, Hanna Damasio, Daniel Tranel and Antonio R. Damasio. 1997. “Deciding

advantageously before knowing the advantageous strategy.” Science 275:1293-1295.

*Tversky, A. and D. Kahneman. 1974”. Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases.”

Science185:1124-1131.

*Damasio, A. R. 1994. Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain. New

York: Avon Books (Read: Ch. 8 “The Somatic-Marker Hypothesis,” Pp.165-201).

*Zajonc, R.obert B. 1980. “Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences.” American

Psychologist, 35: 151-175.

*Isen, A. M. 1987. “Positive affect, cognitive processes, and social behavior.” Pp. 203-253 in

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, edited by L. Berkowitz. New York: Academic.

Kunda Ch. 9

Howard, Judith A. and Ken C. Pike. 1986. “Ideological investment in cognitive processing: The

influence of social statuses on attribution.” Social Psychology Quarterly 49:154.67.

Fox, Mary F. and Vincent C. Ferri. 1992. “Women, men and their attributions for success in

academe.” Social Psychology Quarterly 55:257-271.

*Miller, Joan G. 1984. “Culture and the development of everyday social explanation.” Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology46:961–978.

*Semin, G. R. and M. Rubini. 1990. “Unfolding the concept of person by verbal abuse.”

European Journal of Social Psychology20:463-474.

*Gilbert, D. T., and P. S. Malone. 1995. “The correspondence bias.”Psychological Bulletin

117:21-38.

*Kelley, H. H. 1967. “Attribution theory in social psychology.” InNebraskaSymposium on

Motivation, edited by D. Levine.Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press.

Social Influence Processes (Persuasion, Conformity, Compliance) Self Presentation and Impression Management)

Eagly and Chaiken, 1993, Pp. 305-349, and Ch. 7.

Langer, E., A. Blank and B. Chanowitz. 1978. “The mindlessness of ostensibly thoughtful action:

The role of “placebic” information in interpersonal interaction.”Journal of Personality and Social Psychology36:635-642.

Baron, R. S., J. A. Vandello and B. Brunsman. 1996. “The forgotten variable in conformity

research: Impact of task importance on social influence.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 71:915-927.

Reeves, Robert A, G. A. Baker, J. G Boyd and R. B. Cialdini. 1991. “The door-in-the-face

technique: Reciprocal concessions vs. self-presentational explanations.” Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 6:545-558.

*Bushman, Brad J. 1988. “The effects of apparel on compliance: A field experiment with a

female authority figure.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 14:459-467.

*Cialdini, R. B., J. T. Cacioppo, R. Bassett and J. A. Miller 1978. “A. Low-ball procedure for

producing compliance: Commitment then cost.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 36:463-476.

*Asch, Solomon E.1956. “Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against

a unanimous majority.” Psychological Monographs 70:(No. 416).

Leary, Mark R. and Robin M. Kowalski. 1990. “Impression management: A literature review

and two-component model.” Psychological Bulletin 107:34-47.

Godfrey, D., E. E. Jones and C. Lord. 1986. “Self-promotion is not ingratiating.” Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology50:106-115.

Eder, D and J. L. Enke. 1991. “The structure of gossip.” American Sociological Review 46:

494-508.

Gilovich, R. 1987. “Secondhand information and social judgment.” Journal of Experimental

Social Psychology23:59-74.

Scott, M. B. and S. M. Lyman. 1968. “Accounts.” American Sociological Review 33:46-62.

Gonzales, M. H., J. H. Pederson, D. J. Manning and D. W. Wetter. 1990. “Pardon my gaffe:

Effects of sex, status, and consequence severity on accounts.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 58:610-621.

*Hochschild, A. R. 1990. “Ideology and emotion management: A perspective and path for future

research.” Pp. 117-142 in Research Agendas in the Sociology of Emotions, edited by T. D. Kemper. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

*Thoits, P. A. 1990. “Emotional deviance: Research agendas.” Pp. 180-203 in Research Agendas

in the Sociology of Emotions, edited by T. D. Kemper. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

*Jones, E. E. and S. Berglas. 1978. “Control of the attributions about the self through self-

handicapping strategies: The appeal of alcohol and the role of underachievement.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 4:200-206.

*Cialdini, R. B. and M. E de Nicholas. 1989. “Self-presentation by association.” Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology57:626-631.

*Hochschild, A. R. “Emotion work, feeling rules, and social structure.” American Journal of

Sociology853:551-575.

Self Identity Processes

 

Social Cognitive Models of Individual Behavior

Kunda Ch. 11.

Maynard, Douglas and Steve Clayman. 1991. “The Diversity of Ethnomethdology.” Pp. 385-418

inAnnual Review of Sociology.

Kohn, Melvin L. and Carmi Schooler. 1982. “Job Conditions andPersonality: A Longitudinal

Assessment of Their Reciprocal Effects.” American Journal of Sociology 87:1257-84.

Morgan, D. L. and M. J. Schwalbe. 1990. “Mind and self in society: Linking social structure and

social cognition.” Social Psychology Quarterly 53:148-164

Rosenberg, Morris and Leonard I. Pearlin. 1978. “SocialClass and Self-Esteem Among

Children and Adults.” American Journal of Sociology 84:53-77

*Howard, Judith A. 1994. “A social cognitive conception of social structure.” Social

Psychology Quarterly57:210-227.

*House, J. S. 1981. “Social structure and personality.” Pp. 525-561 in Social Psychology:

Sociological Perspectives, edited by M. Rosenberg and R. H. Turner. New York: Basic Books.

*House, J. S. and J. Mortimer. 1990. “Social structure and the individual: Emerging themes and

new directions.” Social Psychology Quarterly 53:71-80.

Social Evaluation (i.e., Attitudes)

Eagly and Chaiken, 1993, Chs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

*Wilson, T. D. and D. Kraft. 1993. “Why do I love thee? Effects of repeated introspections about

a dating relationship on attitudes toward the relationship.” Personality and Social

Psychology Bulletin19:409-418.

*Converse, P. E. 1970. “Attitudes and nonattitudes: Continuation of a dialogue.” Pp. 168-189 in

Quantitative Analysis of Social Problems, edited by E. Tufte. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

*Herek, Gregory M. 1987. “Can functions be measured? A new perspective on the functional

approach to attitudes.” Social Psychology Quarterly 50:285-303.

*Bagozzi, Richard P. 1992. “The self-regulation of attitudes, intentions and behaviors.” Social

Psychology Quarterly55:178-204.

Social Identity and Intergroup Perception and Behavior

Frable, D. E. S. 1997. “Gender, racial, ethnic, sexual, and class identities.” Annual Review of

Psychology48:139-162.

Hogg, M. A., D. J. Terry and K. M. White. 1995. “A tale of two theories: A critical comparison

of identity theory with social identity theory.” Social Psychology Quarterly 58:255-269.

Ellemers, N., R. Spears and B. Doosje. 2002. “Self and social identity.” Annual Review of

Psychology53:161-186.

Brewer, M. B. 1979. “In-group bias in the minimal intergroup situation: A cognitive-

motivational analysis.” Psychological Bulletin 86:307-324.

*Billig, M. and H. Tajfel. 1973. “Social categorization and similarity in intergroup behavior.”

European Journal of Social Psychology3:27-52.

*Tajfel. H. 1970. “Experiments in intergroup discrimination.” Scientific American 223:96-102.

*Rubin, M. and M. Hewstone. 1998. “Social identity theory’s self-esteem hypothesis: A review

and some suggestions for clarification.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 2:40-62.

Group Processes

General Texts/Classic Texts

Homans, G.C., 1974. Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms. New York: Harcourt Brace.

*Kelley, H.H. and J.W. Thibaut. 1978. Interpersonal Relations: A Theory of Independence. New York: Wiley.

*Thibaut, J.W. and H.H. Kelley. 1959. The Social Psychology of Groups. New York: Wiley.

*Bales, Robert F. 1950, 1972. Interaction Process Analysis. Cambridge MA: Addison-Wesley.

Status

*Berger, J., M.H. Fisek, R.Z. Norman, and M. Zelditch, Jr. Status Characteristics and Social Interaction: An Expectation States Approach, 1977.

*Webster, M and M. Foschi. 1988. Status Generalization: New Theory and Research. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

*Berger, J. and M. Zelditch, Jr. 1993. Theoretical Research Programs: Studies in the Growth of Theory. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Bales, Robert. 1965. The equilibrium problem in small groups. Pp. 444-476 in Small Groups: Studies in Social Interaction, edited by Hare, Borgatta, and Bales. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Berger, J. and T.L. Conner. 1974. Performance expectations and behavior in small groups: a revised formulation. Pp. 85-109 in Expectation States Theory: A Theoretical Program, edited by Berger,J. T.L. Connor, and M.H. Fisek. Cambridge MA: Winthrop.

Berger, J., S. Rosenholtz, and M. Zelditch, Jr. 1980. Status organizing processes. Annual Review of Sociology 6:479-508.

Berger,J., M. Webster, C. Ridgeway, and S. Rosenholtz. 1986. Status cues, expectations and behavior. Advances in Group Processes 3:1-22.

Ridgeway,C., J. Berger, and L. Smith. 1985. Nonverbal cues and status: an expectation states account. American Journal of Sociology 90:955-78.

Carli, Linda. 1995. Nonverbal behavior, gender, and influence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 68:1030-1041.

Ridgeway, C. and J. Berger. 1986. Expectations, legitimation and dominance in task groups. American Sociological Review 51:603-17.

Ridgeway,C., C. Johnson, D. Diekema. 1994. External status, legitimacy, and compliance in male and female groups. Social Forces 72:1051-1077.

Berger, J., C. Ridgeway, M. H. Fisek, and R. Z. Norman. 1998. The Legitimation and Delegitimation of Power and Prestige Orders. American Sociological Review 63:379-405.

Lucas, Jeffrey N. 2003. Status Processes and the Institutionalization of Women as Leaders. American Sociological Review 68:464-480.

Wood, W. and S.J. Karten. 1986. Sex differences in interaction styles as a product of perceived sex differences in competence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 50:341-7.

Dovidio et al. 1988. Power displays between men and women in discussions of gender-linked tasks: a multichannel study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 55:580-7.

Correll, Shelley J. 2004. “gender, Status and Emerging Career Aspirations. American Sociological Review 69:93-113.

Eagly, Alice. Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A Social-role Interpretation, 1987, Chapter 1, "The analysis of sex differences in social behavior: a new theory and a new method, pp7-41.

Carli, Linda. 1990. Gender, Language, and influence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 59:941-51.

Ridgeway, C. and D. Diekema. 1992. Are gender differences status differences? Pp. 157-180 in Gender, Interaction, and Inequality, edited by Ridgeway. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Johnson, Cathryn, Jody Clay-Warner and Stephanie Funk. 1996. Effects of Authority Structures and Gender on Interaction in Same-Sex Task Groups. Social Psychology Quarterly 59:221-36.

Ridgeway. C. 1991. The social construction of status value: gender and other nominal characteristics. Social Forces 70.

Ridgeway, C., Elizabeth H. Boyle, Kathy J. Kuipers, and Dawn T. Robinson. 1998. Resources and Interaction in the Development of Status Beliefs. American Sociological Review 63:331-350.

Mueller, Charles W., Munyae Mulinge, and Jennifer Glass. 2002. Interactional Processes and Gender Workplace Inequalities. Social Psychology Quarterly 65:163-185.

Ridgeway, C. and G. Erickson. 2000. Creating and spreading status beliefs. American Journal of Sociology 106:579-615.

Brezina, Timothy and Kenisha Winder. 2003. Economic Disadvantage: Status Generalization and Negative Racial Stereotyping by White Americans. Social Psychology Quarterly 66:402-418.

Cohen, B. and Zhou. 1991. Status processes in enduring work groups. American Sociological Review 54:79-93.

Ridegway, Cecilia. 1997. Interaction and the Conservation of Gender Inequality. American Sociological Review 62:218-235.

Wagner, D., R. Ford and T. Ford. 1986. Can Gender inequalities be reduced? American Sociological Review 51:47-60.

Markovsky, B., R. Smith and J. Berger. Do status interventions persist? American Sociological Review 49:373-382.

Thye, Shane R. 2000. A status value theory of power in exchange relations. American Sociological Review 65:407-432.

Correll, Shelley J. and Cecilia L. Ridgeway. 2003. Expectation States Theory. Pp. 29-52 in Handbook of Social Psychology, edited by John Delamater. New York: Kluwer/Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Exchange, Power, Bargaining

*Blau, P.M. 1964. Exchange and Power in Social Life. New York: Wiley.

*Bacharach, S.B. and E.J. Lawler. 1981. Bargaining Power: Power, Tactics, and Outcomes. San Jose, CA: Jossey-Bass.

*Gamson, W.I. 1969. Power and Discontent. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.

Cook, Karen S. and Eric Rice. 2003. Social Exchange Theory. Pp. 53-76 in Handbook of Social Psychology, edited by John Delamater. New York:Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

French, J. and Raven. 1959. The basis of social power. Pp. 150-67 in Studies in Social Power, edited by Cartwright. Ann arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Emerson, R. 1962. Power-dependence relations. American Sociological Review 27:31-40.

Zelditch, M. and H. Walker. 1984. Legitimacy and the stability of authority. Advances in Group Processes 1:1-25.

Kanter, R.M. 1977. Power. Pp. 164-205 in Men and Women in the Corporation. New York: Basic Books.

Kollock, P., Blumstein, and P. Schwartz. 1985. Sex and power in interaction: conversational privileges and duties. American Sociological Review 34-56.

Johnson, C. 1994. Gender, legitimate authority, and leader-subordinate conversations. American Sociological Review 59:122-35.

Bacharach, Samuel B. and Edward J. Lawler. 1981. APower and Tactics in Bargaining.@ Industrial and Labor Relations Review 34:219-33.

Johnson, Cathryn and Rebecca Ford. 1996. ADependence Power, Legitimacy, and Tactical Choice.@ Social Psychology Quarterly 59:126-39.

Johnson, Cathryn, Rebecca Ford, and Joanne Kaufman. 2000. Emotional reactions to conflict: Do dependence and legitimacy matter? Social Forces 79:107-137.

Emerson, R. 1972. Exchange theory, Part II: Exchange relations and networks. Pp. 58-87 in Sociological Theories in Progress, Vol. 2, edited by Berger, Zelditch and Anderson. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.

Cook, K. and R. Emerson. 1978. Power, equity and commitment of reward and punishment power. Social Psychology Quarterly 51:108-122.

Yamagishi, T., M. Gillmore and K. Cook. 1988. ANetwork connections and the distribution of power in exchange networks.@ American Journal of Sociology 93:883-51.

Kollock, P. 1994. The emergence of exchange structures: an experimental study of uncertainty, commitment, and trust. American Journal of Sociology 100:315-45.

Lawler, Edward. 2001. An affect theory of social exchange. American Journal of Sociology 107:321-352.

Lawler, Edward J. and Jeongkoo Yoon. 1998. ANetwork structure and emotion in exchange relations.@ American Sociological Review 63:871-894.

Kollock, P. 1994. The emergence of exchange structures: an experimental study of uncertainty, commitment, and trust. American Journal of Sociology 100:315-45.

Molm, Linda D., N. Takahashi, and G. Peterson. 2000. Risk and trust in social exchange: An experimental test of a classical proposition. American Journal of Sociology 105:1396-1427.

Molm, Linda D., Gretchen Peterson, and Nobuyuki Takahashi. 1999. APower in negotiated and reciprocal exchange.@ American Sociological Review 64: 876-890.

Justice

*Walster, E., G.W. Walster, E. Berscheid. 1978. Equity Theory and Research. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Hegtvedt, K. and B. Markovsky. 1995. Justice and Injustice. Pp.257-280 in Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology, edited by Cook, Fine, and House. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Utne, M.K. and R.F. Kidd. 1980. Equity and attribution. Pp. 63-93 in Justice and Social Interaction, edited by Mikula. NY: Springer-Verlag.

*Adams, J.S. 1965. Inequality in social exchange. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 2:267-299.

*Berger, J,M., M. Zelditch, Jr., B. Anderson, and B.P. Cohen. 1972. Structural Aspects of Distributive Justice: A status value formulation. Pp. 119-146 in Berger, Zelditch and Anderson (eds.) in Sociological Theories in Progress Vol. 2.

*Cook, K.S. and K.A. Hegtvedt. 1983. Distributive Justice, equity, and equality. Annual Review of Sociology 9:217-241.

Jasso, Guillermina. 1989. The theory of the distributive-justice force in human affairs: Analyzing the three central questions. Pp. 354-387 in Sociological Theories in Progress: New Formulations, edited by J. Berger, M. Zelditch, Jr., and Bo Anderson. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Cohen, Ronald L. 1982. Perceiving justice: An attributional perspective. Pp. 119-60 in Equity and Justice in Social Behavior, edited by J. Greenberg and R.L. Cohen. New York: Academic Press.

Moore, Dahlia. 1991. Entitlement and justice evaluations: Who should get more and why? Social Psychology Quarterly 54:208-33.

Shepelak, N.J.1987. the role of self-explanations and self-evaluations in legitimating inequality. American Sociological Review 52:495-503.

Hegtvedt, Karen A., Elaine A. Thompson, and Karen S. Cook. 1993. Power and equity: What counts in attributions for exchange outcomes? Social Psychology Quarterly 56:100-119.

Randall, Christina S. and Charles W. Mueller. 1995. Extensions of justice theory: Justice evaluations and employees' reactions in a natural setting. Social Psychology Quarterly 58:178-194.

Leventhal, G.S., J. Karuza, Jr., and W.R. Fry. 1980. Beyond fairness: A theory of allocation preferences. Pp. 167-218 in Justice and Social Interaction, edited by G. Mikula. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Stolte, J.F. 1987. The formation of justice norms. American Sociological Review 52:774-84.

Lind, Alan and Tom R. Tyler. 1988. The Social Psychology of Procedural Justice. New York: Plenum.

Sheplak, N.J.and D.F. Alwin. 1986. Beliefs about inequality and perceptions of distributive justice. American Sociological Review 51:30-46.

*Alves, W.M. and P.H. Rossi. 1978. Who should get what? Fairness judgments of the distribution of earnings. American Journal of Sociology 84:541-565.

Markovsky, B. 1985. Toward a multilevel distributive justice theory. American Sociological Review 50:822-39.

Hegtvedt, Karen A. 1990. The effects of relationship structure on emotional responses to inequity. Social Psychology Quarterly 53:214-228.

Jasso, G. 1980. A new theory of distributive justice. American Sociological Review 45:3-32.

*Sprecher, Susan. 1992. How men and women expect to feel and behave in response to inequity in close relations. Social Psychology Quarterly 55:57-69.