Literature

The articles indicated below are the basis for the lectures and seminars of each week. It is useful to read them already before the lecture, and necessary to read them in the days between lecture and seminar. Students will be required to read additional articles between lecture and seminar, as a basis for the discussion in the seminar.

Module 1

Books:

* @ Schneider, F. W., Gruman, J., & Coutts, L. M. (Eds.). (2016). Applied social psychology: Understanding and addressing social and practical problems. London: Sage. 433 pages.

*Cialdini, R. B. (2001). Influence: science and practice (4th edn). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Articles:

Darley, P. D. and Latane, B. (1989). Bystander intervention in emergencies: diffusion of responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8, 377-83.

Devine, P. G., (1989). Stereotypes and prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 5-18.

Pettigrew, T. and Tropp. L. (2006). A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 751-83.

Cialdini, R. B. (2003). Crafting normative messages to protect the environment. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 105-9.

Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Akrami, N., & Anjum, G. (2019). Group-Based Relative Deprivation Explains Endorsement of Extremism among Western-Born Muslims. Psychological Science. 30, 596-605.

Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Sidanius, J., & Thomsen, L. (2018). The mistreatment of my people: Victimization by proxy and behavioral intentions to commit violence among Muslims in Denmark. Political Psychology, 39, 577–593. doi:10.1111/pops.12435

Plauck, E. L. (2009). Reducing intergroup intergroup prejudice and conflict using the media: a field experiment in Rwanda. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96. 574-87.

Schultz, P. W., Oskamp, S. and Mainieri, T. (1995). Who recycles and when? A review of personal and situational factors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15, 105-21.

Graham, J., Haidt, J., & Nosek, B.A. (2009). Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 1029-1046.

Niemi, L. & Young, L. (2016). When and why we see victims as responsible: The impact of ideology on attitudes toward victims. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(9), 1227-1242.

Kimel, S. Y., Huesmann, R., Kunst, J. R., & Halperin, E. (2016). Living in a genetic world: How learning about interethnic genetic similarities and differences affects peace and conflict. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(5), 688e700. dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216642196.

Kteily, N. S., Hodson, G., & Bruneau, E. (2016). “They See Us As Less Than Human”: Meta-Dehumanization Predicts Intergroup Conflict Via Reciprocal Dehumanization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 343-370. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000044

Milan Obaidi, Jonas R. Kunst, Nour Kteily, Lotte Thomsen, James Sidanius (2018) Living Under Threat: Mutual Threat Perception Drives Anti-Muslim and Anti-Western Hostility in the Age of Terrorism, European Journal of Social Psychology, DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2362

Jost, J, Kruglanski, A., Glaser, J., & Sulloway, F. (2003). ‘‘Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition’’, Psychological Bulletin, 129 (3), pp. 339-375.

Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Akrami, N., & Dovidio, J. (2019). The normal personality of extremists. Manuascript in preparation 

Yzer, M. C., Siero, F. W., and Buunk, B. P. (2000). Can public campaigns effectively change psychological determinants of safer sex? An evaluation of three Dutch safer sex campaigns. Health Education Research, 15, 339-52

C. Veronica Smith & Matthew J. Shaffer (2013) Gone But Not Forgotten: Virginity Loss and Current Sexual Satisfaction, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 39:2, 96-111, DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2012.675023

Henrich, J., Heine, S., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33 (2-3), 61-83 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X0999152X

Module 2

Lecture and Seminar 1: Nutrients, Staples, and Cuisines

Book:

Belasco, W. (2008). Food. The key concepts. Oxford: Berg. Pages 1-34 (Chapters 1 & 2)

Articles:

Rozin, P. (2007). Food and eating. Chapter in: S. Kitayama & D.Cohen (eds.). Handbook of Cultural Psychology, pp. 391-416. New York: Guilford.

Pages 391 – 396 (Start – The biological food system), 400 – 406 (Culture and Biology: – Food Socialization)

Lecture and Seminar 2: Food and Identity

Belasco, W. (2008). Food. The key concepts. Oxford: Berg.

Pages 35-53 (Chapter 3)

Miller, L., Rozin, P., & Fiske, A. P. (1998). Food sharing and feeding another person suggest intimacy; two studies of American college students.

Lecture and Seminar 3: Social determinants of eating: Persuasion & marketing

Chandon, P., & Wansink, B. (2011). Is food marketing making us fat? A multi-disciplinary review. Foundations and Trends in Marketing, 5, 113-196.

Lecture and Seminar 4: Regulation of eating and weight: Homeostasis vs. Goals, Dieting, Obesity

Stroebe, W., van Koningsbruggen, G. M., Papies, E. K., & Aarts, H. (2013). Why most dieters fail but some succeed: A goal conflict model of eating behavior. Psychological Review, 120, 110-138.

Lecture and Seminar 5: Minorities

Holmboe-Ottesen, G., & Wandel, M. (2012). Changes in dietary habits after migration and consequences for health: a focus on South Asians in Europe. Food & nutrition research, 56(1), 18891.

Puhl, R. M., & Heuer, C. A. (2009). The stigma of obesity: a review and update. Obesity, 17(5), 941-964.

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