Special Topics: Assigned Reading
"Charge of the Lancers" (Umberto Boccioni) scanned
by Mark Harden, at Artchive.
In addition to the material in the textbook, you will be responsible for
a number of special topics, each of which involves additional readings.
Review questions for these readings are available in the Study
Guide.
Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology
Required Readings:
Confer, J. C., Easton, J. A., Fleischman, D. S., Goetz, C. D., Lewis, D.
M. G., Perilloux, C., & Buss, D. M. (2010). Evolutionary psychology:
Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitations. American Psychologist,
65, 110-126. (PDF
file)
Review questions
Rationality and Human Reasoning
Required Readings:
Evans, J. St. B. T. (2003). In two minds: Dual-process accounts of reasoning.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 454-459. (PDF
file)
De Neys, W. (2006). Dual processing in reasoning: two systems but one reasoner.
Psychological Science, 17, 428-433. (PDF
file)
Review questions
Social Dilemmas
Required Readings:
Nowak, M. A., Page, K. M., & Sigmund, K. (2000). Fairness
versus reason in the ultimatum game. Science, 289, 1773-1775.
(PDF file)
Jensen, K., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2007). Chimpanzees
are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game. Science, 318,
107-109. (PDF file)
Review questions
Moral Reasoning
Required Readings:
Haidt, J. (2008). Morality. Perspectives on Psychological
Science, 3, 65-72. (PDF
file)
Krebs, D. L. (2008). Morality: An evolutionary account.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 149-172. (PDF
file)
Review questions
Consciousness
Required Readings:
Blackmore, S. J. (2003). What is it like to be .... In S. J. Blackmore
(ed.), Consciousness: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. (On-line
version)
Review questions