For each week of the course, please find the assigned reading followed by a lively, public blog exchange by the students. These interchanges were conducted in public and sometimes people not in the course itself would weight in, adding to the dialogue.
Introduction to General Topic and Course Method
Self Control
Stephanie, Ross, Dylan, and Jed
Relativity and Defaults
Nicole, Sophia, Billy, Dan
Obedience, Evil, and Resistance
Kanya, Abdu, Natalia, and Rachel
Race, Prejudice and Political Correctness
Evan, Zanele, Dana, and Billy
Social Proof
Ellie, Sarah, Susan, and Michael
Gender and Success
Matt, Chloe, Eric, and Evan
Honesty and Dishonesty
D.S., Arin, Christine, and Woojin
Bonus: Love, Passion, Sex, and Romance
Bonus: Why Social Science? Why Literature? Or, How Do Experiments and Stories Help Us See Our Own Attention Blindness? TA Presentation