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Lecture Notes

Lecture notes files.
WEEK #	UNITS #	TOPICS
Phase 1: Didactic orientation
1	1.1	Welcome. A definition of the situation (PDF) Individuals and groups; sets and settings Start of the 9.70/08 collaborative learning system lifecycle; housekeeping
2	1.2	The science of social psychology and vice versa I: Paradigm 1: modern scientific approach: substantive, procedural and ethical issues (PDF)
3	1.3	The science of social psychology and vice versa II: Paradigm 2: participatory action research: a complementary "Systems" approach (PDF)
Phase 2: Collaborative inquiry phase - part 1
4	2.1	A "Family Systems" approach to the diagnosis and treatment of psychosomatic disorders in adolescence (PDF)
5	2.2	Self and society "Social Norms" "Conformity and Deviance" Obedience to authority What is "human nature?" (PDF)
6	2.3	Media Inc: mass communication, propaganda, and persuasion meaning and power in human systems (PDF)
7	2.4	Social cognition: beliefs, values and practices in human systems; the social construction of reality (PDF)
Phase 2: Collaborative inquiry phase - part 2
8	2.5	Justifying ourselves and judging others reification: us and them; attribution; multiple sources of social influence (PDF)
9	2.6	Confronting violence and aggression: the medicalization of deviance; naming and taming: the power to give names and enforce definitions (PDF)
10	2.7	Overcoming prejudice and discrimination: are the causes of our problems "In our genes?" (PDF)
11	2.8	Attaining humanecological sustainability: viewing the future from a plurality of perspectives (PDF)
Phase 3: Final projects
12	3.1	Forming/Storming Identifying and organizing end-of-term projects; refining evaluation criteria
13	3.2	Storming/Norming Working on final projects; finalizing production and distribution of evaluation forms
14	3.3	Performing Presenting final projects; completing evaluations and filing final grading forms End of the 9.70/09 collaborative learning system lifecycle

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