Professional Seminar
Professional Seminar
Social-Counseling Psychology Interface - CPSY 685-643
Spring 2009
Timothy R. Elliott, Ph.D.
Professor
713 Harrington
Office hours by appointment
January 26
Overview of the course and syllabus. History of the social-clinical interface, and distinctions and areas of overlap. Defining major domains, major events, and major figures in social psychology. Using and understanding theory, the literature base, and HARK.
In class read: Forsyth, D. (1988). Social psychology's three little pigs. Originally published in the Journal of Psychology, 63-65.
►Kowalski, R., & Leary, M. (1999). Interfaces of social and clinical psychology: Where we have been, where we are. In R. M. Kowalski & M. R. Leary (Eds.). The social psychology of emotional and behavioral problems. (pp. 7-33).
February 2
Examining the social influence in counseling psychology research. Special issues of The Counseling Psychologist (1995, 1997). Influence of Strong - who influences who? Looking at the literature base with web-based tools, citation patterns. "Dependent function" in research domains. Research design: Experimental versus field ("correlational").
►Strong, S. R., Welsh, J. A., Corcoran, J. L., & Hoyt, W. T. (1992). Social psychology and counseling psychology: The history, products, and promise of an interface. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 39, 139-157.
Supplemental: Forsyth, D. R., & Leary, M. R. (1997). Achieving the goals of the scientist-practitioner model: The seven interfaces of social and counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 25, 180- 200.
February 9
Cognitive dissonance; behavior justification, consistency and congruence as motivational factors. 1st Essay due.
►Cialdini, R. (2001). Commitment and consistency: Hobgoblins of the mind. In R. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (pp. 52-97). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Supplemental: Aronson, E. (1997). Back to the future: Retrospective review of A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance by Leon Festinger. The American Journal of Psychology, 110, 127-137.
February 16
Understanding social influence, attitudes and persuasion in counseling; the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion. 2nd Essay due.
►Perrin, P.B., Heesacker, M., Smith, M.B., & Pendley, C. (in press). Social influence processes and persuasion in psychotherapy and counseling. In J. E. Maddux & J.P. Tangney (Eds.) SocialPsychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology. New York: Guilford Press.
Supplemental: Heppner, P. P., & Frazier, P. A. (1992). Social psychological processes in psychotherapy: Extrapolating basic research to counseling psychology. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology (2nd ed., pp. 141-175). New York: Wiley.
February 23
Attributional activity in adjustment, fundamental attribution error, self-blame processes. 3rd Essay due.
►Bell-Dolan, D., & Anderson, Craig A. (1999). Attributional processes: An integration of social and clinical psychology. In R. M. Kowalski & M. R. Leary (Eds.). The social psychology of emotional and behavioral problems. (pp. 37-67).
Supplemental: Frazier, P. (2000). The role of attributions and perceived control in recovery from rape. Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss, 5, 203 - 225.
March 2
Social learning and why self-efficacy is everywhere (especially health and career development). 4th Essay due.
►Bandura, A. (2001). Social-cognitive theory: An agentic perspective. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 1-26.
Supplemental: Bandura, A., Barbaranelli, C., Caprara, G. V., Pastorelli, C. (2001). Self-efficacy beliefs as shapers of children's aspirations and career trajectories. Child Development, 72, 187-206.
March 9
James Pennebaker: Health; writing, talking, Self-disclosure, and the Impact of a Career. 5th Essay due. http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Faculty/Pennebaker/Home2000/JWPhome.htm
►Pennebaker, J. W., Mehl, M. R., & Niederhoffer, K. G. (2003). Psychological aspects of natural language use: Our words, our selves. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 547-577.
Supplemental: Pennebaker, J. W. (2000). Psychological factors influencing the reporting of physical symptoms. In A. Stone et al., The Science of Self Report: Implications for Research and Practice (pp. 300-315). Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.
March 23
Reality Negotiation (excuse-making, hope, Barnum effects) and the contributions of C. R. Snyder; positive illusions and making meaning. 6th Essay due.
►Snyder, C. R. (1989). Reality negotiation: From excuses to hope and beyond. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 8, 130-157.
Supplemental: Taylor, S. E., Kemeny, M., Reed, G., Bower, J., & Gruenwald, T. (2000). Psychological resources, positive illusions and health. American Psychologist, 55, 99-109.
March 30
Appraisal and coping and Richard Lazarus. 7th Essay due.
►Lazarus, R. S. (1993). From psychological stress to the emotions: A history of changing outlooks. Annual Review of Psychology, 44, 1-21.
Supplemental: Emmons, R., & McCullough, M. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 377-389.
April 6
Self-Regulation and the work of Roy Baumeister (is it really like a muscle?) 8th Essay due.
http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/index.html
►Baumeister, R.F., Gailliot, M., DeWall, C.N., & Oaten, M. (2006). Self-regulation and personality: How interventions increase regulatory success, and how depletion moderates the effects of traits on behavior. Journal of Personality, 74, 1773-1801.
Supplemental: McCullough, M., & Willoughby, W. (in press). Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations,
explanations, and implications. Psychological Bulletin.
April 13
Interpersonal attraction, Liking, Relationships. 9th Essay due.
►Cialdini, R. (2001). Liking: The friendly thief. In R. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (pp. 143-177). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Supplemental: Baumeister, R., Brewer, L., Tice, D., & Twinge, J. (2007). Thwarting the need to belong: Understanding the interpersonal and inner effects of social exclusion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass ,1, 506-520.
April 20
Well-Being, happiness, satisfaction with life and the work of Ed Diener. Includes hedonic treadmills and set-points. 10th Essay due. http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~ediener/
►Diener, E., & Tov, W. (in press). Culture and subjective well-being. In S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds.),
Handbook of cultural psychology. New York: Guilford.
Supplemental: Dunn, D. S., Uswatte, G., & Elliott, T. (in press). Happiness, resilience and positive growth following disability: Issues for understanding, research and therapeutic intervention. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press
April 27
Pro-Social Behavior: Altruism, Forgiveness, Gratitude. 11th Essay due.
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Index.html
►Batson, C. D. (1990). How social an animal? The human capacity for caring. American Psychologist, 45, 336-346.
Supplemental: Bono, G., & McCullough, M. E. (2006). Positive responses to benefit and harm: Bringing forgiveness and gratitude into cognitive therapy. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 20, 147-158.
