Forelesningsplan: MAPSYK301 Perspektiver i psykologisk vitenskap
NB: med forbehold om uforutsette endringer i timeplanen for emnet høsten 2015.
15 studiepoeng, høsten 2015
Undervisningsspråk (høsten 2015): Norsk og engelsk
Undervisning: Forelesninger (tilsammen 18 timer, forelesningsstart) + seminarer (3 x 3 timer)
1 individuell oppgave med tilbakemelding fra medstudenter i løpet av seminardelen (levering 02.09.)
1 gruppeoppgave med tilbakemelding fra medstudenter og lærer/seminarleder (levering 16.09.)
Forelesningsstart:
• Orienteringsmøte (18.08., 13:15-14:00, seminarrom 215, Andrea Bender)
Forelesningsplan
• Forelesning 1 (20.08., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 215, Andrea Bender):
Minds and bodies: René Descartes and the possibility of a science of the mind
(Flanagan, 1991, chapter 1)
• Forelesning 2 (25.08., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 111, Sieghard Beller):
Naturalizing the mind: The philosophical psychology of William James
(Flanagan, 1991, chapter 2)
• Forelesning 3 (27.08., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 520, Andrea Bender):
The science of behavior, antimentalism, and the good life: B. F. Skinner
(Flanagan, 1991, chapter 4, og anbefalte artikler)
• Forelesning 4 (01.09., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 131, Robert Murison):
Sinn, gener, moral og sosiobiologi
(Churchland, 2011)
• Forelesning 5 (03.09., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 215, Norman Anderssen):
Diskursanalytiske tilnærminger i psykologi
(anbefalte artikler)
• Forelesning 6 (08.09., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 555, Andrea Bender):
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence: Assumptions and implications
(Flanagan, 1991, chapter 6, og anbefalte artikler)
• Forelesning 7 (09.09., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 555, Andrea Bender):
Strengths and limitations of current psychological approaches
(anbefalte artikler)
• Forelesning 8 (22.09., 09:15-11:00, seminarrom 555, Anders Skogstad):
Hva forstår vi med Laissez-faire ledelse? Og er det en destruktiv form for ledelse?
(anbefalte artikler)
• Forelesning 9 (24.09., 13:15-15:00, seminarrom 135, Guy Notelaers):
Content validity in questionnaire research
(og anbefalte artikler)
Seminarer à 3 timer
• Seminar 1 (07.09., 13:15-16:00, seminarrom 555, Andrea Bender):
The socio-cultural perspective in psychology: Social psychology, cognition, and culture
(anbefalte artikler)
• Seminar 2 (10.09., 13:15-16:00, seminarrom 135, Andrea Bender):
New perspectives on cognitive psychology
(anbefalte artikler)
•
Seminar 3 (15.09., 13:15-16:00, seminarrom 118, Robert Murison):
Det biologiske perspektivet i psykologien; biologi og nevrovitenskap
(Churchland, 2011; Confer et al., 2010)
Anbefalt litteratur [(*) = anbefalt, vil ikke bli prøvd til eksamen]
Churchland, O. J. (2011). Braintrust – What neuroscience tells us about morality. Princetown &
Oxford: Princetown University Press. [ca 200 sider]
Flanagan, O. J. (1991). The science of the mind (2nd edition). Cambridge: The MIT press. [366 sider]
Artikkeloversikt (alle artikler vil være digitalt tilgjengelige)
til forelesning 3 [Skinner]
Seligman, M. P. E., Railton, P., Baumeister, R.F., & Sripada, C (2013). Navigating into the future or
driven by the past. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 119-141.
(*) Dunning, D., & Fetchenhauer, D. (2013). Behavioral influences in the present tense: on expressive
versus instrumental action. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 142-145.
(*) Fukukura, J., Heltzer, E. G., & Ferguson, M. J. (2013). Prospection by any other name? A response
to Seligman et al. (2013). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 146-150.
(*) Sripada, C., Railton, P., Baumeister, R. F., & Seligman, M. P. E. (2013). Reply to comments.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 151-154.
til forelesning 5 [Diskursanalyse]
Gergen, K. J. (2001). Psychological science in a postmodern context. American Psychologist, 56, 803813.
Hornsey, M. J. (2008). Social identity theory and self-categorization theory: A historical review. Social
and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 204-222.
Raskin, J. D. (2002). Constructivism in psychology: Personal construct psychology, radical
constructivism, and social constructivism. In J. D. Raskin & S. K. Bridges (Eds.), Studies in
meaning: Exploring constructivist psychology (pp. 1-25). New York: Pace University Press.
til forelesning 6 [Cognitive Science and A.I.]
(*) Forbus, K. D. (2010). AI and cognitive science: The past and next 30 years. Topics in Cognitive
Science, 2(3), 345-356.
Gentner, D. (2010). Psychology in cognitive science: 1978–2038. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2(3),
328-344.
Miller, G. A. (2003). The cognitive revolution: A historical perspective. Trends in Cognitive Science, 7,
141-144.
til forelesning 7 [Strengths and limitations]
(*) Arnett, J. J. (2008). The neglected 95%: Why American psychology needs to become less
American. American Psychologist, 63, 602-614.
(*) Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2006). Toward a psychological science for a cultural species.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 251-269.
Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 33, 61-135.
Medin, D. L., Bennis, W. M., & Chandler, M. (2010). Culture and the home-field disadvantage.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 708-713.
til forelesning 8 [Laissez-faire ledelse]
Craig, S. B., & Kaiser, R. B. (2013). Destructive leadership. In M. G. Rumsey (Ed.), The Oxford
handbook of leadership (pp. 439-454). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Skogstad, A., Einarsen, S., Torsheim, T., Aasland, M. S., & Hetland, H. (2007). The destructiveness of
laissez-faire leadership behavior. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12, 80–92.
til forelesning 9 [Content validity in questionnaire research]
… to be announced later.
til seminar 1 [The sociocultural perspective]
= de samme som til forelesning 7:
(*) Arnett, J. J. (2008). The neglected 95%: Why American psychology needs to become less
American. American Psychologist, 63, 602-614.
(*) Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2006). Toward a psychological science for a cultural species.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 251-269.
Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 33, 61-135.
Medin, D. L., Bennis, W. M., & Chandler, M. (2010). Culture and the home-field disadvantage.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 708-713.
til seminar 2 [New perspectives on cognitive psychology]
… leses i seminar (må ikke leses til forberedning):
Casasanto, D. (2011). Different bodies, different minds: The body specificity of language and thought.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(6), 378-383.
Dunning, D., & Balcetis, E. (2013). Wishful seeing: How preferences shape visual perception. Current
Directions in Psychological Science, 22(1), 33-37.
Keysar, B., Hayakawa, S. L., & An, S. G. (2012). The foreign-language effect: Thinking in a foreign
tongue reduces decision biases. Psychological Science, 23(6), 661-668.
Kornell, N. (2009). Metacognition in humans and animals. Current Directions in Psychological Science,
18, 11-15.
Pearce, M., & Rohrmeier, M. (2012). Music cognition and the cognitive sciences. Topics in Cognitive
Science, 4(4), 468-484.
Stanovich, K. E., West, R. F., & Toplak, M. E. (2013). Myside bias, rational thinking, and intelligence.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(4), 259-264.
til seminar 3 [Det biologiske perspektivet]
Churchland, O. J. (2011). Braintrust – What neuroscience tells us about morality. Princetown &
Oxford: Princetown University Press. [ca 200 sider = samme som til forelesning 4].
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(2), 110-126. doi:10.1037/a0018413
OBS: (*) = anbefalt, vil ikke bli prøvd til eksamen