Psychology/Criminal Justice 317
Interpersonal, Community, and Global Violence
Fall 2007
Hal Bertilson
10:00 AM Tuesday and Thursday
Main 316
Syllabus To Dr. B's Home Page
Writing/Discussion Assignments  
Term Project  
Date Due Assign-ments Study Questions Study
Notes
Lecture Outlines Extra Credit Announcements
9-4-07 A01    

Lecture: Direct and Structural Violence (D2L), Video: Report on the Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech, and Video: Origins of Human Aggression (D2L)

    
9-6-07 A02 SQ02   Mini-Lecture: Studying to Learn (D2L), Discussion of A01, Mini-Lecture: Principles of Learning (D2L), Video: Origins of Aggression continued.    
9-11-07 A03 SQ03   The Fear of Terrorism? D2L, Lecture: Conceptualizing Aggression D2l, and Video: Origins of Aggression continued    Concert of Understanding in the RSC Snack Bar at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening
9-13-07 A04 SQ04   Teenager is Accused of Multiople Shootings (D2L), The Story of Brain Development (D2L), Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (D2L), Behaving Immorally (D2L), and Persuading Children Not to Bully (D2L)    
9-14-07           Invitation to the Inkblots and Psi Chi Noon Meeting
9-15-07         Peacemaking Workshop  
9-17-07           Amnesty International Student Club meets on Monday at noon
9-18-07 A05 SQ05   Derogating the Victim (D2L), The Effects of Aggressive Acts on Subsequent Aggression (D2L), and Understanding and Combating Hate (D2L)   Volunteer opportunity at Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women
9-20-07 A06 SQ06   Video: Teenagers Travel from Jordan to Fight in Iraq (D2L), The Stories We Tell and It's Effects: Narrative Psychology (D2L), Understanding and Combating Hate continued, Negative Reinforcement: (What is Reinforced? Who is Reinforced? What Opportunity is Removed?),   CHUM Volunteer Opportunities
9-21-07           Social Justice Activism opportunity; Marshals needed for "Strike for Peace" in Duluth
9-25-07 A07 SQ07   Video: Prejudice and the Jigsaw Classroom, Video: Honor Lost and Death in Jordan, and article: Dishonorable Affair   Planning Meeting Trip To Doctors' Without Borders
9-27-07 Test 1     Test 1 Distribution    
9-28-07           Trip to Doctors' Without Borders
  If your printer is not working, you can move your assignment to Main 130 via email to yourself, a flash drive (jump drive or memory stick, or CD and print it there.    
10-2-07 A08 SQ08   Video clips on Burma, Video clips on Darfur, and video on the sale of assault weapons.    
10-4-07 A09 SQ09   Video: Stanford Prison Experiment, Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal, Zimbardo comments on Abu Ghraib Prison, Video: BBC World News, and Commentaries by Samantha Powers, Robert Jay Lifton, Phillip Zimbardo and others    
10-9-07 A10 SQ10   Definition of Instrumental Aggression, B.F. Skinner: Five classes of individuals who are abused, The Power of the Situation, Conditions in Burma as the crackdown continues, and Portraits of Auschwitz    
10-11-07 A11 SQ11   Shooting in Cleveland High School; Guest Speaker: Director, of UW-Superior Public Safety; and starting the lecture on Destructive Obedience   Petition Regarding Darfur
10-14-07 Opportunity to invest two hours in social justice term project work at the Northland Anti-War Coalition meeting   Northland Anti-War Coalition social justice opportunity
10-15-07 The elevator in Old Main is now repaired. We will return to Main 316 for our classes.    
10-16-07 A12 SQ12   Ken Pearson: Service Learning, World Food Day Video, Loeb: We Don't Have To Be Saints, Destructive Obedience continued 2007 World Food Day Teleconference Extra Credit Opportunity. Room changed to RSC 20  
10-17-07       Women in Black Peace Vigil. Qualifies as Social Justice Term Project    
10-18-07 A13 SQ13   Background on the Vietnam War and Guest Speaker: Franke Kroncke, one of the Minnesota 8 who engaged in civil disobedience by destroying draft records during the Vietnam war  

11:45 AM Training for Direct Social Justice Action
Qualifies as Social Justice Term Project hours
and
5:30 PM Domestic Violence Awareness March Qualifies as Social Justice Term Project Action The march has been cancelled due to the weather
10-19-07           12 Noon Picket for Peace Qualifies as Social Justice Term Project
and
7:00 PM Veterans Speak Out Qualifies as Social Justice Term Project
10-23-07 Test 2     Test 2 Distribution   Student Discussion of Peace and Peacebuilding Qualifies as Social Justice Term Project
10-25-07 A14 SQ14   Lecture: Milgram Destructive Obedience continued    
10-27-07           Regional Anti-War Rally in Chicago
10-30-07 A15 SQ15   Lecture: Milgram Destructive Obedience continued    
11-1-07 A16 SQ16   Lecture: Peacebuilding    
      Dr. B. is looking for men to help with the White Ribbon Campaign on campus this fall. If interested contact Dr. B. Counts as Social Justice Activism    
      See the new Peace Web Site The movies are available for extra credit with a reaction paper. On the reaction paper what principles you have studied in this class apply? What did you learn about peace and war?    
11-5-07       Lydia Lopez Columbian Flower Worker Union Extra Credit  
11-6-07 A17 SQ17   Video: State of Emergency in Pakistan; email from Farooq Tariq, Labour Party; Video: The Road to War Landmine Exhibition Extra Credit Campus Peace Center discussion Counts as Social Justice Activism
11-7-07       Women in Black Vigil at Superior and Lake in Duluth Counts as Social Justice Activism Landmine Exhibition and Fair Trade Expo and Hunger Banquet Extra Credit Hunger Banquet is looking for volunteers to help. Counts as Social Justice Activism If interesed contact Tegan Wendlund
11-8-07 A18 SQ18   Video: 5,000 Years of War, Video: War Poetry, Lecture: The Roots of Evil: The Origin of Genocide    
11-13-07 A19 SQ19   Note: The November 1 Peacebuilding lecture has been linked to D2L. Lecture on Core Concepts of Genocide    
11-14-07           Distributing Mobilizing People of Faith Against the War Panel Flyers. Contact Dr. B. if you can distribute flyers on campus today. Counts toward Social Justice Activism.
11-15-07 Test 3     Test 3 Distribution   Volunteers needed to facilitate conversations on RSC Concourse about DVDs "Winter Soldier" and "Vietnam: Year of the Pig" Counts toward Social Justice Activism.
11-16-07           Picket/vigil during the noon Hour. Counts toward Social Justice Activism. and Mobilizing Communities of Faith Against War Also counts toward Social Justice Activism
11-20-07 A20 SQ20   Lecture: Core Concepts of Genocide continued and began video: Cambodia's Killing Fields   Speaker on PTSD
11-21-07           Women in Black Vigil Counts toward Social Justice Activism.
11-26-07         Anti-War Film 6:30 PM. Cancelled Anti-war tabling on November 26, 27, and 28 Counts toward Social Justice Activism.
11-27-07 A21 SQ21   Cambodia's Killing Fields continued, Khmer Rouge Figure Appears in Court, and With Power Comes a Selfish Point of View War and Resistance Panel Extra Credit Rape Aggression Defense System classes
11-29-07 A22 SQ22   Reading of Peace Crimes/Peace and War in the Heartland. Brief notes from the reading have been posted to D2L. A description of the people involved in the draft board raids has also been posted to D2L
    
11-29-07       Term Project is Due. An exception is made to this deadline for students doing some of their volunteer work at Safe Haven because Ed Heisner could not speak to our class earlier in the semester. In response to a question in class on 11-13-07, if the project is late, but turned in before December 6th 10 points will be deducted. If the project is turned in later than December 5th 20 points will be deducted. Projects will be accepted as late as December 18.    
11-30-07           12:00 Noon Reading of Peace Crimes/Peace and War in the Heartland HFAC 2131 Experimental Theatre   and 7:00 PM Reading of Peace Crimes/Peace and War in the Heartland HFAC 2131 Experimental Theatre .
12-4-07 A23 SQ23   Lecture: The Logic of Terrorism and Lecture: Terrorist Psychologic SGT Daniel Fanning, From Combat Veteran to Peace Activist  
12-6-07 A24 SQ24   Lecture: Sacred Terror and Lecture The American Domino theory    
12-11-07 A25 SQ25   The American Domino Theory contnued    
  An error in the course evaluation has been corrected. It is now available under Survey in D2L. It will be greatly appreciated if you fill out the evaluation. It is anonymous. It is my way of understanding how I might improve the course. It is also used by my colleagues to determine if a merit salary increase is justified.
12-13-07 Test 4          
  Assignments and extra credit will be accepted until the date/time of the final exam. The term projects have been graded and the scores have been posted to D2L.  
12-18-07 Final Exam   You may use laptop computers to answer the final exam if you email me your test as soon as you are finished. Please remember the test is "closed book."  
  If you want your final gradebook page in Excel emailed to you, please email me with your request.