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Homophily” (David and Erich):

• Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and James M Cook. 2001. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Homophily in Social Networks”. Annual Review of Sociology 27: 415-444.
• Robert Putnam. 2000. Bowling Alone. excerpts.

“Prisons and Crime” (Jack):

• Becky Pettit and Bruce Western. 2004. “Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in US Incarceration”. American sociological review (69: 151-169).
• Franklin E. Zimring. 2001. “Imprisonment Rates and the New Politics of Criminal Punishment”. David Garland, ed. Mass Imprisonment: Social Causes and Consequences (145-149).
• Joel Dyer. 2000.. From “Manufacturing Fear” (chapter 4) and “The Politics of Public Opinion” (chapter 5). The Perpetual Prisoner Machine (103-107 & 142-151). Westview Press.

“Currency Crises” (Jorge):

• Paul Krugman. 1997. “Currency Crises”. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference.

“Stereotype Threat” (Siobhan):

• Claude M. Steele, Steven J. Spencer, and Joshua Aronson. 2002. “Contending with Group Image: The Psychology of Stereotype and Social Identity Threat”. Advances in Experimental and Social Psychology (14: 379-407). Elsevier.

“Psychological Health” (Jessica):

• Charles S. Carver and Michael S. Scheier. 2000. “Optimism, Pessimism, and Self-Regulation” (chapter 2). Edward C. Chang, ed. Optimism and Pessimism: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice. American Psychological Association.

Our past and future: global warming, politics, and singularity.

• James W. Kirchner. 2002. “The Gaia Hypothesis: Fact, Theory, and Wishful Thinking.” Earth and Environmental Science 52(March): 391-408.
• Paul Pierson. 2000. “Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics.” American Political Science Review 94(June): 251-267.
• Ray Kurzweil. 2005. “The Six Epochs” (chapter 1), “Epilogue”, and “The Law of Accelerating Returns Revisited” (Appendix). The Singularity Is Near. Viking.
• Peter Turchin. 2006. “The Matthew Principle” (chapter 10). War and Peace and War. Plume.
• Film: Koyaanisqatsi (screened May 9, ZDVD 3803)

Psychological positive feedback effects.
Assigned:

• Charles G. Lord, Lee Ross, and Mark R. Lepper. 1979. “Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 37(11), Nov 1979, 2098-2109.
• Robert Rosenthal. 1980. “This Week’s Citation Classic: Pygmalion in the Classroom” (Commentary). Current Contents (Jan. 2): 156.
• Maria Elena Lara and Daniel N. Klein. 1999. “Psychosocial Processes Underlying the Maintenance and Persistence of Depression: Implications for Understanding Chronic Depression.” Clinical Psychology Review 19(August): 553-570.
• Christopher Peterson. 2000. “The Future of Optimism.” American Psychologist 55(1): 44-55.
• John T. Jost and Orsolya Hunyady. 2005. “Antecedents and consequences of system-justifying ideologies.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 260-265.
• Film:The Lathe of Heaven (screened May 2, ZDVD 1684)

Other (note: citation does not constitute endorsement of content):

• “Self-fulfilling prophecy”, Wikipedia.org
• “Thomas theorem”, Wikipedia.org
• “Law of Attraction”, Wikipedia.org
• “The Secret (2006 film)”, Wikipedia.org