Psych City

Psych City is a book that is used as a guide to organize a simulated community. The goal of the book is not only to create a simulated community, but also to provide opportunities for those involved in the experience to learn the events and patterns of life found in the community and examine the psychological, social, and political systems that are found in the community. The book is divided into two sections. Section I is the simulation proper, and gives detailed descriptions of simulated living conditions such as geography, population, housing, government, education, finance, and taxes. The first part also assigns the participants to the different roles they have to play and gives the community problems to solve. The second part is made up of sets of readings and exercises that pertain to the different situations found in the simulated community. The text is recommended for psychology, sociology, and anthropology professors that wish to give an interactive learning experience for the entire class, as well as those who wish to further study about community and conduct social experiments.

List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Section I Psych City Simulation Chapter 1 What is Psych City? Chapter 2 The Community Geographical Description Population Economic Structure Housing Government Education Finances Chapter 3 The Problems 1 School Integration 2 Vacant Land Usage 3 Welfare Plan 4 Citizen Protection Problem 5 Drug Program 6 Use of Downtown Land 7 Low-Income Housing 8 High School Disruption 9 Equal Employment for Women 10 Sex Education 11 Your Own Problem 12 Your Own Problem Chapter 4 The People Chapter 5 The Town Meeting Procedure The Initial Meeting Subgroups The Caucus Outside Feedback Role Playing in Psych City Section II Readings and Exercises Chapter 6 Role Expectancies A Not-So-Free Association Case Study of a Nonconscious Ideology: Training the Woman to Know Her Place The Warm-Cold Variable in First Impressions of Persons Exercises and Discussion Topics for Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Interpersonal Perception Is There a Red China? They Saw a Game: A Case Study Readiness to Perceive Violence as a Result of Police Training Exercises and Discussion Topics for Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Communication Machines Take Over Communication, A Social Tool Exercises and Discussion Topics for Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Norms and Reference Groups Food for All His Dead Class and Conformity: An Interpretation Effects of Group Pressure upon the Modification and Distortion of Judgments Exercises and Discussion Topics for Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Social Power Machines and Boss