Psychology 970
Dr. Ralph Levine

   

       	Introduction to Social Systems Analysis
           	Tentative Schedule: To Be Revised

  Topic                                                        Readings

  Introduction

  Introd. to Windows
  Powersim, Stella, etc                        Read Powersim Manual


  History of S/D Cld's                 L. And Fitz. 145-163
  Qualitative approaches
  Start Archetypes

  World models, qual dynamic           L. And Fitz. Chp. 5
  Environmental concerns

  Quant. Approaches; Initial Stdent    Handouts
  Presentations; Stocks, rates, aux.   L. & Fitz. 163 -180
  Introd. To Flow diagrams

  Generic struct. Approach                     Handouts
  Modeling some archetypes                     L. And Fitz. 181-205

  More advanced structures                     L. And Fitz. 205-215
  Lags                                     Handouts

  More advanced modeling tools           Handouts


  Economic Models (Students pres. if            Handouts
  ready). Social. Models, Crimin.
  Just. Mds.

                       Spring Break

  Soc. Psych. Appls.                     Handouts
  Motivation, Individ
  Differ.

  Urban dynamics/commun.                         Handouts
  Models

  Family Dynamics; Second Presentations          Handouts

  Stress, Burnout                                Handouts

  L. And Fitz.  230-261

  Problems of psych                              Handouts
  Modeling, Measurement, Verification    L. And Fitz  216-230
  Scales. Filtering Time Series

  Fitting Data, assessing Fit            Handouts

  Wrap Up, Last Stud. Presentations