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new link as of December 1, 2012
Social psychology song list - The good folks at Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX) have been compiling a nice list of songs relevant to the different areas of psychology. [added 7/4/12]
What is social psychology, anyway? - Here is a very interesting discussion/debate of the social psychology narrative by Daniel Gilbert, Timothy Wilson, Steven Pinker, and Hugo Mercier. Thanks to Larry White for this contribution. [added 7/4/12]
Interview of Harry Harlow - The first link is to a brief revisiting of the interview of Harry Harlow conducted in 1973. The second link is to that original interview. Some interesting stuff. [added 7/4/12]
Essay on Abraham Maslow - [added 7/4/12]
Psychology to the rescue - The excellent BPS Research Digest blog celebrated its 200th issue by asking "a handful of leading psychologists to write 200 words on a time in their lives that their psychology knowledge or skills came to their rescue." Read some very interesting uses of psychology. [added 1/29/12]
9/11 psychology-related links - The Research Digest blog provides some links to psychology-related items regarding 9/11. [added 1/29/12]
"Social networking sites and our lives" - A report from the Pew Research Center providing a detailed look at our online experience based on survey research -- you can view the surveys also. [added 1/29/12]
More on mirror neurons - Here's a good overview of what we know about mirror neurons and their relationship to behavior in this article about Giacomo Rizzolatti's talk at the APS convention. [added 1/29/12]Culture, brain, and behavior - Nalini Ambady reviews recent research on cultural influences on the brain and behavior. [added 8/18/11]
Most underappreciated ideas in social psychology? - Ask the researchers who came up with them -- that's what the APS Observer did. You can read what some prominent social psychologists believe are some of their lost gems. [added 8/18/11]
This Week in Sociology - This is a new website that provides sociological commentary on current events, people, and ideas. [added 8/18/11]
Mirror neurons and social behavior - interesting review of what we know so far about mirror neurons and their relation to social behavior [added 6/12/11]
historical figures in social psychology - [added 6/12/11]
Science on the subway - interesting article about how sociologists and psychologists study human behavior as it is occurring on the subway [added 1/19/10]
Psychology and global warming - APA has entered the fray of global warming by releasing a report on "Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges." It addresses quite a few social psychological concepts. [added 1/19/10]
"The social psychology revolution" - an article in The Times (U.K.) on how social psychology is becoming more prominent in political and other discussions [added 12/14/08]
Mirror neurons and social behavior - an interview with a leading researcher on mirror neurons who discusses their potential role in our social perceptions and interactions [added 12/14/08]
The Amethyst Initiative - As you may have heard, more than 100 university administrators, through the Amethyst Initiative, have called for reducing the drinking age from 21 to 18. If a behavior is made legal will it become less desirable? More amenable to education? The first link is to a college president's support for the Initiative. Here is an explanation from a professor of why he thinks the Initiative is misguided. Here is the Amethyst website. A lot of potential topics (e.g., reactance) for discussion in your class on this issue relevant to your students. [added 12/14/08]Top 10 social psych studies - a review of ten classic studies in social psychology -- would they be in your top ten? [added 12/16/07]
The sports cliche - I don't know what you can do with these, but they relate to stereotypes, roles, persuasion, etc. Can students evaluate the truthiness of some of them? [added 12/11/07]
The study of the obvious - good essay on how psychology just seems to be common sense to many people [added 10/27/07]
TV's effects on children - This site from the University of Michigan Health System pulls together a brief summary and set of resources on TV's effects on violence, attitudes, and more for children. It includes some advice for parents. [added 7/14/07]
Biography of Albert Bandura - [added 1/1/06]
For our French readers out there, Sylvain Delouvée has pointed me to an excellent resource for social psychology instructors:
-- Prejuges & Stereotypes
Personality Pedagogy - Marianne Miserandino has begun developing an excellent resource for instructors of personality psychology using a Wiki model. Definitely worth a look. [added 7/5/06]Understanding Katrina - a series of essays from social scientists from the Social Science Research Council [added 1/9/06]
The 9-11 Report - Lois Winkler suggested we might share ways we could possibly use the 9-11 report and its finding in our courses. For example, the report talks about likely "group think" in the decision-making process. Are there other connections to social psych you have made or could make with the report? Pass those along to me at jfmueller@noctrl.edu and I will share them. [added 12/1/04]
Psychology Matters - The APA is building a "web-based compendium of psychological research that demonstrates the application and value of psychological science in our every-day lives," including research on some social psychology topics. [added 11/20/03]
Topic Summaries/Bibliographies - Lisa Schulte has provided her class with detailed summaries and bibliographies of several social topics including authoritarianism, the false consensus effect, and exposure to the media and aggression. [added 2/1/03]
The Mead Project - "foundational documents in sociological social psychology" from the Sociology Dept. of Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada [added 11/07/02]
"Social Psychology: Past, Present, and Some Predictions for the Future" - book chapter - Branscombe, N.R. & Spears, R. (2001). In Halonen, J.S. & Davis, S.F. (Eds.), The many faces of psychological research in the 21st century (chap. 7). Published online. [added 7/10/02]
What is a Personality/Social Psychologist? - from SPSP [added 6/19/02]
Necessary and sufficient conditions - excellent explanation of these concepts with good examples and practice exercises from Norman Swartz
1919 Social Psychology textbook - by Edward Alsworth Ross - courtesy of the Mead Project
Distinction between sociological and psychological approach to social psychology
Kenneth Gergen - manuscripts on social psychology as social construction and other topics
Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology is a part of the CROW Project, Course Resources on the Web. CROW was initially sponsored by the Associated Colleges of Illinois and generously supported by UPS. This site was created by Jon Mueller, Professor of Psychology at North Central College, Naperville, IL. Send comments to Jon.
