Social and Cultural

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Site provides a "biographical sketch" of Albert Bandura.

Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods

For those interested in conducting applied social research, this site provides a wealth of resources; for both beginners and more advanced researchers.

Canada's Drug Strategy

Site provides information about injection drugs; marijuana; and the relation between drugs and youth, seniors, Aboriginal people, and fetal alcohol syndrome.

Center for Nonverbal Studies

The Center for Nonverbal Studies has provided an online dictionary of nonverbal communication.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Article discusses Leon Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory and includes his hypotheses about how to create dissonance and examples of cognitive dissonance.

Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, and Media Studies InfoBase

Site provides articles about many topics related to social psychology. The topics include conformity, deindividuation, diffusion of responsibility, obedience, rebellion, minority influence, conflict resolution, and advertising among many others.

Culture of Beauty

Site provides information about the biological and cultural aspects of beauty.

Culture, Cognition, and Evolution

Article relates the development of cognition to culture and evolution.

Current Research in Social Psychology

Site has online articles about current issues in social psychology.

Dependency and Conformity

Site discusses how to be a decision maker, what makes us so dependant, obedience, and how gender affects our dependency.

Drug Reform Coordination Network

Site provides links to articles and news about events that occur concerning drug reform.

EServer.org: Accessible Online Publishing

Site lists electronic papers and texts that discuss and address gender studies and related issues. Topics include sex, gender, sexual identity and sexuality, and cultural practices. This is a great place to begin research for a term paper or project.

Excuses, Emotions, and In Between

This site looks at how excuses affect the listener.

Heuristics: Cognitive Rules of Thumb

Site provides a demonstration of how heuristics (shortcuts in thinking) work.

How What You Say Can Reflect You

This article discusses how other people have a tendency to apply the attributes of a statement you say about somebody else to you.

Human Communication Lab

Columbia University's human communication lab provides background information about communication research in progress.

Influence at Work

This site discusses many different aspects of the psychology of persuasion.

Job Stress

Site provides an overview of job stress and also provides links to many other related web sites.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

A leading journal in the field of social psychology.

Mind Tools--Time Management Skills

Site discusses the importance of using time effectively, controlling distractions, and how to create more time.

Parapsychology Association, Inc.

The Parapsychology Association, Inc.'s website provides an overview of the topics included in parapsychology and also provides links to relevant journal articles.

Personal Construct Psychology

Site provides links to articles concerning George Kelly's personal construct theory.

Population Density, Infanticide, and Social Pathology

This article discusses John Calhoun's classic experiment with rats where "he created high-density populations in which aggression, infanticide, and infant neglect became rampant.".

Procrastination Research Group

"This web site provides access to information and research related to procrastination. Although our site originates at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, it represents a compilation of information and research on procrastination from all over the world."

Psychology, Culture, and Evolution

This site discusses consciousness; the evolution of the brain, consciousness, language, and sociality; sleep paralysis; and nocturnal hallucinations.

Self-Efficacy

Site provides a description of self-efficacy, a comparison to self-esteem, and a number of links to related web sites.

Sexual Orientation: Science, Education and Policy

University of California at Davis professor Gregory Herek presents his research concerning homophobia, hate crimes and AIDS stigma.

Social Cognition Paper Archive and Information Center

"Several types of information are available, including preprints or abstracts of papers or presentations and links to information about active researchers in the area.".

Social Facilitation

Site allows you to manipulate the variables in this experiment about social facilitation.

Social Interaction Lab

Describes current research underway at a lab at the University of Oregon.

Social Learning Theory

Article discusses Bandura's social learning theory and includes the topics of television violence, attention, retention, and motivation.

Social Psychology

This site provides links concerning many areas of social psychology including the topics of nature versus nurture, the needs of selves and societies, social factors affecting perceptions and decision making, the psychology of social institutions, and the psychology of modernization.

Social Psychology Basics

Site discusses person perception, self defense, prejudice, social expectation, conformity, sociobiology, social learning, social economics, and persuasion.

Social Psychology Glossary

Site provides a brief definition for many common terms in social psychology.

Social Psychology Network

Provides a variety of links to psychology organizations, U.S. schools with psychology Ph.D. programs, and social-psychological topics of the day.

Social Psychology as Social Construction: The Emerging Vision

Article discusses some of the challenges faced by social psychology.

Social Psychology: Once Overlooked, Now a Staple

Article discusses the history of social psychology and the subject matter it entails.

Stanford Prison Experiment

Presents a slide show and related information about the classic Stanford Prison Experiment.

Stanley Milgram

Site provides a brief biography of Stanley Milgram and an overview of Milgram's theory of obedience.

The Inquisitive Mind

In-Mind is a journal dedicated to making our discipline with accessible for everyone. We explore every day concerns such as love, motivation, or religion.

The Psychology of Cyberspace

Site is concerned with the psychological implications of internet communication.

Tolerance

Site provides information about stereotypes, prejudices, implicit associations, the effects of bias, and how to compensate for unconscious bias.

Traffic Psychology

Site provides information about the history of traffic psychology, theories about driving behaviour, road rage, and other topics.

Which Traits Predict Job Performance?

Article discusses how personality traits can be used to predict job performance.

ePsychlopedia

Site provides 10 different tutorials covering the topics of brain and behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation and emotion, cognition, intelligence, personality, and social psychology.

Advertising and the Media

Children and the Media

Site provides a list of links to online articles concerning the effects that the media, television, advertising, and video games have on children.

Psychology of Consumers

Site discusses the psychology of the consumer and includes the topics of culture, group influences, diffusion of innovation, perception, learning and memory, motivation, personality, emotion, attitudes, and others.

Applied Social Psychology

10 Myths About Affirmative Action

This article disputes 10 myths that exist about affirmative action.

Aboriginal Head Start Program

The Aboriginal Head Start program is based on the Head Start Program created in the United States and has been tailored to fit the needs of Canadian Aboriginals.

Addictions

This comprehensive website provides information about various substance addictions, populations, treatment, prevention, social issues, organizations, statistics, the war on drugs and more.

Advertising at the University of Texas

This site maintained by the University of Texas provides links to many advertising related web sites.

Animations: How Drugs Work

This excellent set of demonstrations show how drugs work in the body and in the brain. There is an animation showing how brain cells communicate, and there are demonstrations depicting the effects of alcohol, cocaine, and opiates in the brain.

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)

Provides information relevant to minimizing the harm that may result from the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Classical Leadership

At this website, you will be provided with summaries of trait, behavioural, contingency, situational, and transformational approaches to leadership.

Depression in the Workplace

This article describes what depression is, how it affects work, how unsatisfactory work conditions cause depression, and what can be done to correct the problem.

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools

"This guide presents a brief summary of the research on violence prevention and intervention and crisis response in schools."

Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct 2002

This site provides an outline of the ethical principles which psychologists are supposed to follow when conducting research.

Evaluation Research

An overview of various aspects of evaluation research can be found at this site including information about planning an evaluation cycle, developing an evaluation culture, types of evaluation, evaluation strategies, and evaluation questions and methods.

Eye Witness Demonstration

Demonstration shows how easy it is for a person to mistake the identity of a suspected criminal.

Facts About Media Violence and Effects on the American Family

Articles presents a list of facts about the effects of media violence, video game and cyberspace violence, and music violence.

Fred Edward Fiedler

A brief biography is presented about Fred Edward Fiedler as well as a brief, but cohesive overview of his LPC theory.

Hate Crimes Today: An Age-Old Foe in Modern Dress

This article answers some frequently asked questions about hate crimes such as how often do they occur, who performs them, what emotional damage do they cause, and why do they occur?

Improving the Jury System: Reducing Jury Size

This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages to reducing jury size. Empirical research is cited throughout the article.

Internal Validity Tutorial

Athabasca University tutorial, written by Dr. David Polson, teaches the principles of the design of psychological experiments; part of Athabasca University's Experimental Psychology course.

Jigsaw Classroom

Elliot Aronson has created this website to provide information about the jigsaw classroom. An overview of the history of the jigsaw classroom and links to related websites are included.

Kurt Lewin: Groups, Experiential Learning, and Action Research

This site provides an overview of Kurt Lewin's life and his research. The topics covered in this website include field theory, group dynamics, democracy and groups, t-groups, and action research.

Managing Job Satisfaction

This article discusses how organizations can increase job satisfaction by recognizing the following factors: opportunity, stress, leadership, work standards, fair rewards, and adequate authority.

Meta-Analysis of Research Studies

"This page is intended to help you learn more about meta-analysis by providing you with an overview; links to relevant documents and resources; and free, high-quality software."

Multisystemic Therapy

This website provides information about multisystemic therapy which is a form of therapy intended to prevent violence in serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

This resource guide provides a list of online resources that are related to youth violence prevention.

Personality Traits in Abusive Relationships

This website lists the personality traits of abusers and partner's of abusers who are involved in intimate partner violence.

Quasi-Experimental Design

Various approaches to quasi-experimental designs are explored in this site including non-equivalent group design and regression-discontinuity design. As well, topics such as internal validity and advances in quasi-experimental design are discussed.

Questionnaire Design

This article discusses the objectives in using a questionnaire, how to write a questionnaire, and the possible problems that may be encountered when writing a questionnaire.

Recent Changes in School Desegregation

This article's discussion of school desegregation includes topics such as academic performance, within school integration, and racial diversity.

Research Methods Knowledge Base

This comprehensive web-based textbook discusses sampling, measurement, research design, data analysis, validity, reliability, and ethics, as well has how to develop a research question and write a research paper.

Research Methods in Evaluation and Social Research

Links to free online books, manuals, and articles on how to do evaluation and social research, including surveys, interviews, observations and more. Also links to research about research methods, free software, and sites on how to present data. This site also has a review of free statistical resources.

Sexism

Site provides links to a number of websites concerning sexism and violence toward women.

Steve's Primer of Practical Persuasion and Influence

This tutorial provides a summary of the various theories that exist to explain how people can be persuaded and influenced.

Survey Design/Questionnaire Design

This site provides an overview of some of the different aspects of survey and questionnaire design. A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using various types of surveys and questions is included.

Taking ADvantage

"This is the text to Taking ADvantage, a book on the physical and cultural evolution of human beings, how that evolution has affected human subconscious processing of stimuli, and how advertising takes advantage (thus the title) of that processing by creating stimuli.".

Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders

This online book provides information about substance abuse disorders in adolescents and about various treatment issues and options.

Understanding and Preventing Hate Crimes

This article discusses how "psychologists' research offers new insights on the emotions that lead to hate crimes and how to prevent them.".

Violence on Television

Article discusses how children are affected by the violence they watch on television.

Youth Drinking: Risk Factors and Consequences

Article presents a number of developmental and psychosocial risk factors for youth drinking and substance use as well as some of the possible consequences.

Cults and Propaganda

AFF's Home Page

"AFF is a secular, not-for-profit, tax-exempt research center and educational organization founded in 1979. AFF's mission is to study psychological manipulation and cultic groups, to educate the public and professionals, and to assist those who have been adversely affected by a cult experience.".

Cults: Public Perceptions vs. Research

Site describes what cults are, why people join cults, Lifton's 8 characteristics of thought reform, cognitive dissonance, conformity, and obedience.

Group Dynamics

Site provides resources concerning group dynamics.

Groupthink

Article provides information about Irving Janis' theory of groupthink.

Propaganda

Site provides information about propaganda, commonly used propaganda techniques, and examples of propaganda use.

The Paradoxes of Heaven's Gate

This site discusses why people are fascinated in cults and how they become involved in cults by using the example of Heaven's Gate.

What Messages Are Behind Today's Cults?

Article discusses the appeal that cults have to their members.

Family and Romantic Relationships

Dating, Love, Marriage, and Sex

Site provides information about attraction, love, marriage, divorce, the cultural taboos of sex, and other topics.

International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships (ISSPR)

Provides access to scholarly discussion groups, as well as conference and grant information.

Love--A Chemical Affair

Article discusses how various chemicals are associated with different stages of love.

Marriage and Family Processes

Site discusses the cultural factors which shape family structure, relationships, parenting, and family forms.

Parenthood Detrimental to Marriage? Not Necessarily...

"Marital researchers identify a prescription that may buffer newlyweds against stressors."

Psychology of Love: An Introduction

Site provides links to a number of articles about love. The articles discuss the historical background of love, current psychological theories of love, Freud's psychoanalytic theory of love, and attachment theories of love.

Understanding Ourselves and Our Relationships

Site discusses personality, self-understanding, our relationships with our family and with others, sustaining long term relationships, competition, and feeling superiority.

Why a Bad Marriage is Worse for Women than Men

Article discusses how "men's and women's different physical responses to their emotions influence their marital satisfaction and physical health.".

Gender

Biological and Sociocultural Views and Consequences of Gender Stereotyping

This article presents a discussion concerning whether sex roles have a biological or social basis.

Gender

Site provides links to articles concerning gender and its relation to television, film, information technology, representation, social identity, and personal identity.

Gender Gallery

Site highlights popular media related to issues of gender and sexual orientation. It also provides links to online discussions, organizations, and resources.

Gender.org

Web site offers links to news and resources focusing on issues of gender and gender-oppression in society. Links to literature clearinghouses, advocacy, and resources are included.

Male, Female, Other

This articles discusses the struggles that two people had to face while developing as intersex individuals.