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Sub-categories
- General
- Advertising and the Media
- Applied Social Psychology
- Cults and Propaganda
- Family and Romantic Relationships
- Albert Bandura
- Site provides a "biographical sketch" of Albert Bandura.
- 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.
- Excuses, Emotions, and In Between
- This site looks at how excuses affect the listener.
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- A leading journal in the field of social psychology.
- 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.".
- Self-Efficacy
- Site provides a description of self-efficacy, a comparison to self-esteem, and a number of links to related web sites.
- Social Psychology: Once Overlooked, Now a Staple
- Article discusses the history of social psychology and the subject matter it entails.
- Which Traits Predict Job Performance?
- Article discusses how personality traits can be used to predict job performance.
Advertising and the Media
- National Television Violence Study
- Article presents some facts about violence on television.
- 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
- 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.
- 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?
- 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."
- 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.
- Sexual Behaviors in America: The National Health and Social Life Survey
- A brief summary of the findings to of the National Health and Social Life Survey are presented in this website.
- 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.
- 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.
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.".
Family and Romantic Relationships
- Parenthood Detrimental to Marriage? Not Necessarily...
- "Marital researchers identify a prescription that may buffer newlyweds against stressors."
- 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.".
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