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Social Psychology - The Branch of psychology that concentrates on any and all aspects of human behavior that  involve persons and their relationships to other persons, groups, social institutions and to society as a whole.


Sexuality
Culture of Androgyny  Blurring the Lines Between the Genders by Lee Grady  2/5

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End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking - ECPAT is a global network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free and secure from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.  4/5
Gender Differences and Aggression - Gender Differences and Aggression Can depend upon the type of aggression under study Men are much more likely to engage in Physical Men and women are equally likely to engage in Verbal Aggression. Men and Women experience aggression differently ...2/5
Gender Stereotypes Guide picks - Index of resources and sites that address gender stereotypes in the workplace, in school and as children. Avoiding Gender Stereotypes. From About.com. 3/5
Prostitution Research & Education Website 3/5
                                 
Social Cognition
Observational  Learning  - Based an Bandura's work. From Educational Psychology Interactive developed with John Hummel.  3/5
Serge Moscovici. Social Representations Theory and Social Constructionism - A posting   2/5
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Social Cognition Paper Archive and Information Center - Maintained by Eliot R. Smith  Purdue University.  4/5
                              
Social Exchange
Analyzing Social Interaction - Analysing Social Interaction - affect and Control Theory, events structure, affect ....  3/5
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Jaume Masip´s Nonverbal Behavior & Nonverbal Communication - The site consists of a very comprehensive collection (several hundreds) of links to nonverbal behaviour sites on the internet, grouped by categorie (e.g., papers [full text], abstracts, books, researchers [their home pages], research labs, video and audio tapes, etc). It pretends to be an essential resource for researchers and students. Also, many of the links may be of interest to the lay person interested in the topic. 4/5
                      
Social Identity
Self-determination theory (SDT) - Is a macro-theory of human motivation concerned with the development and functioning of personality within social contexts. The theory focuses on the degree to which human behaviors are volitional or self-determined - that is, the degree to which people endorse their actions at the highest level of reflection and engage in the actions with a full sense of choice. 3/5
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE; Rosenberg 1965) - Is an attempt to achievea unidimensional measure of global self-esteem.3/5
                                  
Social Influence
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Changing Minds - Welcome to the ChangingMinds site, the largest site in the world on all aspects of how we change one another's minds. There is already around 1500 pages here, with much more to come! 4/5
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General Outline Notes on Social Influence, Conformity, and Helping Behavior  4/5
Influence Theories - A number of Theories explained. 3/5
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Introduction to Social Influence. - 4/5
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Media and Communications - The University of Aberrystwyth UK  4/5
Positive Reinforcement - A Self-Instructional Exercise and introduction.  3/5
Primer of Practical Persuasion and Influence. - An Article.  3/5
Social evolution and social influence: selfishness, deception, self-deception - Mario F. Heilmann University of California at Los Angeles. 3/5
SOSIG: Consumer Psychology - Good list of links and resources. 3/5
Subliminal Advertising - Examples from magazines and books etc. 3/5
The Psychology of Consumers - Consumer Behaviour and Marketing. 3/5
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Still powerful after all these years.   An update of Zimbardo's prison simulation conducted in the early 1970's. From the Stanford News.  3/5
                            
Socialization
Socialization/ Nature vs. Nurture - Lecture Notes.  2/5
The Social Psychology of Language Teaching-- Part 1 to Part 4 by Leon James.  3/5
                             
Social Perception
Attribution Theory - ATTRIBUTION THEORY One of the most amazing features of human beings is this: They can explain anything. Maybe it comes from the fact that we are parents and our children keep asking us, "Why?" And as older, superior beings.  3/5
Facial Analysis Labs - With links to researchers.  3/5
International Attachment Network
Jan Hargrave - Nonverbal Communication - As a professional speaker, distinguished lecturer, author of Let Me See Your Body Talk, Freeway of Love, and Judge the Jury, Jan applies her amazing skills to show you how to take advantage of the vast world of nonverbal communication. 2/5
Nonverbal Behavior/Nonverbal Communication - Comprehensive collection of links to nonverbal behavior websites: Researchers, research labs, books, papers, abstracts, etc. The site is intended to be useful for nonverbal behavior scholars, students, and anyone else interested in the topic.  3/5
The Effects of Multiple Social Categories on Stereotyping - By  R.C. Gardner et. al. An Abstract.  3/5
The Social Construction of Reality  - By Peter Berger & Thomas Luckman (1967). An Article 3/5
                                 
Social - General
Allyn & Bacon's Sociology Links: Social Psychology - Analyzing Social Interaction. American Psychological Association PsychNET (SM) Current Research in Social Psychology. Emotional Support.  3/5
Behavior Change - A Summary of Four Major Theories - Two views of risky sexual practices among Northern Thai males : The Health Belief Model and the Theory of Reasoned Action.  3/5
Theoretical Perspectives Relevant to Developmental Psychology - A comparative analysis of the use of such terms as development, adult development, aging, life-span, life-course, and life-cycle. What do they mean? How are they used in relation to each other? Is there consistency in use? What is the best usage? 3/5
Economic Psychology - The general orientation of the unit is that of a study of economic behavior using psychological theory and methods.  3/5
Hofstede Analysis - Dr. Geert Hofstede conducted perhaps the most comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. From 1967 to 1973, while working at IBM as a psychologist, he collected and analyzed data from over 100,000 individuals from forty countries. 2/5
Evaluation of Stage Theories of Adulthood  - A Slide Show. 3/5
Procrastination - Based on methods of Japanese Psychology 3/5
Psychological Theories; A Brief Survey of the Changing Views of Learning  3/5
  Self Determination Theory - An Approach to Human Motivation and Personality. From the University of Rochester. 3/5
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Social Psychology Network - Welcome to Social Psychology Network, the largest social psychology database on the Internet. Searchable links directory for subject areas, PhD programs, researchers, research groups and journals. 4/5
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction  3/5
The Electronic Journal of Sociology  3/5
                             
Theorists:
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George Herbert Mead--George's Page  - A document repository for the work of George Herbert Mead with resources to support research on his contribution to social psychology. Repository of Documents.  4/5
             
Theories Specific:
Affect Control Theory
Affect Control Theory Homepage    3/5
                     
Attachment Theory
Attachment Theory - Attachment theory is an ethological approach to personality development. According to John Bowlby (1969), attachment is a part of many organisms' native endowment. To read about Attachment theory and how it relates to human interaction and feelings click on to these two related links.  3/5
                  
Balance Theory
Balance Theory and Cognitive Dissonance Theory - Heider, Fritz. 1958. The Psychology
of Interpersonal Relations. NY: Wiley.   3/5
                   
Guilford Social Theory
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Guilford Social Theory - Welcome to the Social Theory Page on the Guilford Publications website. Titles in Social Theory cover such areas as cultural studies, politics, and ecology. 4/5
                      
Leisure Theory
Application of Leisure Theory And Research - Griffith University. Faculty Of Commerce & Management. School Of Leisure Studies. 3/5
The Leisure Theory of Value - The leisure theory of value: ... George Reisman, whose concept of invariable money cleared away the final obstacle to the full-fledged leisure theory of value.  2/5
                    
Mirror - Matching Theory
The Theory of Mirror and Matching - Syllabus notes.  2/5
                       
Reasoned Action Model
David Regis - Ph.D. thesis - I think the Fishbein and Ajzen reasoned action model must be counted as a success by any criterion one cares to choose.  3/5
Theory of Reasoned Action   3/5
Theory of Reasoned Action. - A Slide Show.  3/5
Theory of Reasoned Action - A model developed to predict behavior.  3/5
                 
Social Identity Theory
                   
Current Social Issues in Social Psychology
Envisioning and Creating the Future - Eradicating Androcentrism: The cultural debate about sexual inequality must be reframed so that it addresses not male-female difference but how androcentric social institutions transform male- female difference into female disadvantage”. 3/5
How to Relieve Boredom! - How to Relieve Boredom! The next time you are really bored stiff, here are some last ditch ideas to keep you entertained.  2/5

Intrinsic Satisfaction and When Rewards Harm - Behavior linked with extrinsic rewards becomes less likely to occur after the rewards ("bribes") are withdrawn. An Article.  3/5
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National Alliance to End Homelessness - The Alliance is a nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. We demonstrate every day that homelessness can be ended - one person or family at a time. Working together, Alliance members form a powerful network of concerned individuals and organizations advancing practical, community-based solutions to homelessness. We are building a better future for generations to come.  4/5
NoDeception.com - Living study of lying. Visitors can read the articles, take polls, listen to famous lies, and seek advice in the forums. Compulsive lying discussed here. 3/5
Scapegoats, Scapegoating Psychology, Undoing Blame - Scapegoating Research & Remedies.  Constructive Inquiry into the nature and Neutralizing of Blame.  Website of The Scapegoat Society. 4/5
Superstitious Behavior - Superstitious behavior Superstitiousbehavior arises when the delivery of a reinforer or punisher occurs close together in time (temporal contiguity) with an independent behavior. Therefore, the behavior is accidentally reinforced or punished, increasing ... 2/5
Superstitious Behavior: the Cause and Cure - The broken mirror with its bad luck, the ladder, or the black cat. How did all these items acquire significance in our society? Why do you cross your fingers when awaiting the answer to an uncertain situations.  2/5
The Psychology of Money -By Sheldon Litt. - An Article. 3/5
What is Modesty?. 2/5
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