Social Psych. org

Hidden brain NPR

Rudy' blog

greater good website

Research Methods

• Link to U.S. map with rates of depression

Social cognition

• If you would like to try the Kruglanski need for closure scale, please click here.

• Click here a "hot hand" demonstration.

Self

• Newsweek article about "tribes"

Self-justification

Stress and coping

• New York Times article on first year college students and stress

Attitudes

Conformity

• Slate article (click here) that summarizes recent terror management theory research

Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination

• Lots (and lots) of information about "stereotype threat".

Group processes

• NPR RadioLab discussion of social dilemmas

• New York Times story about the origins of waterboarding (CIA decision-making could be viewed as a form of groupthink)

Aggression

• NPR story about cathartic anger

Attraction, Close Relationships

• The NYT opinion writted by David Brooks (9/27/2012)

• The APA Monitor column written by the President (10/1/2012)

• Moghaddam, F.M. (2006).  The Staircase to Terrorism: A Psychological Explanation.  American Psychologist, 60, 161-169.

Heather Smith, Ph.D.
Stevenson 2087
664-2587
smithh@sonoma.edu

Course Assignments:
Course Project 1
Course Project 2
Course Project 3
Course Project 4
Implicit prejudice reflection assignment