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Social Psychology (often used as an incorrect synonym of Social Cognition) is the study of social relationships, organizations, and the like. Social Cognition is how we perceive our social surroundings. Herein are links to pages describing them each, as well as raw material, research, and links to author's works on the topics.

Subcategories

• Academic Departments
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Internet Psychology
• Journals
• Organizations
• People
• Persuasion and Social Influence
• Prisoner's Dilemma

Resources in This Category

• A Sociological Social Psychology

  http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/socpsy.html
  A tour through social psychology from the nature-nurture debate through to the psychology of urbanisation, all from a sociological perspective.

• Consumer Behavior and Marketing: The Psychology of Consumers

  http://www.consumerpsychologist.com/
  Provides an overview of topics in consumer psychology from a marketing point of view.

• Geneva Emotion Research Group

  http://www.unige.ch/fapse/emotion/
  Theoretical and empirical psychology research group at the University of Geneva. Research interests and contact details for group members; online abstracts and publications lists; details of current research. Some text in German.

• Humor as a Defense Mechanism in the Holocaust

  http://web.macam98.ac.il/~ochayo/absract.html
  An investigation by Chaya Ostrower for her PhD on the types and functions of humor used by Jews during the Holocaust.

• Implicit Association Test

  https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
  Educational resource and research site for investigations in implicit social cognition. Includes online tests for implicit preferences for racial groups, age groups, political candidates, and associations between gender and academic domains.

• Nijmegen Cultural Psychology Group

  http://members.shaw.ca/ncpg/
  Research group focusing on youth culture, male-female relationships, sexual behavior, the construction of a philosophy of life, and the contemporary development of new religious forms. Includes information about recent activities, past and current research, and a selection of papers and abstracts.

• Quality of Life Research Center

  http://www.cgu.edu/qlrc/
  Positive psychology research institute. Includes listing of research projects, staff profiles, and contact details

• Resources for Teaching Social Psychology

  http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/
  Links to resources including lecture notes, introductions to specific research areas and methodologies, writing and study guides, and class assignments.

• Social Psychological Principles in Humor

  http://www.units.miamioh.edu/psybersite/Humor/index.shtml
  Popular cartoons with psychological analysis of their themes.

• Social Psychology Basics

  http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/socpsy.html
  Electronic textbook by Professor George Boeree, with chapter topics including person perception, persuasion, conformity, and sociobiology.

• Social Psychology Network

  http://www.socialpsychology.org/
  Searchable links directory for subject areas, PhD programs, researchers, research groups, journals, online studies, and teaching resources.

• SPSP Mentorship Program

  http://www.socialpsychology.org/mentor.htm
  Offers free email-based career mentoring in personality and social psychology to students from underrepresented groups in psychology (e.g., ethnic and racial minorities).

• Stanford Prison Experiment

  http://www.prisonexp.org/
  Philip Zimbardo's website about his classic study. Contains a 42 page slideshow with videoclips of the original experiment with Zimbardo's commentary, points for discussion, and links to related sites.

• UMass Adult Attachment Lab

  http://www.people.umass.edu/monaco/attachlab.html
  Details of research projects, list of recent publications, instruments and measures for attachment research, and an attachment research network.

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