social psychology bbk http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/ en Copyright 2011 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:16:49 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Two interesting articles Thanks to Mark for sending these two links:

parkinsons limit:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126901.300-explaining-the-curse-of-work.html

three degrees of separation affecting health:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126881.600-how-your-friends-friends-can-affect-your-mood.html

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/two_interesting_articles.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/two_interesting_articles.html Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:16:49 +0100 Optional readings on the social-psychology of health behaviour Here's a fairly typical study in the field of s-p of health behaviours:

Exploring attitude and belief correlates of adhering to the new guidelines for low-risk single-occasion drinking: an application of the theory of planned behaviour
Vered Murgraff, Mark R. McDermott, and James Walsh
Alcohol Alcohol., Mar 2001; 36: 135 - 140.
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And here's another:
Walsh, James J. and McGrath, Fergus P. (2000) IDENTITY, COPING STYLE, AND HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AMONG FIRST GENERATION IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN ENGLAND.Psychology & Health; Jul2000, Vol. 15 Issue 4
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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/optional_reading_on_the_social.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/optional_reading_on_the_social.html Reading Suggestions Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:32:09 +0100 More on T-Groups This is an organizational development consulting company's page on T-Groups. Interestingly, they list possible problems associated with them, which coincide rather well with Singer's critique of this type of workplace training....
http://www.orgdct.com/more_on_t-groups.htm

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/more_on_tgroups.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/more_on_tgroups.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:26:59 +0100 UN Declaration of Human Rights - history Here's the info about the book I mentioned a couple of classes ago that gives the history of the deveopment of the UN Dec. of Human Rights. A World Made New, by Mary Glendon (2002). Very interesting!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Made-New-Mary-Glendon/dp/0375760466/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237030256&sr=1-1

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The very interesting article, "The theory of everything" about inequality that Hilary brought in: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/mar/12/equality-british-society

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Here's the two readings I posted previously about cults and manipulation in the workplace:

Singer and Lalich (1995) http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/MIDST%20CHAP%208.pdf

Tourish (2002) on Transformational Leadership: Download file

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Victim Support Study: Hoodie or Goodie: The link between violent victimisation and offending in young people http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/vs_england_wales/about_us/publications/hoodie_or_goodie/hoodie_or_goodie_report.pdf

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See earlier entry for article on altruism, compassion and attachment...

Here's an interesting article by Twemlow and Fonagy (this is just one of a series of interesting studies and interventions they've reported on): Download file

New study on evolutionary basis for altruism, cooperation: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/science/03angi.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc


]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/optional_stuff_for_prosocial_b.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/03/optional_stuff_for_prosocial_b.html Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:49:48 +0100 More resources on Cults and Totalitarianism Don't forget that you can apply all kinds of elements from social influence, persuasion, obedience, etc., etc. to your analysis.

But here's some additional websites and readings more directly on cults/totalitarianism that might help with the book review:

Lots from Zimbardo - check the downloadable documents link. http://www.zimbardo.com/

Janja Lalich's website: various writings on cults: http://www.janjalalich.com

Ben Zablocki's site. He has run the only longitudinal study of cults (30 years now). Also has excellent articles on the academic controversy about cultic studies. http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~zablocki/

Steven Kent has done interesting work, especially in relation to children - but also Scientology, and other things (navigate to different sections from left panel) :http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~skent/scientology.html


Here's some downloadable documents we'll be reading soon, but are related to cults again (cults in the workplace):

Singer and Lalich (1995) Download file

Tourish (2002) on Transformational Leadership: Download file

Here's some oldies but goodies - classic texts that should be more easily available.

Anything, more or less, by Lifton.

Schein, Edgar H. 1961. Coercive persuasion; a socio-psychological analysis of the "brainwashing" of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Communists. New York,: W. W. Norton.

Lofland, John. 1977. Doomsday Cult : a study of conversion, proselytization, and maintenance of faith. New York: Irvington Publishers : distributed by Halsted Press.

Fromm, E. 1941. Escape from freedom. New York: Henry Holt.

Festinger, Leon, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. 1956. When prophecy fails. Minneapolis,: University of Minnesota Press.

Not so classic, but interesting:
Deikman, Arthur J. 1990. The wrong way home: Uncovering the patterns of cult behavior in American society. Boston: Beacon Press.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/more_resources_on_cults_and_to.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/more_resources_on_cults_and_to.html Reading Suggestions Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:52:37 +0100 Attachment Compassion and Altruism Gillath, Shaver and Mikulincer (2005)

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/attachment_compassion_and_altr.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/attachment_compassion_and_altr.html Reading Suggestions Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:50:32 +0100 Reading for Class 18 Mar 5th Chapter 9 BBB textbook

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/reading_for_class_18_mar_5th.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/reading_for_class_18_mar_5th.html Assignments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:43:12 +0100 Reading for Class 17 Feb 26 Chapter 11, BBB textbook

Baumeister and Leary (1995) The Need to Belong Download file

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/reading_for_class_17_feb_26.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/stei0301/sp_bbk/2009/02/reading_for_class_17_feb_26.html Assignments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:39:18 +0100 Additional items on Cults and Totalist Systems Please everyone watch this French news program video on Landmark Education. If you want to watch it full-screen, I think you can download it with RealPlayer:

http://www.caic.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1243&Itemid=12

Seventeen Suggestions for Becoming Less Vulnerable to Influence:
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This is a short Youtube video - I think it's great! I'd like everyone to watch it. How to be a Cult Leader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNSe5XYp6E

Here's the piece I mentioned that I wrote: Mothers in Cults:
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And for those who are into some seriously heavy reading, Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism (1948) - the third part - is a very dense analysis of Hitler and Stalin's regimes that highlights many of the same structural, ideological and social-psychological issues but also draws on historical, philosophical and political science perspectives.

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I went through this presentation (check the notes for rough outline of the lecture): Download file

And I gave out these handouts:
Warning Signs Download file
8 Criteria for Totalism Download file

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