Web Links on Attitudes and Actions

Attitudes and Behaviors

ZimNet - The Stanford Prison Experiment (http://www.zimbardo.com/prison.htm)
a total of 80 narrated slides provide a detailed account of this fascinating study that demonstrates how role playing can powerfully shape attitudes and even self-identity

Cognitive Dissonance Theory (http://spot.colorado.edu/%7Ecraigr/Dissonance.html)
a good introduction to the basic principles of Leon Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory along with a collection of interesting articles demonstrating the theory's wide applications

Sequential Requests (http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/twostep.htm)
excellent overview of the foot-in-the-door and the closely related door-in-the-face principles

Dissonance theory (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bfmalle/sp/L7.html)
lecture notes and examples of cognitive dissonance

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Attitudes (http://rock.uwc.edu/psych/psy330/outlines/attitude.htm)
lecture notes on attitudes, including attitude formation, the attitude behavior link, theories of persuasion, resistance to persuasion, and cognitive dissonance theory

Social Influence and Persuasion

An Introduction to Social Influence (http://www.influenceatwork.com/intro.html)

Persuasion Theory and Research (http://www.as.wvu.edu/%7Esbb/comm221/comm221.htm)
resources on the social psychology of persuasion and interpersonal influence

Psychology of Advertising (http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/advant.html)

Social Psychological Factors Underlying the Impact of Advertising (http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~shermarc/p324ads.htmlx)
the methods of persuasion used in advertising

Primer of Practical Persuasion and Influence (http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/primer.htm)

Propaganda (http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/propaganda/contents.htm)

General Information about Social Psychology

Social Psychology Network (http://www.socialpsychology.org/)
the largest social psychology database on the Internet with a searchable index for exploring theory and research on attitudes

Social Cognition - Social Psychology Paper Archive (http://www.psych.purdue.edu/~esmith/scarch.html)

Social Psychology Tutorials (http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~shermarc/p324tuta.htmlx)

Social Psychological Principles in Humor (http://miavx1.muohio.edu/psybersite/humor)

News from a Social Psychology Perspective (http://miavx1.muohio.edu/psybersite/news)

General Social Survey Data (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/gss)

Current Research In Social Psychology (CRISP) (http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html)
an online scientific journal