Social Psychology Network

• Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology
• Teaching Resources (Association for Psychological Science)
• TeachPsychScience.org (wide range of peer-reviewed resources)
• Higher Education Academy Psychology Network (UK site)
• World Lecture Hall (browse hundreds of syllabi by area)
• Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
• GRAD 980: Preparing to Teach a Psychology Course (online course)
• Psychology Teacher Network (for Introductory Psychology teachers)
• Teaching, Learning, & Assessing (APA report on teaching psychology)

Social Psychology Resources:

• Social Psychology Textbooks
• Searchable Database of Course Syllabi
• Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology
• SPN Action Teaching Award and Related Links
• SPSSI Teaching Materials Development Program

Journals on Teaching:

• Active Learning in Higher Education (ILT journal)
• College Teaching (cross-disciplinary journal)
• Educational Psychologist (APA Division 15 journal)
• Educational Psychology (international journal)
• Journal of Education for Teaching (intl. research and pedagogy)
• Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (free e-journal)
• Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2 journal)
• Teaching Sociology (ASA journal)

Email Discussion Lists:

• PsychTeacher (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
• Diversity-Teach Listserv (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
• Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
• PSYCHGLOBAL Listserv (InterTOP Network)

Professional Groups:

• Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP)
• APA Division of Educational Psychology (Division 15)
• American Psychological Association Education Directorate
• Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
• Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC)
• National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP)
• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
• Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education (APA group)
• International Teaching of Psychology Network (InterTOP Network)

• Teaching Tips (APS Observer)
• Teaching Tips Index (University of Hawaii)
• Teaching Tips from Experienced Teachers (essay by David Myers)
• Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence (U. of California--Berkeley)

Tips on Specific Issues:

• Creating Rapport in the Classroom
• Assessing Student Comprehension in Class
• Teaching Large Classes
• Criteria for Evaluating Oral Presentations
• Helping Graduate Students Become Competent Teachers

Books on Teaching:

• McKeachie's Teaching Tips (2005, 12th edition)
• Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology (2005)
• Teaching Psychology: A Step By Step Guide (2005)
• Undergraduate Education in Psychology (2009)
• Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology (2008)
• Measuring Up: Educational Assessment Challenges (2004)
• Teaching Handbook for Faculty, Staff, and TAs (Stanford University)
• Teaching and Social Justice (2005)
• The Teaching of Psychology (2002)

e-Books on Teaching:

• Perspectives from Exemplary Psychology Teachers: Volume 1 (2005)
• Perspectives from Exemplary Psychology Teachers: Volume 2 (2006)
• The STP Guide to Graduate Student Training (2007)
• Developing, Promoting, and Sustaining Undergraduate Research (2008)
• Helping Graduate Students Become Competent Teachers (2004)

Online Essays from PsychTeacher:

• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2008
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2007
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2006
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2005
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2004
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2003
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2002
• E-xcellence in Teaching: 2000-2001

• Lecture Notes with PowerPoint Slides:
  • Social Cognition (University of Waterloo, Canada)
  • Social Psychology Lecture Notes and Slides (Univ. of Arizona)
  • Thinking and Deciding (U. of Waterloo, Canada)

• Additional Lecture Notes:
  • Introduction to Social Psychology (University of Michigan)
  • Persuasion and Influence (West Virginia University)
  • Social Psychology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Social Psychology Lecture Notes and Outlines (extensive list)

Visual Aids and Handouts:

• Social Psychology:
  • Audiovisual Presentation on the Stanford Prison Experiment
  • PowerPoint Slides on Human Sexuality (University of Washington)
  • Social Psychology Class Outlines (University of Colorado)
  • Psychology and the Social World Lecture Handouts (U. of Oregon)

• Other Topics:
  • Peter Wason's Four Card Task (Wesleyan University)
  • Intro to Organizational Psych Slides and Outlines (U. of Michigan)
  • Judgment and Decision Making Lecture Handouts (U. of Oregon)

• Design an Experiment (University of Michigan)
• Discussion of Stigma and Self-Esteem (University of Michigan)
• Exercise on Marketing and Persuasion (University of Michigan)
• Oral Presentations on a Research Article (University of Michigan)
• Presentations on Famous Social Psychologists (Southwestern U.)
• Using Theory to Predict Behavior (University of Michigan)

Web-Based Activities:

• General Sites:
  • Participate in an Online Study (Social Psychology Network)
  • Online Psychology Laboratory (interactive APA site)
  • NetLabs: Interactive Exercises (Cengage Learning)
  • Social Psychology Online Learning Center (McGraw-Hill)
  • Social Psychology Companion Web Site (Prentice Hall)
  • Online Social Psychology Laboratory (Wadsworth)

• Social Perception:
  • Exploring Nonverbal Communication (Univ. of California)

• Social Interaction:
  • Play the Prisoner's Dilemma Against a Wizard
  • Play the Prisoner's Dilemma with Different Partners
  • Overview of the Prisoner's Dilemma (non-interactive)

• Attitudes and Social Cognition:
  • Affective and Cognitive Bases of Attitudes (Prentice Hall)
  • Probe Your Implicit Attitudes (Harvard University)

• Personality Psychology:
  • How Well Do You Manage Impressions? (Prentice Hall)
  • Measure Your Independence (Prentice Hall)
  • Measure Your Need for Cognition (Prentice Hall)
  • Measure Your Private Self-Consciousness (Prentice Hall)
  • Measure Your Relational Interdependence (Prentice Hall)
  • What's My Leadership Style Survey (Prentice Hall)

• Other Topics:
  • Explore the Effects of Social Facilitation (Univ. of Colorado)
  • Word Associations and False Memories (Science NetLinks)

Activity Handbooks:

• Favorite Activities for the Teaching of Psychology (2008)
• Handbook of Demos and Activities in the Teaching of Psy. (2000, Vol. 1)
• Handbook of Demos and Activities in the Teaching of Psy. (2000, Vol. 2)
• Handbook of Demos and Activities in the Teaching of Psy. (2000, Vol. 3)
• Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology (1981, Vol. 1)
• Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology (1988, Vol. 2)
• Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology (1990, Vol. 3)
• Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology (1999, Vol. 4)

Other Student Activities:

• Teaching the Power of Ostracism (Univ. of Sydney/Purdue Univ.)
• Teaching Persuasion Through Fundraising (Harvey Mudd College)
• Self-Esteem Test (from the Discovery Health Channel)
• Social Dilemma: Individual Gain or Common Good? (from the APA)

• SPN Action Teaching Award (information and links)
• Bringing Lessons to Life (APA Monitor on Psychology)
• Are You an Action Teacher? (Psychology Teacher Network)
• Article That Coined the Term "Action Teaching" (PDF)
• Humane Education Resources (preschool through adult learners)
• Putting Social Justice into Psychology Courses (APS Observer)
• Community Service Forms of Action Teaching (APS Observer)

Specific Examples:

• The Day of Compassion (student assignment)
• Responding to Prejudice: A Role-Playing Exercise (class activity)
• Take the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (student assignment)
• Internet-Based Persuasion (student assignment)
• The Election Challenge (student assignment)
• Test Your Native IQ (interactive 10-item web quiz)

2010 Action Teaching Award Recipients:

• Greater Good Web Site (Winner)
• Putting Positive Psychology into Action (Honorable Mention)
• The Psychology of Sustainable Behavior (Honorable Mention)
• Financial Education for Refugees (Honorable Mention)
• Mass Violence and Reconciliation in Rwanda (Honorable Mention)
• Understanding the Dynamics of Jury Trials (Honorable Mention)

2009 Action Teaching Award Recipients:

• Students Reducing Youth Violence (Winner)
• Reducing Conflict by Avoiding Attribution Errors (Honorable Mention)
• Humane Education Resource Center (Honorable Mention)
• The MPG Illusion: Psychology and Climate Change (Honorable Mention)
• The Social Privilege Scavenger Hunt (Honorable Mention)
• Assessing Assumptions About Gender (Honorable Mention)

2008 Action Teaching Award Recipients:

• The Forced Migration Project: A Refugee Shelter Display (Winner)
• Project Implicit Demonstration Site (Honorable Mention)

2007 Action Teaching Award Recipients:

• The International Tsunami Museum (Winner)
• Intersecting Diversities: A Shadow/Role-Play Exercise (Hon. Mention)
• Using Lessons from the Holocaust to Reduce Bullying (Hon. Mention)

2006 Action Teaching Award Recipients:

• Research for Community Action (Winner)
• Teaching the Power of Ostracism (Honorable Mention)
• Teaching Persuasion Through Fundraising (Honorable Mention)

• Day of Compassion Assignment (Wesleyan University)
• Day of Nonconformity Assignment (Wesleyan University)
• Day of Nonviolence Assignment (Wesleyan University)
• Day of Social Justice Assignment (Wesleyan University)
• Norm Violation Assignment (Wesleyan University)
• Research for Community Action (Emerson College)

Paper Topics:

• Create a Research Proposal (University of Calgary, Canada)
• Experimental Social Psychology Projects (Miami University)
• Film Analysis of Social Behavior (University of Michigan)
• Read and Analyze Classic Studies (University of Toledo)
• Studying Racial Bias: Too Hot to Handle? (Binghamton University)
• Internet-Based Persuasion Paper (Wesleyan University)

Journal Entries:

• Social Psychology Journal Assignment (Haverford College)
• Weekly Social Psychology Journal Assignment (University of Michigan)
• Stereotyping and Prejudice Journals (Highline Community College)

Other Assignments:

• Intersecting Diversities: A Shadow/Role-Play Exercise (U. of Florida)
• Random Assignment Assignment (Wesleyan University)
• Conduct an Experiment on Helping (University of Michigan)
• Take the Diet & Lifestyle Choices Interview (Wesleyan University)
• International Tsunami Museum (Western Washington University)
• Using Holocaust Lessons to Reduce Bullying (Bridgewater State Col.)
• Social Norm Assignment (North Central College)
• PsyberSite (web tutorials from Miami University)

• Social Psychology Online Learning Center (Myers 8th, McGraw-Hill)
• Social Psychology Online Learning Center (Franzio 3rd, McGraw-Hill)
• Social Psychology ACE Practice Tests (Brehm 6th, Cengage Learning)
• Social Psychology Chapter Quizzes (Brehm 5th, University of Toledo)
• Self-Quiz on Social Psychology (Psych Web)

Essay Questions:

• Essay Questions Analyzing an Experiment (Tulane University)
• Comprehensive Exam in Social Psychology (California State University)
• Questions for Exam 1, Exam 2, and Exam 3 (North Central College)
• Social Psychology Essay Questions (University of Canberra)
• Social Psychology of Religion (Georgia Southern University)

Classroom Examinations:

• Research Methods in Social Cognition (Tulane University)

• Tips on Taking Multiple-Choice Tests (from Social Psychology Network)
• Study Guides and Strategies (from the University of St. Thomas)
• Test-Taking Tip Sheets (from the University of Chicago)
• Ten Tips for Test Taking (from the University of Dayton)

Social Psychology Glossaries:

• Social Psychology Glossary (from University of Richmond)

Writing Guides:

• Psychology with Style: A Hypertext Writing Guide (by M. Plonsky)
• Writing the Empirical Journal Article (by Daryl Bem)
• APA Style Essentials (by Douglas Degelman & Martin Lorenzo Harris)
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers (from Capital Community College)
• APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet (by Russ Dewey)
• The Elements of Style (by William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White)

Citation Guides:

• Citation Styles Handbook: APA Format (from the University of Illinois)
• APA Electronic Reference Formats (from the APA)

Research Tools and Tips:

• Web-Based Reference Tools (from Social Psychology Network)
• Psychology Databases (from Social Psychology Network)
• Refdesk.com (extensive research and reference links)

• Stanley Milgram Media (including his Obedience documentary)
• Basic Instincts (ABC Primetime Milgram replication)
• Quiet Rage (on the Stanford Prison Experiment)
• A Class Divided (on the "blue eyed/brown eyed" exercise)
• Blue Eyed (updates on the "blue eyed/brown eyed" exercise)
• The Abilene Paradox (on how to manage agreement)
• Discovering Psychology (26-part PBS series and telecourse)
• BBC Prison Study (TV program and associated resources)
• Documentaries on Prejudice (links to major film distributors)

Web-Based Instruction:

• Web-Based Instruction Resources (annotated list)
• Tips on Creating and Maintaining an Educational Web Site (ToP article)
• Hot Potato (software for creating interactive web exercises and tests)
• Additional Exercise- and Quiz-Building Software (extensive list)

Academic Integrity:

• International Center for Academic Integrity (membership organization)
• European Network for Academic Integrity (membership organization)
• Plagiarism.org (comprehensive anti-plagiarism website with videos)
• Plagiarism Today (news, blogs, videos, and more)
• School for Ethical Education (promotes student character development)

Advising Resources:

• Online Psychology Career Center (from Social Psychology Network)
• Psychology: Careers for the 21st Century (from the APA)
• Frequently Asked Career Questions (from Social Psychology Network)
• Is Psychology for Them? A Guide to Undergraduate Advising (APA book)
• What Is a Personality/Social Psychologist? (from SPSP)

Minority Student Resources:

• SPN Mentorship Program (Social Psychology Network)
• Diversity Resources and Programs (SPN Psychology Career Center)
• SPSP Diversity Fund (Society for Personality and Social Psychology)
• APA Minority Fellowship Program (American Psychological Association)

Additional Resources:

• Links to Social Psychology Topics (from Social Psychology Network)
• Psi Chi Links (information on the national honors society in psychology)
• Research in Action (psychology applications in daily life)
• Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum (APA report)
• National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula (APA report)
• ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center (U.S. government site)
• Videos in Psychology: A Resource Directory (APA book)