Bibliography

On this page I will keep a running list of the resources I utilize. I want to maintain current, annotated bibliographic references (which are to be typed in an //italicized// font) to the resources I will be citing as I progress with my research and typing. If I do not understand how to do annotations, I will read the resource How to Annotate a Bibliography.

1. "Social Perception/ Attribution". __Lecture 04- Social Psych__. [|www.nd.edu/] March 2 2010. http;//www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc530/attribution.html.

This source helped me by breaking down the very broad topic of social perception/ attribution in several subtopics, and supplying me with an example of each subtopic. the examples were espically helpful, because this source was the only source to do that- be the examples real or made up.

2. "Vygotsky and Social Cognition". Funderstanding.com. [|www.funderstanding.com] March 1 2010. []

This source helped me very much because it introduced me to Vygotsky, who was a leader in the studinig of social cogniton. It helped me understand how social perception/cognition effects not only adults, people in the real world, but children in school as well, which is what the srticle was mainly about.

3. "Social Cognition". Sceince Reference. __ScienceDaily.com__. March 2 2010. []l.

This scource helped me because it gave me a very simple, direct overview of social cogniton. It defined it, it showed me exactly how it effects people, all in a few pages. It was an excellent overview for me when I first stared learning abou tmy topic.

4. "Social Cognition". Educational Psychology: Interactive Courses. __Edpsyinteractive.org.__ []

This topic was helpful not only because it defined social cogniton for me, but it also gave me dozens of useful resouces for me to reference later and use when my topic becomes more specific.

5. "Social perception". LearNet Tutorials. __LearNet.__ March 2 2010 []

This source was very useful because it showed me how people with abnormally working brains act in the field of social perception; how they precieve actions socailly. It opened a possibel allyway for me to take my project, as well as attacked the project from another angle.

6. "Understanding Mental Health: What is Group Polarization?" __Associated Content__. Feb 20 2008. Health & Wellness. March 8, 2010. []

This source really helped me nail down exactly what group polarization is. It defined it, gave me some simple examples from varius extremes and basically outlined the whole idea for me. It was breif, though did not leave much out. Definitly a great overview source.

7. Lloyd, Tracy. "The Process od Deindividuation." __Suite101.com__ December 9, 2009. Social Therapy. March 8, 2010. []

This csource gave me an overview of the process of deindividuation. It not only defined the idea for me, but explained how something like this can happen. It also stressed how this can happen to any group, not just a cult or a military group. It explaned that this ais a process that ultimatly diffues responsiblity, much like the bystander effect, and causes the individual to think of not himself, but of the group, first.

8. "The Need for: Conformity." __ChangingMinds.org.__ Macrh 8 2010. []

This source explained how and why we as a society need conformity. it explained how conformity applies to every group, not just "the mainstream". It defined conformity for me and simply explained the overarching idea for me.