Analyzing
Social Interaction
(http://php.indiana.edu/~heise/Download.html)
A webpage by sociologist David Heise which discusses Affect Control
Theory (controlling our emotions in public settings), event structure
analysis (how we link events from one to the next), and some
different affect models that he has developed.
Attribution
Theory
(http://www.orst.edu/instruct/theory/attrib.html)
Lecture notes on Heider's conceptualization of attribution
theory.
Attribution:
Inference and Explanation
(http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bfmalle/sp/L4.html)
Lecture notes on attribution theory. See also his graduate course
lecture notes on this topic.
(http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bfmalle/issues/L6.html)
Attribution
Theory and Achievement
(http://www.cmhcsys.com/psyhelp/chap4/chap4k.htm)
An article that talks about underachievement from an attributional
point of view.
Attribution
Theory
(http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/attrib.htm)
Focuses on the theory, its influence on children, and everyday
applicability.
Why
Ask Why: Patterns and Themes of Causal Attribution in the Workplace
(http://vega.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v33n4/jite-v33n4.brown.html)
A research article on causal attribution in the workplace.
Nonverbal
Communication: A Test
(http://westwords.com/GUFFEY/nonvrb.html)
A short true or false test to check how well you can interpret
non-verbal cues.
Nonverbal
Communication: Cultural Misunderstandings
(http://www.virtualtimes.com/writers/ueda/thenon.htm)
Learning the language isn't always enough; not controlling your
nonverbal behavior can hinder and confuse communication when
Americans interact with Japanese, and vice versa. Find out some of
the subtle, but important, differences.
Exploring Nonverbal
Communication
(http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer/)
This page introduces the topic of nonverbal communication and gives
you a chance to try to guess the meaning of some REAL nonverbal
communication through pictures.
Intergroup
Bias in American Culture
(http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~shermarc/p324bias.htmlx)
This article by Kelley Guenther, Benjamin Krieger, Kelly Underwood
explores how intergroup bias is formed and what its function is in
American culture, including political, urban, and academic
spectrums.
Person
Perception
(http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bfmalle/sp/L3.html)
Lecture notes on perceiving people and our perceptual
biases.
Social
Perception: Understanding Others
(http://rock.uwc.edu/psych/psy330/outlines/socpercpt.htm)
Detailed lecture notes on perceiving others, including attribution
theory (correspondence inference theory and covariation theory),
nonverbal behavior and impression management.