You must have javascript enabled to view this website. Please change your browser preferences to enable javascript, and reload this page.
Internet Connections (See related pages) Self-determination theory (http://www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/index.html ) - A site from Edward Deci et al. on their motivational theory: It includes an overview, bibliography, discussion of the reward controversy (overjustification effect), related scales that can be downloaded and more.Self-efficacy resources (http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/self-efficacy.html ) - a great place to start on self-efficacy - a "pastime" of Frank Pajares, this sites contains articles about and by Albert Bandura on social cognitive theory and self-efficacy, video clips and photos, related measures, ongoing research and more"Race and self-esteem " (http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/02/black_self_esteem/ ) - article (2000) in Salon magazine "The Self in scientific psychology" (http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Calkins/self.htm ) - classic article from Mary Whiton Calkins (1915)"The Social Self" (http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Mead/socialself.htm ) - classic article by George Herbert Mead (1913)International Society for Self and Identity (http://www.psych.neu.edu/ISSI/ ) – The Society pages contain some useful information on the self including a large set of abstracts on relevant research.Self-concept (http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/spd110td/interper/self/self.html ) – Investigate a variety of perspectives and approaches to thinking about the self at this site. "The Happiness Formula" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/ ) - A BBC program has an extensive accompanying website with lots of video and other good resources on happiness. Even take a happiness test."Don't tell me, I don't want to know" http://www.mba.yale.edu/news_events/CMS/Articles/5598.shtml ) - "Yale School of Management study finds people actively avoid medical diagnoses for illnesses perceived as severe, untreatable"Search for self in the brain (http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060211/bob9.asp ) - Is the right hemisphere responsible for creating a sense of self? Is sense of self an illusion? An interesting article from ScienceNews .Flawed self-assessment (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/index.cfm?journal=pspi&content=pspi/5_3 ) - latest installment from Psychological Science in the Public Interest - a series of good articles on "Flawed self-assessment: Implications for health, education, and the workplace""Exploding the self-esteem myth" (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000CB565-F330-11BE-AD0683414B7F0000 ) - a featured article in the January 2005 issue of Scientific American by Roy Baumeister et al.The forgotten origins of the self-serving bias (http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/origins.htm ) – How long have people been exhibiting the self-serving bias? This "report" may surprise you.