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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. "Race and self-esteem" (http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/02/black_self_esteem/) - article (2000) in Salon magazine

  4. "The Self in scientific psychology" (http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Calkins/self.htm) - classic article from Mary Whiton Calkins (1915)

  5. "The Social Self" (http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Mead/socialself.htm) - classic article by George Herbert Mead (1913)

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. "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.

  9. "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"

  10. 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.

  11. 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"

  12. "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.

  13. 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.







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