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  1. "Leon Festinger: Lunch with Leon" (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2006.t01-3-.x?cookieSet=1#article) - a fascinating essay by Michael Gazzinaga about his many encounters and conversations with Leon Festinger - published in the Perspectives on Psychological Science.

  2. Attitude change (http://chiron.valdosta.edu/mawhatley/7670/activity/attitude.htm) - a few activities and discussion questions

  3. Theory of Planned Behavior (http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~aizen/index.html) - Icek Aizen makes available on his site an explanation of the theory of planned behavior (in a nice, graphical, interactive format) as well as access to a number of his articles.

  4. 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

  5. CensusScope (http://www.censusscope.org/) - easy and well organized way to search through the 2000 U.S. Census data, with charts, maps and rankings

  6. Polling Data (http://www.pollingreport.com/index.html) - PollingReport.com states that it is "an independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion." You can find an extensive collection of polling results on a variety of topics here, and it is kept current.

  7. Survey Research Center (http://www.wws.princeton.edu/psrc/) - from Princeton University - links to a considerable amount of survey and poll data and other related resources

  8. World Values Survey (http://www.worldvaluessurvey.com/)
    "The World Values Survey is a worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change. It is conducted by a network of social scientist at leading universities all around world. The survey is performed on nationally representative samples in almost 80 societies on all six inhabited continents. A total of four waves have been carried since 1981 allowing accurate comparative analysis." Findthe questionnaires used. Data sets are available for analysis, even some online analysis.

  9. The yo-yo trap (http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/14/pf/autos/yoyo/index.htm?cnn=yes)
    Here is an interesting example of low-balling.

  10. A blog on analyzing polling data (http://politicalarithmetik.blogspot.com/) - "Political arithmetik: Where numbers and politics meet" is a blog from Charles Franklin, a professor of political science, in which he explains political bias in polls, the statistical analysis of them, and more. Lots of good examples and very detailed analysis.

  11. Attitude-behavior consistency? Here are three resources that explore this question for the relationship between abstinence pledges and actual behavior.
    "The education of Shelby Knox" (http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2005/shelbyknox/) - In a P.O.V. show on PBS, "A self-described 'good Southern Baptist girl,' 15-year-old Shelby Knox of Lubbock, Texas has pledged abstinence until marriage. But she becomes an unlikely advocate for comprehensive sex ed when she finds that Lubbock, where high schools teach abstinence as the only safe sex, has some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy and STDs in the state."

    Abstinence-only education (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/stateevaluations/index.htm) - Report from Advocates for Youth entitled "Five years of abstinence-only-until-marriage education: Assessing the impact"

    Abstinence-only education (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/whitepaper06142005-2.cfm) - An opposing view on the above issue from The Heritage Foundation in this report entitled "Adolescent virginity pledges and risky sexual behaviors" -- Here is the research article (http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/people/downloads/after_the_promise.pdf) to which this report is responding.





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