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  1. Studying Groups: SYMLOG Questionnaires (http://www.indiana.edu/~socpsy/public_files/SYMLOG/FRAME.htm) - developed by David Heise and adapted from Robert Bales' SYMLOG Case Study Kit, these online
    questionnaires can be used to "measure the behavior of group members whom you have observed, and also your perceptions of the way you behave in various settings, and your subjective attitudes about your own behavior" - data can be entered online and a graph of results can be produced online as well.

  2. Center for the Study of Work Teams (http://www.workteams.unt.edu/) - articles, research projects and links on work teams

  3. The Andes Survivors (http://www.has.vcu.edu/group/alivex.htm) - description and resources related to true story of airplane survivors - good for the study of many group processes

  4. Failed Everest Expedition (http://www.has.vcu.edu/group/thinair.htm) - Don Forsyth has pulled together a few resources that tell this 1996 story captured in the book Into Thin Air.

  5. Deindividuation: Rape accounts from Woodstock '99 (http://www.salon.com/ent/log/1999/07/29/rape/)

  6. Groupthink framework (http://choo.fis.utoronto.ca/FIS/Courses/LIS2149/Groupthink.html) - graphical depiction of theoretical framework of groupthink

  7. "The Dynamogenic Factors in Pacemaking and Competition" (http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Triplett/index.htm) - classic article (1897) by Norman Triplett on bicycle racing and social facilitation

  8. "'To Serve the People': The Black Panther Party's Struggle for Social Change" (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/panthers/) - From the California Heritage Project of the University of California, Berkeley Library, and the Urban Dreams Project, this site documents the history, ideas and struggles of the Black Panther Party.

Cults

  1. F.A.C.T.Net.org (http://www.factnet.org/) - F.A.C.T.Net (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network) "focuses on protecting freedom of mind from harms caused by all forms of mind control and unethical influence" - lots of information and resources on cults, scientology and attempts at mind control

  2. "Cult Status" (http://www.citypages.com/databank/22/1092/article9923.asp) - very interesting first-person account of someone who joined a cult-like group [added 12/2/02]

  3. Cult group controversies (http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/cultsect.htm) - extensive resources on "brainwashing" and other aspects of cults - from the Religious Movements Page [added 3/6/02]

The Jonestown Massacre

  1. An Analysis of Jonestown (http://www.guyana.org/features/jonestown.html)
    An indepth review and analysis of the psychological factors leading up to the massacre

  2. Timeline: From Jim Jones' birth to day of massacre
    (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/17/jonestown.timeline.ap/index.html)

  3. Jonestown Resources: National Public Radio
    (http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1509317.html) - Thissite provides audio of stories about the event, an interview with a survivor, images of the massacre, review of the events and more.

  4. More Jonestown Resources: Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University (http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/) - The Department has created a website entitled, "Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple," which provides a 25th anniversary review, personal reflections, tape transcripts and more.







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