Resource Key
LEVEL 1
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Databases
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World Book Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Online version of the complete reference work along with dictionary, atlas, links, magazines, historical documents, audio, video, images, and 3D photograph
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Britannica Schools This link opens in a new window Britannica School covers the core subject areas of English, Maths, Science and History. Interactive lessons, activities, games, stories, worksheets, manipulatives, study guides and research tools.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window Scholarly resources on JSTOR include Archival and Current Journals, Books, and Primary Sources.
Introduction
Welcome to the Social Psychology research guide. This guide was created for Year 12 students studying the social psychological factors that influenced people’s choices in the context of the Holocaust.
Holocaust
Experts from across the globe illuminate what it took to systematically implement the destruction of millions of people and the remnants of the Holocaust are shed under a new light as the viewer is shown the lengths taken to engineer evil.
1.Holocaust, Jewish, 1939-1945 ; 2. Antisemitism - History ; 3. Jews - Persecution ; 4. World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities ; 4. Germany - History - 1933-1949
Search Strategies
Add keywords related to the topic; e.g. psychology, nonverbal communication, culture.
Use AND/OR/NOT between keywords; e.g. psychology and nonverbal communication not depression.
Use quotations around terms for exact searches e.g. “social psychology” and “nonverbal communication”
Use a wildcard* for word variants e.g. non*verbal = non verbal, non-verbal and nonverbal.
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Social Psychology
CrashCourse. (2014, November 11). Social psychology. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxGDdQnC1Y
Social Psychology
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AllPsych. (2015). Psych central's virtual classroom. Retrieved from http://allpsych.com/
AllPsych is one of the largest and most comprehensive psychology websites, referenced by hundreds of colleges and universities around the world. -
Alleydog. (n.d.). Social psychology online glossary. Retrieved from http://www.alleydog.com/topics/social-psychology.php#.VZSuxBOqqko
The website defines Social Psychology and explores key theorists.
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APS. (n.d.) Ethics. Retrieved from http://www.psychology.org.au/about/ethics/
The Australian Psychological Society's Code of Ethics was developed to safeguard the welfare of consumers of psychological services and the integrity of the profession.
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Britt, M. (2015). The psych files. Retrieved from http://www.thepsychfiles.com/category/topics/social-psychology/
This website includes podcasts, apps and other resources on social psychology.
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Psychology Press. (n.d.). Social psychology. Retrieved from http://psypress.co.uk/smithandmackie/resources/chapter.asp?ch=01
Social psychology studies the effects of construction of reality and cognitive processes on the way individuals perceive, influence, and relate to others in order to understand the social behavior of individuals. This is done in a systematic way, using scientific methods, constructed with the awareness of possible error.
Holocaust
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Holocaust Encyclopedia. (n.d.). Introduction to the Holocaust. Retrieved from https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.
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Memorial Museum. (n.d.). Holocaust causes and motivations. Retrieved from https://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust/ethical-leaders/background/causes-and-motivations
The Holocaust involved people in different roles and situations living in countries across Europe over a period of time—from Nazi Germany in the 1930s to German-occupied Hungary in 1944—one broad explanation regarding motivation, for example, “antisemitism or “fear,” clearly cannot fit all. In addition, usually a combination of motivations and pressures were in play. Interpretations of individuals’ motivations fall into two broad categories: first, cultural explanations (including ideology and antisemitism); and second, social-psychological ones (fear, opportunism, pressures to conform and the like).