Pamphlets and Reprints

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Practical, how-to suggestions based on psychological research.

"Moral Judgment and Attitudes Toward Authority of
Political Resisters"
by Sharon Presley, Ph.D.
Reprinted from Journal of Research in Personality
17pp. $2.00

An article based on Dr. Presley's Ph.D. dissertation research on personal factors influencing resistance, it compares political resisters (draft registration, tax, anti-nuclear resisters, anarchists, libertarians) to conventional political activists.

Critical Thinking about Authority set:Three Publication Set $1.00

1. "Resisting Mind Control" by Susan Anderson and Philip Zimbardo (Reprinted from USA Today Magazine)

Practical, how-to suggestions based on psychological research.

2. "Positive Things You Can Do to Be Less Vulnerable to Influence and Authority" by Sharon Presley, Ph.D. RIT 2pp.

Practical suggestions derived from psychological research (supplements "Resisting Mind Control").

3. "How to Avoid Being Manipulated, Bamboozled and Seduced by Experts and Authorities: Questions to Ask Yourself about Authority" by Sharon Presley, Ph.D. RIT 4pp.

Includes a series of suggestions and questions that will help you think critically about authority and experts that are based on what psychologists know about the factors that influence people to obey authority. Techniques for dealing critically with experts and authorities based on the book, They're Smarter Than They Make you Feel by Paula Caplan is also included.

Includes the following items described above: "Resisting Mind Control," Presley Reprint, Book Bibliography, "Positive Things", "How to Avoid", and a copy of Issue #1 of Independent Thinking Review ("Critical Thinking about Authority") in a folder.