Books:

• Williams, K. D. (2001). Ostracism: The power of silence.  New York, NY: Guilford Publications

Edited Books:

• Forgas, J. P., Kruglanski, A., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (in press). Social conflict and aggression. NY: Psychology Press.
• Williams, K. D., Forgas, J. P., & von Hippel, W. (Eds). (2005). The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. NY: Psychology Press.
• Brewer, N., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (2005). Psychology and law: An empirical perspective. New York, NY: Guilford Publications.
• Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & von Hippel, W. (2004). Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes. London: Cambridge University Press.
• Forgas, J. P.,  Williams, K. D., & Von Hippel, W. (Eds.) (2003). Social judgments: Implicit and explicit processes. London: Cambridge University Press. London: Cambridge University Press.
• Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (2002). The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal and intergroup perspectives. New York: The Psychology Press.
• Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D. (Eds.) (2001). Social influence: Direct and indirect process. Philadelphia: The Psychology Press.
• Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & Wheeler, L. (Eds.) (2001). The social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of interpersonal behavior. London: Cambridge University Press.

• Wirth, J. H., Feldberg, F., Schouten, K., van den Hooff, B., & Williams, K. (in press). Using virtual game environments to study group behavior. In A. B. Hollingshead & M. S. Poole (Eds.), Research methods for studying groups: A behind-the-scenes guide. NY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
• Wesselmann, E. D., & Williams, K. D. (in press). Ostracism and stages of coping. In C. N. DeWall (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of social exclusion. New York: Oxford Press.
• Wesselmann, E. D., & Williams, K. D. (in press). Ostracism and aggression. In J. Forgas, A. Kruglanski, & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Social conflict and aggression. New York: Psychology Press.
• Wesselmann, E. D., & Williams, K. D. (in press). Ostracism in Cyberspace: Being ignored and excluded on the Internet. In Birchmeier, Z., Dietz-Uhler, B, and Stasser, G. (Eds.), Strategic Use of Technology. New York: Cambridge.
• Chen, Z., & Williams, K. D. (2010). Social pain is easily relived and prelived, but physical pain is not. In G. MacDonald & L. A. Jensen-Campbell (Eds.), Social pain: Neuropsychological and health implications of loss and exclusion (pp. 161-177). Washington, D.C.: APA.
• Williams, K. D., Chen, Z., & Wegener, D. (2010). A need-threat analysis of persuasion. In J. Cooper, W. Crano, & J. P. Forgas (Eds.), The psychological of attitudes and attitude change (pp. 199-213). New York: The Psychology Press.
• Chen, Z., Law, A. T., & Williams, K. D. (2010). The uncertainty of ostracism. In R. M. Arkin, K. C. Oleson, & P. J. Carroll (Eds.), The uncertain self: A handbook of perspectives from social and personality psychology (pp. 291-302). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Williams, K. D., & Carter-Sowell, A. R. (2009). Marginalization through social ostracism: Effects of being ignored and excluded. In F. Butera & J. Levine (eds.), Coping with minority status: Responses to exclusion and inclusion (pp. 104-122). London: Cambridge University Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Nida, S. A. (2009). Is ostracism worse than bullying? In M. Kern (Ed.), Bullying, rejection, and peer victimization: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective (pp. 279-296). New York: Springer.
• Lustenberger, D. E., & Williams, K. W. (2009). Ostracism in organizations. In J. Greenberg and M. S. Edwards (Eds.), Voice and silence in organizations (pp. 245-274). Bingley, UK: Emerald.
• Zadro, L., Arriaga, X. B., & Williams, K. D. (2008). Relational ostracism. In J. P. Forgas & J. Fitness (Eds.), Social relationships: Cognitive, affective, and motivational processes (pp. 305-320). NY: Psychology Press.
• Spoor, J., & Williams, K. D. (2007). The evolution of an ostracism detection system. In J. P. Forgas, M. Haselton, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), The evolution of the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and social cognition (pp. 279-292). NY: Psychology Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2005). Ostracism: The indiscriminate early detection system. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds.) The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pp. 19-34). NY: Psychology Press.
• Williams, K. D., Forgas, J. P., von Hippel, W., & Zadro, L. (2005). The social outcast: An overview. In K. D. Williams, J. P. Forgas, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying (pp. 1-16).. NY: Psychology Press.
• Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & Laham, S. M. (2004). Social motivation: Introduction and overview. In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & S. M. Laham (Eds.), Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes (pp. 1-20). NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Warburton, W. A.. (2004). Ostracism: When competing motivations collide. In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes (pp. 294-313). London: Cambridge University Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Govan, C. L. (2004). Reacting to ostracism: Retaliation or reconciliation? In D. Abrams, J. Marques, & M. Hogg. (Eds.). The social psychology of inclusion and exclusion. Philadelphia: The Psychology Press.
• Case, T. I., & Williams, K. D. (2004). Ostracism: A metaphor for death. In J. Greenberg, S. L. Koole, & T. Pyszczynski (Eds.), Handbook of experimental existential psychology (pp. 336-351). New York: Guilford Press.
• Williams, K. D., Harkins, S. G., & Karau, S. J. (2003). Social performance. In M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.). Handbook of social psychology (pp. 328-346). London: Sage Publications.
• Williams, K. D., Case, T. I., & Govan, C. L. (2003). Impact of ostracism on social judgments and decisions.In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Social judgments: Implicit and explicit processes (pp. 325-342). London: Cambridge University Press.
• Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & von Hippel, W. (2003). Responding to the social world: Explicit and implicit processes in social judgments. In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Social judgments: Implicit and explicit processes (pp. 1-20). London: Cambridge University Press.
• Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D. (2002). The social self: Introduction and overview. In J. P. Forgas & K. D. Williams (Eds.), The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal, and intergroup perspectives (pp. 1-20). New York: The Psychology Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Karau, S. J. (2001). Social psychology of group productivity. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. London: Elsevier.
• Forgas, J. P., & Williams, K. D. (2001). Social influence processes. In J. Forgas & K. Williams (Eds.), Social influence processes: Direct and indirect influences. New York: The Psychology Press.
• Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & Wheeler, L. (2001). The social mind. In J. Forgas, K. Williams, & L. Wheeler (Eds.), The social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of interpersonal behavior. New York: Cambridge Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Dolnik, L. (2001). Revealing the worst first: Stealing thunder as a social influence strategy. In J. Forgas & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Social influence processes: Direct and indirect influences (pp. 213-231). New York: The Psychology Press. [also appearing in V. Hale Starr interviewing Kipling D. Williams and Lara Dolnik "Trial strategy" "Stealing Thunder": When it works and when it doesn't, in The Trial Lawyer, 23 (6), November-December, 425-429.]
• Williams, K. D., Wheeler, L., & Harvey, J. (2001). Inside the social mind of the ostracizer. In J. Forgas, K. Williams, & L. Wheeler (Eds.), The social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of interpersonal behavior  (pp. 294- 320). New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Zadro, L. (2001). Ostracism: On being ignored, excluded and rejected. In M. R. Leary (Ed.), Interpersonal rejection (pp. 21-53). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Karau, S. J., & Williams, K. D. (2001). Understanding individual motivation in groups: The Collective Effort Model. In M. E. Turner (Ed.), Groups at work: Advances in theory and research (pp. 113-141). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Giaquinto, A., Edwardson, M., Williams, K., & Wheeler, L. (1999). The dimensions of attractiveness in womensâ magazines: How different attractiveness types position your brand. In R. Speetzen (Ed). Strategic publishing: Looking to the future. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: ESOMAR/FIPP Publishing Conference.
• Williams, K.D. (1997). Social ostracism. In R. M. Kowalski (Ed.), Aversive interpersonal behaviors (pp. 133-170). New York: Plenum.
• Williams, K. D., Jackson, J. M., & Karau, S. J. (1995). Collective hedonism: A social loafing analysis of social dilemmas. In D. A. Schroeder (Ed.), Social dilemmas: Perspectives on individuals and groups, (pp. 117-142). New York: Praegger Press.
• Williams, K. D., & Loftus, E. F. (1994). Eyewitness testimony. In V. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, NY: Academic Press.
• Williams, K. D., Karau, S. J., & Bourgeois, M. J. (1993). Working on collective tasks: Social loafing and social compensation (pp. 130-148). In M. Hogg & D. Abrams (Eds.), Group motivation: Social psychological perspectives. Herts, England: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.
• Williams, K. D., Loftus, E. F., & Deffenbacher, K. A. (1991). Eyewitness evidence and testimony (pp. 141-166). In D. K. Kagehiro & W. S. Laufer (Eds.), The Handbook of Psychology and Law. New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Williams, K. B., & Williams, K. D. (1983). A social impact perspective on the social inhibition of help seeking. In B. M. DePaulo, A. Nadler, & J. D. Fisher (Eds.), New directions in helping, Vol. 2: Help-seeking. NY: Academic Press.

• Sacco, D., Wirth, J. H., Hugenberg, K., Chen, Z., & Williams, K. D. (in press). The world in black and white: Ostracism enhances the categorical perception of social information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
• Williams, K. D., & Nida, S. A. (in press). Ostracism: Consequences and coping. Current Directions in Psychological Science.
• Van Beest, I., & Williams, K. D. (in press). “Why hast thou forsaken me?”: The effect of thinking about being ostracized by God on well-being and prosocial behavior. Social Psychology and Personality Science.
• Van Beest, I., Williams, K. D., & van Dijk, E. (in press). Cyberbomb: Effects of being ostracized from a death game. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
• Prislin, R., Sawicki, V., & Williams, K. D. (in press). New majorities' abuse of power: Effects of perceived control and social support. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
• Hawkley, L. C., Williams, K. D., & Cacioppo, J. T. (in press). Responses to ostracism across adulthood. Social, Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience.
• Wirth, J. H., Lynam, D. R., & Williams, K. D. (in press). When social pain isn’t automatic: Personality disorder traits buffer ostracism’s immediate negative impact. Journal of Personality Research.
• Williams, K. D. (2011). The pain of exclusion. Scientific American Mind, January/February, 30-37.
• Wesselmann, E. D., Butler, F. A., Williams, K. D., & Pickett, C. L. (2010). Adding injury to insult: Unexpected rejection leads to more aggressive responses. Aggressive Behavior, 35, 1-6.
• Goodwin, S. A., Williams, K. D., & Carter-Sowell, A. R. (2010). The psychological sting of stigma: The costs of attributing ostracism to racism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 612-618.
• Williams, K. D. (2010). Dyads can be groups (and often are). Small Group Research, 41, 268-274.
• Wesselmann, E. D., & Williams, K. D. (2010). The potential balm of religion and spirituality for recovering from ostracism. Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion, 7, 29-45.
• Carter-Sowell, A. R., Wesselmann, E. D., Wirth, J. H., Law, A. T., Williams, K. D., Chen, Z., Kosasih, M. W., & van der Lee, R. (2010). Strides for belonging trump strides for superiority: Effects of being ostracized for being superior or inferior to the others. Journal of Individual Psychology, 66, 68-92.
• DeWall, C. N., Twenge, J. M., Bushman, B. J., Im, C., & Williams, K. D. (2010). A little acceptance goes a long way: Applying social impact theory to the rejection-aggression link. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 168-174.
• Wirth, J., Sacco, D. F., Hugenberg, K. & Williams, K. D. (2010). Eye gaze as relational evaluation: Averted eye gaze leads to feelings of ostracism and relational devaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 869-882.
• Jamieson, J., Harkins, S. G., & Williams, K. D. (2010). Need-threat can motivate performance after ostracism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 690-702.
• Sebastian, C., Viding, E., Williams, K. D., & Blakemore, S. J. (2010). Social brain development and the affective consequences of ostracism in adolescence. Brain & Cognition, 72, 134-145.
• Wesselmann, E. D., Bagg, D., & Williams, K. D. (2009). "I feel your pain”: The effects of observing ostracism on the ostracism detection system. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1308-1311.
• Williams, K. D. (2009). Ostracism: A temporal need-threat model. In M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 41, (pp. 279-314). NY: Academic Press.
• Jones, E. E., Carter-Sowell, A. R., Kelly, J. R., & Williams, K. D. (2009). What you don't know can hurt: Effects of being out of the loop. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12, 157-174.
• Wirth, J. H., & Williams, K. D. (2009). “They don't like our kind": Consequences of being ostracized while possessing a group membership. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 12, 111-127.
• Carter-Sowell, A. R., Chen, Z., & Williams, K. D. (2008). Ostracism increases social susceptibility. Social Influence, 3. 143-153.
• Williams, K. D. (2008). Ostracism: Effects of being ignored and excluded. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 398.
• Chen, Z., Williams, K. D., Fitness, J., & Newton, N. (2008). When hurt won't heal: Exploring the capacity to relive social and physical pain. Psychological Science, 19, 789-795.
• Oaten, M. R., Williams, K. D., Jones, A., & Zadro, L. (2008). The effects of ostracism on self-regulation in the socially anxious. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 471-504.
• Jones, E. E., Williams, K. D., & Brewer, N. (2008). “I had a confidence epiphany!": Obstacles to combating post-identification confidence inflation. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 164-176.
• Williams, K. D. (2007). Ostracism: The kiss of social death. Compass: Social and Personality Psychology, 1, 236-247.
• Williams, K. D., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2007). The pain of social ostracism. Interpersonal Acceptance, 1 (2), 2-3.
• Gonsalkorale, K., & Williams, K. D. (2007). The KKK won’t let me play: Ostracism even by a despised outgroup hurts. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 1176-1185.
• Williams, K. D. (2007). Ostracism. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 425-452.
• Knack, J. M., Chen, Z., Williams, K. D., & Jensen-Campbell, L. A. (2006). Opportunities and challenges for studying disaster survivors. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 175-189.
• Van Beest, I., & Williams, K. D. (2006). When inclusion costs and ostracism pays, ostracism still hurts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 918-928.
• Howard, M. V. A., Brewer, N., & Williams, K. D. (2006). How processing resources shape the influence of stealing thunder on mock-juror verdicts. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 13, 60-66.
• Williams, K. D., & Jarvis, B. (2006). Cyberball: A program for use in research on ostracism and interpersonal acceptance. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 38, 174-180.
• Zadro, L., & Williams, K. D. (2006). How do you teach the power of ostracism? Evaluating the Train Ride demonstration. Social Influence, 1, 1-24.
• Global Deception Research Team (of which I am the 92nd author). (2006). A world of lies. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 37, 60-74.
• Warburton, W. A., Williams, K. D., & Cairns, D. R. (in press). When ostracism leads to aggression: The moderating effects of control deprivation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
• Williams, K. D., & Nida, S. A. (2005). Obliviously ostracizing singles. Psychological Inquiry, 16, 127-130.
• Williams, K. D., & Gerber, J. (in press). Ostracism: The making of the ignored and excluded mind. Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, xx, xxx-xxx.
• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2005). Riding the “O” train: Comparing the effects of ostracism and verbal dispute on targets and sources. Group Processes and Interpersonal Relations, 8, 125-143.
• Smith, A., & Williams, K. D. (2004). R U There? Effects of ostracism by cell phone messages. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 8, 291-301.
• Zadro, L., Williams, K. D., & Richardson, R. (2004). How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer lowers belonging, control, self-esteem, and meaningful existence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 560-567.
• Eisenberger, N. I., Lieberman, M. D., & Williams, K. D. (2003). Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion. Science, 302, 290-292..
• Govan, C. L., & Williams, K. D. (2004). Changing the affective valence of the stimulus items influences the IAT by re-defining the category labels. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 357-365.
• Williams, K. D., & Warburton, W. A. (2004). Ostracism: A form of indirect aggression that can result in aggression. International Review of Social Psychology, 16, 101-126.
• Dolnik, L., Case, T. I., & Williams, K. D. (2003). Stealing thunder as a courtroom tactic revisited: Processes and boundaries. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 265-285.
• Williams, K. D., Govan, C. L., Croker, V., Tynan, D., Cruickshank, M., & Lam, A. (2002). Investigations into Differences Between Social- and Cyberostracism. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, 6, 65-77. 
• Oliver, K., Zadro, L., Huon, G., & Williams, K. (2001). The role of interpersonal stress in overeating among high and low disinhibitors. Eating Behaviors, 2, 19-26.
• Sommer, K. L., Williams, K. D., Ciarocco, N. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (2001). Explorations into the intrapsychic and interpersonal consequences of social ostracism. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 23, 227-245.
• Karau, S. J., Markus, M. J., & Williams, K. D. (2001). On the elusive search for motivation gains in groups: Insights from the collective effort model. Special issue on ãMotivation Gains in Groupsä in Zeitschrift fuer Sozialpsychologie, 31, 179-190.
• Williams, K. D., Cheung, C. K. T., & Choi, W. (2000). CyberOstracism: Effects of being ignored over the Internet. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 748-762.
• Hogg, M., & Williams, K. D. (2000). From ÎMeâ to ÎWeâ: Social identity and the collective self. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, 4, 81-97.
• Williams, K. D., Bernieri, F., Faulkner, S., Grahe, J., & Gada-Jain, N. (2000). The Scarlet Letter Study: Five days of social ostracism. Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss, 5, 19-63.
• Grahe, J. E., Williams, K. D., Hinsz, V. B. (2000). Teaching experimental methods while bringing smiles to your studentsâ faces. Teaching of Psychology, 27, 108-111.
• Williams, K. D., Shore, W. J., & Grahe, J. E. (1998). The silent treatment: Perceptions of its behaviors and associated feelings. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1, 117-141.
• Karau, S. J., & Williams, K. D. (1997). The effects of group cohesion on social loafing and social compensation. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 1, 156-168. [Reprinted in Milinki, A. K. (2000). A cross section of psychological research (Chapter 10, pp. 50-60). Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing.]
• Williams, K. D., & Sommer, K. L. (1997). Social ostracism by oneâs coworkers: Does rejection lead to loafing or compensation? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 693-706.
• Karau, S. J., & Williams, K. D. (1995). Social loafing: Research findings, implications, and future directions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4, 134-139.
• Karau, S. J., & Williams, K. D. (1993). Social loafing: A meta-analytic review and theoretical integration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 681-706.
• Williams, K. D., Bourgeois, M., & Croyle, R. T. (1993). The effects of stealing thunder in criminal and civil trials. Law and Human Behavior, 17, 597-609.
• Williams, K. D. (1992). Presumed excellent: A review of L. S. Wrightsman (1991), Psychology and the legal system, 2nd Ed. Contemporary Psychology, 37, 302-303.
• Everett, J. J., Smith, R. E., & Williams, K. D. (1992). Effects of team cohesion and identifiability on social loafing in relay swimming performance. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 23, 311-324.
• Williams, K. D., & Karau, S. J. (1991). Social loafing and social compensation: The effects of expectations of coworker performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 570-581.
• Croyle, R. T., & Williams, K. D. (1991). Reactions to medical diagnosis: The role of illness stereotypes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 12, 227-241.
• Williams, K. D. (1990). Change: Now you see it, now you don't: A review of L. Silka (1989), Intuitive judgments of change. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 586-587.
• Williams, K. D., & Williams, K. B. (1989). Impact of source strength on two compliance techniques. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 10, 149-159.
• Williams, K. D., Nida, S. A., Baca, L. D., & Latané, B. (1989). The effects of identifiability on social loafing in swimming. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 10, 73-81.
• Loftus, E. F., Bell, B., & Williams, K. D. (1988). Powerful eyewitness testimony. Trial, 24, 64-66.
• Williams, K. D. (1988). A trickle-down theory of aggression: A review of J. Goldstein (1985), Aggression and crimes of violence. Contemporary Psychology, 23, 147-148.
• Greenberg, J., Williams, K. D., & O'Brien, M. K.  (1986). The effects of judge's instructions of verdict orders on verdict harshness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 41-50.
• Jackson, J. M., & Williams, K. D. (1985). Social loafing on difficult tasks: Working collectively can improve performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 937-942. [Summarized in Psychology Today, January, 1985.]
• Williams, K. B., & Williams, K. D. (1983). Social inhibition and asking for help: The effects of number, strength, and immediacy of potential help-givers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 67-77.
• Williams, K., Harkins, S., & Latané, B. (1981). Identifiability as a deterrent to social loafing: Two cheering experiments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 303-311.
• Harkins, S. G., Latané, B., & Williams, K. (1980). Social loafing: Allocating effort or taking it easy? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 16, 457-465.
• Petty, R. E., Harkins, S. G., & Williams, K. D. (1980). The effects of diffusion of cognitive effort on attitudes: An information processing view. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 81-92.
• Latané, B., Williams, K., & Harkins, S. (1979). Social loafing. Psychology Today, October, 104-106,110. [Nominated as ãbest ofä Psychology Today; chosen in "Top 50"]
• Latané, B., Williams, K., & Harkins, S. (1979). Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 822-832. [Summarized in Time, March 16, 1981, p. 39; reprinted in T. F. Pettijohn (Ed.) (2001). Notable selections in social psychology, 3^rd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill; W. A. Lesko (Ed.) Readings in social psychology: General, classic, and contemporary selections (3^rd edition). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.]
• Petty, R. E., Harkins, S. G., Williams, K. D., & Latané, B. (1977). The effects of group size on cognitive effort and evaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 3, 579-582.
• Petty, R. E., Williams, K. D., Harkins, S. G., & Latané, B. (1977). Social inhibition of helping yourself. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 3, 575-578.
• Mitchell, D., Williams, K. D., & Sutter, J. (1974). Container neophobia as a predictor of preference for earned food by rats. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 4, 182-184.
• Mitchell, D., Scott, D. W., & Williams, K. D. (1973). Container neophobia and the rat's preference for earned food. Behavioral Biology, 9, 613-624.