GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY RELATED LINKS
An excellent place to start an exploration of psychology. You can click on the link above to go to the site, or click on a specialized topic below:
| APA Style Resources |
| Careers in Psychology by Marky Lloyd |
| Find Anything by Russ Dewey |
| Journals Armin Guenther's list of psychology journals on the web |
| Megalists Other big psychology-related web sites |
| Mind Tools by James Manktelow |
| Self-Quiz for Introductory Psychology by Russ Dewey |
| Tip Sheets for Psych Majors |
Classics in the History of Psychology. This site contains full-text online articles from the most well-known researcher and theorists in the history of Psychology.
The Virtual Psychology Classroom. This page (AllPsych.com) contains a variety of information related to topic in psychology. This is a great place to start looking for information.
LINKS FOR CRITICAL THINKING IN PSYCHOLOGY
| Backmasking Examples. This is the site I used in class. |
| Backmasking Article. This is a surprisingly good article about the research on backmasking. |
| The Amazing Randi. James Randi is a well-known skeptic. This is full of interesting articles and links on psychic abilites. |
| The Skeptic's Dictionary. A great starting place for skeptical links. |
| Urban Legends. Want to find out if that crazy story you got emailed to you is true or an Urban Legend? Try this site. |
| Skeptic's Society Web Site |
| Skeptic magazine |
| Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. CSICOP encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public |
| Why believe that for which there is no good evidence? This is an interesting article...worth reading. |
LINKS FOR RESEARCH METHODS
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Research Methods website. This site has great information about the various methods we talked about today in class. There are also a number of practice exercises. |
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Correlation Coefficients. This is the page with the graph we used in class. |
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APA Ethical Guidelines. You can view the complete American Psychological Association's ethical guidelines for a variety of situations (i.e. human research, animal research, psychologists) |
LINKS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
Neural Communication:
| Neuroscience for kids. This is a great site with lots of activities. |
| Synapse Web. Provides a detailed look at the synapse, including detailed graphics and definitions. |
| Neuropsychology central This one’s got it all. Homepages, publications, newsletters, forums, and other good stuff. |
| The Neuron and Neurotransmitters. This site contains information about neurotransmission. The site includes a graph of the "Anatomy of a Neuron". |
| Neuropsychology. The Alliance for Lifelong Learning provides resources on a variety of topics, including neuropsychology. |
| Dopamine. This website provides information on how drugs can act directly and indirectly to affect dopamine receptors. |
| Biochemistry. This site contains comprehensive information about neurotransmitters and synaptic transmission. |
| APA Journal of Neuropsychology Abstracts from current issues. |
The Brain:
| Institute for behavioral genetics at Colorado U. has lots of departments, but limited information. |
| Lobes of the Brain. This is a page from Neuroscience for Kids that discusses the lobes of the cerebral cortex. |
| Depression central contains article on heredity vs. environment in depression and other related articles and discussions. |
| The Whole Brain Atlas This site maintained by Harvard Medial school contains a variety of brain scans. |
| The Cerebral Cortex. This site, maintained by the College of Medicine at the University of Florida, discusses the cerebral cortex. The different area s and their functions are discussed in detail. Clinical syndromes associated with damage to the cerebral cortex are also presented. |
| More on the Cerebral Cortex. This website provides an overview of the cerebral cortex and its functions. |
| Brain Model Tutorial. This website gives information about all parts of the brain and their functions. |
| The Brain Research Institute. This site contains a variety on information and research on brain related issues, including states of consciousness and substance use. |
| Jello-Brain Mold. Get it here for only $7.95, recipe is included. |
RESOURCES IN PERCEPTION
| Tutorials in Sensation and Perception. This site contains information about various topics in sensation and perception. |
| Introduction to Perception. This is a website for a psychology course at UC Irvine. It provides an introduction to perception and provides excellent illustrations of many concepts we cover in class. |
| Hall of Illusions. This is a fantastic site if you are interested in exploring perceptual illusions in more depth. |
| Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. CSICOP encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public. |
| What can the paranormal teach us about consciousness? This is a very interesting article, well worth reading. |
| John Edwards: Hustling the Bereaved. CSICOP article about John Edwards. |
| John Edward homepage. |
RESOURCES FOR MEMORY
| Exploratorium: The Memory Exhibition |
| Elizabeth Loftus. Homepage of one the top memory researchers. |
| Eye Witness Testimony in Courts. An article discussing research on eye-witness testimony in court. |
| MindTools . This site contains activities and tools for improving your memory. |
| Mnemonics. This site contains basic information about mnemonics and how to use them to improve your memory. |
RESOURCES FOR COGNITION
| Center for the Neutral Basis of Cognition. CNBC is dedicated to the integration of the sciences of the mind and brain. The site includes research investigating normal processes of the brain as well as disorders of cognition. |
One of the most hotly contested areas of psychology in the last few years has been the reliability of recovered memories. Here are some relevant links:
| The Multiple Personality resource Center argues against the FMSF. FMSF stand for False Memory Syndrome Foundation. |
| Childhood memories Q&A. (http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html) |
RESOURCES FOR INTELLIGENCE
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Queendom. This site has a variety of “pop-psychology” quizzes, including a variety of Intelligence tests. Remember, these online types of IQ tests are just for fun! |
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Binet-Simon Scale. This is a link to the original article published by Binet describing the Binet-Simon Scale |
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Introduction to Intelligence. This website is like an introduction to
Intelligence |
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Intelligence Tests. Test Cafe has a variety of intelligence tests available, including EQ. |
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Emotional Intelligence. On-line bibliography of emotions and emotional intelligence. |
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Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. This website was created by a student in an Intro Psych course as a class project. It provides a basic overview of Gardner's theory. |
RESOURCES IN LEARNING AND CONDITIONING
| Journal of applied behavior analysis contains selected articles on behaviorism and learning from current and past issues, mostly relating to society. A few selected articles from the society for the analysis of behavior. |
| B.F. Skinner foundation, includes and autobiography of skinners life. |
| J. Nichols class on learning This site has links to tons of sites about learning theory, interesting and different sites. |
| An Overview of Behavioral Psychology. This site provides an excellent overview of both classical and operant conditioning. |
Animal training:
| See how animal training at Seaworld is done. |
| Another very good resource, especially on conditioned reinforcement, is Karen Prior's Clicker training website. |
| The Seeing Eye. Learn about how Seeing Eye dogs are trained, right here in Morristown, NJ! |
| Animal Trainers Introduction to Operant and Classical Conditioning. This is an excellent page with information on a number of topics relevant to Theories of Learning. |
RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
| Social Psychology Network |
| Diffusion of responsibility. Article on diffusion of responsibility, and links to a lot of other articles on social influence. |
| Stanford Prison Experiment. Philip Zimbardo’s page about his classic study on obedience. Be sure to check out his homepage to see some of the other work by Zimardo. |
| The Prisoner's Dilemma page on the Constitution Society's web site has lots of links about the classic game theory contest. |
| Cooperation and the Prisoner's Dilemma |
| The Prisoner's Dilemma issue in THE ETHICAL SPECTACLE has several short articles about aspects of the game. |
| The Jonestown Massacre: CIA Mind Control Run Amok? excerpted from 60 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time. The paranoid view of Jonestown. |
| Jonestown: Examining the Peoples Temple kind of rambles but has lots of information and links. |
| The Heaven's Gate web site. Well worth a look. |
RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
| Social Science Information Gateway: Cognitive Development. This website has many links to different areas of cognitive development. There are different articles, books, learning and related materials to children's cognitive development and more. |
| lots of info on Erikson |
| Gender Role Stereotypes. This website contains a discussion concerning whether gender roles have biological or environmental roots. |
Attachment:
· Attachment: Theory and Research @ Stony Brook (http://www.psy.sunysb.edu/ewaters/index.htm) has current articles on attachment theory.
· Attachment research center (http://rdz.stjohns.edu/lists/bowlby-l/ARChome.html) has information on John Bowlby’s attachment theory and biography.
RESOURCES FOR PERSONALITY
Theorists:
| Alfred Adler Institute. |
| The Freud Archives. |
| PBS' That's My Theory! is a quiz show that lets you try to guess who the real Sigmund Freud is. Who are the two other mystery guests? |
| the association for humanistic psychology |
Personality Tests:
| Queendom. This site has a variety of “pop-psychology” quizzes, including a variety of personality tests. |
| Personality Tests.
This website has various personality tests one can take. They range from 3
minutes up to one hour to take. They are purely for entertainment! |
RESOURCES FOR PSYCHOPATHOLOGY & THERAPY
| NIMH. National Institute of Mental Health homepage. THis si a great place to start when looking for information about mental health issues. |
| The Multiple Personality resource Center argues against the FMSF. This page presents an alternative view of MPD/DID. |
| Depression central (http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.etiology.html) contains article on heredity vs. environment in depression and other related articles and discussions. |
| School Psychology Resources Online. This site offers information about learning disabilities, ADHD, and other disorders. Website links are also included for each disorder. |
| Anxiety Disorders Association of America. This website has a lot of information on anxiety disorders. It provides resources for specific phobias, OCD, treatment options for anxiety disorders and many other related topics. |
| Schizophrenia. WebMD information on this disorder. |
| Depression. WebMD information on this disorder. |
| NARSAD. National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. |
| Psychological Disorders. This website contains information about a variety of psychological disorders. |