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Chapter 1 (TOP)
http://www.apa.org/about
an overview of the American Psychological Association and is a good way to introduce students to the organization. This is the oldest professional organization for psychology and one of the largest professional organizations in the world. The APA also is responsible for accrediting graduate and professional schools of psychology. They have a good deal of free information for students and faculty, which will be noted throughout this manual.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org
introduces students to the American Psychological Society. If students ask why there are two professional organizations for psychology, you discuss the split that happened in the 1980s because of the different needs of practitioners and researchers. You also might want to mention that many academic psychologists belong to both.
The following websites are most useful for faculty. Each website will give you access to current research projects. You may choose to have your students participate in some of these experiments. Several of the sites will let your students work with psychology students at other community colleges, universities, and high schools.
http://www.olemiss.edu/psychexps
the project was funded by Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and is very interactive.
http://psych.hanover.edu/APS/exponnet.html
this site is part of the American psychological society includes psychology research on the Internet
http://www.apa.org/science/anguide.html
The American Psychological Association's guidelines for the ethical use and care of animals in research.
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/
The national Academy of Sciences' online booklet for the guidelines for responsible conduct in research.
All of the following websites are appropriate for student use.
http://www.apa.org/students
this site gives information appropriate to students. It includes information on careers, graduate schools admissions, and student membership into APA.
http://www.apa.org/ed
this site gives students information on getting into graduate school.
For a free brochure on careers in psychology, call the Education Directorate of the American Psychological Association at 1-202-336-5970 and ask for Psychology careers for the 21st Century.
The following sites give summaries and information regarding the history of psychology that is appropriate for the introductory course.
http://elvers.stjoe.udayton.edu/history/history.htm
nice collage of people by date, alpha order or topic and has links to other sites on the history of psychology
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.html
history of psychology from Descartes to James including a section on psychology in America
Chapter 2--Biology (TOP)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/genepool/exhibits.html
San Francisco Museum exhibit on the human gene pool.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/gen_beh/Berkowitz.html
An excellent article for faculty that was published in Bioscience in January 1996. The article includes information on the twin studies, gene regulation, statistical methods, and the complexity of genes in determining behavior.
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/neurotut.html
an animation of the basic neural process and is great for presentation or review by students
http://vv.carleton.ca/~neil/neural/neuron-a.html
overview of neuron that can be sued by students for review or faculty in a presentation.
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
the whole brain atlas is a good reference for faculty
http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/medical
pictures of the brain and its parts with an animated brain fly through
http://www.neuroguide.com
index to neuroscience on the internet
http://www.innerbody.com/image/endoov.html
overview of the endocrine system with pictures and descriptions of each gland which is good for independent student study or teacher presentation.
Chapter 3-Sensation and Perception (TOP)
http://www.carleton.ca/~gfrajkor/xzine98/group2/smiltnie.html
subliminal messages and advertising-visually appealing and uses current ads and television shows.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot1.html
provides information and demonstration on the blindspot
http://www.sidwell.edu/~bio21/brainweek/lab/taste.html
provides information on senses of taste and smell including a diagram of tongue with tastebuds, diagram of nose and brain, the senses and behavior, and summaries on how we taste, how olfaction works, and how these senses change with age
http://www.rhine.org
overview of parapsychology and current research including abstracts from recent issues of Journal of Parapsychology
Chapter 4-States of Conscsiousness (TOP)
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.html
provides an overview of dualism of the mind and body including historical debate and current psychological perspectives.
http://www-med.stanford.edu/school/psychiatry/narcolepsy/
provides information from Stanford University regarding narcolepsy.
http://licensure.com/.dream/theories.html
provides an overview in outline form of dream interpretation according to Freud, Jung and Gestalt.
http://www.lucidity.com
is the website for lucid dreaming including journal articles, links to current publications, an overview of the current research, and practical application of the theory.
http://www.lucidity.com/NL53.ResearchPastFuture.html
an article by LaBerge that discusses lucid dreaming research past and present
http://www.psychwww.com/asc/hyp/hypnosis.html
hypnosis 101-the nitty gritty of what hypnosis is and what it is not
http://www.psychwww.com/asc/hyp/plr.html
essay by Jon Kilstrom of Yale University purporting that past life hypnotic regression is entirely bogus.
http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/binge.htm
provides a report of a Harvard study profiling students most prone to alcohol behavior including binge drinking
http://www.health.org
a site that provides summaries of publications and other resources from the National Clearinghouse for alcohol and drug information
http://dogsbody.psych.mun.ca/Tools/BAL
a brief test of knowledge of blood alcohol level with different scenarios to assess
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/prevention/heroin.html
this site discusses the cultural glamorization of heroin by musicians, models, actors, and the media. It is developed and maintained by the Indiana University Prevention Center.
Chapter 5--Learning (TOP)
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/medicine/1904a.html
a short biography of Pavlov and links to other Pavlov sites
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/pavlov.htm
a brief overview of classical conditioning including history and examples
http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/genetics/behavior/learning/operant.html
a brief overview of operant conditioning including a picture and description of the Skinner box.
http://www.rainfrog.com/mishacat/toilet.shtml
How to toilet train your cat. A humorous look at operant conditioning and shaping.
http://server.bmod.athabascau.ca/html/prtut/reinpair.htm
Positive reinforcement: a self-instructional exercise provides six examples of positive reinforcement and an analysis of why it is or is not positive reinforcement. A quiz with 14 examples for students to analyze follows. Nice interactive tutorial.
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/~psych1a6/1a3/Learn/lec3-4.htm
a good discussion of reinforcers, discrimination, extinction, and schedules of reinforcement. Good pictures and graphs are included with the explanation. This site could be used for presentation in the classroom or for students to use outside the classroom.
http://www.brembs.net/operant/schedule.html
discussion of schedules of reinforcement with graphs
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/rpl_esys/collab.htm
what is the collaborative classroom by Tinzmann, et.a., 1990. This site contains a comprehensive article on collaborative learning including the benefits, challenges, and how to implement collaboration in the classroom. This site is definitely for faculty.
Chapter 6--Memory (TOP)
http://www.well.com/user/smalin/miller.html
The magical number 7 +- 2. George Miller's article (1956) reproduced from Psychological Review, 63,81-97.
http://psyserver.pc.rhbnc.ac.uk/events/wmfullist.html
academic articles on working memory-excellent reference for faculty on latest research on working memory.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/index.html
an excellent website with video, audio, and slides that walk you through a dissection of a sheep's brain as it relates to memory. One of the best websites available!!!
http://www.usu.edu/~acaserv/center/pages/mnemonic.html
descriptions of simple mnemonic devices that students can learn to use
http://www.demon.co.uk/mindtool/memory.html
a very complete explanation of techniques to help improve memory including mnemonic devices.
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/mem.html
the American Psychological Association's stand on false memories which can be accessed by students or faculty member for discussion in class. The site includes implication for clinicians as well as research information.
http://ww2.med.jhu.edu/jhhpsychiatry/medpsyc1.htm
describes research from John Hopkins University on memory disorders including amnesia. (1995)
Chapter 7-Cognition and Language (TOP)
http://www.thinking.net
a decision making website based on systems thinking. This site is somewhat corporate but does have information on creativity, cybernetics as well as systems thinking and how all of these apply to decision making.
http://kahuna.psych.uiuc.edu/ipl
click on the cognition button to go to experiments on reaction time as well as visual cognition experiments
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/deduc/deduc.html
An introduction to induction and deduction. The San Jose State website gives an excellent description and summary with examples of induction and deduction. The exercises are also excellent for student use.
http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html
ELIZA is an interactive page illustrating an artificial intelligence program that students can use. You may be familiar with this program as it was in software format prior to being on the web. If you are familiar with Eliza, the website is as frustrating as the previous software and actually shows an elementary form of AI. Good for evaluation by students.
http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/misc.html
artificial intelligence subject index with links to AI sites including cognitive psychology. Primarily for faculty use.
http://faculty.washington.edu/wcalvin/bk7/bk7.htm
website investigating how language impacts the brain and our formation of memories.
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~acl/
the website from Columbia University has web resources on research on language, linguistics, and psychology of language-this site is definitely for faculty
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~iandc/Authors/chomskynoam.html
links to the works of Noam Chomsky
http://www.mpi.nl
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics including scientific reports and the pioneers in language research such as Wernicke, Broca, and Wundt with pictures and nice summary paragraphs
http://www.meddybemps.com/7.21.html
ways to foster language development in infants
http://www.june29.com/HLP
human languages pages with linguistic resources including articles, organizations, and conferences
Chapter 8--Intelligence (TOP)
http://www.aenc.org/SiteOverview-Multi-Int-FS.html
nice graphic with description of each of the seven intelligences
http://www.aenc.org/ABOUT/MI-Gardner.html
a brief biography of Gardner
http://pzweb.harvard.edu
PROJECT ZERO homepage which includes current research projects on multiple intelligence as well as publications and workshop information
http://ss.uno.edu/ss/theory/multintel.html
overview of MI theory with definitions of the seven intelligences and implications for teaching.
http://www.eiconsortium.org
Emotional Intelligence Consortium that includes research on EI in organizations. You can download research results from this site. Also there is a great list of valid tests to measure EQ including the EQ test by Salovey and Mayer.
http://www.funderstanding.com/eq.html
an overview of emotional intelligence
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1641/iqown.html
an on-line IQ test that is free, scored by the website, and a brief overview of IQ given. This test has some problems but is good for students to use to try out an IQ test and evaluate the validity of the test.
http://www.amsci.org/amsci/articles/97articles/nabc.html
the ABC's of intelligence with a discussion of history and tests
http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~mnesset/binet.html
picture and brief description of the Stanford-Binet Test
http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~mnesset/wait.html
picture and brief description of the WIAS Test
http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~mnesset/wisc.html
picture and brief description of the WISC Test
http://www.apa.org/journals/bell.html
two articles reviewing The Bell Curve
http://www.nfgcc.org
National Foundation for Gifted Children includes characteristics, problems in school and articles. This site does have a bias against medication.
http://www.aamr.org
American Association of Mental Retardation includes definition, advocacy groups, resources, and links
Chapter 9 (TOP)
http://www.wynja.com/giganto/psych/theorists2.html#maslow
overview of Maslow's theory of motivation
http://www.something-fishy.com
a very comprehensive site about eating disorders including cultural issues, signs and symptoms, medical complications, case studies with pictures, the differences between men and women, books and other references.
http://www.intimacyinstitute.com/sex_data/topics/masters_johnson.html
overview of Masters and Johnson research. This is a sexuality site by the Sinclair Intimacy Institute. There are no pictures but many text-based pages on sexuality research.
http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey
the homepage of the Kinsey research which contains information on research studies and researchers.
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/ssss/jsr.htm
The Journal of Sex Research giving the table of contents of each publication for the last two years.
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pheronet/pherom.html
pheromones are explored including chemistry and how pheromones effect animals and insects. This is not a sexuality page but a physiological page based on insect research.
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/ekman.html
articles by Ekman and the final report of the latest NSF study: workshop on facial expression understanding
http://www.apa.org/releases/liedetector.html
American Psychological Association article on validity of polygraph examinations
Chapter 10 (TOP)
http://www.apa.org/journals/dev.html
abstracts of the articles in the current issue of Developmental Psychology with full text of selected articles
http://www.w-cpc.org/fetal.html
overview of fetal development with terrific pictures and charts
http://www.visembryo.com/baby/index.html
overview of each stage of prenatal development with pictures and descriptions. This site is very slow to load but worth the wait.
http://www.piaget.org
Jean Piaget society with short biography, pictures, and research
http://www.ecdgroup.com
early childhood care and development including research, applied concepts, great pictures, and global initiatives
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~ALock/virtual/project2.htm
information related to theories of Vygotsky
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Children
statistics, research, and information about child development from birth to adolescence
http://www.temperament.com/clinical.html
review of research on temperament with application of temperament research to infants and children.
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Fathernet
overview of the importance of fathers in childrens' development
Chapter 11 (TOP)
http://education.indiana.edu/cas
Center for Adolescent Development at Indiana University including an overview of normal adolescent development and includes a guide to information on adolescent issues
http://www.menopause-online.com
educational information on menopause including symptoms, problems and alternative treatments
http://www.pslgroup.com/MENOPAUSE.HTM
a doctor's guide to middle age physiological changes for men and women including menopause. Information resources included.
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/gero.html
a knowledge of aging quiz that is fun for students, overview of theoretical perspectives of aging and life review
http://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer's Association with facts, care, medical information and research concerning the disease.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/mood.html
an excellent article on a program developed by Michigan State University to help elderly adults improve their mood and memory.
Chapter 12 (TOP)
http://oldsci.eiu.edu/psychology/Spencer/Freud.html
outline of Freud's theory including parts of the personality, psychosexual stages of development, a brief biography, and an evaluation of his theories
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/freud.html
the Library of Congress website of the Freud exhibit Freud: Conflict and Culture with an online preview of some of the pictures and documents in the exhibit
http://onlinepsych.com/jungweb
a comprehensive website for Jungian resources on the Internet including a link to the Jung archives
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein
Alfred Adler Institute homepage including resources, links and an interesting article by Bruck entitled "Alfred Adler As I Remember Him".
http://wynja.com/giganto/psych/theorists.html
overview of major personality theorists including pictures and brief summary of their theories-Freud, Jung, and Adler are included
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/perscontents.html
e-text of major personality theorists including Freud, Jung and Adler
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/perscontents.html
e-text from Shippensburg University of the major personality theories including Maslow and Rogers.
http://www.wynja.com/giganto/psych/theorists.html
an overview with pictures and summary of the major personality
theories including Allport
http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm
An overview of the MBTI with a summary of the 16 types. This is an excellent site for explaining and exploring the MBTI.
http://www.psychtests.com/lc.html
an assessment to measure locus of control. NOTE: although the assessment is free, this site does have advertisements so warn students. Also, this is a popular press site rather than an academic site.
http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi
the Keirsey Temperament Sorter that can be taken online and scored with interpretation given.
http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm
overview of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator with a summary of each of the 16 types and an excellent site for explanation of this assessment
http://www.psychtests.com/selfest.html
a pop psychology test of self-esteem that can be taken online and scored with interpretation given. Although the assessment is free, this site has advertisements so warn students that this is a commercial and not academic site.
Chapter 13 (TOP)
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/abc.htm
overview of how attitudes drive behavior and the process of changing attitudes
http://www.influenceatwork.com
introduction to influence research including mindfulness, ethics, definitions, and the science of psychology
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/attrib.htm
summary of attribution theory
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer
exploring nonverbal communication with a good summary of nonverbal communication and interactivity with sample pictures and questions regarding nonverbal communication
http://www.radiancemagazine.com
a magazine for large women that addresses some issues of prejudice and to combat discrimination
http://naafa.org
national association to advance fat acceptance
http://www.naacp.org
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/index.html
Chicano/Latino Net from UCLA
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds
Society for Disability's Studies
http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~psybersite/racism/
racism on the college campus from the Advanced Society Psychology Miami University in Ohio, by Greene, Perschiera, Shuleva, and Stricklen
http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/psy/psy633/read.html#amer
abstracts of articles dealing with groups of American Psychologist
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/global.asp
weblinks on violence from the Minnesota Center Against Violence
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html
article from the American Psychological Association on violence on television
http://helping.apa.org/warningsigns
a pamphlet on line about youth violence including warning signs, prevention techniques, ways to deal with anger, and what to do if you think a friend may become violent. This is a joint site with the American Psychological Association and MTV.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/aug98/shoot.html
complete text of an article from the August 1998 APA Monitor on trying to understand the shootings in schools by youth
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/pd.html
a interactive site that allows the student to play the prisoner's dilemma game.
http://www.hrweb.org
information and links to human rights groups
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/philvol/index.html
Center for Philanthropy and Volunteerism at Duke University which conducts international research
Chapter 14 (TOP)
http://www.mindtools.com/smpage.html
a nice introduction to stress, how to recognize stress and how stress can get out of control
http://pertinent.com/pertinfo/business/health/index.html
Stress management and relaxation training with brief articles and summaries of books on a variety of topics.
http://www.mindtools.com/smlcu.html
strategies for managing life crises
http://www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity/longevity-main.html
self test, similar to the famous life expectancy, from Northwestern Mutual Insurance that includes assessment, with explanation of factors contributing to longevity
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/jhp
Journal of Health Psychology with articles on theoretical and applied research
Chapter 15 (TOP)
http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/shades.html
an site that provides scenarios for students to assess the severity of the psychology disorder
http://www.queendom.com/anxiety.html
a self-assessment of anxiety that contains 30 questions and provides an interpretation of the score
http://www.health-center.com/english/brain/gad/default.html
an explanation of generalized anxiety disorders including causes, symptoms and treatment
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/panic.html
an article from APA on answers to your questions about panic disorders
http://www.familydoctor.org/handouts/162.html
how to cope with a somatoform disorder from the American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~anita/dissociation.html
resource list on dissociation and multiple personality disorder
http://www.health-center.com/english/brain/personality/default.htm
causes, 3 major classifications, treatment, and symptoms of personality disorders
http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/perdis.html
match the description of the personality disorder with the scenario provided.
http://sandbox.xerox.com/pair/cw/testing.html
clinical depression screening test
http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/index.html
a page that delineates what depression is, the types, causes, diagnosis, medications and therapeutic options.
http://cnn.com/HEALTH/indepth.health/brain/illness/depression.html
an information site developed by CNN with causes and symptoms of depression
http://www.schizophrenia.com
not-for-profit support and education center. Includes causes, diagnosis, medication, and case studies about schizophrenia
http://www.pslgroup.com/SCHIZOPHR.htm
Doctors guide to schizophrenia information and resources including the latest medical news
Chapter 16 (TOP)
http://apsa.org
the homepage for the American Psychoanalytic Association with links, references, training, and conference information
http://www.cgjung.com
homepage for C. Jung including biography, articles, links, library
http://www.bgsp.edu/modern_psych2.html
an overview of modern psychoanalytic therapy since 1950.
http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/transference.html
transference exercise to promote understanding of the concept
http://www.gestalt.org/index.htm
overview of Gestalt therapy, index of therapists, and journal.
http://www.nacbt.org
National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists including overview of cognitive-behavioral therapy as well as therapists.
http://www.rebt.org
Albert Ellis Institute homepage including biography of Albert Ellis, readings, a place to submit questions for Dr. Ellis to answer, overview of rational emotive behavior therapy
http://www.cyber-psych.com/self.html
self-help and support groups are discussed
http://www.themeadows.org
Information about the Meadows program including information on seminars, workshops, group therapy and family therapy
http://www.ect.org/studies
the pros and cons of electroconvulsive shock treatment
http://www.health-center.com/english/pharmacy/meds/antipsy.html
antipsychotic medications with a list of the medical names, information on side effect, and effectiveness about the drugs.
http://www.health-center.com/english/pharmacy/meds/antidep.html
antidepressive medications with a list of the medical names, information on side effects, and effectiveness about the drugs.
http://www.health-center.com/english/pharmacy/meds/anxiety.htm
antianxiety medications with a list of the medical names, information on side effects and effectiveness of the drugs.
http://www.health-center.com/english/pharmacy/meds/mood.htm
Mood stabilizing medications with a list of the medical names, information on side effects, and effectiveness of the drugs.
Chapter 17 (TOP)
http://www.siop.org
Society for Industrial/Organizational psychology-division 14 of the APA. This site includes general information, conference information, resources, links and career opportunities
http://www.odnet.org
Organizational Development Network with resources, networking, mentoring, events and conferences.
http://harvey.psyc.vt.edu/JA.html
job analysis research, reports and data files-very interesting site
http://www.ergonomics.org.uk
provides information on human factors with resources, links and articles.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~mueller/tai-consent.html
students can participate in an experiment on line about the impact of computer programming-no level of programming is necessary to participate
http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/forensic.htm
the Forensic Psychiatry Resource page provides a variety of links and resources for forensic psychiatry
http://www.unl.edu/ap-ls
Psychology Law Society is Division 41 of APA and the website includes articles, links, contacts, newsletter, student section, career options, syllabi, and graduate programs
http://www.stress.org
this site discusses the role of stress in health and disease
http://www.cmmtypsych.net
events, resources, courses, materials and job listings for community psychology
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div15
Division 15 of the APA is the educational psychology division and this website has the current newsletter
http://www.psychwatch.com
clock on sports psychology under disciplines many links to sport psychology related sites and links to organizations, journals, and online courses in sport psychology.
http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47
excellent site for division 47 of the APA, sport psychology, which includes how to become a sport psychologist, student information, links, division projects, and much more information.
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