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This page contains a list of links to psychology related resources from around
the world. These resources are provided for the information of students. The
contents of these web pages do not represent the views, or the academic positions
of the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, or the faculty
who teach Psychology 1001.
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These resources are ordered by topic area into the following areas.
The following resources have been adapted from material prepared for the text: Psychology, 4th edition by Roediger, Capaldi, Paris, Polivy, and Herman,
published by West Publishing. |
Introduction to Psychology |
Professional organizations
On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
- National Academy
of Sciences
- National Academy of Sciences booklet,
- a formal introduction to research ethics.
- Psych Web
- Career opportunities in psychology,
- tips on writing a psychology research paper,
- list of psychology resources available on the Internet.
History
- Today in the History of
Psychology
- Warren Street, at Central Washington University, offers a sample of events
in the history of psychology for every day of the year. Pick a date, any date
(as they say), from the History of Psychology Calendar and see what happened
on that date. APA sponsors this site,which is based on Street's book, A
chronology of Noteworthy Events in American Psychology .
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| Biological Bases of Behavior |
- Neurosciences on the Internet
- A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on
the World Wide Web and other parts of the Internet. Neurobiology, neurology,
neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information
on human neurological diseases are covered.
- Psych Web's
List of Psychology Resources
- Links to other neuroscience sites on the Internet,
- a number of archives containing MRI and PET images of the brain.
- Basic Neural Processes
Tutorial
- An on-line quiz on neural anatomy,
- pictorial tours of the brain,
- glossary of terms related to biological psychology.
- Human
Genome Project
- This is the definitive site for understanding the Human Genome Project,
from the basic science to ethical, legal, and social considerations to the
latest discoveries
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| Sensation & Perception |
- Sensation and Perception
Tutorial
- Basic concepts in sensation and perception,
- an introduction to how neurons in the visual cortex process incoming spatial
information.
- Vision and
Color Vision Phenomena
- demonstrations of visual phenomena, brief explanations of the phenomena.
- Selected Projects in Cognitive
Science
- experiments dealing with visual and auditory perception,
- experience the stimuli used in experiments,
- topics such as the factors affecting recognition of novel objects,
- the use of color in visual search.
- Illusion
Works
-Billed as "the most comprehensive collection of optical and sensory
illusions on the World Wide Web." There are dozens of illusions, a brief
introduction to illusions and perception, comprehensive lists both of books
published on illusions and of links to illusion, perception, and cognitive
science sites, interactive illusion demonstrations (for which you will need
a Java-enabled browser), and interactive antique illusion puzzles (for which
you will need the proper Shockwave plug-in, available free at www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi
- International
Society for Ecological Psychology
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| Consciousness and Attention |
- PSYCHE:
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness. - electronic journal
supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness
and it's relation to the brain,
- perspectives include cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, physics,
neuroscience, artificial intelligence and anthropology.
- models of attention, automaticity, attentional control, and skill acquisition
- The Sleep Medicine Home Page
- education and treatment of sleep disorders
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| Conditioning and Learning |
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| Remembering and Forgetting |
- Mind Tools
- an introduction to mnemonic techniques and information on how to use these
techniques effectively,
- explanations of several mnemonic devices and their use in everyday life
- reading lists of original research, books, and book chapters dealing with
the structure of memory and working memory
- Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- information on recent research concerning memory
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| Thought and Language |
- Linguistics
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
- answers to questions concerning human language (e.g., theories of the origin
of language and language acquisition), questions include: What is linguistics?
What is a dialect?
- Linguistics Resources
- links to a number of linguistics related sites on the Internet including
speech and phonetics, grammar, semantics, and language acquisition
- The
Emergence of Intelligence
- Scientific American article about the relationship between language, problem
solving, planning skills, and intelligence,
- links to several on-line books and articles dealing with intelligence, language
and evolution.
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| Infancy and Childhood |
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| Adolescence and Adulthood |
- Adolescence Directory
On Line
- several links to sites related to adolescence and secondary education,
- risk factors that affect the lives of adolescents.
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| Intelligence and Mental Abilities |
- School
Psychology Resources On-Line
- contains a list of links to sites of interest to the school psychology community,
- links to sites providing information on learning disabilities, mental retardation,
and psycho-educational assessment evaluation,
- links to information on various counseling issues.
- Two Views of The Bell Curve
- book reviews of The Bell Curve,
- why The Bell Curve has become such a controversial book,
- evaluates the book's analysis of the role of social class of origin and
IQ in determining social class, and discusses the book's conclusions regarding
ethnic differences in IQ,
- resents several criticisms of the data (and their interpretation) that are
presented in The Bell Curve.
- The Arc, a National Organization on
Mental Retardation
- "The Arc, a national organization on mental retardation, is committed to
securing for all people with mental retardation the opportunity to choose
and realize their goals of where and how they learn, live, work, and play".
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| Stress and Health |
- Stress Pamphlet
- Stress Management
- sites provide definitions of stress, symptoms checklists, and tips for coping
with stress,
- contains a test that assesses your vulnerability to stress.
- MINCAVA: global links on violence
- The Minnesota center Against Violence & Abuse maintains hundreds of
links to sites that provide information about all forms of violence.
- Lifescan
Health Risk Appraisal
-Do you know what your appraised health age is? Answer a few health questions
and find out. If possible, first check your blood pressure, total cholesterol,
and HDL cholesterol levels.
- Stress
Assess
- Evaluate your current stress sources, distress symptoms, and lifestyle behaviors.
a personalized assessment includes strategies to counteract stress.
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| Personality |
- FreudNet: The A.A. Brill Library
- contains links to information about the life and work of Sigmund Freud,
- links to resources in psychoanalysis and related fields,
- on-line articles about issues in the field of psychoanalysis.
- Biography of Freud
- JungWeb
- a comprehensive list of sites related to Jungian psychology,
- sites based on Carl G. Jung's typology of human personality,
- links to sites "offering opportunities to explore dreams and dream psychology,
- information on Usenet and Listserv groups for people interested in Jungian
psychology,
- links to various reading materials related to Jungian psychology, practice,
and theory.
- Personal Construct Psychology
- presents information and links relevant to the personal construct theory
of George Kelly,
- contains introductory materials on personal construct theory (including
an historical overview of Kelly's work and a biography of his life),
- links to related sites (including the Personal
Construct Research Group home page),
- instructions for joining the Personal Construct Listserv,
- access to the archives of the Personal Construct Listserv.
- The Personality Project
- provides a resource for learning more about the trait approach to personality
theory,
- contains extensive links to journals that publish theory and research articles
about personality,
- provides a comprehensive list of readings on personality theory and assessment-including
an on line version of Personality Processes, a review chapter prepared for
the Annual Review of Psychology, 1995,
- contains extensive links to academic and nonacademic sites related to personality
research,
- links to professional organizations that sponsor conferences and publish
journals relevant to personality.
- Barbarian's Online Test Page
- the Barbarian provides links to dozens of sites that feature personality
tests, including the Kiersey Temperament Sorter, the enneagram test, the Type
A Personality test, and the Locus of Control test. Additional tests can be
found in the Other Online Tests section. *
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| Psychopathology |
- Internet Mental Health
- one of the most comprehensive on-line references on any topic in psychology.
- provides extensive diagnostic, treatment, and research information on the
50 most commonly diagnosed mental disorders,
- contains an on-line magazine filled with articles, booklets, book reviews,
newsletters, and stories of recovery,
- provides links to on-line journals relevant to mental health and links to
other mental health sites-including organizations and institutions dedicated
to mental health issues, university departments of psychology and psychiatry,
and sites concerned with specific disorders.
Therapies
- The Efficacy of Psychotherapy
- contains abstracts from and references to articles on the efficacy of psychotherapy.
- Albert Ellis Institute
-Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a humanistic, action-oriented
approach to emotional growth, first articulated by Dr. Albert Ellis
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| Social Psychology |
- Stanford Prison Experiment
- www.prisonexp.org is a multi media show of Phil Zimbardo's famous "stanford
prison experiment".
- This study asked: "What happens when you put good people in an evil place?
- Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph?
- These are some of the questions that are posed in this dramatic simulation
of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University."
- The site includes 80 slides, video clips, detailed text narration, discussion
questions and many links to sites in corrections, justice, police, etc.
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| Fields of Applied Psychology |
- Human
Factors Sites
- contains links to sites relevant to human factors,
- links to professional organizations (e.g., the Human Factors and Ergonomic
Society and the International Ergonomics Association),
- links to the Human-Computer Interaction Virtual Library (a collection of
links to sites related to human-computer interaction),
- a list of frequently asked questions about human-computer interaction,
- university departments that offer degrees in human factors.
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Psychiatry and the
Law
- primarily a resource for attorneys and psychiatrists,
- provides some interesting information for students on the legal issue of
"mental competence" and other legal issues related to mental illness,
- links to "Landmark Cases in Mental Health Law" and "U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
Re: Mental illness."
- Community Psychology Network
-It is a specialization within the larger realm of psychology and the social
sciences. It is a combination of two disciplines in psychology (i.e. applied
-developmental and social psychology) with a splash of political science.
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| Scientific Methods |
- Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)
- Here you'll learn how statistical and quantitative information and research
are represented (and misrepresented) by the media, and how journalists can
learn to convey such material more accurately and effectively. The vital STATS
newsletter and STATS Spotlight include many interesting articles; Dubious
Data Awards provide hilarious reading about the misuse of statistics; Newsclips
are more serious examples of mangled and misunderstood data.
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