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Psychology Today: Personality
A collection of several articles addressing questions about personality such as character, traits, and temperament. Investigate ways to identify the different types of personalities and ways to work with them.
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Psychology Today: Adolescence
Explore the journey from childhood towards adulthood from how to talk to teens to a look at mental health in high school. Learn about the many issues that accompany this coming of age.
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Simply Psychology: Visual Perception Theories
Bottom-Up Processing and Top-Down Processing are two schools of thought when scientists discuss how humans perceive the senses which they experience. This article explores the two theories of visual perception and cites evidence and...
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Simply Psychology: Saul Mc Leod: Erik Erikson
An article featuring ego psychologist, Erik Erikson's research of psychosocial behavior in humans. Understand the eight stages of his theory.
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Simply Psychology: Saul Mc Leod: Psychodynamic Approach
The first psychodynamic theory of personality came from researcher Sigmund Freud. McLeod takes a historical approach to presenting these theories as they evolved in this article.
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The Psychological Changes of Adolescence: A Test of Character
Discusses the crises of adolescence, using Erikson and Kohlberg, and then discusses those ideas as reflected in the writing of Cormier. Cormier.
York University
Classics History of Psychology: Commentary Origin/development of Psychoanalysis
Brief biography of Freud; discussion of his major theories about hysteria, dream interpretation, self-analysis, oedipus complex, etc. Makes references to several of Freud's books and papers.
University of Utah
University of Utah: History of Psychology: More on Logic
Brief overview of the definitions of 'inductive' versus 'deductive' reasoning.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology
Gives biographical overview and explanations of Adler's theories.
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Psychological Self Help: Anger and Aggression
This resource provides information about anger and aggression.
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Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom
The "official web site of the jigsaw classroom",- a cooperative learning technique which was developed by Elliot Aronson. The jigsaw approach is considered to promote better learning, improve student motivation, and increase enjoyment of...
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Psychology Today: Sleep and Your Different States of Consciousness
Describes the various sleep-related states of consciousness. (Published Jan. 13, 2011)
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: William James and American Functional Psychology
This page gives biographical information about the psychologist William James(1842-1910 CE), and his ideas of pragmatism and functionalism.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Psychology of Listicles
See a catchy headline? BrainCraft's Vanessa Hill helps us to find out the science behind why listicles are so popular.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Psychology of Accents
This Braincraft video, along with this lesson, are intended to get you thinking about why and how accents exist within languages.
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association: Violence and Youth
Looking at school shootings, this article posts questions regarding whether some kids are prone to violence and how soon we need to do something about it.
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Simply Psychology: Prejudice and Discrimination
Explains what prejudice and discrimination are, with examples, and the differences between them. Also looks at how social norms may influence behavior, causing an increase in the level of prejudice.
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Simply Psychology: Language Acquisition
Provides an overview of the theories of language acquisition put forward by B.F. Skinner and Noam Chomsky. Includes two videos.
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Simply Psychology: Information Processing
Explains what is meant by information processing in the brain and the influence of computers on the thinking of cognitive psychologists. Describes the role of attentional capacity in humans' ability to process information and how models...
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: The Social Psychology of Language Teaching
A detailed description of language teaching from a social psychologist perspective. It includes information on Ethnocentric vs. Psychocentric Views on Language Teaching.
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Psychology Today: Parenting: Decision Making
Decision making is one of the most important skills your children need to develop to become healthy and mature adults. This article gives tips on raising good decision-makers and reviews the process of decision-making.
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Miami University: Living in a Social World
"News from a Social Psychology Perspective." This site provides a variety of material for research and study in social psychology. Provides real world happenings and events that are examples of social psychology. Additional links are...
California State University
Ca State University: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior [Pdf]
Chapter 3 of a psychology textbook. It explains how abnormal behavior patterns are classified, the DSM, standards and methods of assessment, and the sociocultural and ethnic factors that may need to be taken into account during...
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Career Profiles Psychologist
An excellent career profile. A concise look at Psychology careers. The site looks at a day in the life, tells educational requirements, and future outlook for the profession. Excellent site for students interested in a Psychology career.
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