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APA
The American Psychological Association (APA) home page. This site contains a
wealth of information about this organization and its services.
APS
The American Psychological Society (APS) home page. This site contains a
wealth of information on this organization, including schedules for
conventions and information on teaching, research, and other psychological
society activities.
This is a searchable website. There is a tremendous amount of information on many psychological disorders. There are some full-text articles (published on this website only and usually not in peer-reviewed journals.
Psychology
Journals (a number of these are available in the Fullerton
College Library)
New Research
The Exploratorium
This is the home page for the Exploratorium located in the Palace of Fine
Arts in San Francisco, California. An interesting site dealing with science
and psychology as well as many other intriguing topics.
American Psychological Association Ethics Information
Animals - Use of (see listing below)
APA Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
CPA Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research and Instruction
The Benefits and Ethics of Animal Research (Scientific American)
APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
The results of a June 2000 Survey conducted by the Marlin & Gallup folks. Discusses violence, alcohol use, stress, and other issues. Sample characteristics, survey questions, statistics and graphs are presented.
Belmont Report on Ethical Principles for Research on Humans
Bioethics
Resources on the Web
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has assembled an extensive and
well organized list of bioethics links related to education, research involving
human participants and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the
implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.
Informed Consent Checklist (Office for Human Research Protections)
Institutional Review Board Guidebook (OHRP)
My home page has many links not listed here.
Library
Research
This APA site is titled An Introduction to Library Research in Psychology.
It discusses the basics of psychological research for the student and non-psychologist.
On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
Protection of Human Subjects (Code of Federal Regulations)
Psych
Web
This is the home page for Psych Web, containing links to other sites that
offer information on the topics of quack science, scientific ethics, and
science humor.
Tips on Informed Consent (Social Psychology Network)
Tips on Informed Consent (Office for Human Research Protections)
A magazine dealing with issues related to the interaction of biology and psychology and health.
Brain
and Neuron Tutorials
This site provides a tutorial on basic neural processes.
The Whole Brain Atlas
Explore the latest in latest in brain
imaging.
The
Cow's Eye
This site demonstrates eye dissection with many images of the procedure.
Tutorials for the Senses
This site displays a collection of tutorials on the basic principles of
sensation and perception, as well as one on depth cues and processing of
depth in visual perception.
States of Consciousness
Mind and Body/Experimental Study of Consciousness
This website provides background into the experimental study of consciousness.
Sleep Medicine
A site devoted to research on sleep, clinical practice, and sleep-related
foundations and professional associations.
Journal
of Applied Behavior Analysis
This site discusses the application of an experimental analysis of
behavior to problems of social importance.
Alzheimer's Web
This site discusses the disease,
associations for victims, and current research.
Dr. Loftus is one of the world's leading experts in the area of false memory. Her website had many full-text articles. Excellent reading and definitely worthwhile. In addition, Dr. Loftus wrote "Remembering Dangerously" for Skeptical Inquirer, that be of interest as well.
False Memory Syndrome Foundation
This website has an enormous amount of information and evidence supporting their contention that this phenomena does not exist.
Memory, Abuse, Science, and Ethics
This is Dr. Kenneth Pope's website. Many interesting articles on memory, sexual abuse, sexual ethics violations, etc. NOTE: There is an area of this website to request 29 full-text articles free - it doesn't say this is a subscriber service and a password and user name are emailed to you with other promotional-type materials. Keep this in mind.
Memory and Police Officer's Work
This is a rather up-beat website with discussion about police work and eyewitness memory. References are listed.
Mind Tools
This site has many different memory techniques
and a complete discussion on the use of mnemonics with many examples.
Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse
An excellent and up-to-date website by J. Hopper, Ph.D. that
explores this issue using scientific research and scholarly
resources.
Cognition: Thought and Language
Language, Culture,
and More
This site contains many interesting sites on language and includes links to
foreign language and culture, universal surveys, and language learning
centers.
Facial expression and recognition are discussed relative to research in this area. Links to researchers in this field are provided.
Habit Smarts
This site contains information on addictive behaviors and how to change or
manage these behaviors.
How important is our nonverbal communication? This website discusses the latest research and explains the critical importance it plays in communication.
Sponsored by the Shyness Institute, this website has links and resources for shyness.
Brannock, JoAnn Ph.D. Home Page
There are many links listed here also. Some are repeats but others
are new. Check it out.
Nanny's Place
This is the Infant, Babies and Small Children home page. This site contains
resources for parents-to-be, as well as parents, of infants and small
children.
Classic
Theories of Child Development This
is a mega-resource website. It has tutorials about the theories of Freud,
Mahler and Erikson. Excellent resource.
This
website has resources and discussion on the research findings about death
preparation, coping, etc.
Erik
Erikson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development Tutorial
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Kohlberg's
Stages of Moral Development
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development Tutorial
Laboratory
of Personality and Cognition
This
website focuses on the processes of aging.
Piaget's Theory of Development
This
website has a "tutorial" that covers Piaget's biography, stages of
development, and conservation experiments.
Vygotsky's
Cultural/Cognitive Theory Of Development
Vygotsky's Social Development Theory
This
website has a brief summary of Vygotsky's theory.
Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Large listing of Pro-Choice and Anti-Choice sites, full text Roe v. Wade, history of supreme court rulings on these issues, information on the 1996 election and reproductive rights. Maintained by Kathleen Watkins.
American Society of Reproductive Medicine
The society was established in 1944 to promote the study of reproduction and reproductive disorders. Website offers descriptions of services provided to medical professionals and patients, literature for patients, government news and legislative updates, information about infertility insurance, announcements of society meetings, and links to other related organizations' websites. The site is also searchable by keyword.
This is a website with many links to articles and information related to human sexuality. It is also updated often.
Female Genital-Mutilation (FMG)
This site is has a great deal of information and research on FGM. It includes news updates, a worldwide listing of advocacy groups, bibliographies, and links to other FGM sites. This is definitely worth a visit.
This memorial site was constructed by the mother of Bill Clayton. As a 17-year-old, Bill was the victim of a hate crime assault and, clinically depressed, committed suicide a month later. A member of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), Gabi has assembled an extraordinary tribute not just to her son. She has included a wide range of links and materials regarding such hate crimes.
James T. Sears Home Page [Univ. S. Carolina] Educator and historian of the gay/lesbian experience through a Southern lens. Dr. Sears is the author of Lonely hunters: An oral history of lesbian and gay southern life, 1948-1968.
Links to the Gay and Lesbian's Historical Archives
There are hundreds of articles and stories in these archives from all over the world.
The Online Birth Center provides information about midwifery, pregnancy, nutrition, and breastfeeding both through articles and links to other sites. This site is also searchable by keyword.
This website has a lot of educational resources on
birth-control, public affairs information, news, indexed web links, contact
information, and information on Planned Parenthood affiliates. The site is also
searchable.
Resolve - The National Infertility Association
National, non-profit organization established in 1974 to offer assistance in
resolving fertility problems. Site provides fact sheets, physician referrals,
the RESOLVE quarterly newsletter, online articles, and links to other web sites.
Sexual
Assault Information Page
This is a website definitely worth a visit.
Information on the
many types of sexual assault, prevention, and issues relating to
recovery, etc. Many special web links ranging from
rape-trauma syndrome to victim's assistance
compensation.
A major mega-site on personality. This website has everything ranging from different theories to assessment focused on scientific research. Many interesting articles, news, etc. Plan to spend some time here!
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition (re ageing)
Sponsored by the Shyness Institute, this website has links and resources for shyness.
Home Pages of Many Personality Researchers
Paul Barrett, Liverpool University
A personality mega website with information ranging from theories of personality to reliability and validity of personality tests. This is a website worth visiting and spending some time.
Panic Disorder
An APA site on Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder. Covers the
basics on panic attacks and treatments. This site is devoted to promoting
understanding of panic disorders.
Red Oak Psychiatry
Associates web page for the public. They discuss personality disorders and
their symptoms, treatment, and also on-going research.
Memory, Abuse, Science, and Treatment Ethics
This is Dr. Kenneth Pope's website. Many interesting articles on memory, sexual abuse, sexual ethics violations, etc. You can also request 29 full-text articles and they will be automatically be sent to you free from this website. BUT THIS ENDS UP AS A SUBSCRIPTION NOT THE ACTUAL ARTICLES.
Self Help and
Psychology "Magazine"
A self-help resource that includes articles; self-help book reviews,
movie reviews and software, reviews for parents; questions and answers
written by professionals; an interactive corner; cartoon links; links,
lists and news groups.
What if? If only, I would have? These are examples of counterfactual thoughts. This website defines counterfactual thinking and includes discussion of research findings.
Facial expression and recognition are discussed relative to research in this area. Links to researchers in this field are provided.
How important is our nonverbal communication? This website discusses the latest research and explains the critical importance it plays in communication.
Social Cognition Paper Archive
This site has full-text articles on many topics in the area of social cognition. Additional links to other resources are also provided.
This website is a mega-resource center for topics in social psychology. Many links to all topics in social psychology are available.
Violence and Television
Interesting reading about issues related to studying consumer behavior in the commercial world.
Traffic psychology and driving psychology are the focus of this site. Road rage and other driving behavior are discussed. Research, assessment, and reader comments are all part of this site.
John Watson's Contributions to Industrial-Organizational Psychology
DiClemente's and Hantula's 2000 article in the Journal of Industrial-Organizational Psychology discusses Watson and I/O Psychology.
The home website of this APA journal. The applied focus is more than clinical-applied or applied-experimental articles. There are research articles of interest to applied psychologists working in such settings as universities, industry, government, urban affairs, police and correctional systems, health and educational institutions, transportation and defense systems, labor unions, and consumer affairs.
The Police Officer and Eyewitness Testimony
This is an upbeat website with music too. Discussion about the use of memory in police work, accuracy, and some mention of statistics. Scholarly references are listed.
The results of a June 2000 Survey conducted by the Marlin & Gallup folks. Discusses violence, alcohol use, stress, and other issues. Statistics and graphs are presented.
Centers for Cross-Cultural Research is directed by Walter Lonner, Ph.D. and is part of the Psychology Department at Western Washington University. This research looks at the influence of culture in all aspects of psychological functioning.
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory is an interdisciplinary website with a number of articles.
Native Web is a "project of many people. Our vision touches ancient teachings and modern technology. Our purpose: to provide a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples."
Psychology Online Journal has interviews with specialists in the area of psychology and health.
(see listings in Diana Kyle's Home Page)
If you
find a site that you think is a particularly useful resource, please email
the web address to
Diana Kyle.