Tutorials and Demonstrations

Anatomy of the Brain Study Module 

This is an online study module that is professionally done.  Students studying the biological basis of behavior will find this module quite useful.

Brain, Booze, Cocaine, Drugs, Nicotine...Want to See What It Does? 

This is an animated demonstration the demonstrates how drugs work on the brain. 

Brick Illusion Game  

procedure allows researchers to measure the uncertainty of judgments on relative surface brightness in illusory conditions.

Classical Conditioning Interactive Demonstration 

See how classical conditioning works.  This demonstration lets you control the behavior of the dog.

Cow's Eye Dissection Demonstration  

This is one of the most popular Internet demonstrations at the Exploratorium.  Students watch the dissection of an eye and see the inside of the eye.

Eliza - Computer Program Online

A computer simulation of client centered psychotherapy. It is interesting but somewhat simplistic.  Tell Eliza!

Fading Dot 

Stare at the dot and it disappears.  Where did it go?

Heuristics

This is an interactive demonstration of cognitive shortcuts used in the human thinking process.  

Illusions Galore:  Negative-Images, Necker Cubes, Color Vision and more.  

How does the visual system create negative images?  Over 20 different visual illusions to try.  Surf the site, this is a collection of demonstrations from many psychology departments.

Language Development and Culture 

This tutorial demonstrates how culture influences many aspects of language development.

Memory:  Interactive Games and Demonstrations

Visit the Exploratorium and learn the anatomy of memory through dissection of a sheep's brain.  Exhibits and demonstrations on eye-witness accuracy and memory teasers. 

Mona Lisa 

Look at Mona Lisa upside down, then compare - can you tell the difference?  What's happening?

Motion After-Effect  

Visit this site and experience this classic phenomenon.  

Müller-Lyer Illusion  

A number of different demonstrations combined with explanations like the one shown below.

NASA's Memory Website 

Try out these interactive activities and see how your short-term memory and long-term memory work.  

Positive Reinforcement Tutorial and Exercise 

Use real world examples to help understand the principles of reinforcement.  You will be reinforced too.

Rhythm Perception

How is the perception of rhythm generated?  Check it out!

Sensation and Perception Tutorials

Six tutorials and demonstrations related to the senses.  Try the size constancy and signal detection tutorials!

Sleep and Dreams  

Try this interactive activity.  Watch the brain activity as the person sleeps and wake him up!  He'll tell you what he's dreaming.

Stereotyping  

Adventure into the world of Social Psychology and choose your destination.  Stereotype threat?  Counter-Stereotyping?  

Split Brain Syndrome   

Try this activity and see the behavior with a split-brain.

Stereoscopic Animated Hypercube 

Look at the projection of a 4-dimensional cube projected onto 3 dimensions.

Stroop Effect

Try this activity and see if you can explain the Stroop Effect!  When you get to the website, click on the word "experiment" to start the activity.  The developers have quite a good sense of humor.  

You may want to try the Stroop demonstration developed by the University of Waterloo; it is more like the original classic study.  An extensive discussion about explanations for the Stroop are there too.  Click on the black Stroop graphic and you'll go there.

Trapezoidal Windows 

Some things are not what they appear. Try out this demonstration and see if the window is really swinging.

Visual Illusion Works

This website has many visual illusions.  It is amazing the number of demonstrations available and the illusions created.  Try it! 

Zimbardo's Famous Prison Study

There is a lot of great graphics and you can watch a video of his prison experiment in the basement of the Psychology Building.  College students, knowing they were in a study, were assigned to be either guards or prisoners.  The results were amazing.  This study also was done prior to APA "ethical guidelines" and raised eyebrows!  

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