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Psychology Resources on the World Wide Web

Updated: November 4, 1998

This page contains new URLs with full descriptions in psychology found by the author or submitted by readers. Updates with full descriptions will no longer be posted. Instead, Brief updates will be published no less than four times a year, but may appear at any time.

November 4, 1998
- Chapter 4 Psychology as History and as Science
  - People and Discoveries--index, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Page provides short biographies of the following: Jean-Martin Charcot, Charles Davenport, Sigmund Freud, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Harry Harlow, Abraham Maslow, Ivan Pavlov, Wilder Penfield, B.F. Skinner, Roger Sperry, and John Watson. The page also has linked timeline of discoveries in psychology from 1900 to 1993. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/humbeh.html
- Chapter 7 Learning and Conditioning
  - Behaviorists for Social Responsibility
    - from their e-mail: BFSR, a Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis has established a website at http://www.bfsr.org. The SIG and the site are dedicated to applications of the science of behavior and cultural analysis to issues of social importance, including education, human rights, environmental and social justice issues. http://www.bfsr.org
August 1, 1998
- Chapter 2 Evaluating Web Resources
  - Using New Media in Criminal Justice Research and Education--tutorial, basic, long, links, graphics
    - From a course in criminal justice, contains links to pages on e-mail, html, videoconferencing, and other topics of interest to teachers using new media. http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/courses/newmedia.html
    - Suggested by Gina Deahl.
- Chapter 3 General Resources in Psychology
  - Psychwatch--index, basic, short, links, graphics, search
    - Page lists electronic and print resources in psychology including their own Top Ten Newsletter, texts and tutorials, software, on-line journals, and much more. http://psychwatch.com
  - PBS Teacher Connex--index, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Part PBS's Teacher Resources Service, this site features links to social studies, the arts, science and math, preschool, and others. The site also lists PBS's schedule of teaching-related programming and how teachers may use it in class. http://www.pbs.org/learn/tconnex/
- Chapter 4 Psychology as History and as Science
  - Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome--graphic, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Provides freely usable (no commerical use) images of Roman-built structures in Italy and France. http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/index.html
  - VRoma--index, adv., medium, links, graphics
    - Links to resources on ancient Rome including images, specialized search engines, sculpture, the National Latin Exam, and more. http://vroma.rhodes.edu/
  - The 4th Tetralogy--index, adv., short, links, graphics, search
    - Site covers Plato's middle dialogues: Republic, Phaedus, Symposium, and Phaedo. Has links to information about Plato and his times, also offers links to other related sources. http://plato.evansville.edu/
- Chapter 5 Biological Bases of Behavior
  - Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science-NAS--tutorial, interm., short, links, graphics
    - From the National Academy of Sciences, these pages are designed to help educators teach the topic of evolution. Topics include why teach evolution, major themes in evolution, and evolution and the nature of science. Also includes a FAQ and classroom exercises. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/contents.html
- Chapter 6 Sensation, Perception, and Consciousness
  - Purkinje Shift--tutorial, basic, short, graphics
    - Discusses the phenomenon of vision commonly observed at dusk when both the scotopic and photopic systems are active. http://server.esc.cquest.utoronto.ca/psych/psy280f/ch3/purkinje/ps.html
- Chapter 7 Learning and Conditioning
  - Interactions Between Conditioned and Instinctual Behavior--tutorial, interm., long, links, graphics
    - Discusses learning phenomena of instinctive drift, taste aversion learning, autoshaping, omission effect, conditioned suppression. Also discusses ethological phenomena of stickleback courtship and imprinting in goslings. http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~tcreed/pb/misbehav.html
- Chapter 9 Language and Cognition
  - SYMBOLS.com-Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms--index, interm., short, links, graphics, search
    - Allows users to search, by meaning or by graphic characteristics, for more than 2,500 signs and to read 1,600 articles about those signs. http://www.SYMBOLS.com/
- Chapter 11 Motivation and Emotion
  - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs--tutorial, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Explains Maslow's hierarchy of needs and links to two other pages on the hierarchy. http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~gwynne/maslow.HTM
- Chapter 12 Human Development
  - Cloning: Nature Web Special--index, interm., short, links, graphics
    - Contains articles from Nature on recent discoveries in vertebrate cloning, includes Dolly and more recent research on mouse cloning. http://www.nature.com/Nature2/serve?SID=25602728&CAT=NatGen&PG=mice/clone-home.html
- Chapter 16 Stress, Coping, and Health
  - Stress: Causes and Effects--index, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Comprehensive page on stress, includes: overview, questionnaires, management, and summary. Questionnaires included are: life change, life style, work stress, and burnout. http://www.cardinalpoints.com/stress/00stress.html
- Chapter 17 Social Behavior
  - Shielded From Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the USA--text, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Presents original data on police brutality from 14 American cities and makes recommendations on how to lower levels of police abuse. http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/index.htm
- Chapter 18 Research and Statistics
  - Globally Accessible Statistical Procedures--index, basic, short, links, graphics, Java
    - Provides 13 data analysis procedures and 9 educational procedures for analyzing data and teaching statistics on-line. http://www.stat.sc.edu/rsrch/gasp/
July 9, 1998
- Chapter 2 Evaluating Web Resources
  - TechNow--PBS Kids --interactive, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Site from PBS Kids has a challenging and intstructive quiz on Internet literacy and netiquette, a method to evaluate other Web sites, and the chance to win a trip to computer camp. http://www.pbs.org/kids/techknow/
  - Terrrific Type Tips--tutorial, adv., short, links, graphics
    - Offers 23 tips on building better Web pages, includes tips on type, white space, page scaling, balance, color, and more. http://builder.cnet.com/Graphics/Type/index.html
  - Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide--tutorial, adv., short, links, graphics, Java
    - Comprehensive guide to Web page design, contains sections on philosophy, interface design, site design, page design, graphics, multimedia and animation, and more. http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/
- Chapter 3 General Resources in Psychology
  - Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities-Boyer Commission--text, interm., short, links, graphics
    - Complete linked text of recent report on undergraduate education in research-level universities. http://notes.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf
  - Information Technology: It Impact on Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology-NSF--text, adv., long
    - Full text of NSF Workshop of same title, discusses the impact and potential of information technology in higher education. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9882/nsf9882.txt
  - Virtual University Gazette--text, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Electronic newsletter of group promoting adult and distance education, features links to on-line colleges and universities, articles, Internet resources, and other related materials. http://www.geteducated.com/
  - Virtual Reference Desk--interactive, basic, short, links, graphics
    - Ask-An-Expert" style page from the National Library on Education and ERIC, attempts to use the Web to put people with questions in contact with people with answers. http://www.vrd.org/
  - Feminist Psychological Criticism--tutorial, interm., long, links
    - Discusses the influence of Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Mary Ellman, Kate Millet, Annis Pratt, and Juliet Mitchell as feminist critics of psychology. http://www.keyanoc.ab.ca/courses/engl378/MOD2FPSY.HTM
  - Snyder's Psylist--index, basic, long, links
    - Page provides links to Web resources in psychology in support of the introductory psychology course. Topics are Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, Behavior, Clinical and Abnormal, Developmental, Evolutionary and Genetic Psychology, Intelligence, Language and Thought, Memory, Methodological, Miscellaneous, Motivation and Emotion, Neuropsychology, Perception and Sensation, Personality, Psychological Disorders, and Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness http://chrome.psych.ualberta.ca/~msnyder/psylist.html
  - Time Service Department, U.S. Naval Observatory--download, adv., short, links, graphics
    - Provides software to set up personal computers to access the master clock at the U.S. Naval Observatory. http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
  - KidsClick!--interactive, basic, short, links, graphics, search
    - Designed for children, makes possible easy searches of the Web. Categories include facts and current events, science and math, fine arts, sports and recreation, and much more. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
  - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)--index, basic, short, links, graphics, search
    - Home page for U.S. government initiative to make its information on education and related areas more accessible. Areas included are arts, educational technology, foreign languages, health and safety, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science, Social studies, and vocational education. http://www.ed.gov/free
May 29, 1998
- Chapter 12 Human Development
  - The History of Education--tutorial, basic, short, links, graphics, search
    - Comprehensive site on the history of education features links to important people, childhood history, education history, history of education research, and others. http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/
    - Submitted by: Henk van Setten ( H.vanSetten@ped.kun.nl)
May 21, 1998
- Chapter 4 Psychology as History and as Science
  - The Prehistoric Archeology of the Aegean--tutorial, adv., medium, links, graphics
    - Twenty nine lessons on the archeology of the Aegean, starts with the southern Greek palaeolithic, mesolithic, and neolithic sequence at Franchthi and goes to post-palatial twilight: the Aegean in the twelfth century B.C. http://devlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
  - A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments--index, adv., short, links, graphics
    - Site has information on 32 musical instruments (from bagpipe to zink) from the medieval and renaissance periods, users may click on any of the named instruments to see a picture, history, and hear a wav file of how it sounds. http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
- Chapter 12 Human Development
  - The Internet Obituary Network--index, basic, short, links, graphics
    - The purpose of this site is "...to provide a place for publication of obituaries and death notices." The site has links to obituaries, purpose, invitation, questions, contact, and sponsors. http://www.obits.com/

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