This is a good starting point for learning about the American Psychological Association, the largest of the psychological organizations. You will especially want to check out the link to Division 8, the division of personality and social psychology.

This is a good starting point for exploring the American Psychological Society, the second largest psychological organization. Once you are at the homepage, click on "Psychology Links" and go from there.

Pick a date and see what happened in psychology on that date! The American Psychological Association Historical Database is a collection of dates and brief descriptions of over 3100 events in the history of psychology.

This excellent resource, maintained by Scott Plous, provides a wealth of information relevant to social psychology. To get a sample of current research in social psychology, follow the link titled "Online psychology studies" and select a study of interest to you to participate in.

This is the homepage for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the largest professional organization for social psychologists. You can find information about social psychology, the organization, and the annual SPSP conference.

This site provides information about one of the leading journals in the field of social and personality psychology. See the list of selected articles to see current research topics being investigated.

This site provides links that allow you to learn more about the ethical principles that guide social psychologists and practitioners.

Considered by many to be the father of social psychology, Kurt Lewin played a key role in the establishment of social psychology. This site provides a brief biography and links to other sites of interest in social psychology.

Follow this link to a plethora of social psychology Web resources.

Visit this PBS website to learn about various topics related to Darwin's theory of evolution.

This site includes Genethics literature, discussion areas, career areas in bioethics, and information on specific topics such as the Human Genome Project, biotechnology, and biodiversity.

Dogs have genes too. This web page has information related to this project.

This page provides general information about the Human Genome Project, topics on medical application of the project, video images, audio files, as well as a section for students and teachers. A search engine makes it easy to find information on the site. Also included are fact sheets on topics such as cloning.

 

 

Major devoted to the study of experimental psychology and methodology.

The EPS was founded in 1946. Its role is to facilitate research in experimental psychology, and scientific communication among experimental psychologists and those working in cognate fields.

 

This is the homepage for this society whose members study the many different aspects of decision making.

This group takes its cue from Egon Brunswik, an influential researcher in social Judgment, social perception, and decision making. You can find notes on methodological and theoretical issues.

This article provides a critical discussion of the use of standardized intelligence testing.

 

This interactive map traces the history of intelligence theory and intelligence testing.

This site examines the two camps on the theory of intelligence: those who adhere to the construct of general intelligence and those who believe in different intelligences. You can link to leading theorists and learn more about each theory of intelligence.

This site provides links to social psychology laboratories that specialize in studying facial expressions. Click on Ekman, one of the leading researchers in this area, and visit his website.

This site also examines nonverbal communication. By accessing this site, you will be able to test your ability to "read" nonverbal communications.

 

This site provides articles relating to current social psychology issues in the news.

 

This site offers a vast array of social psychology essays with an emphasis on social psychology in the work place.

 

  

The purpose of this site is to facilitate discussion of issues pertaining to emotion in organizational settings. Here you will also find a list of researchers and current news in the field.

 

This web site provides a collection of tutorials and demonstrations related to our senses, including vision and art, a pictorial introduction of Fourier analysis/synthesis, Benham 'd5s top and Fechner 'd5s colors, signal detection theory, receptive fields, aftereffects, Gestalt laws of organization, and motion and depth.

Test your knowledge of perception with this quiz game.

 

Much of the research at Monell Chemical Senses Center focuses on the role the chemical sense plays in our sensory world. Although tastes, odors and chemical irritants are rich sources of stimulation throughout our lives, understanding of these complex systems is still unfolding. Monell's sensory research program focuses on learning more about how we detect and perceive these stimuli and how those processes impact us across the lifespan.

This excellent website includes detailed anatomy drawings and photographs.

Visit this interactive site to experience negative afterimages.

 

This relatively new journal is devoted to publishing scientific research on the topic of self and identity. Search the site for specific topics researchers are currently investigating.

 

This site belongs to an organization dedicated to providing information about self-esteem issues. There is even a quick self-esteem inventory that allows you to rate where you fall on the self-esteem scale.

 

Here you can find quotes, affirmations, and other words of inspiration that might enable you to improve your self-esteem.

This website is designed to provide information for personal growth and self-improvement. You can find links to things from dieting and nutrition to mental health.

When trying to understand what kind of person we are, we first watch what we do and feel and then deduce our nature from this.

 

Overjustification Effect occurs where we attribute our behavior more to a conspicuous extrinsic motivator than to intrinsic reasons.

 

This site discusses the benefits of positive illusions. It also includes a self-test that allows you to assess the degree to which you endorse positive illusions about the self.

  

Who says psychology isn’t fun? Enjoy a tour through these for-fun-only self-esteem games.

  

This link offers a truly interesting article about the Theory of Self-Efficacy.

 

When we act to reduce dissonance it can end up as a whole set of justifications and rationalizations that lead to ridiculous or even immoral actions.

 

Volumes have been written about how to persuade others, but it is hard to find information giving insight into self-persuasion.

This site discusses propaganda in detail and provides many examples of propaganda campaigns from the recent past.

 

This site examines social psychological factors underlying the World Wide Web. Among the principles covered are entailed collaboration and knowledge sharing, direct experience with information in various formats, and manipulation of information into new forms.

Follow this Web site through a maze of social influence mysteries.

 

This site examines the application of social influence techniques to the work setting.

 

This site provides information about anti-cult organizations and ways to resist social influence. It focuses specifically on AFF, the leading organization concerned with cults.

 

Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation: The Robbers Cave Experiment.

 

Here it is in all its controversial detail. What do you think? Was Zimbardo’s Prison Experiment ethical. Watch these video spots and decide for yourself.

 

Zimbardo’s, Asch’s, and Milgram’s studies could not be done today because they are not ethical. You can download the APA Code of Ethics from this site.

 

This site is devoted to the journal Group Dynamics, founded just a few years ago. Check out the table of contents for recent issues of the journal. You may purchase these articles.

 

This site offers concise examples of the Social Impact Theory in action. It also has a link to normative social influence.

 

Consider the suggestion provided at this website about using the mere exposure effect to your advantage. Do you think it would work? Why or why not?

 

This site provides information about being interpersonally shy. It also provides several shyness surveys that you can complete.

 

This site discusses whether beauty really is only skin deep. It also examines the self-fulfilling nature of people’s perceptions of beauty.

This page is maintained by Scott Acton, a personality psychologist. The site examines the principle of complementarity within the interpersonal circumplex model of behavior. It has many informative links.

 

This paper critically reviews Bowlby’s and Ainsworth’s conceptualizations of attachment theory.

 

Have you ever considered the cultural differences in what is considered attractive? Take a look at this site and pique your curiosity.

 

Gain access to many topics related to close relationships at this website.

 

SSSS studies topics related to close relationships.

 

A mega-site of information about the end of close relationships.

 

The website of NOW has a variety of information about women’s issues.

This is the site for Division 35 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychology of Women. Click on the link to Psychology of Women Quarterly, the journal for this division. The site also provides listservs that you can join.

 

This is the site for Division 51 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity. Click on the link for Psychology of Men and Masculinity, the journal for this division.

 

Topics related to women and gender issues. It provides links to a wide variety os topics of interest to women.

 

This is the homepage of the AAUW, an organization promoting education and equity for women and girls.

 

Information about this social problem and what can be done to help. Check out the statistics on how many children are poor or the information on welfare reform.

 

This is a link to the official Peace Corp Web site.

 

This site provides a reprint of Albert Bandura's classic "Bobo doll" study. In this study he (along with Dorothea and Sheila Ross) demonstrate that adults modeling aggression can increase aggressiveness in children.

 

A clearinghouse for information about the study and prevention of violence. It also provides a link to the Colorado anti-bullying project.

This site is dedicated to calling attention to top civil rights issues, policy development, and resources. Find a current news story described on this site and think of what issues facing people today have to say about prejudice and discrimination.

 

An overview of environmental psychology is provided.

  

This site will give you information about the field of health psychology and provides information about recent research in this area.

 

The homepage for the leading journal in the field of health psychology. You can see the current contents and general practices of the journal.

 

The home page for the World Health Organization. This site covers current issues in health facing the world today. It gives you a good idea of health issues facing people living in other countries.

 

Internet Mental Health is an encyclopedia of mental health information. You can learn about the 54 most common mental disorders, including information about description, diagnosis, treatment, and research findings. The 72 most common psychiatric drugs are also described, including: indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse effects, overdose, and dosage.

This web site describes rational emotive behavior therapy. This approach to emotional growth emphasizes individuals' capacity for creating their emotions and the power to choose and implement satisfying alternatives to current patterns.

This site provides links to both the American Academy of Forensic Psychology and the American Board of Forensic Psychology.