psychology [n.]

1. the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. 2. the mental characteristics or attitude of a person. 3. the mental factors governing a situation or activity. DERIVATIVES psychologist, noun.

Oxford Dictionaries

This page provides links to information and resources for units and topics covered in this subject at a range of Australian universities. It does not attempt to include all these. Be aware some units/topics have different titles in different universities, even though content may be the same or similar. Australian information is supplied wherever possible.

They are at undergraduate level and listed in alphabetical groupings for ease of access. Some information may be useful at a higher level.

In addition, there are journals, search engines, annual reviews, reference material and other general information where these are seen to be relevant. Ask an Expert links are now found here.

Additional unit material will be included as time permits.

If you are aware of any worthwhile information which is not included, suggestions or additions are welcome and will be given every consideration.

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Annual Reviews

Access reviews of research and discovery [abstracts, full text, PDF]. The beginning decade is with the link.

• Annual Review of Psychology
  [1950s]
• Annual Review of Sociology
  [2000s]

Associations & Groups

• APA Help Centre
  American Psychological Association. Psychology at Work, Mind-Body Connection, Family Relations, How to Find Help for Life’s Problems, more.
• Australian Psychological Society
  ‘The largest professional association for psychologists in Australia, representing nearly 19 000 members’. Membership, Practitioner and academic resources, study and careers, publications and products, news and media, more.
• International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology
  News, publications, resources, projects & research, conferences & communication. Designed to assist an understanding of our interrelatedness.
• Scholarly Societies
  Canadian. Links to world psychology societies. Ratings, stability level, more.
• Society for Industrial & Organisational Psychology
  General information, graduate programs, media, publications, links.
• The Australian Counselling Association [ACA]
  ‘National progressive professional peak association of counsellors and psychotherapists. The ACA is primarily concerned with industry standards, creating employment for counsellors, health fund rebates, formal recognition of counsellors’.

Books, Documents, Other Material

• BBS
  Behavioural and Brain Sciences. Free Registration required to access contents.
• Classic Texts and Manuscripts in Education
  Lists material from people as diverse as Kant, Chomsky, Locke, Rousseau and Wittgenstein.

Dictionaries

• Psychology Dictionary
  ‘Online Psychology Dictionary now defines and provides examples for 521 psychology related terms’. Alphabetical.
• Psychology Dictionary & Glossary
  ‘Possibly the most comprehensive psychology and mental health sciences related dictionary on the internet for students. Over 1 200 terms defined. Aimed at supporting secondary/senior/high school and early tertiary students studying psychology or related subjects’.
• The Online Forensic Psychology Dictionary
  More than 100 terms covered.

Textbooks

• Psychology 101
  ‘General psychology text adapted to an online guided format. Represents a summary of the major theories, concepts, and treatment approaches in the field of psychology. Following the text will provide you with a strong basic understanding of the field of psychology’.
• Psychology - Free E-Books
  ‘E-Books for Free online viewing and/or download’.
• The Joy of Visual Perception
  ‘Online web book that provides a good introduction to issues, problems, and patterns in visual perception’.
• Visit the Textbooks page for a listing of textbooks available for Free, online or in downloadable format.

• Wiley InterScience : Psychology
  Select Psychology from the subject menu, then the relevant section from the pop-up box. Browse by category type, then product such as books, journals, databases, more.

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Cognitive Sciences

• Celebrities in Cognitive Science
  ‘Writings by and about leading thinkers in cognitive science, and critics and observers of the philosophy of mind’. People from Babbage to Bruner, Chomsky, Dewey, Gardner, Hume, Kant, Papert, Piaget, Skinner, Turing, Vygotsky to Wundt. Links both on this page and others.
• Centre for Psychology Resources, Cognitive
  Annotated links under headings of General, Consciousness, Language and Memory. Access other psychology resources from the left hand menu.
• Cognet
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Preview what is available prior to joining. Linked to cognitive and brain sciences. Library, perspectives, conferences, careers, seminars, publishers, more.
• Cognitive Science Summaries
  ‘Summaries of artificial intelligence and cognitive science papers and book chapters. It is intended to help find papers to read, or as a reminder of the gist of a paper already read’.
• Cogweb Cognitive Science
  Links to information grouped under First Revolution and Second Revolution, with sub-topic listings. UCLA.
• Good Places to Start, Cognitive Science
  Annotated links to Good Places to Start, Readings Online, Related Web Sites, More Reading [including FAQs], Recent News, more.
  Highly Recommended !
• The Encyclopaedia of Cognitive Sciences
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Abstract only process for the public. Links to books and articles and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.
• The Pre-History of Cognitive Science Web
  ‘Annotated bibliography of models of human cognition from the Seventeenth through Nineteenth centuries. Authors represented and forthcoming is the result of ongoing research into early models of cognition, with a particular emphasis on those thinkers who sought to understand the relationship between the material world, our physical bodies and abstract thought’.
• What is Cognitive Science ?
  Brief but cogent articles. Presentation by the University of California [UCSD]. A Second Source for similar information [from The Indiana University] can be found here.

Databases, Directories & Libraries for Psychology

• AmoebaWeb
  ‘Providing over 2 000 links to psychology content [including full-text articles] freely available on the Web’.
• BUBL Link
  General resources, departments, journals, societies, other topics, e.g. conscious & subconscious mental processes. Link to other areas, e.g. psychiatry, clinical psychology, neuroscience, etc..
• Intute Psychology Gateway
  18 main areas as well as a site search engine to help find specific items.
• Psych Central
  Links to all things psychological.
• Social Psychology Network
  ‘Largest social psychology database on the internet’, 14 000+ links. Type a phrase, search, find further information.
• Welcome To MyAPA
  Index of psychology information and resources.
  Previously known as PsychCrawler and Psycnet.
  You now have to be able to log in to access this site.
• WWW Virtual Library : Psychology
  Links from Academic Departments to History, guides, Stress Management, What’s New in Psychology sites ?, links from sociology to anthropology. University of Florida.
• Yahoo Directory : Psychology
  Access sections via the categories.

Evolutionary Psychology

• Centre for Evolutionary Psychology
  A Primer, research topics, approaches, suggested reading, other links, more.
• Evolutionary Psychology FAQs
  FAQs, links to fields including post-partum depression, addiction and fossil evidence [in 3D] related to human evolution.
• Evolutionary Psychology for the Common Person
  Multiple sections, links, more. Only online until the end of 2012.
• Evolutionary Psychology Primer
  University of California. A Primer by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, bibliography for further readings, references, etc..
• Evolutionary Psychology : Yahoo Group
  Messages, files, bookmarks, databases, more.
  Restricted to members only.

Existential Psychology

• Human Nature
  ‘To bring into communication the variety of approaches to understanding human nature which have a regrettable tendency to be less in touch with one another than they might’.
• International Society for Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy
  ‘Encouraging and advancing research and education in existential psychology and psychotherapy. The dominant thrust behind all our work is a commitment to understanding the central role that meaning plays in our lives’.
• Victor Daniel’s Home Page
  Information on Existential Psychology incorporating online lectures and links. Also covers other areas of psychology.

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General Sites

• Current Topics in Psychology
  ‘Some of the most useful articles, websites and research tools are assembled here for easy reference’. Use The Psychology Reference Guide [general resources] or the Quick Reference Guide [specific topics].
• DMOZ Web Directory - Psychology
  52 headings such as behaviour, history, psycholinguistics, tests & surveys, psychiatry, cognitive science, etc..
• Encyclopaedia of Psychology
  ‘Intended to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology’. It includes careers, organisations, resources, paradigms & theories, people, history, publications and other areas.
• Graduate Study in Psychology
  ‘Information on applying to Master’s and Doctoral programs’, e.g. how to apply, what program you want, how to be accepted, etc.. US-centric but may be useful.
• Humour
  There is a lighter side ! Also try this link for More Humour in Psychology.
• Index for Psychology & Related Departments
  Listed alphabetically and as departments at world universities. Also Geographical links.
• Links to Online Mental Health Resources
• Online Psychology Resources
  Part of a site called Online Psychology Degree.‘Our site is a growing resource providing links to some of the best psychology information on the internet as well as original articles on a variety of topics. We provide a comprehensive view of psychology from an anthropological, medical and academic standpoint to bring the most information to the most people’.
• Psych Web
  Visit this site to find all it holds.
  Brilliant !
• Psychology Information Online
  ‘Psychological diagnosis, disorders and problems, psychotherapy and counseling [including family therapy, couple counseling and group therapy], behavior therapy [stress management and relaxation skills training, assertiveness training, desensitization for phobias, parenting skills, etc.], psychological evaluations and testing, other treatment services and also provides information about Forensic psychology and psychological consultations for legal matters’.
• Theoretical Sources
  21 page links, an Index page and Corollary Sites page. Instructional Design Models, Constructivism, Semiotics, Qualitative Research, Critical Pedagogy, other similar topics. Each leads to a page full of links covering specific figures connected to that area, topics, writings, theories, etc..
• World Wide Web Virtual Library - Psychology
  ‘Keeps track of online information as part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here’. 16 directories are incorporated.

History of Psychology

• Classics in the History of Psychology
  History question & answer forum, documents in history, links to sites with related documents, primary source reading for research, search facility.
• History & Theory of Psychology Eprint Archive
  ‘Free service to the community of scholarly historians and theoreticians of psychology with the goal of promoting the rapid dissemination of new work in the field’.
• History of Psychology
  Development of psychology.
• History of Psychology [2]
  Annotated links covering general history of the field, also influential people.
• The History of Psychology
  People by birth date or alphabetically, categories, library resources, trivia. University of Dayton.

Journals & Magazines

• Cognitive Psychology
  Current issue, articles, author information, links, other journal links. Articles ‘that have a major impact on cognitive theory and/or provide new theoretical advances’.
• Developmental Psychology
  Journal and subscription site. Selected articles.
• Links to Psychological Journals
• Psychology Today
  Journal with annotated articles.
• Psycline
  ‘Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web - An index of more than 2 000 psychology and social science journals on the web’. Also ‘an easy to use interface to article databases in psychology’.
• Theory and Psychology
  Bi-monthly journal with article abstracts.

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Operant Conditioning

• Introduction to Operant Conditioning
  Introduction, links to several other sources of information.
• An Introduction to Operant [Instrumental] Conditioning
  Overview, information, general principles, graphics, links to tutorials, more.
• Operant Conditioning
  Reinforcement, Punishment & Extinction to Thorndike’s Law of Effect, Operant Variability to Four Term contingency. 14 sections, including links to related information. From Wikipedia.
• Operant Conditioning [B.F. Skinner]
  Simple presentation. Overview, examples, principles, references, links to two journals.

Psychologists, Famous

• Abraham Maslow
  Background, biography, theory, discussion, references.
• Alfred Adler
  Background, biography, theory, discussion, references.
• B F Skinner
  Background, biography, theory, discussion, references.

Freud, Sigmund

• Sigmund Freud
  Background, biography, theory, discussion, references.
• Sigmund Freud Archives
  ‘An entirely independent organisation dedicated to collecting, conserving, collating and making available for scholarly use all of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic and personal papers, his correspondence, photos, records, memorabilia, etc.’.
• Sigmund Freud - Life and Work
  ‘This site provides valuable information about the life and work of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. We offer information concerning : Freud’s biography; Freud'’s ideas, theories, and his psychoanalytical approach; Freud’s complete bibliography; Other resources regarding Freud’s self-analysis, his interest in cocaine, and more’.
• Sigmund Freud [Yale Psychology Lecture]
  ‘This lecture introduces students to the theories of Sigmund Freud, including a brief biographical description and his contributions to the field of psychology. The limitations of his theories of psychoanalysis are covered in detail, as well as the ways in which his conception of the unconscious mind still operate in mainstream psychology today’. Video lecture.

Kohlberg, Lawrence

Kohlberg worked on a theory based on developing stages of moral development, initially in children, then older people . The following provide information on the man and his work.

• Kohlberg’s Moral Stages
  ‘Kolberg’s theory specifies six tages of moral development, arranged in three levels’. These are detailed here.
• Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
  The stages, theoretical assumptions, examples of moral dilemnas, criticisms, relevance, references, further reading, several external links, biographical information. From Wikipedia.
• Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development [2]
  Online extract from W.C. Crain. [1985], Theories of Development. Prentice-Hall. pp. 118-136.
• Moral Development and Moral Education An Overview
  ‘Provides an overview of the major developmental theories currently influencing research on moral education’. Kohlberg is one of the four here.

• Pavlov, Ivan
  Background, biography, theory, discussion, references.
• The C G Jung Page
  Introduction, Jungian resources, books, societies, training, articles, online features, news, psychology and culture, editorial, web logs, links, archives, publishers.

Psychology News

• Psychology in the News
  Psychology media, press releases, headlines, RSS feeds, educational material, more.
• Psychology News
  Science Daily. Headlines, stories, links, archived material.
• Psychology News Links
  Annotated links to news. From the Encyclopaedia of Psychology.
• Psychology News, Topix
  ‘News on Psychology continually updated from thousands of sources around the net’.
• Psychology/Psychiatry News
  ‘News articles published daily. News on psychiatric treatments, rehabilitation and medications, forensic psychiatry, cognitive behavioural therapy, the functioning of the mind’. Available as a newsfeed.
• Psychology Today, Recent News
  More everyday than academic style news. Check front page for items.

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Specific Topics

• Consumer Behaviour
  The Psychology of Marketing. Introduction, research methods, culture & subculture, demographics, segmentation, decision making, group influences, perception, attitudes, links, more. University of Southern California.
• Depression : Psychology Information Online
  Information, treatment. Areas such as what is … , what causes … , types, FAQs.
• Psychology of Language Links
  From the Encyclopaedia of Psychology.
• School Psychology Resources Online
  ‘For psychologists, parents and educators’. Features, Specific Conditions, Disorders & Disabilities, Other Information.

Testing & Experiments

• A Web of Research
  ‘They’re fun, they’re fast and they save money, but do Web experiments yield quality results ?’ Article from APA Monitor.
• Psychological Research on the Net
  ‘Links to known experiments on the internet that are psychologically related. Organized by topic area with topic areas listed chronologically with the most recently added at the top’. Everything from Biological Psychology to Sensation & Perception, links to other resources.
• The Web Experiment List
  ‘Intended to be the world’s most comprehensive archive of current and past psychological Web experiments’. Listed by title, authors, academic site. More than 270, many archived.

Tools & Resources

• Demonstrations and Tutorials
  Annotated links to these resources. How Drugs Work to a Visual Illusions Gallery, A Tutorial on Situated Learning to Sensation and Perception Tutorials.
• Higher Education Academy
  ‘To work with institutions, discipline groups and individual staff to provide the best possible learning experience for all students’. UK. Resources, links, other information.
• High School Psychology
  Information, resources for those wishing to start some level of psychology teaching in high schools.
• Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology
  Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Journal, teaching resources, advice on careers, syllabi, scientific writing, scientific misconduct, preparing presentations, running conferences, more.
• Psychology Online Resource Central
  ‘Hottest links for psychology students and their professors’. Topics from APA Writing to Teaching and beyond.
• Psychological Tutorials and Demonstrations
  ‘Links to hypertext tutorials in psychology [as they become available]’. Extensive compilation. Worth visiting.
• Resources for Teaching Social Psychology
  ‘Links to social psychology teaching resources, including textbooks, course syllabi, lecture notes, classroom activities, demonstrations, assignments, and more. The table shows a detailed outline of topics’.
• Salmon [Study and Learning Materials Online]
  ‘Support material for courses taught by Dr Paul Kenyon in the Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK’.
• Student Activities
  ‘Student Activities Home Page of Allyn & Bacon’s PsychSite, which contains dozens of exercises for you to explore and expand your understanding of psychology’.
• Student Psychology
  Resources for Undergraduate and Graduate level Psychology. ‘A gateway to Psychology Press’ online interactive resources, revision aids, information for undergraduate psychology students or those interested in studying for a psychology degree. Also contains links to multimedia eLearning materials to tie in with our best-selling psychology course textbooks’. A significant range of Free material covering many aspects of psychology.
• Teaching Clinical Psychology
  For psychology teachers rather than students. In-class exercises, projects, course syllabi, books, manuals, links, essays on teaching psychology. A site index.
• The Quiz Yourself Section of Psych Web
  ‘Click on the chapter title for a multiple-choice self-quiz consisting of 10 questions. Please note these quizzes are not designed to be printed out. The answers are spread over many pages to isolate them visually on the computer screen’. 16 topics.

Video & Audio Lectures

• An Introduction to Psychology [YouTube]
  A presentation from macquarie University at their Information Day in 2012. YouTube, approx. 24 minutes.
• Introduction to Psychology [Yale Video Course]
  ‘This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, religion, persuasion, love, lust, hunger, art, fiction, and dreams. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury’. 20 video lectures. Links with the Open Yale Courses - Introduction to Psychology available here.
• Introduction to Psychology [View Free content from MIT on iTunes]
  ‘This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love. The great controversies: nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self and society. Students are exposed to the range of theoretical perspectives including biological, evolutionary, cognitive, and psychoanalytic’. Jeremy Wolfe, MIT. 23 units. Links with MIT OpenCourseWare - Introduction to Psychology.

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