Textbook Website
Web Resources for Teaching Introductory Psychology
- TOPSS Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (associated with APA) provides Unit lesson plans for psychology units (if you are a member of TOPSS—See http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/unitlesson.html
- The Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP) Project Syllabus: Syllabi for Introductory Psychology Courses
- OTRP web site: www.teachpsych.org
- Insight Media homepage: www.insight-media.com
- The Learning and Teaching website, aimed at providing information for college teachers www.learningandteaching.info
![[Top Arrow]](../images/top_arrow.gif "To Top of Page"){kind=icon}
Chapter One: Getting Ready to Teach:
- OTRP web site: www.teachpsych.org
Chapter Two: Introduction, Research Methods, Culture:
- Insight Media homepage: www.insight-media.com
- Deakin University, Australia: Phineas Gage Information Page:
www.deakin.edu.au/hbs/psychology/gagepage/ - University of Washington: Who abused Jane Doe?: The hazards of single case studies.
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/JaneDoe.htm
Chapter Three: Human Development:
- Newsweek Magazine: Your child’s brain: www.gymboree.ch/pdf/articles/your_childs_brain_newsweek.pdf
- The Human Genome Project Information: Behavioral Genetics: www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/behavior.shtml
- Nobel Foundation: Genetic code: http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/gene-code/
- Science at a Distance (John Blamire): Genotype & Phenotype: www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/BioInfo/SD.Geno.HP.html
- Learning and Teaching (James Atherton): Piaget: www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.htm
- March of Dimes (Professional website): Teratogens:
www.marchofdimes.com/professionals - Everybody Rides the Carousel: Pyramid Media: www.pyramidmedia.com/
- Mary Ainsworth: Attachment and the Growth of Love: Davidson Films: www.davidsonfilms.com
- Blackwell Publishing: Journal of Research on Adolescence: www.blackwellpublishing.com/..
- Questia: Sex Roles in Motion Pictures: www.questia.com/library/communication
- Scientific American The Truth about Human Aging, (May 13, 2002): www.sciam.com/article
Chapter Four: Biological Psychology
- Gymboree Play & Music Switzerland: Your Child’s Brain (Newsweek article): www.gymboree.ch/pdf/articles/your_childs_brain_newsweek.pdf
- Neuroscience for Kids: Action potentials: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ap.html
- BBC: Brain structure and function: www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/brain/brain.shtml
- Nobel Foundation: Split-brain studies: http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/split-brain/background.html
- Sumanas, Inc. (Multimedia Development services): Reflex arc: www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajorsbiology/
- George Boeree (Shippensburg University): Neurotransmitters: www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/genpsyneurotransmitters.html
- Colorado State’s Biomedical Hypertextbooks: Endocrine system:
www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/basics/ - Nobel Foundation: Immune system & Immune System Defender Game: http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/immunity/
- National Institute of Health: Stem cells: http://stemcells.nih.gov/
- CBS News: Adult intelligence: www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/20/eveningnews/
- William Calvin: The throwing Madonna: http://williamcalvin.com/bk2/bk2ch1.htm
- Neuroscience for Kids: Ethical dilemmas: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neuroe.html
- Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Jeopardy also called Neuro-jeopardy: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/jeopardy.html
- National Institute on Drug Abuse: Cocaine: www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol13N5/Cocaine.html
Chapter Five: Learning and Memory
- Annenberg Media’s Teachers Resources: Discovering Psychology #8: Learningwww.learner.org/resources/series138.html
- Seabiscuit: Amazon:www.amazon.com/Seabiscuit-Michael-Angarano
- Nobel Foundation: Pavlov: nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/pavlov/readmore.html
- Annenberg Media’s Teachers Resources: Discovering Psychology, #8 Learning: Pavlov:www.learner.org/resources/series138.html
- Nobel Foundation: Classical Conditioning: nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/pavlov/
- Classics in the History of Psychology (Christoper Green): Banduara’s Bobo dolls: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Bandura/bobo.htm
- Intelligen, Inc.: Network processing:
www.web-us.com/brain/bio_org.html - Serendip (Bryn Mawr): Neural networks: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/complexity/perceptron/learning.html
- Stanford University’s Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Constructive memory: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/memory/#3.1
- Eureka Alert: False Memories:
- www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-10
- Eureka Alert: False Memories & Brain Biology: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-02
- The Skeptic’s Dictionary: “Repressed memory”:
http://skepdic.com/repressedmemory.html and http://skepdic.com/repress.html - Annenberg Media’s Teachers Resources: Discovering Psychology #8: Learning: Little Albert: www.learner.org/resources/series138.html
- American Psychological Association: Code of Ethics: www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html
- Anthony Riley & Kevin Freeman (American University) webpage: Taste aversion:www.ctalearning.com/
- BBC: Sea Lions of War: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2839155.stm
- Marilla Svinicki (University of Texas): Differentiating classical and operant conditioning: www.utexas.edu/courses/svinicki/ald320/CCOC.html
- Ari Schindler: Project Pigeon: www.arischindler.com/photos/1412/
- B.F. Skinner, works and life: Deborah Skinner: http://skeptically.org/skinner/id6.html
- Discovering Psychology #8: Learning: Thorndike: www.learner.org/resources/series138.html
- Stanford University’s Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Memory: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/memory/
- Classics in the History of Psychology (Christopher Green): Ebbinghaus: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Ebbinghaus/index.htm
- Educational CyberSpace Playground: Learning in the womb: www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/whatresearchwomb.asp
- Dr. P (Mark Plonsky, University of Wisconsin, Steven’s Point): Punishment: www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/LA/DrP3.htm
- APA: Spanking: www.apa.org/releases/spanking.html
- Eureka Alert: Stages of Memory: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-10/
Chapter Six: Cognition and Cognitive Abilities
- Eyal Reingold (University of Toronto): Scientific American article on intelligence: http://www.sciam.com/index.cfm www.psych.utoronto.ca/~reingold/courses/intelligence/cache/
- Eyal Reingold (University of Toronto): What IQ predicts: www.psych.utoronto.ca/~reingold/courses/intelligence/
- Daniel Gilbert: www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/gilbert/
- Cognition and Language: Insight Media website: www.insight-media.com
- .NOVA: Secret of the Wild Child: www.insight-media.com
- PBS: Instructor’s guide to Secret of the Wild Child: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/2112_wildchil.html
- Minnesota University at Mankato’s e-museum: Whorfian hypothesis: www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/language/whorf.html
- Cross-cultural communication: How culture affects communication: Insight Media website: www.insight-media.com
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Project Head Start: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/ehs/ehs_resrch/
- Science Magazine (American Association for the Advancement of Science): General intelligence: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/299/5604/192.pdf
- Society for the Teaching of Psychology: Cattell: www.indiana.edu/~intell/rcattell.shtml
- Multiple Intelligences: Other Styles of Learning: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Mark Holah’s AS Psychology: Beta test IQ items: www.holah.karoo.net/gouldstudy.htm
- Intelligence & creativity: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Older Brains, New Connections: A conversation with Marian Diamond at 73: Davidson Films: www.davidsonfilms.com
- Stanford University Alumni Organization: Lewis Terman: www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/julaug/
- BMJ Journals: IQ and mortality: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/322/7290/819
- Wilderdom: Dove Counterbalance Intelligence Test: www.wilderdom.com/personality/intelligenceCulturalBias.html
- Susan Ohanian: Black Intelligence Test for Cultural Homogeneity: http://susanohanian.org/show_commentary.php?id=170
- Find Articles: Cattell’s Culture Fair test: www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0004/ai_2699000434
- Understanding Learning Disabilites: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Dyslexia: A Different Kind of Mind: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
Chapter Seven: Stress, Coping, and Personality
- Mayo Clinic: Physiological stress responses: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress/SR00001
- Stressed to the Limit: Stress and Health: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Psychobiology of Stress: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Wilderdom: Biological theories of Personality: www.wilderdom.com/personality
- Coping with Stress: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- The Science of Stress: Stress and Illness: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Stress: The Body and the Mind: Physiological responses to stress: Insight Media website: www.insight-media.com
- Neuroscience for Kids: Movies demonstrating PTSD: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moviespts.html
- Phrenology: Gall:www.phrenology.com/franzjosephgall.html
- Personality Theories: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Theories of Personality: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Wilderdom: Type theories: www.wilderdom.com/personality/L6-1PersonalityTypes.html
- Allen Esterson: Rebuttal of Masson’s theory: http://human-nature.com/esterson/index.html
- Freud: Hidden Nature of Man: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- History of Psychology II: Freud, Jung, and Psychoanalysis: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- AllPsych Online: Freudian defense mechanisms: http://allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/defenses.html
- Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory: An Introduction: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- All Psych Online: Humanistic psychology: http://allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/humanistic.html
- Classics in the History of Psychology (Christopher Green): Carl Rogers: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Rogers/personality.htm
- Russell Dewey’s Psych Web Resources: Online Personality Tests: www.psywww.com/resource/bytopic/testing.html
- The Separated Parenting Access and Resource Center (SPARC): Rorschach: www.deltabravo.net/custody/rorschach.php
- Paula Goolkasian (University of North Carolina, Charlotte): Online Type A/B test: www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/TypeAB.html
- Paula Goolkasian (University of North Carolina, Charlotte) website: Test Anxiety Test: www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/
- University of Ballarat, Australia: Rotter’s Personality Test: www.ballarat.edu.au/ard/bssh/psych/rot.ht
- Personality Disorders: Insight Media: insight-media.com
- Classics in the History of Psychology (Christopher Green): Thomas Szasz: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Szasz/myth.htm
- Hispanic Center of Excellence Premedical Honors College Program: Culturally specific disorders: www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Courses/mod7/susto.html
- World Health Organization: Culturally pervasive disorders: www3.who.int/icd/currentversion/fr-icd.htm
- Malleus Maleficarum Organization: www.malleusmaleficarum.org/
- Circuits of Fear: Anxiety Disorders: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Internet Mental Health: Agoraphobia: www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-an02.html
- Simple and social phobias: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Phobias: Living in terror: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- As Good As It Gets: OCD: Amazon.com website: www.amazon.com/As-Good-Gets-Jack-Nicholson/
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Tyranny of Rituals: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Mayo Clinic: Panic Attacks: www.mayoclinic.com/health/panic-attacks
- Panic Attacks: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Mood Disorders: Insight Media: insight-media.com
- Bipolar Disorders: Insight Media: insight-media.com
- Kay Redfield Jamison: Surviving Bipolar Disorder: Films for the Humanities and Sciences: www.films.com
- Neuroscience for kids: Schizophrenia: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/schiz.html
- Dark Voices: Schizophrenia: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Understanding Mental Illness and Schizophrenia: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Neuroscience Art Gallery: Cats—Schizophrenia: www.cerebromente.org.br/gallery/gall_leonardo/fig1-a.htm
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/One-Flew-Over-Cuckoos-Nest
- The Skeptic’s Dictionary: Dissociative identity disorder: http://skepdic.com/mpd.html
- Merck: Dissociative identity disorder: www.merck.com/mmhe/sec07/ch106/ch106d.html
- The Three Faces of Eve: Dissociative identity disorder: www.amazon.com/Three-Faces-Eve-Joanne-Woodward
- National Institute of Health: Somatoform disorders: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000954.htm
- Psi Café: Psychotherapies: http://search.freefind.com/find.html
- Answers.com: Psychoanalytic method: www.answers.com/topic/psychoanalysis
- Object Relations Organization: Neo-Freudians: www.objectrelations.org/introduction.htm
- A Clockwork Orange: Behavioral therapy: Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/A-Clockwork-Orange/dp/0790701022
- Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders: Behavior therapies: www.bu.edu/anxiety/
- APS: Anxiety: www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2069
- Counseling Resource: Ellis’ REBT: http://counsellingresource.com/types/rational-emotive/
- George Boeree (Shippensburg University): Carl Rogers: www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/rogers.html
- Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy: www.aagt.org/html/chapter.HTM
- Web4Health: Group vs individual therapies: http://web4health.info/en/answers/therapy-group-vs-individual.htm
- NIH: Prozac: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster
- Neuroscience (Brain and Mind Electronic Magazine): Psychosurgery: www.cerebromente.org.br/n02/historia/psicocirg_i.htm
- Walnet: Rosenhan experiment:
- Conformity and Independence: Milgram’s experiment: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Obedience: A reenactment : Milgram’s experiment: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Eye of the Storm: Trainer’s Toolchest: www.trainerstoolchest.com/list_products.php or www.insight-media.com
- Age of the Sage: Milgram’s experiment: www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/milgram_perils_authority
- Candid Camera: Social Psychology: Social Psych principles: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Good Will Hunting: Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/Good-Will-Hunting-Miramax-Collectors
- To Kill a Mockingbird: Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Universal-Legacy/
- Attitudes: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Wikepedia: Self-fulfilling prophecy: www.answers.com/topic/self-fulfilling-prophecy#wp-_note-merton
- Silent Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Murder: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Falling in Love: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- Being in Love: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- R. Chris Fraley: Attachment in Adulthood: www.psych.uiuc.edu/~rcfraley/attachment.htm
- National Center for Health Statistics: Marriage and divorce statistics: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_022.pdf
- Jigsaw Organization: www.jigsaw.org/
- Prejudice: Eye of the Storm: Insight Media: www.insight-media.com
- A class divided: PBS: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html
- PBS: A class divided: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/
- Game Theory.net: Zero-sum games: www.gametheory.net/Dictionary/ZeroSum.html
- Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science: Tom Sawyer cognitive dissonance: www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/sawyr-table.html
- Teaching Introductory Psychology Blackwell website:
- www.blackwellpublishing.com/subjects/SQ/
Copyright © Blackwell Publishing 2009