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Recommended Websites & Online Resources

Index of Resource Categories Below

  • Professional Psychology
    • Professional Organizations Related to Psychology
    • Information on Careers in Psychology
    • APA Style Resources
    • General Psychology Websites–Resources & Information about Topics in Psychology
  • Selected Topics in Psychology
    • Adult Development & Aging
    • Brain (Neuroscience)
    • Evolutionary Psychology
    • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
    • Intelligence
    • Introductory Psychology
    • Learning & Memory (See also Training & Development)
    • Mental Health/Disorders
    • Motivation
    • Perception (Illusions), Judgment, Decision Making (Problem Solving), Cognitive Errors, & Critical Thinking
    • Positive Psychology
    • Psychological Inventories & Assessments Online
    • Psychological Test Publishers
    • Psychology & Music
    • Sleep & Dreams
    • Stress & Coping
    • Social Psychology & Group Dynamics
    • Training & Development (See also Learning & Memory)
  • Websites & Blogs of Authors & Researchers

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Professional Psychology

  • Professional Organizations Related to Psychology

American Psychological Association:   http://www.apa.org/

Association for Psychological Science:   http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology:  http://www.siop.org/

Society for Human Resource Management:  http://www.shrm.org/

Association for Talent Development (ATD–formerly ASTD, American Society for Training & Development):  http://www.astd.org/

  • Information on Careers in Psychology

U.S. Labor Department O*NET (complete occupational information):  http://online.onetcenter.org/

American Psychological Association career information:  http://www.apa.org/careers/resources/guides/careers.aspx

Career Key (resources on career choice):  http://www.careerkey.org/

Chronicle of Higher Education article on earnings by different majors: http://chronicle.com/article/Median-Earnings-by-Major-and/127604/

  •  APA Style Resources

American Psychological Association:  http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx

Purdue University:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

  • General Psychology Websites–Resources & Information about Topics in Psychology

General information about Psychology:  http://psychology.about.com/

Psych Central: largest and oldest independent mental health social network with lots of resources on mental health issues:  http://psychcentral.com/

Psychology Today Magazine:  http://www.psychologytoday.com/

PsyPost:   “…a science news website dedicated to reporting research related to human behavior, cognition and society….covers the latest discoveries in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, sociology and similar fields….”:  http://www.psypost.org/

Scientific American web site devoted to brain and mind issues:  http://www.scientificamerican.com/mind-and-brain/

Social Psychology Network (online resources in social psychology):  http://www.socialpsychology.org/;  Twitter feed of psychology headlines from around the world https://twitter.com/PsychNews

Sociological Cinema (database of video clips on topics in sociology–many related to social psychology):  http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/

The Psych Files (blog and resources in psychology):  http://www.thepsychfiles.com/

This Emotional Life: PBS series devoted to to issues of mental and emotional health : http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/

Science in Action: American Psychological Association Twitter feed that demonstrates how psychologists use empirical research to benefit society and improves lives: https://twitter.com/psysciaction

Healthy Workplace: Twitter feed from the American Psychological Association (APA) Center for Organizational Excellence, designed to help employers foster employee well-being, while enhancing organizational performance: https://twitter.com/APA_excellence

Listings of free online videos, podcasts, and courses on Psychology and Neuroscience — http://www.openculture.com/psychology_free_courses

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Selected Topics in Psychology

  • Adult Development & Aging

TED–How we can avoid aging:  http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html

TED–Your genes are not your fate:  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate.html

TED–How to live to be 100:  http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100.html

TED–The coming neurological epidemic (Alzheimer’s):  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic.html

TED– Personal home-based healthcare:  http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_dishman_take_health_care_off_the_mainframe.html

TED–What motivates work:  http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work.html

TED–Psychology of time:  http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_prescribes_a_healthy_take_on_time.html

TED–Millennial generation:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPWxUduPl4&list=PLm5TRMGmGEBFeJOu5OH3b5lIINVhb7PVb&index=4

CNN Morgan Spurlock Inside Man series (season two), broadcast April 2014. Can people live forever? Likely advances in medical and computer technology in the next decade suggest that the human lifespan will be extended significantly, including possible virtual immortality: [searching for URL of program–to be added]

Midlife cognitive functioning article:  http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/04/mind-midlife.aspx

Stress by generation article:  http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2012/generations.aspx

Big Five Personality Inventory- OCEAN (NEO-PI):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2OwStSoWbQ&list=PLm5TRMGmGEBFeJOu5OH3b5lIINVhb7PVb&index=3

Sum of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AubFuGHQub0&list=PLm5TRMGmGEBFeJOu5OH3b5lIINVhb7PVb&index=1

Cost of end-of-life medical care–60 Minutes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6xPBmkrn0g

Psychology of Love (lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHdZKDldIg

Craig Ferguson rant on why everything sucks (why youth culture controls society):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUZ42T9diU

Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of development–stage 6 Intimacy vs Isolation (from Everybody Rides the Carousel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5bXws0hAu4

Summary of Erikson’s 8 Stage Theory:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVLxxV0bIgA&list=PLm5TRMGmGEBFeJOu5OH3b5lIINVhb7PVb&index=2

Time lapse video of aging process–child to old age:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVEiAU_F2qw

Time lapse of person over 90 years:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H9citCL46M

Funny prayer for the aging:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1QbnLDvEfc&feature=em-share_video_user

Facebook’s oldest user–105 years old:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/edythe-kirchmaier_n_4165059.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Lesson on lifespan development:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/development/dev_flash.html

Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkFGXqJxas

Howard Gardner talks about multiple intelligence:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODPSRcZ2-Yg

Living to 90 and Beyond, Pt. 1 & 2– CBS 60 Minutes, May 4, 2014:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfmRQbrqKE

Comparing millennials to other generations: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/03/19/comparing-millennials-to-other-generations/

  • Brain (Neuroscience)

TED–Brain evolved for movement (not thinking):  http://www.ted.com/playlists/1/how_does_my_brain_work.html

TED–How the brain works and consciousness:  http://www.ted.com/playlists/1/how_does_my_brain_work.html

TED–Mapping the brain:  http://www.ted.com/playlists/1/how_does_my_brain_work.html

TED–Brain plasticity:  http://www.ted.com/playlists/1/how_does_my_brain_work.html

TED–Why we sleep:  http://www.ted.com/talks/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep.html

TED–Effects of brain damage–capgras syndrome, phantom limb, synesthesia:  http://www.ted.com/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind.html

The Brain–teaching modules from video series:  http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html

Lesson on brain structures and function:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/brain/index.html

Human Genome (lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9181MtjpIrY

Whole Brain Atlas: http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

Brain facts website:  http://www.brainfacts.org/

Brain anatomy tutorial in 3D–Part 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1zkVBHPh5c

Brain anatomy tutorial in 3D–Part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hC6NGQReL4 

  • Evolutionary Psychology

The Science of Lust (BBC documentary):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKeRBLYWGOs

  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology

TED–What motivates work:  http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work.html

TED–Psychology of time:  http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_prescribes_a_healthy_take_on_time.html

TEDxBelfast–High performing teams from a biological perspective (bioteaming)–Ken Thompson:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNNWLj-3wx0

SAS–world’s best employer, 60 Minutes, part 1:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ebIGpZIWI

SAS–world’s best employer, 60 Minutes, part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCxJTmS1Eo

Why SAS is the best place to work–CNN Money:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtANL3MMjPs

U.S. Labor Department O*NET (complete occupational information):  http://online.onetcenter.org/

Advice from I/O student:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3eWJ8C2Z7E&list=PLm5TRMGmGEBFQe3dGUUGLZNsu6I217nFR&index=1

I/O Psychologist talks about space research–APA video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZcyxyfqbHQ&list=PLm5TRMGmGEBFQe3dGUUGLZNsu6I217nFR&index=4

Lookism–ABC 20/20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwSSTWfwuM

“Companies Can Prevent  Workplace Violence,” Henry O. Patterson, Ph.D., interviewed by Lisa Scheid in the Reading Eagle, August 29, 2015, p. A8.  http://readingeagle.com/money/article/berks-experts-look-toward-preventing-violence-in-the-workplace#.VeHJML8sgcg.twitter

  • Intelligence

Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkFGXqJxas

Howard Gardner talks about multiple intelligence:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODPSRcZ2-Yg

  • Introductory Psychology

Discovering Psychology Series–1–Past, Present, & Promise:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/01/e01expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–2–Understanding Research:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/02/e02expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–3–The Behaving Brain: http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/03/e03expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–4–The Responsive Brain:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/04/e04expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–5–The Developing Child:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/05/e05expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–6–Language Development:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/06/e06expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–7–Sensation and Perception:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/07/e07expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–8–Learning:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/08/e08expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–9–Remembering & Forgetting:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/09/e09expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–10–Cognitive Processes:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/10/e10expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–11–Judgment & Decision:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/11/e11expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–12–Motivation & Emotion:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/12/e12expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–13–The Mind Awake & Asleep:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/13/e13expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–14–The Mind Hidden & Divided:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/14/e14expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–15–The Self:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/15/e15expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–16–Testing & Intelligence:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/16/e16expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–17–Sex & Gender:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/17/e17expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–18–Maturing & Aging:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/18/e18expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–19–The Power of the Situation:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/19/e19expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–20–Constructing Social Reality:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/20/e20expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–21–Psychopathology:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/21/e21expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–22–Psychotherapy:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/22/e22expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–23–Health, Mind, and Behavior:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/23/e23expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–24–Applying Psychology to Life:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/24/e24expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–25–Cognitive Neuroscience:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/25/e25expand.html

Discovering Psychology Series–26–Cultural Psychology:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/26/e26expand.html

Overview lesson on the history of psychology:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/history/index.html

Ten classic psychology experiments that will change what you think you know:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/18/20-psychological-studies-_n_4098779.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Discovering Psychology Series–9–Remembering & Forgetting:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/09/e09expand.html

TED–Manipulating memory:  http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_ramirez_and_xu_liu_a_mouse_a_laser_beam_a_manipulated_memory.html

TED–Memory feats (mnemonics):  http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html

TED–Experience vs memory:  http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html

TED–The fiction of memory–Elizabeth Loftus : http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory.html

TED–Working memory:  http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world.html

Manufacturing memories–60 Minutes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcywPdORySA

Eyewitness testimony–60 Minutes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtDt-THaH_o

Eyewitness testimony fails–60 Minutes, Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97DSyF_Z3Do

Eyewitness testimony fails–60 Minutes, Part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4V6aoYuDcg

Implanting false childhood memories–Elizabeth Loftus:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il0u2s_WGXA

    • Habits

How to harness the power of habits–author Charles Duhigg interview on NPR:  http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147296743/how-you-can-harness-the-power-of-habit

The Power of Habit–author Charles Duhigg interview on NBC Today show:  http://www.today.com/video/today/46554965#46554965

Can you forget how to ride a bicycle? This demonstrations provides the answer: http://www.dailyliked.net/backwards-brain-bicycle/

    • Learning & Memory Anomalies

TED–Brain scientist discusses her own stroke:  http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Superior autobiographic memory–60 Minutes, Part 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeEQ85m79I

Superior autobiographic memory–60 Minutes, Part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1th1fVIc8Vo

Savant syndrome–60 Minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGdVcXEvUb0

Math & science prodigy–60 Minutes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g91IQsS2spA

Life without short-term memory–Clive Wearing, Part 1A:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkiMlvLKto

Life without short-term memory–Clive Wearing, Part 1B:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymEn_YxZqZw

Life without short-term memory–Clive Wearing, Part 2 A:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9UY8Zqg-Q

Life without short-term memory–Clive Wearing, Part 2 B:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCyvzI2aVUo

Life without short-term memory–Clive Wearing, Part 2 C: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BrCBq2FY_U

Life without short-term memory–Clive Wearing, Part 2 D:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKxr08GEE54

    • Cognitive Approaches

Discovering Psychology Series–10–Cognitive Processes:  http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/10/e10expand.html

Research on how story telling (redirecting self narratives) can change behavior–social psychologist Timothy Wilson:  http://www.apamonitor-digital.org/apamonitor/201203#pg30

TED–Angela Lee Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania professor and MacArthur Fellowship winner, discusses her research on “grit” as the essential element of success:  http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html

TED–Biologist Mark Pagel says language is an evolved “social technology,” highest form of observational (social) learning, that facilitates cooperation:  http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity?utm_source=t.co&awesm=on.ted.com_s08cj&utm_campaign=ted&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter&utm_content=awesm-inlinelinkcreator

    • Nature vs. Nurture (What is learned and what is not–instinct)

Twin babies “talking”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmA2ClUvUY&feature=player_embedded

Meta-analysis of 50 years of twin studies–14 million twin pairs– shows average heritability of traits is 49%:  http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.3285.html

  • Mental Health/Disorders

TED–Schizophrenia from the inside:  http://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness.html

I had a black dog named depression–World Health Organization sponsored cartoon illustrating the experience of depression to commemorate World Mental Health Day:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc

Famous David Rosenhan article “On Being Sane in Insane Places”:  http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CG4QFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffaculty.wiu.edu%2FCB-Dilger%2Fs13%2F483%2Fvp%2Farticle.pdf&ei=BXhZUpuzHvPd4AP11YCgDg&usg=AFQjCNFuzF1WF-SUEHYSOHzqgJ8517BD3A&sig2=qYl5K1R0dxhGiyJIrHxPmw&bvm=bv.53899372,d.dmg

Explanation of context and findings of David Rosenhan’s research “On Being Sane in Insane Places”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8OxdGV_7lo

  • Motivation

Good summary of motivation:  http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/motivation/motivate.html

  • Perception (Illusions), Judgment, Decision Making (Problem Solving), Cognitive Errors, & Critical Thinking

Stroop Test:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP7xlattxTc

TED–When to use experts:  http://www.ted.com/talks/noreena_hertz_how_to_use_experts_and_when_not_to.html

TED–Control of our decisions:  http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html

TED–Battling bad science:  http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science.html

TED–Attention controls perception:  http://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection.html

TED–Visual illusions & perception:  http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see.html

TED–Perception of pleasure & pain:  http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure.html

TED–Why people believe weird things:  http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things.html

TED–Pattern behind self-deception (patternicity):  http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html

TED–Visual illusions show how we think:  http://www.ted.com/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired.html  

TED–How to spot a liar:  http://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar.html

TED–Philosopher Stephen Cave discusses the death bias and four types of stories we tell ourselves about death:  http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_cave_the_4_stories_we_tell_ourselves_about_death.html?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2013-12-12

The Power of Belief, Part 1–ABC documentary with John Stossel & James Randi:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M7Hsww20Vg

The Power of Belief, Part 2–ABC documentary with John Stossel & James Randi:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvtI3NbB4zU

The Power of Belief, Part 3–ABC documentary with John Stossel & James Randi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5HdznWGi7o&list=PL5825AC64B1F03622

The Power of Belief, Part 4–ABC documentary with John Stossel & James Randi:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGGLafFDHs

The Power of Belief, Part 5–ABC documentary with John Stossel & James Randi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssuCvx0l_-8&list=PL5825AC64B1F03622

The Power of Belief, Part 6–ABC documentary with John Stossel & James Randi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LQAC51mUuM

Lookism–ABC 20/20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwSSTWfwuM

The Rosenhan experiment–On Being Sane in Insane Places:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6bmZ8cVB4o&list=PLh63MQEhlFS-q7Ug8rooN1uhi2P7-8Z7U

How To Make Better Decisions (BBC documentary):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVqVJ0IXi_M

Importance of using checklists for complex tasks:  http://gawande.com/the-checklist-manifesto

Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder with Daniel Kahneman at New York Library:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMBclvY_EMA#t=708

Air traffic over 24 hours:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBwjQsOEeg

  • Positive Psychology

TED–Positive psychology:  http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html

TED–Positive psychology–happiness:  http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html

TED–Flow:  http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.html

  • Psychological Inventories & Assessments Online 

Big Five Personality theory mini inventory:  http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/bigfiveminitest.html

Chitling Intelligence Test (illustration of test bias):  http://www.wilderdom.com/personality/intelligenceChitlingTestShort.html

Happiness questionnaires etc.:  http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

Implicit Social Cognition (Implicit Association Tests):  https://www.projectimplicit.net/index.html

Metacognitive Awareness Inventory: http://www.google.com/search?q=metacognitive+awareness+inventory&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Multiple Intelligence theory:  http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/MI/MIQuiz.htm

Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale: http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/LC.html

Surveys on morality, ethics, & values:  http://www.yourmorals.org/

Test of knowledge of defense mechanisms:  http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl_defense_quiz.htm

  • Psychological Test Publishers

CPP:  https://www.cpp.com/en/index.aspx

Psychological Corporation (Pearson):  http://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ca/cahome.htm

  • Psychology & Music

Illustration of physical concept of synchrony (entrainment):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs#t=31

Discussion of physical concept of synchrony (entrainment):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGmBtLJ6y4

Music and the Brain–Mind of the Artist  (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwzUPQKesVI

Music and the Brain–From Mode to Emotion in Musical Communication  (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhnxOu1p-W0

Music and the Brain–Depression & Creativity (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4UJhPiBE6c

Music and the Brain– The Music of Language & the Language of Music (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oMvtw4aeEY

Music and the Brain– The World in Six Songs (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyweM3CH-u0

Music and the Brain– Music, Criminal Behavior, & Crime Prevention (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFTjfsEy27Y

Music and the Brain–A Conversation with Dafnis Prieto & Larry Appelbaum (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35di73TgG0

Music and the Brain–Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine & Music Therapy (Library of Congress lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFruZqJ3Z64&list=SP6596D02DC1E30055&index=8

Color, Music, and Emotion (Google tech lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrONWEXCB8g

Music & the Mind (University of California Television lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgKFeuzGEns

Explanation of musical performance anxiety and ways of coping (short student project–but good information):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=juBdg9snMxI

Guitarists can switch off consciousness:  http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/guitarists_brains_are_different_than_everybody_elses_study_finds.html?no_takeover 

Drummers have special type of problem solving intelligence: http://www.policymic.com/articles/89363/science-shows-how-drummers-brains-are-actually-different-from-everybody-elses

How musicians’ brains are different–TED lesson:  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

  •  Sleep & Dreams

Parasomnias (sleep disorders & problems) (lecture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQOeeRCXuWs

Study shows sleep scrubs brain:  http://www.nbcnews.com/health/good-nights-sleep-scrubs-your-brain-clean-researchers-find-8C11413186?utm_content=buffercfea3&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Buffer

  • Social Psychology & Group Dynamics

TED–Hidden influence of social networks:  http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks

TED–Illustration of physical concept of synchrony (entrainment):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs#t=31

TED–Discussion of physical concept of synchrony (entrainment):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGmBtLJ6y4

TED–Willful blindness:  http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness.html

TED–Psychology of evil (Lucifer effect):  http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html

TED–Moral roots of liberals & conservatives:  http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

TED–Body language (how it can change how we see ourselves: “fake it until you become it”): http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html

Milgram experiment on obedience:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVlI-_4GZQ

Discovering Psychology Series–19–The Power of the Situation:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcAQXvBIBTM

A Class Divided (PBS Frontline)–Jane Elliott’s blue eyes/brown eyes demonstration:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zNHtxI6lQ

Strangers photographed together (role playing effect):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SELDTUaHRxQ

Research on how story telling (redirecting self narratives) can change behavior–social psychologist Timothy Wilson:  http://www.apamonitor-digital.org/apamonitor/201203#pg30

  • Stress & Coping

APA Stress survey–sources & affects on health:  http://www.apamonitor-digital.org/apamonitor/201203#pg20

  • Training & Development (See also Learning & Memory)

Lecture on book Telling Ain’t Traininghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr0NpStG4iU

Active learning discussion featuring Mel Silberman:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAnIyYLtZk

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Websites & Blogs of Authors & Researchers

Daniel Ariely, Duke University, author of Predictably Irrationalhttp://danariely.com/

Atul Gawande, Harvard Medical School & School of Public Health, author of The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Righthttp://gawande.com/

David McRaney, author of You Are Not So Smarthttp://youarenotsosmart.com/

Peter McGraw, University of Colorado:  http://blog.petermcgraw.org

Harold Stolovitch & Erica Keeps, authors of Telling Ain’t Training: http://www.hsa-lps.com/index.htm

Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein, authors of Nudge: Improving Decision About Health, Wealth, and Happinesshttp://nudges.org/

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1 Comment

  1. Mike Fleming says:

    I liked the Ted Talk on work motivation. I fully agree that the money is important but many other factors including the feeling of accomplishment, of being part of a productive group, sharing with other workers on a worksite or doing a job toghether. Those are things that can make one feel like getting up in the AM to go to work, whether you are young or old.

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