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Psychology - Internet Resources
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REFERENCE
  • Dictionaries - Online Reference Shelf

  • Glossary On-Line: Psychiatry
    - "a glossary of terms used in psychiatry. Some defintions contain links to other resources developed by Psychiatry On-line"

  • The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues
    - consists of definitions, relevant quotes, photos, and illustrations.
    - "items in this Dictionary have been researched by anthropologists, archaeologists, biologists, linguists, psychiatrists, psychologists, semioticians, and others who have studied human communication from a scientific point of view. Every effort has been made to cite their work in the text
    - definitions, meanings, and interpretations left uncredited are those of the author"

  • The Phobia List
    - a very long list of names of phobias sorted in order of the phobia and of the thing being feared. Also has some information about phobias, quotations about fear, and a list of phobia resources
  • Therapist Directory
    - directory contains listings for therapist across the United States and in Canada
    - to find a therapist in your area, simply select the appropriate geographic region

  • Web Directories = 16 links
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology
    - "The Encyclopedia of Psychology is intended to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology
    - there are two paths envisioned for this purpose:
    - 1) original information generated by respected researchers and practitioners in various fields of psychology, and
    - 2) a hierarchical database of links to websites providing information about scientific psychology"
    - this is a comprehensive site of psychology resources including hundeds of categories

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  • Internet Mental Health
    - an online encyclopedia of mental health. Includes a wide variety of information about medications, diagnoses and disorders, as well as other Internet Links
    - you can browse the site and find a lot of information
    - when looking at disorders, the information included is: American description, European description, Treatment information, Research on diagnosis, treatment, and cause, Information booklets and Magazine articles
RESEARCH
  • Psychology Lesson Plans
    - grades: 3 - 12; 4 - 12; 4 - 6; 7 - 12; 9 - 12; 10 - 12

  • Teaching = 18 links
    - a collection of links to psychology teaching resources
    - a collection of psychology related lesson plans targeted for K-12 students
    - an assessment and curriculum to assist people with developmental disabilities in gaining more functional independence
    - domains of learning include adaptive behavior, affective (emotional) skills, cognitive, sensorimotor, social, speech and vocational
    - and much more!
EMPLOYMENT
CLASSES (SUBJECTS)
  • AgeLine Database
    - selected articles from 300 magazines and journals
    - provides over 60,000 abstracts and content summaries of current literature on aging
  • Science NetLinks = a database
    - provides resources for K-12 science educators.
    - a guide to meaningful standards-based Internet science activities and lessons
    - it includes:
    - lesson plans sorted by grade level and linked to benchmarks
    - resources, reviewed websites to support standards-based teaching and learning
    - benchmarks, K-12 science literacy learning goals outlined by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Science

  • Child and Family WebGuide = a database
  • Brookings Institution = a database
    - the Brookings Institution WEBSITE offers:
    - policy briefs, opinion pieces, articles and papers, some books, - congressional testimony, interviews, speeches
    - directories of Brookings Institution scholars, staff, and trustees
    - descriptions of Brookings Institution programs, activities, and centers
  • National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
    - "is the world's largest resource for current information and materials about alcohol and other drugs
    - services include: an information services staff equipped to respond to the public's alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) inquiries;
    -the distribution of free ATOD materials, including fact sheets, brochures, pamphlets, posters, and video tapes from an inventory of over 1,000 items; a repertoire of culturally-diverse prevention materials, tailored for use by parents, teachers, youth"

  • Introduction : Addiction as a Disease
    - contains a clear concise definition of substance abuse
    - it explains addition as a disease and shows, through the use of graphics, the effects of cocain on the human brain
    - the site covers topic including; the difference between a drug user and a drug addict, relapse, craving, and the role of the brain in abuse and recovery
  • Paradigms and Theories
    Behavior Analysis = 23 links
      behavior seen as a function of an organism's environment
    Cognition = 23 links
      behavior seen as a function of an organism's mental processes
    Neuroscience = 19 links
      behavior seen as a function of an organism's biology