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Here's an ever evolving index of useful and/or entertaining Net resources in psychology, organized by category and compiled by your MegaPsych host.  While the focus of this site is on web sites, FTP, Gopher and Telnet sites, discussion lists and newsgroups are also listed by category.

George Miller, in his presidential address to the American Psychological Association in 1969, admonished psychologists to focus on giving psychology "away to the people who really need it — and that includes everyone."  Well, George, with the help of hundreds of our colleagues, I'm going to do the best I can.

Analysis of Data
Statistics allow us to make sense of the empirical data we collect.  These sites may help you learn (or teach) statistics.

Biofeedback
With a little information, and a little training, we can control many of our body functions.

Careers in Psychology
What do psychologists do when they get to work, and how do they prepare for and find those jobs?

Cognitive Psychology
The process of thinking and the content of our thoughts.

Comparative Psychology
Much psychological research is conducted using animals.  If we are to know whether that research will generalize to humans (or to other animal species), we must know as much as we can about our animal subjects.  That is the job of the comparative psychologist.

Consumer Psychology
How does marketing and advertising affect our behavior and mental processes?

Cross-Cultural Psychology
Diversity is the name of the game, today.  In this global culture we are creating, we need to understand people from different backgrounds.

Developmental Psychology
How did I get from there to here?

Diagnostic Assessment
How do we decide when abnormal behavior is abnormal enough that a person suffers from a mental disorder?  How do we measure the degree of imparment that a person is showing?

Drugs
"This is your brain.  This is your brain on ...."

Educational Psychology
What can psychology tell us about the nature, causes and enhancement of teaching and learning?

E-Journals in Psychology
Electronic journals of psychology.  Listed journals make at least some full articles available online.

E-Journals, Science-oriented
Electronic journals of science (other than psychology) for the lay reader.

Emotion
Why do I feel this way?

Environmental and Community Psychology
In what ways do psychological processes and the natural and man-made physical environments interact?

Ethical Issues in Psychology
Psychologists are required to adhere to strict ethical standards in their research, teaching, and practice activities.

Famous Figures in Psychology
Many pages are devoted to the famous psychologists of the past.

Finding or Contacting Psychologists
Many professional organizations a beginning to post listings of members on the Internet.

Forensic Psychology
The intersection of Psychology and law in the criminal justice system.

Games Psychologists Play
Games based on knowledge of psychology.  For both students and non students.

Health Psychology
How does health affect our behavior, and how can our behavior affect our health?

History of Psychology
"Psychology has a long past, but only a short history". (Hermann Ebbinghaus, 1908)

Human Sexuality
You thought I would leave this out?

Hypnosis
"Look deeeeply into my eyes."  Ok, gang, lets get serious.

Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The focus is on the workplace and more formal, organized groups.

Intelligence and Assessment
What is Intelligence?  How do we measure it?  More important, where can I get some???

Language
How do we learn and use our ability to communicate?

Learning
How did we learn to do all those things we can do now, but once could not?

Memory
How do we acquire, maintain and retrieve all that stuff we have learned?  Or, why can't we?

Motivation
What makes us move?

Personality Theory and Assessment
What kind of person am I?  How did I get to be this kind of person?

Physiology
We are physical creatures, too.  These sites will provide insight into what we are learning about the body — especially the brain.

Psychologea Miscellanea
An assortment of pages that do not fit into any other category.

Psychological Disorders
What kinds of disorders do people suffer from?  No small matter, given that about one in three of us will suffer from a psychological disorder in our lifetime.

Psychological Organizations
National, state, regional, and local professional organizations for psychologists, psychiatrists and students.

Psychologists on the Web
Pages of individual psychologists.  Oft included: background, courses taught, syllabi, personal information.

Psychology Courses Online
Many schools are beginning to offer psychology courses via the Internet.  "Distance learning" can involve vast distances.

Psychology Departments Online
Colleges and universities often show information about their programs, faculty, students, etc.

Psychology of Cyberspace
A number of psychologists, and others, are interested in the psychological dynamics of the Internet.

Psychology of Religion
So, you think psychology and religion don't mix?

Psychotherapy and Psychotherapists
What kind of professional help is available to those suffering from mental disorders?

Publishers of Psychology Books
Psychology textbook publishers are making much material available on the Internet.

Research Online
You, too, can participate in research.  And you don't even have to leave your keyboard.

Science of Psychology
Psychology is a science, not because it has all the answers, but because of how it attempts to answer the questions.

Searching the Web For Psychology-oriented Sites
Hundreds of web sites exist that are wholly, or in part, devoted to topics that are, or might be of interest to psychologists or psychology students.  The trick is to find them when you need them.

Sensation and Perception
Sites that examine stimulation of the nervous system, and the brain's effort ti find meaning in that stimulation.

Sleep and Dreams
How we spend roughly one-third of our lives, and what we are doing during that time.

Social Psychology
The behavior of people in groups, and the behavior of groups of people.

Software for Psychologists
Software for records-keeping, classroom demonstrations, conducting research and more.

Specialty Areas in Psychology
When most people hear that I am a psychologist, they assume that I do therapy.  Actually, psychologists do much more than therapy.

Sports Psychology
How can psychological knowledge contribute to the performance of athletes?

Study Skills
Learn more with the same effort, or learn as much with less effort.  Either way, you are a winner!

Support Groups Online
Many groups offer support to individuals suffering from a myriad of psychological difficulties or disorders.

Teaching of Psychology
A special little corner of heaven on the Internet for practitioners of the noblest profession.

Tutorials for Psychology Students
Several professors have developed pages to help their students master concepts in psychology.

Writing Psychology Reports
Proper (that is, APA style) form is essential.
 
 
 

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