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"Learning Theory" is a discipline of psychology that attempts to explain how an organism learns. It consists of many different theories of learning, including instincts, social facilitation, observation, formal teaching, memory, mimicry, and classical and operant conditioning. www.wagntrain.com/OC/ Awakenings Tools for psychological and spiritual growth. www.lessons4living.com/ Brain & Behavior Is it possible that everything that one is, does, and experiences is a function of the brain? That one is who one is because of what one's brain is? That becoming something different means changing the brain? serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/ Encyclopedia of Psychology A collection of links to many areas of psychology. www.psychology.org/ Erich Neuman - The Origins and History of Consciousness The structural elements of the collective unconscious are named by Jung “archetypes” or “primordial images.” They are the pictorial forms of the instincts, for the unconscious reveals itself to the conscious mind in images which, as in dreams and fantasies, initiate the process of conscious reaction and assimilation. members.shaw.ca/ A very basic crash course in the history of psychology up to 1950. www.mystical-www.co.uk/ We all believe that our pets are both intelligent and sensitive. After all, they understand our commands, read our moods, and know just how to manipulate us to get what they want. In some ways, they anticipate our behavior as accurately as we do theirs. www.pbs.org/ Positive reinforcement is one of the key concepts in behavior analysis, a field within psychology. Positive reinforcers are something like rewards, or things we will generally work to get. psych.athabascau.ca/ An interactive journey into the fascinating world of the mind. inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/
An evolutionary approach to psychology focuses on proximate mediation; those affects, cognitions and behaviors which helped to solve some adaptive problem in the ancestral environment. www-personal.umich.edu/ The FAQ assumes a basic knowledge of genes and natural selection. Its purpose is to outline the foundations of evolutionary psychology. These foundations are extremely robust (though not beyond criticism). www.anth.ucsb.edu/ All humans on the planet have innate areas in their brains which have specific knowledge that help them adapt to local environments. www.evoyage.com/ Women's choice of men goes in cycles Women are attracted to more masculine-looking men at the most fertile time of their menstrual cycle, psychologists have shown. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/376321.stm
George Herbert Mead, John Dewey, William James, James Mark Baldwin, Charles Horton Cooley, William Isaac Thomas, and more. spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~lward/ History of the Brain - PBS Use this extensive timeline to meander through some of the high-lights (and low-lights) of this great journey of understanding. www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/history/ History of Psychology An e-text about the historical and philosophical background of Psychology. www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/historyofpsych.html Milestones in Neuroscience Research Hippocrates, Galen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Andreas Vesalius, Thomas Willis, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Franz Anton Mesmer, John Hughlings Jackson, Charles Darwin, Hermann von Helmholtz, Jean-Martin Charcot, and more. faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hist.html William James Information on and readings from American psychologist and philosopher William James, Frank Pajares. www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/james.html Women in Psychology Remarkable women who have made an impact on psychology. teach.psy.uga.edu/dept/student/parker/PsychWomen/wopsy.htm |
