Archive of Featured Sites

November 2009
What Is a Survey?: Fritz Scheuren (1.01MB PDF) This booklet was "designed to promote a better understanding of what is involved in carrying out sample surveys - especially those aspects that have to be taken into account in evaluating the results of surveys."

October 2009
Assisted Living Directory: "Assisted Living Directory is a 100% free service and was created to provide a highly useful, simple-to-use and free site for the assisted living market . . . In addition to a directory, we research and write original articles related to assisted living, long term care, Alzheimer's, marketing & much more."

June 2009
Archive of Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: "... we can now make available all work ever published in this journal. Since its birth in 1968, approximately 2,500 articles on about 22,000 pages have appeared. PDF versions of everything are now available at no charge ... Journal issues are made freely accessible to the general public about six months (two issues) after publication."

May 2009
Careers in Music Therapy: AMTA "Music therapists are employed in many different settings including general and psychiatric hospitals, community mental health agencies, rehabilitation centers, day care facilities, nursing homes, schools and private practice. Music therapists provide services for adults & children with psychiatric disorders, mental retardation and developmental disabilities, speech and hearing impairments, physical disabilities, and neurological impairments, among others."

April 2009
What is Applied Behavior Analysis? CARD: "Applied behavior analysis is the process of systematically applying interventions based upon the principles of learning theory to improve socially significant behaviors to a meaningful degree, and to demonstrate that the interventions employed are responsible for the improvement in behavior."

March 2009
Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy for Autism: Healing Thresholds: "The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) approach teaches social, motor, and verbal behaviors as well as reasoning skills. APA treatment is especially useful in teaching behaviors to children with autism who may otherwise not "pick up" these behaviors on their own as other children would. The ABA approach can be used by a parent, counselor, or certified behavior analyst."

February 2009
Self-Knowledge: Its Limits, Value, and Potential for Improvement: Timothy Wilson (136K PDF): "How well do people know themselves? What are the major impediments to selfknowledge? Is it always to people’s advantage to try to analyze themselves? First, we review the most commonly cited reason why people lack self-knowledge, namely motivational factors that lead to repression or suppression. Second, we review nonmotivational systemic reasons why people do not have full access to their mental processes, focusing on research that has found dissociations between implicit and explicit mental processes. Third, we discuss ways in which self-knowledge might be increased and whether this is a worthy goal, focusing on research on introspection and self-perception."

January 2009
The Curriculum Vita: A Student's Guide to Preparation: Eric Landrum: "Undergraduate psychology majors with aspirations toward graduate school have a number of preparations to make. It is well known by now that the top factors that influence graduate school admissions are grade point average (GPA), Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, letters of recommendation, research experience, and autobiographical statements ... this article focuses on advice to students in CV preparation and includes a sample student CV."

December 2008
You're Writing Your Own Letter of Recommendation: John Norcross: "... your behavior over the past 3 (or more) years of your academic life largely determines what we will write about you. Your behavior, your performance dictates the tone and content of our letter on your behalf ... In a recent study of hundreds of graduate programs in psychology ... program directors rated letters of recommendation as the single most important criterion in their admissions decisions. Yet, students routinely underestimate the value that admissions committees accord to letters of recommendation."

November 2008
Simply Psychology: Saul McLeod: Designed for psychology students in the UK, this site provides extensive information about historical figures in psychology, debates in psychology, approaches in psychology, research methods, and much more.

October 2008
The Psychology of Prejudice: Scott Plous (386K PDF): "... prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination are distinct from one another, even though in daily life they often occur together ... this overview will discuss each one separately, beginning with research on prejudice."

September 2008
Top 100 Mental Health and Psychology Blogs: Online University Reviews:  "Whether you work in the field of mental health or are simply interested in the subject, keeping abreast of the news, opinions and commentary within the online blogging community can be overwhelming ... Although it was difficult to narrow thousands of noteworthy resources down to the top 100, below is a categorized list of what we feel are the most popular, informative and/or unique mental health and psychology blogs on the Web."

August 2008
Cognitive Therapy Today: Beck Institute: "This blog is written by the staff of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research ... as a resource for everyone — for professionals, students and the general public. We’ll talk about what’s happening globally with CT research studies and training programs ... We’d also like this blog to answer your questions about what CT is and how it works"

July 2008
The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century (66K PDF): "A rank-ordered list was constructed that reports the ... most eminent psychologists of the 20th century."

June 2008
B.F. Skinner: Science and Human Behavior (1.63MB PDF): "Science is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It is an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in lawful relations to other events ... Science not only describes, it predicts. It deals not only with the past but with the future ... If we are to use the methods of science in the field of human affairs, we must assume that behavior is lawful and determined. We must expect to discover that what a man does is the result of specifiable conditions and that once these conditions have been discovered, we can anticipate and to some extent determine his actions."

May 2008
Synaptic Transmission: A Four-Step Process: Betty Zimmerberg: "There are four fundamental steps in the process of synaptic transmission; likewise, there are four primary divisions of content in this web site. Each division, which corresponds to one of the four steps of synaptic transmission, is organized around specific neurotransmitters. For each neurotransmitter, there are a series of pages to describe the specific role of that neurotransmitter within the broader process of synapti c transmission. These specific pages illustrate the role of each neurotransmitter through the use of computer animations which are accompanied with thorough explanatory text. Finally, each series of pages devoted to a specific neurotransmitter conclude by connecting the role of that neurotransmitter to a particular clinical application, such as schizophrenia, autism, anxiety, or depression."

April 2008
Graduate Study in Psychology: AmoebaWeb: "Applying to graduate programs in psychology can be overwhelming! What do I need to ask? What degree should I pursue? How do I choose a program of study within psychology? How do I get organized? What are graduate programs looking for? What tests do I need to take? How should I prepare for required tests? Can I get financial aid? How do I apply? Graduate Study in Psychology provides easy access to content resources related to all stages of graduate applications. In addition to content resources, the site provides direct links to doctoral programs across the United States."

March 2008
PCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy: "PCSP is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal and database. It is intended to provide innovative, quantitative and qualitative knowledge about psychotherapy process and outcome, for both researchers and practitioners."

February 2008
Rembrandt and Psychology: Reflections on the Return of the Prodigal Son: In the beautiful State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia hangs one of Rembrandt's most beautiful paintings: The Return of the Prodigal Son. "As you gaze at this painting, we discuss the question of how our Christian faith informs our understanding of psychology, and how psychology informs our understanding of spiritual truths."

January 2008
Psychology: An Introduction: Russell Dewey: A complete, 725 page introductory psychology textbook!

December 2007
Postmodernism and Psychology: Louis Hoffman: "... there are at least 2 broad categories to postmodern psychology. First, there is the deconstructivist postmodern approach. A primary focus is critiquing and deconstructing modernism ... A second, more emergent approach builds a constructive epistemology built off the principles of epistemological pluralism."

November 2007
Neuroscience For Kids: Eric Chudler: Not for kids only! "Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system." This extensive site provides a solid, well-documented, clear, entertaining introduction to neuroscience. Among the many topics covered are the following: Brain Basics; Higher Functions; The Neuron; Neurotransmitters; Drug Effects; Sensory Systems; Neurological and Mental Disorders. Highly recommended.

October 2007
Parenting Skills/Discipline: Elaine Gibson: This resource presents Elaine Gibson's insights on parenting difficult children. Among the many topics discussed are the following: Discipline: Using Natural and Logical Consequences to Teach; The Importance of Setting Limits; Instead of Orders, Offer Choices; How They Grow: Birth Through Age Twelve; Three-Step Discipline Plan; Parenting Guidelines.

September 2007
Bad Human Factors Designs: Michael Darnell: Have some fun examining a "scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do not follow human factors principles."

August 2007
Behavior Modification in the Classroom: Nancy Mather: Behavior modification assumes that observable and measurable behaviors are good targets for change. All behavior follows a set of consistent rules. Methods can be developed for defining, observing, and measuring behaviors, as well as designing effective interventions.

July 2007
Risk Taking: David Llewellyn: This site provides an introduction to the psychology of risk taking for the general reader and research resources for psychologists.

June 2007
Psychological Services in Long Term Care: Michael Duffy (137K PDF): Psychological services for older adults in long term care facilities are increasingly needed as the older (and especially the old-old (85+)) segment of our population has grown dramatically ... Increasingly, nursing homes and assisted living facilities have become the new psychiatric residential settings for older adults ... The new field of Clinical Geropsychology is now recognized by the American Psychological Association as a Proficiency in Professional Psychology. Increasing numbers of psychologists, clinical, counseling, family and neuropsychologists, are providing services in nursing homes."

May 2007
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: University of Virginia: "For forty years, from 1932 to 1972, 399 African-American males were denied treatment for syphilis and deceived by officials of the United States Public Health Service. As part of a study conducted in Macon County, Alabama, poor sharecroppers were told they were being treated for “bad blood.” In fact, the physicians in charge of the study ensured that these men went untreated. In the 25 years since its details first were revealed, the Tuskegee Syphilis study has become a powerful symbol of racism in medicine, ethical misconduct in human research, and goverment abuse of the vulnerable."

April 2007
Careers in Psychology and the Law: A Guide for Prospective Students: American Psychology-Law Society(250K PDF): "The field of psychology and law involves the application of scientific and professional aspects of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system. There are a number of specialties that psychologists may pursue within the larger area of psychology and law. This field encompasses contributions made in a number of different areas--research, clinical practice, public policy, and teaching/training among them--from a variety of orientations within the field of psychology, such as developmental, social, cognitive, and clinical."

March 2007
History of Psychology: George Booree: "This is an e-text about the historical and philosophical background of Psychology. It was originally written for the benefit of my students at Shippensburg University, but I hope that it helps anyone with an intellectual interest in the field."

February 2007
Wikipedia Psychology Portal: Wikipedia's user-edited free encyclopedia provides a wide-ranging overview of psychology. Included are sections on the history of psychology, research methods, fields of research psychology (abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality quantitative, social), and fields of applied psychology (clinical, counseling, educational, psychology and law, health psychology, human factors psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, school psychology).

January 2007
The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ): CMAJ is the leading health sciences journal in Canada.CMAJ is an open- and free-access journal, providing free access on the Web without registration. CMAJ is a general medical journal publishing original research and review articles, commentaries and editorials, practice updates, and health news.

December 2006
Trends in Human Development: Laura Berk: "The work of my research group has been guided by Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, a leading perspective in contemporary developmental psychology that regards uniquely human, higher forms of mental activity as originating in social and cultural experiences ... We are intensely interested in the role that private speech plays in learningtfor normally developing children and children with serious difficulties with attention and regulation of behavior. Our work is part of a much larger Vygotsky-inspired literature that is revolutionizing the field's view of the importance of social and cultural contexts for cognitive development, offering new insights into the development of children with serious learning problems, and energizing a plethora of innovative educational interventions and programs."

November 2006
Identifying Problems in Treatment: Judith Beck: Excerpt from Judith Beck's book Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems: What To Do When the Basics Don't Work.

October 2006
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: "Science now offers new conceptions of the learning process and the development of competent performance. Recent research provides a deep understanding of complex reasoning and performance on problem-solving tasks and how skill and understanding in key subjects are acquired. This book presents a contemporary account of principles of learning." Recent research has generated new conceptions of learning in five areas: memory and structure of knowledge; analysis of problem solving and reasoning; early foundations; metacognitive processes and self-regulatory capabilities; cultural experience and community participation.

September 2006
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: The mission of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is "to enhance human well-being and performance in organizational and work settings by promoting the science, practice, and teaching of industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology. Industrial-organizational psychology helps develop strategies that build better organizations. An I-O psychologist can help you with staffing, workforce development, and workplace climate issues."

August 2006
Sex and Cognition: Doreen Kimura: Homepage of prominent researcher Doreen Kimura, with links to several articles on cognitive differences between men and women.

July 2006
Sleep Resources: WebMD: Good sleep resources. Includes Sleep Basics, Treatment of Sleep Disorders (including behavioral treatments, medications, and alternative therapies), Symptoms and Prevention of Sleep Disorders, Sleep Diary, Near Death Experiences, Sleep Disorders Quiz, and an FAQ.

June 2006
ePsych: Gary Bradshaw: "This site is designed to teach about psychological processes in a rich experiential setting. But we don't want to be dull and boring along the way. Cheesy? Sure! Silly? No doubt! Stuffy? Never!!!"

May 2006
Online Readings in Psychology and Culture: Western Washington University: "Consisting of short chapters relating to many aspects of the interface between psychology and culture, Online Readings in Psychology and Culture is designed to be used by professors to supplement lectures and textbooks in any psychology course, or as the primary readings for courses in psychology and culture."

April 2006
B.F. Skinner Foundation: B.F. Skinner was one of the three most important and influential psychologists in the history of the discipline. This Web site is "the authoritative site for information about B . F. Skinner and the science he initiated." Included is a brief survey of operant behavior by B.F. Skinner and a brief biography of B.F. Skinner by Skinner's daughter, Julie Vargas. "Behavior is affected by its consequences."

March 2006
Psychology Writing Guides: The Psychology Writing Center at the University of Washington provides "over 20 guides to writing scientific papers, using APA citation format, writing personal statements for graduate school, taking essay exams, and avoiding plagiarism."

February 2006
gradPSYCH: APA: "gradPSYCH is the magazine of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) ... The magazine's mission is to provide psychology graduate students with cutting-edge information on innovative psychology careers; financial information, training and supervision; graduate student lifestyle issues; and emerging trends in psychology practice, research, and education. gradPSYCH also includes a state-by-state advertising section of internships, fellowships, and other employment opportunities for graduate students in psychology."

January 2006
Cross-Cultural Psychology in the 21st Century: David Matsumoto: "... cross-cultural research has also produced important cultural differences. These occur in temperament, attachment, and child-rearing; cognitive, moral, and socioemotional development; the structure and function of language; rules for displaying and perceiving emotions; psychopathology and physical health; and much more. Collectively, they tell us that culture plays an important role in shaping human experience and worldview as well. "

December 2005
The Brain From Top To Bottom: "The brain may be bewildering in its complexity but this McGill University-hosted web site, The Brain from Top to Bottom brings its workings within the reach of everyone. What happens when you laugh? Love? Feel pain? Translate thoughts into words? Sleep and dream? Three levels of explanation, from Beginners to Intermediate to Advanced, are offered on these and other brain-processed activities. And there's more: you get insights into how every thought is accompanied by events at the social, psychological, neurological, cellular and molecular levels": INMHA

November 2005
Existential Psychotherapy: Dr. Louis Hoffman "Existential psychotherapy is a powerful approach to therapy which takes seriously the human condition. It is an optimistic approach in that it embraces human potential, while remaining a realistic approach through its recognition of human limitation. Falling in the tradition of the depth psychotherapies, existential therapy has much in common with psychodynamic, humanistic, experiential, and relational approaches to psychotherapy."

October 2005
The Secret Life of the Brain: PBS: The five-part PBS program follows brain development across the lifetime. Web features include interactive 3-D brain anatomy, scanning the brain, illusions, and history of the brain. Episodes include the Baby's Brain, Child's Brain, Teenager's Brain, Adult Brain, and Aging Brain.

September 2005
Psychological Science and Spiritual Pursuits: David Myers: "Science also informs the spiritual quest as it helps us winnow genuine from pseudo spirituality. When people make certain claims of spiritual intuition, science can test them. Putting spiritual claims to the test may sound like letting the scientific fox into the spiritual chicken coop; but actually a religious mandate for science exists—even science applied to religion."

August 2005
Understanding Plagiarism: Indiana University Bloomington: "Plagiarism. A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person without appropriate acknowledgment. A student must give credit to the originality of others and acknowledge an indebtedness whenever he or she does any of the following:
a. Quotes another person's actual words, either oral or written;
b. Paraphrases another person's words, either oral or written;
c. Uses another person's idea, opinion, or theory; or
d. Borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative material, unless the information is common knowledge." This site provides information, illustrative cases and examples, a practice quiz with feedback, and a test leading to a confirmation certificate upon successful completion.

July 2005
Elizabeth Loftus: Elizabeth Loftus is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. "I study human memory. My experiments reveal how memories can be changed by things that we are told. Facts, ideas, suggestions and other forms of post-event information can modify our memories. The legal field, so reliant on memories, has been a significant application of the memory research. My interest in psychology and law, more generally, has grown from this application." This site has links to many full-text articles.

June 2005
Neuroscience Tutorial: Washington University School of Medicine: "An illustrated guide to the essential basics of clinical neuroscience created in conjunction with the first-year course for medical students."

May 2005
Biological Psychology Newslinks: Biological Psychology links to thousands of news stories, updated daily and organized by keyword.

April 2005
Marky Lloyd's Careers in Psychology Page: "My primary motive in developing this site is to help undergraduate students learn what they can do with a degree in psychology. The resources on this page focus on: (1) careers in psychology at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level and (2) academic information about psychology at the bachelor’s and graduate levels."

March 2005
dbpeds.org: developmental behavioral pediactrics online: "dbpeds.org ... is aimed at professionals interested in child development and behavior, especially in the medical setting. We have increased our focus on primary care development and behavior, especially early identification and screening."

February 2005
Stanford University Center for Narcolepsy: "Narcolepsy is a serious medical disorder and a key to understanding other sleep disorders ... The disease is principally characterized by a permanent and overwhelming feeling of sleepiness and fatigue." The Web site includes full-text articles, movies illustrating narcolepsy, and information about medications used to treat the disorder.

January 2005
Children, Ethics, and the Law: Gerald Koocher and Patricia Keith-Spiegel(627K PDF): Introduces a variety of ethical and legal issues that may arise for mental health workers in the course of everyday work with children, adolescents, and their families. Chapters include Psychotherapy with Children, Ethical Issues in the Psychological Assessment of Children, Confidentiality and Clinical Competence in Serving Children and Families, Research with Children, Kids and the Courts.

December 2004
Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams: National Cancer Institute: "This free, web-based course presents information about the rights and welfare of human participants in research. The two-hour tutorial is designed for those involved in conducting research involving human participants. It satisfies the NIH human subjects training requirement for obtaining Federal Funds."

November 2004
Psychology and Law: Matthew Huss: This examination of psychology and law examines jury selection, decision making, eyewitness identification, and traditional clinical concepts of treatment and assessment within the legal context.

October 2004
The Children's Spirituality Web Page: Dr. Donald Ratcliff maintains this site that features informative articles, books, and research resources related to children's religious and spiritual development.

September 2004
Academic Integrity: A Letter To My Students: William Taylor(114K PDF): "... integrity is important in this course precisely because integrity is important in all areas of life. If we don’t have integrity in the small things, if we find it possible to justify plagiarism or cheating or shoddy work in things that don’t seem important, how will we resist doing the same in areas that really do matter, in areas where money might be at stake, or the possibility of advancement, or our esteem in the eyes of others? "

August 2004
Eye on Psi Chi: "Eye on Psi Chi features informative articles about careers, graduate school admission, chapter ideas, personal development, the various fields of psychology, and important issues related to our discipline."

July 2004
Studies in Moral Development and Education: "Systematic research and scholarship on moral development has been going on for most of this century ... Moral education is becoming an increasingly popular topic in the fields of psychology and education. Media reports of increased violent juvenile crime, teen pregnancy, and suicide have caused many to declare a moral crisis in our nation. While not all of these social concerns are moral in nature, and most have complex origins, there is a growing trend towards linking the solutions to these and related social problems to the teaching of moral and social values in our public schools. However, considerations of the role schools can and should play in the moral development of youth are themselves the subject of controversy."

June 2004
ADD Resources: ADD Resources is a national non-profit organization for people with Attention Deficit Disorder. This site has dozens of free articles by national ADHD authorities and by adults with ADD.

May 2004
Caring for Infants and Toddlers: The Future of Children: "During the first three years of life, the infant's brain and body, mind and personality take shape, influenced by everyday experiences of learning and nurturing provided by parents and other caregivers. But how is caregiving itself managed by today's families now that more than 60% of mothers with infants and toddlers are employed? This journal issue considers the caregiving options and supports available in the United States and abroad to families with children under age three—including parental leave and child care."

April 2004
Interesting Careers in Psychology: American Psychological Association: This site tells the stories of many psychologists with traditional training who work in some relatively non-traditional places. "Those who have 'taken a different path' relate their own experiences of how they got to where they are now and the valuable lessons they learned along the way to employment 'beyond the lab.' "

March 2004
Big Ideas in Social Psychology and Religion: David Myers: "Which concepts might we include on our short list of social psychology's big ideas? ... And how well do these big ideas about human nature connect with those found in other fields, such as religious studies? Every religious tradition offers answers to some big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What ought we to do? So let's ask, how do some of social psychology's big ideas connect with those of the Jewish-Christian religious tradition that prevails in Europe and the Americas?"

February 2004
Industrial/Organizational Psychology 2010: A Research Odyssey: Brian Schrader: "The field of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology can be roughly divided into seven primary areas of research: personnel selection, training, performance appraisal, leadership, work motivation, work attitudes, and organizational issues." This article explores the "current hot topics and future trends and where they may take I/O Psychology in the next quarter-century."

January 2004
Practice Guidelines: American Psychiatric Association: The American Psychiatric Association provides guidelines for the treatment of individuals with schizophrenia, substance abuse disorders, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, Alzheimer's disease, HIV/AIDS, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, borderline personality disorder, suicidal behaviors, and delirium.

December 2003
Parenting and its Effects on Children: On Reading and Misreading Behavior Genetics: Eleanor Maccoby: "There is clear evidence that parents can and do influence children. There is equally clear evidence that children's genetic makeup affects their own behavioral characteristics, and also influences the way they are treated by their parents ... Children's genetic predispositions and their parents' childrearing regimes are seen to be closely interwoven, and the ways in which they function jointly to affect children's development are explored."

November 2003
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Constructive Memory: Daniel Schacter: "... Memory is not a literal reproduction of the past but instead depends on constructive processes that are sometimes prone to errors, distortions, and illusions ... This review attempts to integrate diverse empirical and theoretical observations concerning constructive memory phenomena from four different areas of research: cognitive studies of young adults, neuropsychological investigations of brain-damaged patients, studies of cognitive aging, and research using brain-imaging techniques."

October 2003
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching: "MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments."

September 2003
Psi Chi Distinguished Lectures: "Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology." Lectures by distinguished psychologists including Margaret Matlin, Robert Rosenthal, Diane Halpern, Robert Sternberg, Martin Seligman, Philip Zimbardo, Duane Rumbaugh, Steven Pinker, and others are featured on this page. All the features of Psi Chi can be accessed from the Psi Chi Home.

August 2003
CASA: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse: "CASA’s missions are to: inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives; assess what works in prevention, treatment and law enforcement; encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction; provide those on the front lines with the tools they need to succeed; and remove the stigma of substance abuse and replace shame and despair with hope."

July 2003
VassarStats: Web Site for Statistical Computation: VassarStats is a powerful and user-friendly site that allows a wide range of statistical analyses to be conducted. Among the analyses that are available are the following: basic descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, ANCOVA, correlation and regression, and analyses for frequency data (such as chi-square) and ordinal data. A textbook companion site (Concepts and Applications of Inferential Statistics) is linked to VassarStats. VassarStats is authored by Richard Lowry of Vassar College.

June 2003
Prevention & Treatment: American Psychological Association: "Prevention & Treatment is a peer-reviewed electronic journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association. Prevention & Treatment publishes major empirical and theoretical research on prevention, the outcome of psychotherapy and social and environmental interventions, biologically oriented therapy, and the combination of such interventions. In addition, Prevention & Treatment publishes integrative reviews of the literature relevant to therapy, prevention, and the underlying personality processes as they relate to interventions."

May 2003
Positive Psychology, Positive Prevention, and Positive Therapy: Martin E.P. Seligman: "The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life . . . The field of Positive Psychology at the subjective level is about positive subjective experience: well being and satisfaction (past), and flow, joy, the sensual pleasures, and happiness (present), and constructive cognitions about the future-optimism, hope, and faith. At the individual level it is about positive individual traits -- the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future-mindedness, high talent, and wisdom. At the group level it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation, tolerance, and work ethic."

April 2003
Research Methods Knowledge Base: William Trochim: "The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, writing the research paper. It also addresses the major theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research including: the idea of validity in research; reliability of measures; and ethics."

March 2003
Information on Self-Efficacy: A Community of Scholars: According to Albert Bandura, "Perceived self-efficacy is defined as people's beliefs about their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives. Self-efficacy beliefs determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave." On this site, Frank Pajares provides a wealth of information on self-efficacy, including published and unpublished articles, teaching materials, measures of self-efficacy, and lists of self-efficacy researchers.

February 2003
1. Memory and Reality: False Memory Syndrome Foundation: "Some of our memories are true, some are a mixture of fact and fantasy, and some are false--whether those memories seem to be continuous or seem to be recalled after a time of being forgotten or not thought about."
2. Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources: "Amnesia for childhood sexual abuse is a condition. The existence of this condition is beyond dispute."

January 2003
Classics in the History of Psychology: "Classics in the History of Psychology is an effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web. There are now over 25 books and about 200 articles and chapters on-line."

December 2002
USC AgeWorks: AgeWorks provides a wealth of information on aging, including changes with aging, healthy aging, diseases and conditions, and prevention issues.

November 2002
Social Psychology Network: The premier online resource for psychology (featuring but not limited to social psychology). Directory for subject areas within psychology, teaching resources, online studies, journals, researchers, doctoral programs, and much more.

October 2002
Mental Disorders in America: The National Institute of Mental Health provides a wealth of information about mental disorders, including depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, autism, suicide, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Alzheimer's Disease.

September 2002
onlineethics.org: The Online Ethics Center at Case Western Reserve University provides "cases, guidelines, discussions, and regulations bearing on the responsible conduct of research, including both issues of research integrity and issues of the treatment of the research subject. Research conditions described in the cases, scenarios, and dramatic readings range over a variety of disciplines."

August 2002
Psychological Research in the 21st Century: Edited by Jane Halonen and Stephen Davis, this "e-book" is sponsored by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Its thirteen chapters, written by leading scholars, provide "a broad overview of what research agenda and approaches this new century calls for across many of psychology's subdisciplines." Health; Personality; I/O; Neuroscience; Cross-Cultural; Cognition; Social; Gender; Perception; Development; Law; Psychopathology; Comparative.

July 2002
Lectures on Brain, Learning, and Memory: The Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at UCI invites the world's leading neuroscientists to share their insights on brain functions that allow us to process information and store memories. (Transcripts and Webcasts)

June 2002
Explore the Brain: A remarkable site presenting solid information with style! Topics include Brain Basics, Drug Effects, Sensory Systems, and Neurological and Mental Disorders.

May 2002
Stanford Prison Experiment: "What happens when you put good people in an evil place? These are some of the questions we posed in this dramatic simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University."

April 2002
A Guide to Psychology and its Practice: Raymond Richmond: "A common-sense approach to some common questions and concerns about the practice of clinical psychology."