PY 201 - Dr. Richard Hudiburg's General Psychology Page
Link to Weiten 8th textbook Student Resources Site by Wadsworth * note this resource site has tutorial quizzes for each chapter *
The textbook for General Psychology is Wayne Weiten's Psychology:
Themes & Variations, 8th Edition, published by Wadsworth. At the
end of each chapter of Weiten's book there are practice tests. Each practice
test is on the last page of the chapter and there are 15 questions per
chapter.
Wayne Weiten's Psychology: Themes & Variations, 8th Edition
Link to Weiten 8th Student Resources Site by Wadsworth * note this resource site has tutorial quizzes for each chapter *
This link will give you a web page for the Weiten textbook. At the top of the web page you will see "Select a chapter." Click and a pull down menu will appear. You select a chapter. You will notice that the frame to left gives you several selections and the web page to the right gives, for example Chapter 1:
Some of the resources are at the bottom of the page (scroll down to find) to link.
Chapter Resources
Chapter 1
Chapter outline, etc.
Several of the resources are under development and others need special access codes.
You can use the other resources as well. Try the other resources and see what works.
Disclaimer: This site is provided and maintained by
the textbook publisher. The site might change from time-to-time. Wadsworth
determines how the site works, not your instructor. If you have questions,
please contact your psychology instructor.
Coping with Exam Stress - an interesting link
Would you like to participate in an on-line psychology study? Visit the website of Psychological Research on the Net. There are many studies available.
PY 201 - General Psychology - Links (these will be revised from time-to-time)
Note: If you find a dead link (error 404) please let your instructor know. Thanks.
Chapter 1 - The Evolution of Psychology?
This week in the History of Psychology - weekly podcast and downloadable MP3 files * 9-6-06 *
Classics in the History of Psychology - link to collection of classic works in Psychology
A Daily Calendar of Events in the History of Psychology - select a date and see a list of events
Traces of the History of European Psychology - some interesting and unusual information about the early days of Psychology in Europe - * 6-3-05 *
Epsych - an interesting psychology site at Mississippi State University - there are interesting modules for various areas of psychology
Some important theories in Psychology * 6-2-08 *
Chapter 2 - The Research Enterprise in Psychology
Basic statistical concepts - a complete statistics textbook
Online Psychology Experiments - PsychExperiments at University of Mississippi - need Authorware plugin on Browser to use * 8/25/09*
Psychological Research on the Net - many studies are available and there is an opportunity to be a research participant
Chapter 3 - The Biological Basis of Psychology
Whole Brain Atlas - MRI images from Harvard Medical School
Atlases of the Brain - MRI images of the brain from University of Utah Medical School * 6/2/08*
Neuroanatomy and neuropathology on the Internet - much information and images
Neuroscience Tutorial - from Washington University
Phineas Gage - information about the famous neurological case * 8/15/06*
Phantom Limb Phenomenon - V. S. Ramachandran Notebook from PBS broadcast
Brain Basics - explore brain and spinal cord
Brain Games - a fun site
Neuroscience of Kids - an interesting site even for college students
Shockwave Brain Games - must have Shockwave plugin on browser
Multimedia online Behavioral Neuroscience Textbook - Rice University
Time lapse images of visual cortex - Harvard University - Reid Lab
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - based on a 1990 book by Timmons and Hamilton * 9/8/06*
Chapter 4 - Sensation and Perception
Olfaction Tutorial - an interesting tutorial with visuals
Neuroscience Tutorial - try links for visual, auditory, vestibular, and somatosenory pathways
Exploratorium - visual effects - requires Shockwave or Quicktime
The Moon Illusion Explained - some background information and a new theory * 6/2/08*
What do you get when your hearing is tested? - audiograms
Visual Illusions - 65 are presented on this website and many are interactive * 8/15/06*
Color Vision - mechanism for color vision * 8/25/09*
Color Vision Defects - simulation of what a person might see * 8/25/09*
Chapter 5 - Variation in Consciousness
Basics of Sleep Behavior - the Sleep Syllabus
2000 Omnibus Sleep in America Poll - interesting information about sleep habits
States of Consciousness - hypnosis and lucid dreaming
College Alcohol Study - Harvard University site
Chapter 6 - Learning
Sniffy the Rat - train a virtual rat using Operant Conditioning - this is available in W305 lab * 8/25/09*
Classical Conditioning Overview
Classical and Operant Conditioning - more information about basics of learning
Breland and Breland's conditioning of animals - the misbehaving pig and other stories
Chapter 7 - Human Memory
The Seven Sins of Memory - Daniel Schacter's book - this a publisher's press release but list the Seven Sins of Memory * 8/15/06*
Memory Tutorial - covers the several types of memories * 8/15/06*
False Memory Syndrome Foundation - issues related to recovered repressed memories
Dr. Elizabeth Loftus' website - more information about repressed memories/false memories
Elizabeth Loftus' - Creating False Memories article
The Case of H. M. - anterograde amnesia
Chapter 8 - Language
Ethnologue: Languages of the World - maps of world languages by country * 8/15/06*
Chapter 9 - Psychological Assessment
Chapter 11 - Human Development Across the Life Span
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development - information about an important theory * 6/2/08*
Social Development Theory (L. Vygotsky) * 6/2/08*
Chapter 13 - Stress, Coping and Health
National College Health Risk Behavior Survey - 1995 Survey conducted by Centers for Disease Control
National Youth Health Risk Behavior Survey - 2001 Survey conducted by Centers for Disease Control
Chapter 14 - Psychological Disorders
DSM-IV-TR - a capsule of diagnostic information for classification of mental disorders
Overview of Schizophrenia - history, theories, and treatment
Chapter 15 - Treatments of Psychological Disorders
Psychotherapies - a learning module * 6/2/2008*
Psychosurgery Past, Present, and Future - pdf article * 6/2/2008*
History of Psychosurgery - Interview with Elliot Valenstein on the lobotomy * 4/27/2007*
Psychosurgery - another perspective on the use of these procedures
History of Psychiatry - many interesting links, treatments, cases, disorders, images - Brown University Department of Psychology
Chapter 16 - Social Behavior
Stanford Prison Experiment - site by Philip. G. Zimbardo who was the "warden" in the experiment - this has some video clips and other information
http://www.guba.com/watch/3000048452 - "Quite Rage" - video footage of Stanford Prison Study
BBC Prison Study - program broadcasted on BBC in 2002 * 1/9/2009*
Stanley Milgram Website - information about The Milgram obedience study * 1/8/2007*
Attraction: How do we pick our mates? - interactive module
Facial Averaging and Physical Attractiveness - exercise
Instructions and Background
This is a little demonstration in which you generate several
examples of average faces from the several that are given at
this web address:
http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/average
1. Click on any four female or male faces, and form your
impression of the attractiveness of the composite (average)
face.
2. Press "reset." Now click on any ten female or male faces,
and form your impressions now.
3. Do it one more time; this time using a very large number
of faces to make your composite.
4. You should observe increasing attractiveness the more
faces are used to form your composite face.
5. I hope you had fun with this.
