PBS
Pbs: A Science Odyssey
Website for the PBS series "A Science Odyssey." Numerous opportunities to explore the people and discoveries of science.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Karen Horney Lecture Notes
Lecture notes from a psychology professor. Excellent site for capturing the main topics relevant to Karen Horney and her theories - biography, relationship to Freudian psychology, explanation of all major terms and theories, development...
Other
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Anxiety in Athletes
A great deal of the literature on the relationship between anxiety and performance has come from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This Athletic Insight paper examines the relationship between the two constructs from a psychodynamic...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Deja Vu? What Is Deja Vu?
There are over 40 theories that attempt to explain the phenomenon of deja vu. Michael Molina explains how neuroimaging and cognitive psychology have narrowed down the theories that could explain that feeling you're having, again. [3:55]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Motivation and Attitudes: Motivation Article
Explains the basic theories of motivation.
Other
Verywell: What Is Nature Versus Nurture?
An article featuring the ongoing philosophical debate over psychology's nature versus nurture. Cherry clarifies the differences between the two schools of thought and provides the changes in theory over the years.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Carl Gustav Jung
Sonoma State University provides definitions of terms used in Jung's Analytic Psychology. This would help a reader to understand the basic ideas of the theory.
Other
Prologue to Vygotsky's Collected Works Volume 5
Outlines the basic ideas of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of psychology, including his concept of higher and lower processes.
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Child Development: How to Help Children and Teens Develop a Positive Self Image
This resource provides information and tips about how to boost the self esteem of children and teens.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Learning: Classical and Operant Conditioning Article
Conditioning is a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response. When psychology was first starting as a field, scientists felt they couldn't objectively describe what was going on in...
California State University
Curiosity and Exploration
This student research paper looks into the concept of curiosity. This paper focuses on how a curious mind is formed, the effects of exploration, and theories of exploration.
Other
Concordia: Sex, Gender and Social Roles
College lecture notes. Discusses gender and social roles. Sections include: Gender Role Acquisition, Theories of Gender Role Acquisition, Do Women and Men Differ?, Making Sense of it all.
Other
Massey University: Vygotsky
An introduction to some of the basic concepts of Vygotskyean theory. Sections on higher and lower mental functions, intramental vs. intermental abilities, and the zone of proximal development.
Other
Massey Univ.: Saying, Showing, Gesturing, and Feeling
This paper by John Shotter examines language development through Wittgenstein and Vygotsky. He contrasts the theories of language development from both of these psychologists.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Dewey
Biography and thorough discussion of Dewey's thought, with bibliography at bottom from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Divides his philosophy into theory of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics, and then judges his...
Other
The Personality Project: Personality Theory and Research
This is an introduction to personality research, explaining the rationale and scope of current personality research. The project is a product of the Personality, Motivation and Cognition laboratory at Northwestern University.
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Verywell: Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Understand the eight stages of psychosocial development studied and defined by psychologist Erik Erikson.
Other
Oikos.org: Jean Piaget
"The basic reason for this international attention was the unquestionable fact that Piaget was the founding father of a branch of psychology that tries to unravel the mysteries of the human mind, how it grows and how it comes to know."...
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Personality Research: Plutchik
This site lists Plutchik's ten postulates for psychoevolutionary theory on emotions, and provides basic emotions and a basis for inclusion for each. Also includes a bibliography.
Other
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development
Summarizes the Sociocultural theories of Lev Vygotsky and discusses their impact on educational psychology.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Carl Gustav Jung
Brief biography of Carl Jung and history of his split with Freud. Also includes a general description of the main point of his analytic theories. Contains quotes, and links to further information.
Other
Child Development: Stages of Intellectual Development
Provides details of Piaget's theory of intellectual development, used by many developmental psychologists. It contains a chart illustrating "Stages of Cognitive Development."
Other
Christopher's Soapbox: Behaviorism
Controversial paper arguing the premise that behaviorism, while well intentioned, has evolved as an insidious, dangerous view of human nature that contradicts our basic conceptions of individuality, morality, and free will.
Science Museum, London
Making the Modern World: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
This article explains how Sigmund Freud developed his theory of psychoanalysis and its effect on understanding the human mind.