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Raising Children to Resist Violence
Violence in school children is a frightening aspect of modern day life. Here are ways that parents can play a role in reducing this violence.
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Apa: Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorders
This page is from a brochure addressing the causes, symptoms, and treatment of panic disorders. Very comprehensive.
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Apa: Guidelines for Evaluation of Dementia & Age Related Cognitive Change [Pdf]
This article provides a guideline for evaluating dementia and age related cognitive decline.
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American Psychological Association: Social Media's Growing Impact on Our Lives
Media psychology researchers are beginning to tease apart the ways in which time spent on social media is, and is not, impacting our day-to-day lives and our psychological well-being. They are looking at whether time spent on social...
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Apa: How Much News Coverage Is Ok for Children?
This article from the American Psychological Association provides tips about how to limit news exposure after tragic events.
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American Psychological Association: Facial Expressions
The American Psychological Association discusses whether facial expressions accurately reveal emotions and other details about the personality.
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Apa: Questions About Sexual Orientation [Pdf]
This resource that fosters understanding of what sexual orientation is and how people can understand their orientation. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Apa: 10 Tips for Speaking Like a Ted Talk Pro
This article provides advice from the experts on how to make any presentation sing. Regardless of how practiced you may be at public speaking, there are some very effective strategies to use to deliver engaging talks. The next time you...
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Apa: Personality Styles May Predict Depression
An article describing how certain personality traits correspond with a susceptibility to depression.
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American Psychological Assc.: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This American Psychological Association site offers information on the incidence of PTSD, its symptoms and causes, and the effectiveness of treatment options in restoring health and function.
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American Psychological Assc.: Bipolar Disorder
From the American Psychological Association's official website, here is their page on bipolar disorder. Provides a definition and information about finding help.
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What Makes Kids Care?
Sometimes a site just has to be read - and parents - read this one! If a key element to ending senseless violence is teaching children to care about their fellow humans, this article gives some guidance on how to teach just that.
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Apa: Hindsight Bias
A research article discussing how the way our impression of how we acted or would have acted changes when we learn the outcome of an event is actually a by product of a cognitive mechanism that allows us to unclutter our minds.
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Apa: Interesting Careers in Psychology
Focus on non-academic careers for scientific psychologists. Provides links to several scientific psychologists who explain how they secured a job in a nontraditional setting outside the "lab" or "university setting."
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American Psychological Association: Controlling Anger Before It Controls You
What is anger and why does it affect people differently? Here's a brochure from the American Psychological Association to answer some basic questions on anger.
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American Psychological Association: Violence and Youth
Looking at school shootings, this article posts questions regarding whether some kids are prone to violence and how soon we need to do something about it.
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Apa: Family Dynamics Related to Aggression in Boys
This site from the American Psychological Association provides research that concluded family dynamics can affect aggression in boys.
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American Psychological Association: Personality
A definition of personality is provided with a link to information about personality disorders.
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American Psychiatric Association: Sexual Orientation
This article explains how the physician members of the American Psychiatric Association define sexual orientation. Also includes a discussion of lesbian, gay and bisexual orientations, along with a fact sheet about sexual orientation...