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Psychology (C800): The study of behavioural and mental processes. May include study of the brain, the senses, and the biological and physiological bases of behaviour.

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Link "Cognitive psychology" - Online Course by The Saylor Foundation

This is a link to a course which introduces Cognitive Psychology. Memory, along with attention, perception, language, and decision making, are...

cognitive psychology, Chomsky, Cognition, motivation, Emotion, neuropsychology, attention, memory, Language, Knowledge, pattern recognition, object perception, problem solving, reasoning, decision making view
Link "Cultural Psychology" - Online Course by The Saylor Foundation

This is a link to an online course on Cultural Psychology. The course reviews the cultural, community, and ecological factors that play a role in...

Anthropology, sociology, Society, Culture, Psychology, Emotion, motivation, development, Morality view
Link "Dopamine: the two-faced molecule behind addiction and Parkinson's disease". Short documentary

This short documentary presented by Prof. Fred Toates of the Open University, explores the role of dopamine in human behaviour, specifically in...

addiction, Psychology, dopamine, reward, stimulus, Parkinson's disease, bipolar disorder, mania view
Link "Industrial/Organizational Psychology" - Online Course by The Saylor Foundation

This is a link to an online course which introduces the topics of industrial/organizational psychology, or the application of psychological...

Psychology, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organisational psychology, I/O psychology, workplace, psychology in the workplace, Employment, recruitment, Evaluation, employee, satisfaction, motivation, commitment, leadership, groups, teams view
Link "Is Autism an extreme of the male brain?" A lecture by Simon Baron-Cohen

This is a Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture given by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University, entitled "Is Autism an extreme of the male...

Gender, autism, aspergers, Brain, brain scanning, empathy view
Link "The Psychology of Learning and Behavior" - Online Course by The Saylor Foundation

This is a link to a course entitled "The Psychology of Learning and Behavior" by The Saylor Foundation The course introduces the principles of...

introduction to psychology, psychological theories, theoretical approach, connectioninsm, Conditioning, behaviourism, cognitive theory, Learning, social theory view
Link Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

A lecture series comprising 11 lectures on human cognition covering a wide range of topics including the evolution of language, neuroscience and...

Animal Behaviour, Primates, Cognition, Human biology, Language, Cultural learning, Lecture series view
Link Allpsych - the Virtual Psychology Classroom

AllPsych is dedicated to the education of psychology and this is a link to the website which contains a number of useful materials and references...

virtual classroom, Reference, quizzes, research methods view
Link American Psychological Association

Website of the American Psychological Association, containing information on many psychological topics.

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Link An Introduction to the Personal Construct Psychology of George A. Kelly

Article outlining the beliefs of George A Kelly and his 20 years of pioneering work in social psychology.

social construct theory, social psychology, Kelly, psychoanalytic theory view
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