Psych Resource Page
Web resources
Below you will find a series of linked web pages. I will periodically add to them over the course of the year or eliminate them as I find better resources. In fully encourage you to explore them as they will serve to reinforce the things that we discuss and learn in class. Remember that your ultimate goal is to build fluency in the language of psychology such that you can hold an intelligent, coherent conversation with others who are well-versed in the basic theories of psychology.
General web sources
The button below is linked to a podcast called Hidden Brain. It is sheer awesomeness (and sometimes mildly uncomfortable as it forces us to confront the reality of our behavior). Pick a program and listen to it!
Books for Psychology Class
Below is a website that offers a vetted list of books that relate to psychology for use by both teachers and students. This is an excellent resource for those wishing to advance into psychology as a profession, those who want to impress their psychology teachers, and for the genuinely curious. Read on!
Below is a website that offers a vetted list of books that relate to psychology for use by both teachers and students. This is an excellent resource for those wishing to advance into psychology as a profession, those who want to impress their psychology teachers, and for the genuinely curious. Read on!
Outlines
Outlines tend to be scare to students who have never been forced to complete one. Over the years of teaching AP classes I have learned that those who teach themselves how to complete a good outline tend to be more efficient in their learning and ultimately get higher scores on the unit tests.
Outlines tend to be scare to students who have never been forced to complete one. Over the years of teaching AP classes I have learned that those who teach themselves how to complete a good outline tend to be more efficient in their learning and ultimately get higher scores on the unit tests.
Unit I: Introduction to Psychology
Psychology?!? That's a worthless degree! You can't do anything with it!
This is a quote given by many a concerned parent (or hard science teacher) when they hear you intend to pursue a degree in psychology. And whereas it may be true that most careers require at least a master's degree for licensure, a bachelor's degree can be quite beneficial in terms marketing, business, and corporate endeavors. That said, you should be conversant with the available careers in psychology before deciding to declare it as a major in college. Click on the link below for a great summary of the field and the careers it contains.
This is a quote given by many a concerned parent (or hard science teacher) when they hear you intend to pursue a degree in psychology. And whereas it may be true that most careers require at least a master's degree for licensure, a bachelor's degree can be quite beneficial in terms marketing, business, and corporate endeavors. That said, you should be conversant with the available careers in psychology before deciding to declare it as a major in college. Click on the link below for a great summary of the field and the careers it contains.
Unit II: Research and Statistics
The three following short videos provide examples of the research flaws in other areas of life as well. Watching them will help anchor the concepts in your understanding. Plus, they're just plain interesting! (Please note ulterior agenda in the Darren Brown Show video.)
Confirmation bias is not included in your text until a later unit, but you should know it anyway. The short video that follows provides an excellent explanation. (Please note ulterior agenda similar to the Darren Brown Show video. His statement at the end of the video represents which of the flaws in thinking?)
Stanford Prison Experiment (Phillip Zimbardo)
Ethics in Research
Correlation Interactive
P-value Explained
Standard Deviation Calculator
Crash Course: Psychological Research
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Forty Studies
As Unit II is focused on research and the actual work that psychologists do, I thought it appropriate to attach a link that will allow you to access forty important studies that were conducted by psychologists that range across a series of topics relating to psychology. If you are in my class, we will be using these studies on occasion to expand the range of learning beyond the textbook and my lectures. Feel free to peruse as interest draws you!
Unit III: Psychobiology
For these resources it is best to keep a copy of your brain map and textbook on hand in order to be able to actively consider what is happening in the brain in each scenario. The two TBI buttons will open a Word document with links to the necessary videos, so you will need Word or something compatible with Word to access them.
Brain Resources
Brain Scans
X-Ray: reveals solid structures, like bone...
This poor guy... EEG Scan: measures electrical activity in the brain...
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MRI Scan: produces detailed images of soft tissue...
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The image at left shows how the MRI and the fMRI scans are done. |
fMRI Scan: reveals activity in the brain...
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CT (Computerized Axial Tomography) Scan: creates 3-D image of the brain
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PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan: reveals brain activity by showing glucose consumption...
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Now for those of you with a strong stomach (and I truly mean this) the link below will allow you to view a full corpus callosotomy. If you get queasy over seeing such things, I highly recommend avoiding this video as it is not mandatory for the class. Enjoy!
Nervous System Resources
The above video explains the difference between the excitatory and inhibitory response potential of a neuron.
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Endocrine System Resources
Crash Course: Psychobiology
Final Thought: Our upper brain is where our conscious awareness and personality are located - the lower controls unconscious processes and life functions. Many scientists refer to being "brain-dead" as any situation in which the lower brain still functions, but the upper brain does not. The question that must be confronted is this: Is a "brain-dead" person actually dead? Or asked differently, is the ability to think and be aware and have personality necessary to being human?
As you watch the video below, consider carefully the final words of the news anchor.
As you watch the video below, consider carefully the final words of the news anchor.
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Psychobiology Maps: Brain, Nervous System, Endocrine System
Psychobiology Maps: Brain, Nervous System, Endocrine System
Unit IV: Sensation & Perception
The above image is an echoic chamber in Copenhagen, Denmark. Echoic chambers are the quietest places on earth due to sound absorption and the elimination of sound reverberation. Were you to stand in this room for more than a few minutes your ears would adapt to the total silence (save the sound of the blood moving in your own ears)! These chambers are used to measure how much sound is produced by machines, including military aircraft.
Read Module 16 before you watch! (And then, have fun!)
The link below is an excellent overview of attention. WATCH IT!
ESP: James Randi exposes James Hydrick - Read pp. 167-169 before you watch the video below!
Crash Course: Sensation & Perception
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Nearsightedness: Myopia
Farsightedness: Hyperopia Hardening of the lens at age 40: Presbyopia (Get out those reading glasses!) |
Unit V: ConsciousnessSleep Disorders
Below is a great exploration of sleep and why we do it. The whole thing is worth listening to, but I have give you the times when certain disorders are addressed if you want to get straight to the point. - Night Terrors: 16:28 - 20:53 (Hilarious!) - Insomnia: 23:00 - 29:23 - Tired? Fold your Proteins!: 29:23 - 31:53 - Sleep & Learning: 31:54 Crash Course: Consciousness
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Unit VI: Learning
(Spoiler Alert!) This is a unit on learning. The link below could easily fit under psychobiology or developmental psychology, but I decided to place it here because it provides such an excellent primer on learning from a contemporary cultural context. It is a short blog post by an occupational therapist on the explosion of learning disorders, behavioral problems, and social challenges that face our children in a digital age. Read.
Classical Conditioning
Learning is defined as a relatively permanent change. What determines whether the effects of conditioning are permanent or not?
- Repetition
- Reinforcement (see operant conditioning below...)
- Intensity of Stimulus (a key component of PTSD)
Operant Conditioning
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Observational Learning
The video above fits under social and developmental psychology as well.
Albert Bandura |
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Crash Course: Learning
Unit VII: Cognition
Crash Course: Memory
The video will give you a brief overview of memory as an element of cognitive psychology.
The video will give you a brief overview of memory as an element of cognitive psychology.
Memory Mechanics
The image below will help you to understand the basic mechanics of memory as you read through Module 31. Refer to it often.
The image below will help you to understand the basic mechanics of memory as you read through Module 31. Refer to it often.
A chimpanzee who talks? Below is a brief PowerPoint on an experiment to socialize a baby chimpanzee and teach him language. As you read through, recall the assumptions of behavioral psychology. Was Skinner correct, or do we have to make room for alternative explanations that help explain how and why we learn?
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The Subjunctive
- subjunctive: relating to or denoting a mood of verbs expressing what is imagined or wished or possible
Unit VIII: Motivation, Emotion, Stress
Crash Course: Motivation, Emotion, & Stress
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Unit IX: Developmental Psychology
This section is devoted to understanding the human lifespan - from beginning to end. As you access the materials below, consider them in light of your own experiences, your observations of others, and even your beliefs and expectations about each stage. Note: you may want to scroll back up to Unit III and revisit the video on the Adolescent Brain by PBS.
The Impact of Isolation
The link below will take you to a documentary on one of the rare cases of extreme neglect so severe that the subject of the film, a young girl named Genie, essentially had no normal interaction with other, no diverse sensory stimulation through her environment. Having read through modules 45 through 48, consider reasons for the outcome that you see in Genie's recovery.
The Impact of Isolation
The link below will take you to a documentary on one of the rare cases of extreme neglect so severe that the subject of the film, a young girl named Genie, essentially had no normal interaction with other, no diverse sensory stimulation through her environment. Having read through modules 45 through 48, consider reasons for the outcome that you see in Genie's recovery.
How Do Babies Understand?
The two links that follow below are on the topic of cognitive development in babies. The first one is a TED talk by Dr. Alison Gopnik, a professor of cognitive and linguistic development. The second link will take you to an NPR Interview of Dr. Gopnik with Neal Conan. Both will help you to understand beyond what you have read in the textbook.
The two links that follow below are on the topic of cognitive development in babies. The first one is a TED talk by Dr. Alison Gopnik, a professor of cognitive and linguistic development. The second link will take you to an NPR Interview of Dr. Gopnik with Neal Conan. Both will help you to understand beyond what you have read in the textbook.
Module 46: AT&T Cutest Kids Commercials & Brain Development
The two videos below demonstrate the developmental state of the typical five-year-old. Frontal lobe development has allowed these little ones to begin using basic reasoning skills with comical effect. Limited linguistic mastery and a narrow framework of past experiences and learning to draw from do not limit them from putting them to full use in these scenarios. Note: The approach used by the adult is important when speaking to little ones. As language skills are still developing, taking the time to listen is critical! Consider: What cognitive stage of development do these children display in their responses? What evidence can you site?
The two videos below demonstrate the developmental state of the typical five-year-old. Frontal lobe development has allowed these little ones to begin using basic reasoning skills with comical effect. Limited linguistic mastery and a narrow framework of past experiences and learning to draw from do not limit them from putting them to full use in these scenarios. Note: The approach used by the adult is important when speaking to little ones. As language skills are still developing, taking the time to listen is critical! Consider: What cognitive stage of development do these children display in their responses? What evidence can you site?
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Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (Example Videos)
Attachment
The following two links tell the story of Izidor Ruckel, a former orphan from the notorious Romanian Orphanages of the early 1990s. As you listen to the story, consider the role and impact of attachment on Izidor during his early and later adult years.
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Romanian Orphanage, c. 1990
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Adolescence and Culture
The three videos below demonstrate the way that popular culture works to impact body image among our youth. As you watch, consider the reason that companies might go to such lengths to create a distorted understanding of beauty targeting society's most vulnerable and impressionable members: children.
The three videos below demonstrate the way that popular culture works to impact body image among our youth. As you watch, consider the reason that companies might go to such lengths to create a distorted understanding of beauty targeting society's most vulnerable and impressionable members: children.
Adulthood and Aging
Popular culture would have you believe that the pinnacle of life happens between 15 and 30 years of age. The result is that most people have little understanding of what it means to pass out of youth and into adulthood. What does it mean to settle into the routines of life and work after one has finished school, started a career, and begun a family? What is life actually about? And where does one find meaning? The links below offer some insights into navigating life as an adult and help shed light onto the path of life as we age.
Popular culture would have you believe that the pinnacle of life happens between 15 and 30 years of age. The result is that most people have little understanding of what it means to pass out of youth and into adulthood. What does it mean to settle into the routines of life and work after one has finished school, started a career, and begun a family? What is life actually about? And where does one find meaning? The links below offer some insights into navigating life as an adult and help shed light onto the path of life as we age.
What Does it Mean to Die?
The subject of death and dying is one that inspires fear in many. The narrative below was recorded by the sister of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, who succumbed to his battle with pancreatic cancer. Is death merely a life-ending phenomenon or an experience at the last with something to teach us even as draw our final breath?
The subject of death and dying is one that inspires fear in many. The narrative below was recorded by the sister of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, who succumbed to his battle with pancreatic cancer. Is death merely a life-ending phenomenon or an experience at the last with something to teach us even as draw our final breath?
From Life to Death, Beyond and Back
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Dr. Fleischmann sees dead people. In fact, he has seen over 2,000 humans die but broad back to life several hundreds of them. In his talk, he shares the near death experiences ("Nahtoderfahrungen") he witnessed as an emergency physician and tells us about one of the most drilling questions of the human kind: how it is to die.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Dr. Fleischmann sees dead people. In fact, he has seen over 2,000 humans die but broad back to life several hundreds of them. In his talk, he shares the near death experiences ("Nahtoderfahrungen") he witnessed as an emergency physician and tells us about one of the most drilling questions of the human kind: how it is to die.
Crash Course: Developmental Psychology
Unit X: Personality
Personality Tests for Class...
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Psychodynamics
Humanism
"[Self-actualization] refers to man's desire for self-fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become actually in what he is potentially."
- Abraham Maslow
"[Self-actualization] refers to man's desire for self-fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become actually in what he is potentially."
- Abraham Maslow
“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”
“What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.”
- Carl Rogers
“What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.”
- Carl Rogers
Trait Theory
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Below is a sampling of questions from the MMPI. Note that the questions appear random and without any noticeable themes. This is intentional as it prevents the test-taker from projecting answers and coming up with an inaccurate result.
Below is a sampling of the revised MMPI which was published in 1989. Click on the button below the sample questions to see and article that summarizes the ten clinical scales of the MMPI. It is the MMPI clinical scales that make it fall under trait personality theory.
Below is a sampling of questions from the MMPI. Note that the questions appear random and without any noticeable themes. This is intentional as it prevents the test-taker from projecting answers and coming up with an inaccurate result.
Below is a sampling of the revised MMPI which was published in 1989. Click on the button below the sample questions to see and article that summarizes the ten clinical scales of the MMPI. It is the MMPI clinical scales that make it fall under trait personality theory.
Crash Course on Personality
Unit XI: Testing & Individual Difference
Below is a short video on the robot named "Sophia" (Greek for "Wisdom"). What do you think? Does she meet or exceed the definition of intelligent as defined by psychology?
The two tests below are designed to give you your IQ. If you decide to take the test, be certain that you have time to take the full test without interruption. (Don't read too much into it as it is internet-based. Consider also, the many different definitions of intelligence as we have covered in class and in readings. Finally, don't panic if you don't like your score...REMEMBER THE FLYNN EFFECT!)
Does the Flynn Effect have limits? The author of the following article, Evan Horowitz, grapples with recent trends in IQ and assesses the implications for Americans.
Crystallized Intelligence vs. Fluid Intelligence...Does it matter to you?
The article below looks at the realities of human intelligence as we age from an important perspective: our jobs. As you move forward in your high school career and ponder the options available to you as potential career choices, you should consider this as one of the variables. Remember: this is how you will pay your bills, provide for yourself and maybe a family, and save up for the big items in life - cars, homes, vacations, retirement. Remember as well: unlike school, your career represents your labor of a lifetime. You need to think about what that looks like in your later years as much your early years.
The article below looks at the realities of human intelligence as we age from an important perspective: our jobs. As you move forward in your high school career and ponder the options available to you as potential career choices, you should consider this as one of the variables. Remember: this is how you will pay your bills, provide for yourself and maybe a family, and save up for the big items in life - cars, homes, vacations, retirement. Remember as well: unlike school, your career represents your labor of a lifetime. You need to think about what that looks like in your later years as much your early years.
Crash Course: Intelligence & Testing
Contributors and Vocabulary Quizlet (Thanks to Josh Sortman, class of 2018)
Unit XII: Abnormal Behavior
Anxiety Disorders
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Alex Honnold does a free solo climb of El Cap in Yosemite National Park. Most in this position would justifiably experience acrophobia.
Depression
Schizophrenia
The two videos below show two different perspectives on schizophrenia. The first shows that there is hope, and introduces several patients who have successfully navigated life with schizophrenia. The second shows examples of people who have totally succumbed to schizophrenia and remain institutionalized. The second video also outlines secondary symptoms experienced by each patient.
Addiction
Many view addiction as a consequence of behavioral choices by human beings. Whereas this might lead to feelings that their suffering is a justifiable conclusion to those choices the greater reality is that the path to addiction is more varied and unpredictable that most can ever truly understand. Moreover, the nature of the consequence - addiction - is disproportionate to the initial violation of whatever behavioral choices led to it. It would be akin to saying that a small child who was hit by a car got a just consequence for running into the road in the first place. Such perspectives fail to address the problem and leave victims and their families alone in their suffering.
A far better and justifiable view is to call it what it is: a disease. Stripped of moral judgements, it becomes an issue of human suffering, and a question of communal response. The two sites below include resources offered by Granite Recovery Centers for people and families confronting addiction as a disease.
Many view addiction as a consequence of behavioral choices by human beings. Whereas this might lead to feelings that their suffering is a justifiable conclusion to those choices the greater reality is that the path to addiction is more varied and unpredictable that most can ever truly understand. Moreover, the nature of the consequence - addiction - is disproportionate to the initial violation of whatever behavioral choices led to it. It would be akin to saying that a small child who was hit by a car got a just consequence for running into the road in the first place. Such perspectives fail to address the problem and leave victims and their families alone in their suffering.
A far better and justifiable view is to call it what it is: a disease. Stripped of moral judgements, it becomes an issue of human suffering, and a question of communal response. The two sites below include resources offered by Granite Recovery Centers for people and families confronting addiction as a disease.
Need Help?
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline:
1-800-662-4357
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline:
1-800-662-4357
The SAMHSA website below has a number of different resources available as well as data for research purposes. Scroll down to access a series of public messages on a range of topics related to mental health. It's a great place to begin finding answers!
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What the heck is the Diathesis-Stress Model?
The APA describes it as "the theory that mental and physical disorders develop from a genetic or biological predisposition for that illness (diathesis) combined with environmental conditions - typically aversive - that play a precipitating or facilitating role (stress)." As you think about the description above, take a minute to study the visual portrayal of the model to the right. Note: if this represents an individual predisposed to depression, you can see how important the environmental trigger (e.g. family trauma or abuse) is to the onset of the disorder. |
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Crash Course: Abnormal Behavior
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Unit XIII: Treatment of Abnormal Behavior
Psychodynamic Therapy
Watch the video session linked below. You will see a woman who has anger issues. How does the psychodynamic therapist locate the source of her anger? Be sure to take notes on the example.
Watch the video session linked below. You will see a woman who has anger issues. How does the psychodynamic therapist locate the source of her anger? Be sure to take notes on the example.
Humanistic Therapy
View the video linked below after you have read the content covering humanistic therapy. Before you watch, review Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Theory of human personality development (see Unit X on Personality). As you watch, take note of the strategies and techniques that you see displayed from your reading. Be sure to take notes on the example.
View the video linked below after you have read the content covering humanistic therapy. Before you watch, review Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Theory of human personality development (see Unit X on Personality). As you watch, take note of the strategies and techniques that you see displayed from your reading. Be sure to take notes on the example.
Behavioral Therapy
View the video linked below after you have read the content covering behavioral therapy. Also, before you view it, please review the basic principles of behaviorism (classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and modeling) from Unit VI. As you watch, take notes on the strategies that you see displayed from the readings. Be sure to take notes on the example.
View the video linked below after you have read the content covering behavioral therapy. Also, before you view it, please review the basic principles of behaviorism (classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and modeling) from Unit VI. As you watch, take notes on the strategies that you see displayed from the readings. Be sure to take notes on the example.
Cognitive Therapy
There are several different cognitive expressions of cognitive therapy. The two videos below both fall under the general cognitive umbrella.
There are several different cognitive expressions of cognitive therapy. The two videos below both fall under the general cognitive umbrella.
- The first video displays a role-play of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). The key to understanding this video is that irrational thinking underlies much of our own mental suffering.
- The second video shows an actual therapy session by Aaron Beck. Consider how Beck's Cognitive Therapy is different than REBT. As you watch, look for the negative cognitive triad at work in the women he is attempting to help.
- The third and fourth videos show one of psychology's most widely used therapies today: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) The first of the two succinctly explains CBT in clear terminology. As you watch, consider how this shares commonalities to Albert Bandura's reciprocal determinism (see Unit X, Module 59). The second video shows an application of CBT for a client that is suffering from depression.
Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder attributed to long-term use of antipsychotic drugs. The video below shows several examples along with an explanation of how the AIMS diagnostic test is used to identify tardive dyskinesia in patients. Also included (below right) is a brief explanation of what the AIMS test is and how it is used.
Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder attributed to long-term use of antipsychotic drugs. The video below shows several examples along with an explanation of how the AIMS diagnostic test is used to identify tardive dyskinesia in patients. Also included (below right) is a brief explanation of what the AIMS test is and how it is used.
Biomedical Therapy
The links below will give you a glimpse of the more invasive, non-medicinal biomedical pathways to treating psychological disorders. Some are more controversial than others and have fallen out of practice. This is certainly the case with transorbital lobotomies. Similarly, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) became highly controversial during the 1970s and 1980s due to films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and fell out of favor as an acceptable treatment. ECT has seen a resurgence in use and acceptance over the past two decades, however, as formidable weapon against severe depression.
The links below will give you a glimpse of the more invasive, non-medicinal biomedical pathways to treating psychological disorders. Some are more controversial than others and have fallen out of practice. This is certainly the case with transorbital lobotomies. Similarly, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) became highly controversial during the 1970s and 1980s due to films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and fell out of favor as an acceptable treatment. ECT has seen a resurgence in use and acceptance over the past two decades, however, as formidable weapon against severe depression.
Transorbital Lobotomy
ECT
rTMS
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Please watch with caution! This is a video of brain surgery and contains graphic content. If blood and brains make you nauseous, then skip it and proceed to the next button - Brodmann Area 25.
Broadmann Area 25 is also known as subcallosal cingulate cortex.
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Note also that that this model conforms to our previously established understanding of epigenetics!
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Test Your Understanding!!!
Below is one of the contributors that you are expected to know according to the standards. Read through the introductory note and address the two questions that follow in your notes.
Below is one of the contributors that you are expected to know according to the standards. Read through the introductory note and address the two questions that follow in your notes.
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Crash Course Videos
Unit XIV: Social PsychologyThe Path to Radicalization
The film below documents the path to radicalization. Please be aware that this film contains graphic and disturbing language and behavior that is overtly racist in nature. As you watch, please consider the following two questions: 1. How does someone become radicalized? 2. Is it possible to come out of radicalization? If so, how? Module 80: Altruism
Three views on altruism...
Altruism in Application
The question posed in the title of the link above is addressed in the article below written by Henry Kissinger. Do you agree with him?
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The Supreme Court and Video Game Violence
The following links will walk you through the 2010 Supreme Court Case referenced by David Myers on p. 794. As you read through the Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) Briefs, pay close attention to the sections entitled "summary of argument". The first link is a pre-briefing of the actual case before the decision was made. The second and third are the actual amicus briefs presented to the court by organizations advocating for each side. The fourth is a brief essay comparing the amicus briefs, and the last is the shortened brief with the actual outcome of the case. Module 77-78 Assignment: The Path to Radicalization
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Crash Course: Social Psychology
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Psychology As A Career
First, some basic notes...
1. You cannot get a job in psychology with just a bachelor's degree. Therefore, you must resign yourself to getting at least a master's degree (counselors, therapists, and school psychologists), a PhD (clinical psychologists, researchers, professors, etc.), or medical school (psychiatry, neuropsychology). Communicate with your academic adviser as to which route is best for you.
2. All psych majors are required to take college statistics. If you are going the psychiatry route, you will need to take courses in biology and chemistry as well in anticipation of getting into medical school.
3. GPA is extremely important as you will be applying to get into graduate or medical school. Do not let a sloppy freshman year of college destroy your goals!
4. Finally, remember that psychology is a broad field with many points of entry. For a refresher on the possibilities, scroll up to Unit I and click on the "Careers in Psychology" button.
Now that you know these things, click on the link below for a road map to get you there.
1. You cannot get a job in psychology with just a bachelor's degree. Therefore, you must resign yourself to getting at least a master's degree (counselors, therapists, and school psychologists), a PhD (clinical psychologists, researchers, professors, etc.), or medical school (psychiatry, neuropsychology). Communicate with your academic adviser as to which route is best for you.
2. All psych majors are required to take college statistics. If you are going the psychiatry route, you will need to take courses in biology and chemistry as well in anticipation of getting into medical school.
3. GPA is extremely important as you will be applying to get into graduate or medical school. Do not let a sloppy freshman year of college destroy your goals!
4. Finally, remember that psychology is a broad field with many points of entry. For a refresher on the possibilities, scroll up to Unit I and click on the "Careers in Psychology" button.
Now that you know these things, click on the link below for a road map to get you there.