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Understand your mind with the science of psychology.

Easy to pick topics for a short read

Understand your mind with the science of psychology -

The case study method of teaching applied to college science teaching, from The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. I just started looking at this site but it appears that you can search case studies down by discipline, like psychology.

In August 2015, the Wiki Education Foundation hosted a four-week online seminar tailored to the needs of instructors of psychological science. Topics included editing basics, guidelines for citing references, and the norms and expectations of editing in Wikipedia.

On this page you will find a host of resources designed to bring psychological science into the classroom. These include instructional materials for teaching about the latest in cutting-edge research and expert guidance on pedagogy, as well as blogs, videos and other links to topics that will engage students and anyone who wants to learn about psychological science.

Improving science literacy in the United States requires strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at the middle- and high-school levels. Including a hands-on research experience element in the curricula of scientific disciplines is a crucial part of education in all STEM disciplines, including psychology.

" the Society has three general missions: 1.) Produce and Disseminate Knowledge to the Profession and the Public for the Public Good through Personality and Social Psychological Science; 2.) Promote the Careers of Students and Professionals in the Areas of Personality and Social Psychology; and 3.)Recognize and Promote Achievement in Personality and Social Psychology."

" the Society has three general missions: 1.) Produce and Disseminate Knowledge to the Profession and the Public for the Public Good through Personality and Social Psychological Science; 2.) Promote the Careers of Students and Professionals in the Areas of Personality and Social Psychology; and 3.)Recognize and Promote Achievement in Personality and Social Psychology."

Emma Granqvist, a journal Publisher for Elsevier's plant sciences, is behind the recent launch of the open access journal New Negatives in Plant Science , a platform for negative, unexpected or controversial results in the field. The journal is viewed as a pilot and may lead to New Negatives in ...

Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.

Lots of interactive resources and studies students can take part in - makes the DP course more 'true to life', especially in the 1st year

Great Resource! The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the United States. APA educates the public about psychology, behavioral science and mental health; promotes psychological science and practice; fosters the education and training of psychological scientists, practitioners and educators; advocates for psychological knowledge and practice to inform public policy; and champions the application of psychology to promote human rights, health, well-being and dignity.

Explore the remarkable plasticity of a baby's brain and see how early experiences influence human development

The Guardians Psychology page.  Great articles on Psych in everyday life.

To this end, the student must first examine the filters of knowledge or Ways of Knowing: emotion, logic, language, and perception before he launches out into the larger considerations of Areas of Knowledge : math, natural science, social science, history, art, and ethics.

The world's leading source for scientific, technical, and medical full text research. Accelerate your research by exploring more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and 11,000 books.

Breaks down research studies for core LOAs

The science of positive psychology and playing video games

This is an Encyclopedia of Psychology that can be usefull to search about the history of psychology, theories and other subjects.

The Encyclopedia of Psychology is a collection of links to many areas of psychology. Our intent is to offer the best available sites organized to further the understanding of Psychology as a science.

The American psychological association is a site where student can read about a lot of topics, in a very high academic level. For some students this can be quite interesting and a good challenge, but the site contains more easy reading too, and also a lot of links and very good topics, and some huge databases.

BBC center where you can find resources, surveys, interesting activities related to Psychology

Some of these little quizzes are awesome from the BBC. They used to have an awesome facial recognition one but I believe most of the links are broken now.