DASL (pronounced "dazzle") is an online library of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. We hope to provide data from a wide variety of topics so that statistics teachers can find real-world examples that will be interesting to their students. Use DASL's powerful search engine to locate the story or datafile of interest.

IAT - Implicit Association Test It is well known that people don't always 'speak their minds', and it is suspected that people don't always 'know their minds'. Understanding such divergences is important to scientific psychology. This web site presents a method that demonstrates the conscious-unconscious divergences much more convincingly than has been possible with previous methods. This new method is called the Implicit Association Test, or IAT for short. In addition, this site contains various related information. The value of this information may be greatest if you try at least one test first...

Interesting common myths discussed but not necessarily debunked.

Interesting common myths discussed but not necessarily debunked.

In the first in Mind Games, our new series on classic psychology experiments, we show you how to conduct the Stroop test, which looks at how language is processed. Mind Games looks promising, but I worry that it will make it harder for students to do their IA experiments.

APA announcement in 2015 about banning participation by psychologists in national security interrogations

Scant ethics instruction despite psychologist participation in interrogations

Brief summary of the ethical considerations

Great new research for localization of function! and brain imaging: Researchers reveal that human brain has at least 180 different regions, confirming the existence of 83 known regions and adding 97 new ones

Critical Thinking section of Skeptic's Dictionary

Great videos for Psychology teachers from APA (American Psychological Association)

Scientists turn to vaccines to curb the growing opioid epidemic. A good overview of drug addiction, the involvement of dopamine and glutamate, and what happens to the brain of an addict (loss of pleasure from normal activities, the need to increase dosage to stave off anxiety and despair, and impairment of dopamine function in prefrontal cortex hence inability to make good decisions).

Forty years after Genie made headlines and sensation in Psychology.

This is a great site for IB Psychology unit planning, activities and resources. Although some materials are free it really is worth subscribing to.

Interesting video showing the complexity of neuronal connections in a very very small section of a mouse cortex.

This site lists recommended movies related to psychology, psychiatry, and mental illness (psychopathology). Portrayals of mental illness and treating professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, etc.) are considered. Additional areas of psychology (e.g., developmental, social) are being added. Full-text articles related to film and psychology written by the site's owner are available.

Hodder education site with activities and useful websites

Interactive timeline on the history of Psychology, though not much information provided for each event/psychologist. Students will be encouraged to do discover on their own.

Complete Guide to Psychology for Students, Educators & Enthusiasts. Find psychology articles, student resources and learn about the theories and perspectives that have shaped the discipline. Very useful for student background reading.