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The Linda Walsh Psychology Site links to lots of psychology demonstrations and tutorials |
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E-psych is an unusual site with lots of information and demonstrations on many areas of psychology |
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The Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted by Phil Zimbardo in 1971, and it taught us a lot about how people respond to social forces. This site walks you through the experiment, what happened and what we learned. |
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Psybersite is a collection of interesting tutorials, games, and demonstrations relating to various aspects of perception and cognition. |
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The Understanding Prejudice site offers a variety of ways to test yourself for hidden biases. |
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A really neat Memory Exhibition lets you experience lots of demonstrations and information regarding memory and forgetting. |
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National Organizations |
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The American Psychological Association is the premier professional organization for psychologists in both scientific and clinical areas. The site also provides information for the general public. |
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The American Psychological Society is primarily for those interested in scientific research in psychology, rather than those professionals practicing in mental health fields. |
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The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is an organization dedicated to the welfare of victims of psychological disorder and their families and friends. |
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Guidelines for Writing APA Format Papers |
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The Online Writing Center at Purdue University has a nice guide to writing papers in APA style. |
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While the APA has not posted its full style guidelines on the Web, they have posted a page of Frequently Asked Questions and their answers. |
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The APA has developed guidelines for how to give references for electronic information, such as e-mail messages, web sites, and electronic databases. These guidelines are given here. |
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This site gives lots of good information about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Discusses paraphrase, citations, quotations, and so on. |
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Research Tools |
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InfoTrac is a searchable database that provides access to thousands of articles from major encyclopedias, reference books, magazines, pamphlets, and other sources. Students who purchase the PSY 101 textbook new automatically get four free months of access to InfoTrac, using the password that comes with the book. |
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The MCC library system offers a variety of research tools and writing guidelines online. |
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Psych Departments at Area Colleges |
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SUNY Brockport has a strong psychology major designed to prepare students for graduate work in a variety of career fields. |
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SUNY Geneseo has a large and diverse Psychology Department that can lead to a variety of graduate degrees and career options. |
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The Nazareth College Psychology Department provides a strong scientific grounding in the field that can lead to further graduate study in Psychology. |
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Roberts Wesleyan College Psychology Department addresses both the research and the service sides of the field, with an emphasis on integrating psychology with the Christian religion. |
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The Rochester Institute of Technology Psychology Department offers a variety of undergraduate and undergraduate degrees. This site also has some interesting demonstrations. |
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St. John Fisher College offers an undergraduate psychology program in a Catholic liberal arts college. |
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The University of Rochester Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department is focused on research into how the brain functions and how we understand the world around us. |
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The University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology offers research training leading to a Ph.D. degree in three areas of specialization: Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Social-Personality Psychology. |
