The Reading Corner
- Classic Papers in Psychology
- The Top 100 Works in Cognitive Science - Millenium Project by the Center for Cognitive Sciences at the University of Minnesota
Learning Tools and Demonstrations Corner
General
- Archives of the History of American Psychology (in Akron, OH)
- Biographies of classic psychologists (Muskingum College)
- "This Week in the History of Psychology" Podcasts (Green, York University)
- Illusions Gallery (Landrigan, University of Massachusetts - Lowell)
- Motion Perception (Mather, University of Sussex)
- Implicit Association Test (Harvard)
Dr. Greenwald, co-creator of the IAT, provides research information on his website.
- Statgames - Program with interactive activities about statistical concepts (Pomona)
- Virtual Statistics Lab (Rice University)
The "Sampling Distribution Simulation" in the Simulations/Demonstrations section is particularly good. - Website for SPSS Support for Students
Research Corner
Ethics
- Occidental College Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
- APA's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2003)
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Oxy - also referred to as HSRRC
- IRB website at Michigan State University (Policies/Regulations section)
HRP manual explains their review process in detail
- General Review (Dr. Dess)
- A Lesson on Mediators (Kenny)
- Online Sobel Test Calculator for Mediation (Preacher & Leonardelli)
- Effect Size Calculator - Cohen's d (University of Colorado - Colorado Springs)
General information and equations: http://web.uccs.edu/lbecker/Psy590/es.htm - Significance Test of Difference Between Correlations (quantitativeskills.com)
Career Corner
Careers in Psychology
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Official "psychologists" have graduate training in a specialized area of psychology from an accredited institution.
The training provides students with academic and professional skills needed to conduct psychological research and/or
practice psychology. A Master's degree can typically be earned in 2 years, while a Ph. D. or Psy D. can be earned in
4-6 years.
Most applications to Ph. D. programs require your grade-point average (GPA), a standardized test (GRE) score, record of research experience, volunteer and applied experience (including clinical), and letters of recommendation. Students seriously considering graduate training are encouraged to obtain research experience early in their college careers, which also increases their ability to work independently and earn positive letters of recommendation.
For more details, see our FAQ for students.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- Psychology GRE (Subject Test)
- Miller's Analogy Test (MAT) - typically for clinical / counseling programs
Professional Associations
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Explore these sites to find out more about professional work performed by people with training in psychology and related fields.