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LaunchPad web site E-version of the textbook and lots of info about the chapters and other material. For tech questions, you can email the publisher's representative at alicia.andera <at> macmillan <dot> com |
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•American Psychological Association |
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•Association for Psychological Science |
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•Supplemental Instruction (SI) tutoring for Elementary Psych |
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Research Methods Sites |
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•Here's a discussion of Bem's 2011 study on ESP from the journal Science. |
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•I bent a spoon in class, but you didn't trust me. Go here to see me remotely read your mind. |
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•Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal |
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•Fact check your urban legends (and other stuff) at Snopes |
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•The Skeptic's Dictionary |
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Brain Sites
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•Wikipedia entry on Einstein's brain |
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•What became of Einstein's brain? Recent story from National Geographic. |
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•Einstein's brain story from NPR |
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•Brain Facts from the Society for Neuroscience. |
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•Video of a 'split brain' patient we watched in discussion section. |
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Perception Sites
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•Two links on supertasters: Interview with a leading taste researcher & how to identify a supertaster |
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•NPR story on umami taste and how it came about. |
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•A motion aftereffect demo. Here's a motion aftereffect on Wikipedia that produces a powerful aftereffect. Use full screen mode for a real trip. |
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Memory Sites |
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•Modal model image from lecture that we've been using to organize our discussion of memory. |
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•Story from NPR about note taking by hand verus on laptops. |
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•Link to a summary by the Association for Psychological Science of the Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014) study on note taking. |
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Personality Site |
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•Personality scale that provides a measure of The Big 5. |
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•Description of Big 5 dimensions from slide in discussion section. |
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