Knowledge: outreach

See Also:

• science → science in society
• science → social sciences → psychology → weblogs

Links

psyberfun 
http://psyberfun.users.btopenworld.com/

Online magazine with short and trendy applications of research.

PsyberSite 
http://www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/

Student-created tutorials relating psychological concepts to a variety of topical issues such as the internet, sports fans, and advertising.

Psychology in the News 
http://www.psycport.com/

Press releases and articles compiled by the American Psychological Association.

Psychology Matters 
http://www.psychologymatters.org/

Categorized listing of findings from recent and classic research with direct applications to common personal and societal issues.

Understanding Prejudice 
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/

Exercises, demonstrations, and teaching materials that address the causes and consequences of prejudice. Also has a directory of experts.

Understanding Psychology 
http://www.time.com/time/teach/psych/

Readings from Time magazine that relate to topics in an introductory course.

Racism and Psychology 
http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/racism/

Questions and answers about research on stereotyping and prejudice.

Practical Psychology 
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/psychology/intro.shtml

Brief and to-the-point examinations of the applications of research on attraction, compliance, groups, and persuasion.

BBC - The Mind 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/

Quizzes and other interactive features supplement articles on topics such as emotions, memory, personality, and the brain.

Your Amazing Brain 
http://www.youramazingbrain.org/

Read about and test your brain, including your senses, memory and perceptions.

The Brain from Top to Bottom 
http://www.thebrain.mcgill.ca/

Explore topics such as emotion, language, and the senses at five levels of organization (from molecular to social) and three levels of explanation (from beginner to advanced). [Requires Javascript and Flash]

Jiskha Homework Help ("A Line on Life") 
http://www.jiskha.com/social_studies/psychology/

A resource providing some of David Gershaw's short articles (previously entitled "A Line on Life"). The articles are about everyday issues and are adapted from textbooks and other scholarly resources. Intended for the lay person.

We're Only Human... 
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/

Blog about psychology and human behavior from the Director of Public Affairs for the Association for Psychological Science.

BPS Research Digest 
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/

A compilation of public-friendly press releases about recent published research.

The Situationist 
http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/

A blog with articles by leading social and cognitive psychologists on the application of research to timely legal and policy issues. Sponsored by the Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School.

National Conference on Psychology as a Science 
http://www.cpa.ca/science/

Report that describes the contributions and future of psychological research. Intended for scientists, policy makers, and the general public.

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis 
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-mono...

Book commissioned by the CIA. Highlights the problems with human perception and thinking.

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