Miscellaneous
www.aqa.org.uk - for the syllabus, coursework guidelines, practise papers and exam dates
www.britannica.com - contains a wide range of topics related to psychology
http://psychology.hypnoticworld.com/index.php - an excellent site covering topics such as Memory, Personality, Stress, Dreams and Sleeping, Freud, Anxiety and Depression and related treatments
www.bps.org.uk/careers - careers in psychology
AS links
Module 1 - Memory - Cognitive Psychology
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus - to find out more about the work of Elizabeth Loftus
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html - for an interactive test on STM
www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Thinking.Psychologically98/0027.html - George Miller - the magical number 7+/-2
www.exn.ca/stories/2000/02/29/53.asp - for a critical review of the status of flashbulb memories
http://eyewitnessconsortium.utep.edu/publications.html - for articles on eyewitness testimony
www.slc.edu/~kcunliff/warofghosts.html - to recreate Bartlett 's study on reconstructive memory
Module 2 - Attachments in Development - Developmental Psychology
www.zerotothree.org - a useful website on child development
www.gsm.uci.edu/~mckenzie/rethink/mck97-ch8.htm - research on the psychological effects of institutional care, with a useful table of research studies
www.radzebra.org/ - read about reactive attachment disorder
www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/2010/ - arguments strongly against day care
Module 3 - Stress - Physiological Psychology
www.about.com/ - Covers (among other things) a wide range of sites about stress and stress management
www.mentalhealth.net/ - a starting point for searching the web for topics related to stress, stress management and other areas of mental health
http://europe.osha.eu.int/topics/#stress - a comprehensive report on work-related stress for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. It includes an excellent review of the concept of stress, measuring stress, and evidence linking stress with illness, besides covering workplace stressors.
www.stress.org - The American Institute of Stress
http://workhealth.org/index.html - the job stress network
http://webideas.com/biofeedback/index/ - clinical applications and technique on biofeedback around the world, related sciences and stress disorders
Module 4 - Abnormality - Individual Differences
www.statistics.gov.uk - government statistics used to create 'norms'
www.something-fishy.org - an odd name but an excellent site for individuals experiencing problems with eating and weight loss
www.bodycage.com - a site managed by Melinda Hutchings, a young woman who has suffered and recovered from an eating disorder
Module 5 - Social Influence - Social Influence
www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~remoore/jonestown/ - to find out more about the mass suicide in Jonestown
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007405/exp/ - try out Asch's experiment
www.stanleymilgram.com - all you ever wanted to know about Stanley Milgram
www.prisonexp.org/ - devoted to the Stanford Prison study, with a slide show, discussion questions and links to other sites
Module 6 - Research Methods
www.statistics.gov.uk/socialtrends - social and economic data about British Society today
http://kancrn.kckps.k12.ks.us/guide/nonexperimental.html - a site focusing on descriptive surveys
www.mapnp.org/library/evaluatn/intrview.htm - information on different types of interview, and how to prepare for and carry out interviews
www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/question.htm - a range of resources relating to questionnaire survey research
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/research.cfm - a range of guides on quantitative and qualitative research methods addressing research issues
A2 links
Chapter 1 - Relationships - Social Psychology
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~al891396/exchange.htm - the social exchange theory home page
www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/articles/feature/behavior/index.shtml - the psychology of close relationships (some pages aren't free)
www.familydynamics.net/tls/intro.htm - Sternberg's Love Quiz (filtered at school!)
www.ascusc.org/jcmc/ - the website of the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Chapter 2 - Pro- and anti-social behaviour
www.a-levelpsychology.co.uk/common/supplementary/1841692514/125,126.pdf - media influences on anti-social behaviour
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/r252.pdf - perceptions and experiences anti-social behaviour
Chapter 3 - Biological rhythms, sleep and dreaming - Physiological Psychology
www.dreamemporium.com/ - everything you ever wanted to know about dreams!
www.lucidity.com/ - very interesting site about lucid dreaming and how to develop the art of lucid dreams yourself! In particular look at the FAQs section
www.sleepnet.com/ - a comprehensive guide to sleep, sleep-related issues (including dreams) and sleep disorders
www.asdreams.org - the home page for the Association for the Study of Dreams
www.dreamgate.com - a searchable site that includes a full-text online version of Freud's classic Interpretation of Dreams
www.circadian.com/ - a useful site devoted to circadian rhythms
Chapter 4 - Perceptual Processes and Development - Cognitive Psychology
http://ebiomedia.com/gall/eyes/EyeAWLS.html - annotated links to websites about eyes
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindsight.html - try out your blindspot
www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/blake/BM/bioMot.html - a demonstration of biological motion
www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html - try out many different optical illusions, including the trapezoidal window
www.michaelbach.de/ot/ - more optical illusions!
www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/theory/gestalt/gestalt.htm - to learn more about the Gestalt theory of Perception
Chapter 5 - Cognitive Development - Developmental Psychology
www.queendom.com/cgi-bin/tests/transfer.cgi - for IQ test style questions
www.piaget.org/index.html - the website of the Piaget Society
www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/ - information on Vygotsky
http://danny.oz.au/communities/anthro-l/debates/race-iq/ - Race and IQ debate
Chapter 6 - Social and personality development
http://allpsych.com/psychology101/personality - information on various topics, particularly useful for explanations of Erikson's stages of social development in adolescence, Freud's psychosexual stages and ego defence mechanisms. Also features Kohlberg's levels of moral understanding from Chapter 5
Chapter 7 - Evolutionary explanations of human behaviour - Comparative Psychology
www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/alife/index.htm - BBC Biotopia is an online artificial live environment that allows you to create and observe virtual creatures interacting and mutating in real time
www.evoyage.com/ - a useful starting point for many useful sites on various aspects of the evolution of human behaviour
www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/evpsychfaq.html - FAQs relating to evolutionary psychology
http://human-nature.com/ep/ - Gives you access to Evolutionary Psychology , a free online journal of evolutionary psychology
Chapter 8 - Psychopathology - Individual differences
www.phobialist.com - a list of all phobias - from snakes to slime!
www.schizophrenia.com/ - An information, support and education centre focused specifically on schizophrenia
www.schizophrenia.com/newsletter/buckets/hypo.html - this site has lots of recent news updates on research findings on schizophrenia
www.ocfoundation.org - a very useful site about obsessive-compulsive disorder and treatments, with links to related subjects such as hoarding
www.anxietypanic.com - information on bipolar and unipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety and eating disorders
www.psychologyinfo.com/depression - useful information on depression
www.academicpress.com/refer/ethics/ethopen.htm - a conceptual map of mental disorder
Chapter 9 - Treating mental disorders
www.rethink.org - Formerly the National Schizophrenia Fellowship. It offers advice and support to people with mental illness
http://mental-health.health-issues.designerz.com/mental-health-psychosurgery.php - information on ECT and psychosurgery
www.apsa-co.org/index.htm - The American Psychoanalytic Association - a huge and informative site that is even interactive!
www.antipsychiatry.org - a comprehensive site full of articles criticizing the use of traditional psychiatric techniques
www.pe2000.com/desens-what.htm - explains how you can systematically desensitize yourself to overcome a phobia!
Chapter 10 - Issues and Debates
www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/index.cfm/doc_id=2416 - ethical issues in therapy and research, with many useful links
www.bps.org.uk/documents/Code.pdf - British Psychological Society code of conduct for conducting research with human participants and animals
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs2/regtoxicologydraftrevision4_03.html - revised draft of the Animal Act (1986)
www.sfu.ca/~dant/projects/psyc100/de_waal_nature_nurture.pdf - a pdf version of the article by deWaal (1999) - 'The end of nature versus nurture'
Chapter 11 - Approaches
www.ryerson.ca/~glassman/Frame.html - material and links related to various approaches in psychology
www.ryerson.ca/~glassman/approach.html - website maintained by William Glassman, associated with his book 'Approaches to Psychology'
www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/ - centre for evolutionary psychology
www.ventrella.com/GenePool/gene_pool.html - witness the effects of Darwinian evolution in under an hour
www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/evpsychfaq.html - Very useful site with evolutionary psychology FAQs
www.freud.org.uk/ - the Freud museum site with some background theory and useful links
http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Behaviorism/ - a tutorial on behaviourism
Chapter 12 - Coursework
www.aqa.org.uk - assessment criteria and specification
www.bps.org.uk - essential ethical guidelines for any student undertaking psychology coursework
www.theatp.org/ATP_Publications.html - the text of the ATP's Guide to Ethics for Students of Psychology at Pre-degree Level
