Psychologists use statistics? Scholars investigate the research behind the methodology of statistical analysis. Using hands-on practice, case-studies, and scatterplots, they complete various tasks to understand the very roots of high...

Complete site on using color in art. Includes the history of color, psychology of color, color perspective, and how color changes depending on the medium used. Includes activities to help understand how to use color in your art.

Explains what social psychology is, its history, and significant leaders in the field and the theories they developed.

Learn about the historical foundations of contemporary psychology. Use the timeline to explore key events, publications, and perspectives that have shaped psychology from the late 19th century to the present.

Conceptual reading, a quiz, and slide show for enhancing study of the psychodynamic theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud. Freud spent many years researching and psychoanalyzing the human personality.

AAASP helps to promote the development of psychological theory, research, and intervention strategies in sport psychology. Learn how psychology applies to sports.

Virtual learning course in which students explore the abstract concept of Intelligence. Students can watch a presentation, read informational text, and participate with interactive learning material.

A biography of psychologist, Jean Piaget, highlighting his theories of cognitive development in children. Identify and understand specifics of the three key parts of his cognitive theory.

Extensive information about four perspectives of learning theories, and the models that have been developed under each. These include the behaviorist perspective, the cognitive perspective, the humanistic perspective, and the social...

Home page of site that has wealth of information about Adler's theories through numerous links. This page has brief description of Adlerian Psychology and how it differs from other approaches. Hyperlinks to Readings, Adlerian quotes,...

A historical and factual overview of Humanistic Psychology as a Contemporary School of Psychology.

Discusses the different models of information processing and the basic principles accepted in cognitive psychology. Outlines the different types of memory, and the principles of concept formation. Also provides a table listing examples...

Course notes explaining what attribution theory is and three different models of attribution theory. These include the Correspondent Inference Theory of Heider and Jones, Harold Kelley's Covariation Model, and Weiner's Model of...

Virtual learning course in which students investigate theories of human development through multi-media and interactive learning activities. Comprehensive set of learning materials included.

Virtual learning unit on the theories of personality and the study of stress. Students will find a variety of engaging activities including a personality test, introvert/extrovert experiment, presentation, and video series in addition to...

An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.

Information about the dangerous psychological effects of drugs and alcohol.

This California State University student research paper looks into the reasons that we feel fear and anxiety in our lives. It tackles the biological reasons and different psychological theories.

Explains what attribution theory is and two major models, including the Correspondent Inference Theory and the Covariation Model.

An article defining the development of psychology's Attachment Theory, originally identified with that term, by John Bowlby. Identify other contributors to the scientific theory and whether only children experience it.

Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg studied and established the six stages of moral development. Cherry presents a concise article detailing Kohlberg's theory and its stages.

Bottom-Up Processing and Top-Down Processing are two schools of thought when scientists discuss how humans perceive the senses which they experience. This article explores the two theories of visual perception and cites evidence and...

A definition and supporting details explaining what sociocultural theory is and its role in the world. Russion scientist Lev Vygotsky initiatedthe study of the sociocultural theory.

An article featuring psychodynamic theories established to explain personality. The first of these theories is psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud.