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2012 Book Archive: Psychological Disorder: What Makes a Behavior "Abnormal"?
The first section of Chapter 12 of a textbook called Beginning Psychology. Discusses at length psychological disorders, the challenges in defining abnormal behavior, the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...
Other
Great Ideas in Personality: Behaviorism
Chart detailing Behaviorism as a school of thought in Psychology. Organized into three sections: Behaviorist Arguments, Criticisms of Behaviorist Arguments, and Behaviorist Responses to Criticisms.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Psychology: Brain & Behaviour
Test your speed in this game reviewing brain and behavior terms and concepts.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Nature vs. Nurture
Study what roles genetics and the environment play in human behavioral development. This is a learning module which includes the reading assignment, a quiz, and PowerPoint program.
Other
Collin College:general Psychology: Abnormal Behavior and Psychological Disorders
Explains the many different categories of abnormal behavior, and the subcategories in each group.
Trinity University
Trinity University: Social Psychology
This site examines the overlap between the behavioral sciences (psychology and sociology). It compares the approaches of psychologists and sociologists in researching behavior. An outline of the areas examined in social psychology is...
California State University
Ca State University: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior [Pdf]
Chapter 3 of a psychology textbook. It explains how abnormal behavior patterns are classified, the DSM, standards and methods of assessment, and the sociocultural and ethnic factors that may need to be taken into account during...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Abnormal Psychology: The Big Picture: Chapter Overview
Summarizes a textbook chapter on abnormal psychology, providing an overview of different approaches to psychological disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) used in diagnosis, and characteristics of...
Other
Behavior Analyst Online
A number of major professional behavior analysis journals can be accessed through this gateway. Recent issues as well as back issues are available and can be downloaded in PDF format. Several of the journals, e.g., Journal of Behavior...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Abnormal Psychology and Treatment
Students explore the way abnormal behavior is defined and classified through this virtual learning course in Abnormal Psychology and Treatment. Interactive media, video, assginments and instructional materials.
York University
Classics History of Psychology: Commentary Psychology as Behaviorist Views It
Modern comments on the classic paper delivered by John B. Watson in 1913. The paper, "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" is considered by the psychological profession as the "behaviorist manifesto" and lays much of the foundation...
Other
Ahp: Humanistic Psychology Overview
A historical and factual overview of Humanistic Psychology as a Contemporary School of Psychology.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Testing How Fashion Impacts the Behavior of Others Around Us
There's an old saying that "the clothes make the man" (or woman, we're quick to add nowadays). How true do you think this is? Here's a project with one approach for finding out.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Biological Foundations
Virtual learning course on human biology and brain function and how it affects our behaviors. Extensive collection of engaging materials, assignments, and activities for review.
York University
Classics History of Psychology: Behavioristic Interpretation of Consciousness
Classic Psychology paper on the "Behavioristic Interpretation of Consciousness" by K.S. Lashley originally published in 1923.
Other
Mind: Understanding the Psychological Effects of Street Drugs
Information about the dangerous psychological effects of drugs and alcohol.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior
An overview of the different models for interpreting and treating abnormal behaviors.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
This learning module looks at how normal behavior is defined and perceived by society. The definitions of normal behavior shifts as societal norms change over time. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a...
Other
E Learn Portal: Origins of Treatment and Defining Abnormal Behavior Continued
Provides an overview of the various theories of how to explain abnormal behaviors.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Social Influence: Group Behavior
Looks at what contributes to the formation of a group, and at three factors that influence a group's behavior, including groupthink, groupshift, and deindividuation. Includes a quiz.
Other
Psychology Encyclopedia: Moral Development: Stages of Moral Development
An entry identifying six stages of moral development created by Lawrence Kohlberg after conducting extensive research in human development and behavior.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Learning: Classical and Operant Conditioning Article
Conditioning is a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response. When psychology was first starting as a field, scientists felt they couldn't objectively describe what was going on in...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Psychology and the Mind
The mind has fascinated and mystified humans for millennia. Delve into the science behind the brain with these works on philosophy, foundational psychology, and scientific studies. This collection includes 61 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12)...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Moral Psychology
These resources are beneficial in illustrating the connection of tying together the philosophical look at actions individuals take with the psychological motivation behind those actions.