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PSYCHOLOGY - USEFUL WEBSITES

A range of high-quality resources for Psychology are available on the web. Start exploring them here:

Study skills

Glossaries

Behavourism & Comparative Psychology

Biopsychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience and cognition

Cyberpsychology

Counselling practice and theories

Ethics

Positive Psychology

  • Authentic Happiness: Online home of the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center. Offers various free positive psychology resources, including short introductions and audovisual material. Much is, however, only available full-text through a free registration.
  • Positive Psychology by and for PP Professionals: A rich British offfering of information around positive psychology professionals.
  • Positivepsychology.com: Aims to provide scientific information on positive psychology for professionals. They also have an active blog.
  • Positive Psychology News: News from all over the web, also links to their webinar series.
  • Pursuit of Happiness: Resource filled with practical advice and information for the public and professionals.

Social psychology

Psychology tests

Information portals for the public and professionals

  • All about Psychology: Comprehensive guide to the world of psychology.
  • AllPsych: Comprehensive site which gives access to lots of information for psychology students and professionals.
  • The British Psychological Society Research Digest: Blog exploring current studies and critically assess the methods behind them.
  • Classics in the History of Psychology: Gives access to classics within psychology and gives access to over 25 full-text books, 200 journal articles from the public domain. It is possible to browse for authors or topics.
  • History and Theory of Psychology ePrint Archive: A free service to the community of scholarly historians and theoreticians of psychology with the goal of promoting the rapid dissemination of new work in the field.
  • Mednar: Specialised search engine for the Medical field, which discovers material freely accessible on the web, but comes from credible sources.
  • MindEd: An extensive resource for professionals and volunteers, focusing on children and young people’s mental health. There are also specific resources to support CAMHS and CYP IAPT learners and those on counselling courses.
  • NHS Mental Health: Advice on how to support your mental health.
  • Psych Central: Freely available psychology and mental health resources with news and expert information. It contains a wealth of information for the experts and the general public.
  • Psych Web: A range of academic psychology resources.
  • Simply Psychology: A guide to psychology theories and psychology and psychology studies. Aimed at psychology students of all levels.

Public charities

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