Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Free Psychology Materials From MIT




Introducing the MIT OPENCOURSEWARE PROJECT (MIT OCW), which is quite simply one of the most outstanding educational resources I have ever seen. The following information regarding the project is taken from an official press release.

THE MIT OPENCOURSEWARE PROJECT is a large-scale, Web-based publication of the educational materials from virtually all of the MIT faculty’s courses. This unique initiative enables the open sharing of MIT teaching materials with educators, enrolled students, and self-learners around the world.

MIT OCW provides open access to the syllabi, lecture notes, course calendars, problem sets and solutions, exams, reading lists, and even a selection of video lectures from MIT courses representing 33 academic disciplines and all five of MIT’s schools.

Educators around the globe are encouraged to utilize the materials for curriculum development, and selflearners and students may draw upon the materials for self-study or supplementary use. Course materials contained on the MIT OCW Web site may be freely used, copied, distributed, translated, and modified by anyone, anywhere in the world for non-commercial purposes.

Truly a global initiative, MIT OCW has received users from more than 215 countries, territories, and city-states around the globe—including every member of the United Nations—and materials already have been translated into at least ten different languages.

The following psychology courses are among an amazing 1800 courses that can directly accessed.

  • Managerial Psychology

  • Moral Psychology

  • Economics & Psychology

  • Psychology Of Gender

  • Social Psychology

  • Evolutionary Psychology

  • Introduction To Psychology


  • Click Here to visit the THE MIT OPENCOURSEWARE PROJECT website.



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    Sunday, February 22, 2009

    Psychology Economics & Wisdom



    Timely and compelling talk by Barry Schwartz on the link between economics and psychology. In the following video Schwartz discusses the need for "practical wisdom" in a bureaucratic world where rules often fail and incentives backfire.





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    Wednesday, February 18, 2009

    10 Things You Should Know About Psychology




    (Photo Credit: David Guzikowski)

    I've just added a 10 Things You Should Know About Psychology page to the main website. It is the first in a series of "things you should know" that takes an irreverent look at the wonderful world of psychology.

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    Monday, February 16, 2009

    History of Psychology



    I've just added an outstanding resource to the History of Psychology page which describes its history and mission as follows:

    The Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) was established in 1965 at The University of Akron to promote research in the history of psychology by collecting, cataloguing, and preserving the historical record of psychology. The central feature of the AHAP is the manuscript collection, which includes the papers of over 740 psychologists. The growth of the repository exceeded projections, both in the rate at which materials were donated and in their diversity. This expansion led in 1976 to the establishment of the Child Development Film Archives, a unit that cares for both research footage and instructional films. This expansion was followed, in 1980, by a decision to supplement the numerous unsolicited gifts of books by devoting space to the published literature dealing with the substantive content of psychology as well as with its history and philosophy. Since its inception the archives has continuously acquired apparatus, equipment, testing materials, and all forms of media.

    In addition to the main website, the Archives of the History of American Psychology also has a channel of films and videos on YouTube and a Photostream on Flickr. Many thanks to John Bean, Media Assistant at The Archives of the History of American Psychology for letting me know about this excellent resource.

    Click Here To Go To The AHAP Website.

    Click Here To Visit The AHAP YouTube Channel.

    Click Here To Access The AHAP Flickr Photostream.



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    Thursday, February 5, 2009

    Psychology of Love

    Psychology Book of The Month



    I've just updated the psychology book of the month page on the main website. The February entry is The New Psychology of Love by Robert J. Sternberg & Karin Weis (seemed appropriate with Valentine's day just around the corner). This is a very interesting read which draws on a range of psychological theories in discussing the definition and role of love. See following link for full details.

    Psychology Book of The Month




    Some Rather More Romantic Love Quotes



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    Tuesday, January 20, 2009

    Psychology ebooks

    Introducing The Psychology ebook collection



    Click Here To find out more about this exciting new addition to the All About Psychology website and to download Dream Psychology by Sigmund Freud for free.



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    Wednesday, January 14, 2009

    Derren Brown



    A belated Happy New Year everybody.

    I watched Evening of Wonders on TV last night, which for those who didn't see it was a televised version of Derren Brown's stage show. Derren Brown is an internationally acclaimed psychological illusionist who appears to predict and and control human behaviour.

    Evening of Wonders was a homage to the mentalist performers of the 1920's and 30's and at the heart of the show was some quite astonishing "mind-reading". The thing is though, Derren Brown does not claim to be a mind-reader; far from it, he actually describes his craft as "a mixture of magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship."

    Derren Brown is always fascinating to watch and everytime I do I always want to find out more about the techniques behind the magic and the mystery, and I thought you might be interested in sharing a little of what I discovered. One of my main sources of information comes from the work of David Abbott a magician who at the turn of the 20th century was regarded as one of the best documenters of the methods used by fraudulent psychics.

    The following e-book which you can download for free is an explanatory account by Abbott on mind Reading in Public. To the best of my knowledge this work by Abbott is in the public domain so Please feel free to distribute this e-book to anybody who you think might be interested.

    Mind Reading in Public: By David Phelps Abbott



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    Tuesday, December 16, 2008

    Festive Psychology

    Psychology



    With the holiday season upon us I thought it would be appropriate to showcase a couple of psychology articles related to this special time of the year.

    Tis the Season: The Psychology Behind Christmas Cards

    Article by Jesse Bering which looks at psychological studies that have examined Christmas card behavior.

    Click Here To Read The Article.

    Give Holiday Shopping Stress the Heave-Ho (and Spend Less too!)

    Suzie Pileggi shares some thoughts on applying the principles of positive psychology to the everyday-demands of life.

    Click Here To Find Out if You Are A Satisficer or A maximizer.

    Happy holidays everybody and all the very best for 2009.



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