Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Social-Psychology-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition social psychology sociology basic research applied … Read More
Key Terms for Development
Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Development-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition Erik Erikson oral-sensory, muscular-anal, locomotor-genital, latency … Read More
Key Terms for Emotion & Motivation
Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Emotion-and-Motivation-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition multidimensional scaling valence physiological arousal James-Lange Theory of Emotion … Read More
Key Terms for Personality
Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Personality-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition nomothetic idiographic humors Sigmund Freud unconscious dream interpretation free … Read More
Key Terms for Intelligence
Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Intelligence-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition reification Charles Spearman factor analysis … Read More
Rorschach Inkblot Test Images
The original images from Rorschach’s Inkblot Test have been available in the public domain for several years now. Here’s an image of Hermann Rorschach himself (certainly a doppelgänger for Brad Pitt): Here’s a series of 10 of the images, presented … Read More
Robert Stickgold on the Importance of Sleep
This is a fantastic interview with one of my favorite former professors, Robert Stickgold, who discusses the many important functions that sleep has. He touches on the unity of consciousness, immune function, memory processing, endocrine function and obesity, emotional regulation, … Read More
How Does Toxoplasmosis Affect the Brain?
I highly recommend checking out this excellent interview with one of my favorite lecturers, Robert Sapolsky. He discusses fascinating ways different parasites like toxoplasma gondii are able to take control of behavior via some surprising neurological mechanisms. It appears that … Read More
How do 3D Movies Work?
Before we can address how 3D movies work, we need a brief review on how we experience depth perception in our everyday life. Remember that our retinas are flat surfaces which light stimulates, so how do we go from 2 … Read More
What is Statistical Significance?
Statistical significance is an important concept for understanding when conclusions can (or can not) be drawn from psychological research. Significance can be calculated in a number of different ways depending on the type of data we have collected, and calculations … Read More