The Psychology of Perception

2003-03-22T20:46:00.000-08:00

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2003-03-22T20:22:00.000-08:00

Social Psychology Network
This site, maintained by Scott Plous of Wesleyan University and sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is one of the largest social psychology databases on the Internet, with over 5,000 links. A search engine is provided to search within the Social Psychology database or you can use the google search engine to find internet resources. There are links to organizations and conference listings, a career center, education programs, discussion forums, and sociology partner sites. The site has won several awards of recognition and excellence.
www.socialpsychology.org/

2003-03-22T13:40:00.000-08:00

WWW.Virtual Library: Sociology
This web site is a collection of interent sites and resources covering a long list of topics in sociology, psychology, media studies, and feminism to name a few. "The Virtual Library is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert....the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web." An excellent resource site providing links into discussions, newsgroups, directories, journals, and databases that support the studies in sociological issues.

socserv2.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/

2003-03-12T05:43:00.000-08:00

A Sociological Tour through Cyberspace
This web site by Professor Michael Kearle of Trinity University is a collection of sociology, philosophy, and psychology resources and has won numerous awards for its excellence. There are a number of relevant links within the site that expand on research and theories in these disciplines and a directory to internet resources on the subjects. The site has its own search engine to help locate relevant documents and also provides a guide to writing research papers using MLA or APA formats. I found it easy to use and an excellent resource for a student persuing a degree in these areas. Check out this link discussing the role our social environment plays in shaping our perceptions and the way we process information. www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/

2003-03-11T13:24:00.000-08:00

Classics in the History of Psychology
This web site is an electronic resource developed by Christopher D. Green at York University in Toronto. It is an archive of historical research papers on various psychological issues. Researchers in Social Psychology have been aware of and documented the link between social behavior and perceptions since the 1800's. The site provides alphabetized links to on-line documents relating to the history of Psychology and a search engine to access the historical database or link directly to the google search engine. Work has continued within this discipline building on the findings of these early Psychologists in order for us to gain a more complete understanding of the affects of societal perceptions in our everyday lives.
psychclassics.yorku.ca/

2003-02-25T10:15:00.000-08:00

APA Journal of Experimental Psychology
This site provides access into the Psychology Journals that contain alphabetical listings of every subject under the Psychology umbrella. Numerous experimental projects and research papers have been documented and reviewed by Psychology experts around the globe. For students, teachers, and psychology members this site is one to add to your bookmarks if you are looking for access into one of the most important journals in the area of Psychology. This research is the cornerstone to understanding the cognitive processes and perceptual influences within the human mind and enables us to advance our knowledge in the social science disciplines.
www.apa.org/journals/

2003-02-02T20:36:00.000-08:00

Tuscon II: Towards a Science of Consciousness (1996)
This website sponsored by the University of Arizona, is a database of research articles on human consciousness. It covers disciplines in Philosophy, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science and Psychology, Biology, and Physics and Math plus more. These papers report on several different aspects concerning our conscious and unconscoius actions and how these roles influence our social interactions. This particular paper explores the conscious and unconscious cognitive characteristics that influence problem solving ability particularly in young children. Of particular interest is the use of physical gestures during speech and the role these communication devices may play in our social interaction.
www.imprint-academic.demon.co.uk/SPECIAL/absfront.html