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Psychology as a Profession

American Psychological Society The national organization devoted to psychological science and teaching.
American Psychological Association The national organization devoted to psychological therapy.
Psychology Department at West Virginia University-Morgantown Useful for Tech Psychology majors planning to complete their degree at WVU.
Marshall University's Psychology Department.                                                                 

West Virginia State College's Psychology Department.                                                    

University of Charleston's Psychology Department

Careers in Psychology  A comprehensive listing and description of psychology jobs.

General psychology:

• -For students currently taking General Psychology, selected computer lab activities that are assigned in class can be found here: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/content/psychsim/index.htm  OR h-ttp://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/content/psychquest/index.htm

  http://www.psychwww.com/.  An updated directory of psychology links covering many topics.
  http://www.mentalhealth.com/. A large website covering many mental illnesses.
  http://pmc.psych.nwu.edu/personality.html. A comprehensive website devoted to Personality psychology.
  http://128.227.164.224/mritutor/index.html.  Information on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
  http://www.illusionworks.com/. Perception: Examples of visual illusions.

• The Psychonomic Society 
• Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)

Behavioral psychology:

• Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB)
• Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA)
• Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
• Division 25 of the APA (Behavior Analysis) 
• Behavior Analysis Certification Board

Lifespan Psychology

http://www.socialpsychology.org/develop.htm.  A comprehensive website with many offerings for issues throughout the lifespan.
http://www.unige.ch/piaget/.  The Jean Piaget archives.
http://www.nih.gov/nia/. The major Federal Agency devoted to research on physical aging.
http://moon.pepperdine.edu/gsep/class/ethics/kohlberg/. Covers Lawrence Kohlberg's life and the stages of his theory of moral development.
http://www.autism-info.com/. A large site devoted to Autism Resources.

Social Psychology

Social Psychology Network. A comprehensive website devoted to social psychology.
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Organization devoted to Personality and Social Psychological research.
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/redirect.htm. National Science Foundation website on social psychology.
http://www.isspr.org. International Society for the Study of Social Relationships.

If you have comments or questions about information on the Department of Psychology's website please contact Dr. Lieving at x 3314   

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Department of Psychology

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Montgomery, WV 25136