Psychology Studies & Experiments Evaluations, summaries and guides to a vast range of psychology studies and experiments. Ideal for psychology students and tutors.
Altruism in Animals and Humans Why Do We Help Other People? When Darwin introduced his theory of natural selection - often referred to as 'survival of the fittest' - he revolutionized and crystallized thought and theory in regards to how traits evolve in species.
Aversion Therapy Aversion therapy uses the behavioral approach principles that new behavior can be 'learnt' in order to overcome addictions, obsessions or, as demonstrated in Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, violent behavior.
Erikson's Stages of Human Development Erik Erikson's theory on stages of human development
Flooding If you jumped out of a plane, would you overcome your fear of heights?
Behavioral Psychology behavioural psychology, behaviorism, behaviourism
Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs What motivates humans? Maslow's heirarchy pyramid explains.
Brain Explorer Discover what each part of your brain does and how it functions with the new interactive Brain Explorer.
Evaluation of the Biological Approach Can the Biological Approach explain our behavior? Decide for yourself with the advantages and drawbacks of this approach.
How Drugs Affect Us: Cells How do drugs that affect our mood (for example, Prozac for depression) and the way we behave work?
ECT Introduction to Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), how it is used today and an evaluation.
Biological Approach Biological Approach articles, research evaluations and outlines (section index).
Biological Approach Introduction Introduction to the Biological Approach in psychology. Includes an explanation of, and evaluation of the approach.
Lobotomy Can removing parts of the brain via a lobotomy cure mental illnesses? Read an evaluation of this controversial treatment.
Cognitive Approach (Psychology) Introduction to the cognitive approach in psychology. Explanation and evaluation of this approach.
Psychology Reading Test Take the psychology reading test and see what cold reading could say about you
Cold Reading Explained What is cold reading and what's the psychology behind it?
First Impressions: Body Language Course
Further Reading: Body Language Course
Hidden Messages: Body Language Course
Body Language Course Master the art of reading body language with this exclusive online course
Keeping them interested: Body Language Course
Keeping them interested: Body Language Course
Introduction to the Body Language Course
Handshake: Body Language Course
Speaking: Body Language Course
Watching Body Language: Body Language Course
Eye Reading (Body Language) What someone's eyes can tell you about what they're thinking.
Historical Pseudo-science: Face reading
Reading Eyes - Historical Pseudo-science
Reading Foreheads- Historical Pseudo-science
Reading Mouthes - Historical Pseudo-science
Face Shapes - Historical Pseudo-science
Body Language and How to Read it Master the art of reading body language with this exclusive online course
Telling the truth from Body Language
How to Interpret Your Dreams How to interpret dreams, remember the dreams you experience better and uncover the psychoanalytic meaning behind the themes of dreams.
Dreams Dictionary Find out what your dreams mean. Psychologist World's Dream Dictionary has over a thousand entries on kinds of dream.
Dreams and Sleep All about dreams. Dreams articles and more.
Why do we dream? We only remember as few as 5% of our dreams, but do they have a role beyond surreal experiences during the night?
Evaluation of Freud Advantages and criticism of Freudian theory.
Free Association The technique used by Freud in his treatment of clients.
Freudian Personality Type Test What's your personality type? Find out with this test.
Personality Types (Friedman & Rosenman) Personality types according to Freidman and Rosenman.
Freud Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was a leading thinker in psychology. Psychologist World takes a look at his theories and explanations of personality development.
Introduction to Freud Who was Freud and why was he so influential?
Neo-Freud What movement came out of Freudian theory?
Neo-Freudian Psychologists Proponents of neo-Freudian theory.
Psychosexual theory Freud's dubious reputation for sexually-oriented theories on our behaviour was confounded by his theory of psychosexual development.
Asch: Social Influence, Conforming in Groups The Asch conformity experiments were a series of studies that starkly demonstrated the power of conformity in groups.
Authoritarian Personality How Theodor Adorno's F-scale aimed to identify fascism and authoritarian personality.
Authority Adorno's F-Scale revisited.
Brainwashing Brainwashing, its origins and its use in Cults and media.
Famous Left Handers Information on famous left handed people.
Handedness What makes us left handed? Evolution from war, brain hemispheres or something else.
Personality and Influence Area on human personality, how it affects our health, influencing people, and personlity tests.
Language How the words we use and media language affect our thinking.
Five Factors Test Test your personality across five factors.
Openness to Experience Test Are you a daredevil or a hermit? Find out with this online test.
Extroversion Test Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Test yourself.
How Agreeable Are You? How agreeable are you? Take the online test.
Are You Neurotic? Test Find out if you're neurotic with our free test.
Conscienciousness Test How conscienciousness are you? Test yourself.
Social Influence What causes us to obey to authority figures such as police, teachers and politicians and why do people conform to social norms?
Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment Explanation of Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiement, how it was conducted and what we can learn from it.
Subliminal Advertising How subliminal advertising has been used to influence the public, including examples.
Agoraphobia Information on agoraphobia.
Anti-Psychiatry Information on the anti-psychiatry movement
Narcolepsy narcolepsy
Overcoming Phobias - Self Help Guide
Post traumatic stress disorder
Behavioral Approach The behavioral approach is based on the concept of explaining behavior through observation, and the belief that our environment is what causes us to behave differently or suffer illnesses.
Memory and Chewing Gum How research at two universities found memory recall can be improved by chewing gum.
Memory and Association Has someone you know come up to you in the street, and try as you might, you just could not remember this person's name? Put Names and Faces together and don't forget names again with this associative memory technique.
Conditioning Introduction What is conditioning? What Pavlov's dogs experiment teaches us about how we learn.
Craik & Lockhart (1972) Levels of Processing Theory Traditional theories of memory segmented human memory into different stores for example, the multi-store model with sensory, short-term and long-term stores. Find out how Craik & Lockhart's Level's of processing theory opposes this.
Craik & Tulving (1975) Levels of Processing Craik & Tulving wanted to test whether the level of processing affected how well we remember information. Read an explanation and evaluation of this research.
What affects Classical Conditioning? Issues affecting classical conditioning.
Flashbulb Memory Where were you on September 11th? Brown & Kulik (1977) described memories such as this as flashbulb memories.
Memory and Food How food and exercise can affect how well you remember.
Forgetting Why do we forget? Find out in this fascinating article.
Hypnosis How hypnosis can help improve our memory.
Human Memory - Theories, Improvement and Tests
Luria Method A method for remembering lists of information using stories.
Millers Magic Number How many pieces of information can you remember? Miller's Magic Number, most likely.
Mnemonics - Memory Improvement Remember better using the sounds of words.
Pegword Method - Memory Improvement
Multistore - Memory How does our memory function? Find out the stages of remembering.
Retentive Method - Memory Improvement
Memory Test Test your short-term memory with this online feature.
Psychology Articles Index Full psychology articles and topics index covered on Psychologist World
Working Memory Model A theory on how our memory 'works' to remember things in different ways.
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Anger Test This test will see how you react in stressful situations.
Exam Tips Cope with stress at exam time better with these stress management tips.
Fight or Flight Response How the Fight-or-Flight response explains stress.
Stress Stress psychology articles and self-assessment tests.
Karoshi What happens when stress gets the better of us?
Stress Management How stress management works.
Stress Test Take the stress test and measure your stress levels.
What is Stress? An introduction to stress.
Personality & Psychology Tests Test your personality and psychological make-up, including anger and stress levels and personality type.
Openness to Experience Personality Test Test your Openness to Experience with this personality test.
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