VCE Psychology - Student Directed Research Investigation - Sciences

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Australia / New Zealand Points of View Reference Centre
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Ebsco Explora Secondary Schools This link opens in a new window
Echo Online
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
Sora
The new reading app for ebooks and audiobooks.
Storybox Library This link opens in a new window
The Age
The Age has the latest local news on Melbourne, Victoria. Read National News from Australia, World News, Business News and Breaking News stories.
Weblinks Online Database
World Book This link opens in a new window

Psychology Blogs

PsyBlog – Understand your Mind

A smart, readable news blog for those who like psychological insights backed up by science. Hosted by psychologist Jeremy Dean. (click on the image below)

Biopsychology is a branch of psychology that analyzes how the brain and neurotransmitters influence our behaviors, thoughts and feelings.

An award winning health and science blog that covers topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. (click on the image below)

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Social Psychology Network
One of the largest Internet sites devoted to psychological research and teaching. In these pages, you'll find more than 20,000 links related to psychology.
Online Psychology Labratory
OPL provides highly interactive resources for the teaching of psychological science. The peer-reviewed materials include online studies and correlational studies, large data sets, demonstrations, and teaching aids.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Caffeine & alcohol in Topic 1
NIAAA: Understanding the impact of alcohol on human health and well-being.

Do violent video games lead to violence?
Mind Altering Media (New Scientist article)
This New Scientist article explores the research on how technology use changes the brain, and the effect of TV, computer games and video games, especially violence on screen.
Attached to Technology and Paying a Price (New York Times Article)
Impact of Technology on the Brain
Neuro-Imaging and Mental Illness: A Window on the Brain
Brainfacts.Org
BrainFacts.org is a public information initiative for Neuroscience and provides an authoritative source of information about the brain and nervous system, with sections on: neuroscience; brain basics; sensing, thinking andbelieving; diseases and disorders; changes across the life span; and the brain and human behavior.

University of Oregon Brain Development Lab
The University of Oregon Brain Development Lab provides this collection of videos about the brain, how it develops, the methods used to study its structures and function, and how experience shapes the brain systems important for vision, hearing, motor skills, attention, language, reading, math, music, emotions and learning.
University of New England Online Psychology Textbook
Professor Russell A. Dewey of Georgia Southern University has written an online introductory Psychology textbook of sixteen chapters. Topics include the nervous system, states of consciousness, senses and perception, conditioning, memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, personality, social psychology
Neuroscience of Intelligence
The Joy of Visual Perception - York University
A comprehensive online book.

Simply Psychology
Simply Psychology has been designed for UK A-level students and undergraduates. Articles, lecture slides, and activities for multiple areas of psychology are organised under schools of psychological thought.
Erikson - Stages of Psychosocial development

Helpguide.Org
At HelpGuide.org each topic is discussed comprehensively, and includes information on causes, diagnosis, treatment, additional resources available for information and help, and prognosis.
ABC Health and Wellbeing Website
SANE Australia
This site has many of factsheets and podcasts on a range mental health issues.
Mental Health Foundation of Victoria

BBC Human Body and Mind

Emotional development - How nature and nurture affects psychological developments - play video below.

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