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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I

Research Guide

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| General Resources | Nervous System | Endocrine System | Genetics and Behavior | Sensation and Perception | Learning | Motivation | Memory | Emotion | Language and Thought | Intelligence | APA Citation Style Examples |

General Resources

Reference Section:

• Encyclopedia of psychology - M-REFSTACK REF BF31.E52 1994

• The dictionary of psychology / Mike Cardwell - M-REFSTACK BF31.C33 1999

• The encyclopedic dictionary of psychology - T-REF BF31.E555 1984

• The international dictionary of psychology / Norman Stuart Sutherland - M-REFSTACK REF BF31.S83 1989

• Handbook of experimental psychology / Hal Pashler (Ed.) - M-REFSTACK REF BF181.H336 2002

• Encyclopedia of genetics - M-REFSTACK QH427.E54 2001

• A dictionary of genetics / Robert C. King - T-REF REF QH427.K55 1997

Book Stacks:

• Basic psychology / Henry Gleitman - M-STACK BF121.G27

• How the mind works / Steven Pinker - M-STACK QP360.5.P56 1999

• Introduction to psychology / James W. Kalat - T-STACK BF121.K26 1993

• Mastering the world of psychology / Samuel E. Wood - M-STACK BF121.W656 2003

• Psychology: An introduction / Joshua Gerow - M-STACK BF121.G44 2002

• Psychology: Concepts and applications / M-STACK BF121.N42 2003

• Psychology - M-STACK BF121.P794 2000

• Psychology in action / Karen Huffman - M-STACK BF121.H78 2004

• Exploring psychology / David G. Myers - M-STACK BF121.M935 2002

• Understanding psychology / Robert S. Feldman - T-STACK BF121.F34 2002

• Psychology: The science of mind and behavior / John W. Santrock - M-STACK BF121.S3 1991

• Essentials of psychology: Exploration and application / Dennis Coon - M-STACK BF121.C624 2000

• Taking sides - M-STACK RC480.5.T35 2000

Videos:

• The life of the mind [An introduction to psychology] - T-STACK BF121.L44 1991

Online journals:

• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

• Journal of Memory and Language

• Learning and Motivation

• Motivation and Emotion

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Nervous System

Books available in the Library:

• Phychology: The brain, the person, the world / Stephen M. Kosslyn - M-STACK BF121.K59 2004

• A user's guide to the brain: Perception, attention, and the four theaters of the brain / John J. Ratey - M-STACK QP360.R37 2002

• The nervous system: Circuits of communication - M-STACK QP361.N462 1985

Videos available in the Library:

• Nervous system in consultation with Linda S. Baas, Robert F. Mowery  [videorecording]  - M-CIRCULATION OFFICE RC348.N46 1992 and M-STACK RC348.N46 1992

• The brain and the nervous system  [videorecording] / Spektrum der Wissenschaft - T-STACK QM455.B731 1990

Books available in other libraries:

• The central nervous system: structure and function / Per Brodal

• Brain architecture: Understanding the basic plan / Larry W. Swanson

• Neural development and plasticity / R. Ranney Mize and Reha S. Erzurumlu (Eds.)

• The brain / Gerald M. Edelman and Jean-Pierre Changeux (Eds.)

• Biology, brains, and behavior: The evolution of human development / Sue Taylor Parker, Johas Lnager, and Michael L. McKinney (Eds.)

Web sites:

• The Nervous System (Online Biology Book - Estrella Mountain Community College)

• The Nervous System (Neuroscience Clinic)

• The Nervous System (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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Endocrine System

Books available in other libraries:

• The endocrine system / Pam Walker and Elaine Wood

• The endocrine system / Marjorie Little

Videos available in other libraries:

• The endocrine system: Regulating the body's chemistry [videorecording] / Peter Cochran

• Endocrine system [videorecording] / TVPI

Web sites:

• Endocrine System (American Medical Association)

• The Endocrine System (Online Biology Book - Estrella Mountain Community College)

• Pathophysiology of the Endocrine System (Colorado State University)

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Genetics and Behavior

Books available in the Library:

• Genetics and society / Penelope Barker (Ed.) - M-STACK QH438.7.G44 1995

• The limits of family influence: Genes, experience, and behavior / David C. Rowe - M-STACK BF341.R68 1994

• Dealing with genes: The language of heredity / Paul Berg - M-STACK QH447.B493 1992

• Human genetics: A modern synthesis / Gordon Edlin - T-STACK QH430.E343 1990

Books available in other libraries:

• Behavioral genetics in the postgenomic era / Robert Plomin

• Human genetics for the social sciences / Gregory Carey

• Sense and nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour / Kevin N. Laland

• Evolutionary explanations of human behaviour / John H. Cartwright

Web sites:

• Behavioral Genetics (Human Genome Project Information)

• Recent Developments in Human Behavioral Genetics: Past Accomplishments and Future Directions by Stephanie L. Sherman and al.

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Sensation and Perception

Books available in the Library:

• I am right, you are wrong: From rock logic to the water logic / Edward De Bono - T-STACK BF311.D384 1991

• Perception: Mechanisms and models; Readings from Scientific American / Richard Held - M-STACK QP441.H44

• Personality through perception: An experimental and clinical study / Herman A. Witkin - M-STACK BF698.W53

• Beyond the information given: Studies in the psychology of knowing / Jerome Seymour Bruner - M-STACK BF311.B77 1973

• The psychology of visual perception / Ralph Norman Haber - M-STACK BF241.H27 1973

• Perception: Facts and theories / C. W. K. Mundle - T-STACK BF311.M683 1971

Videos available in the Library:

• Discovering psychology vol. 7 [videorecording] - T-STACK BF131.D55 1989

Books available in other libraries:

• Sensory processes / David R. Soderquist

• Sensation and perception / E. Bruce Goldstein

• Blackwell handbook of perception / E. Bruce Goldstein (Ed.)

• Sensation and perception: An integrated approach / Harvey Richard Schiffman

Videos available in other libraries:

• Sensation and perception [videorecording] - Sharon Dymmel

Web sites:

• Perception, attention, learning, and memory (National Institute of Mental Health)

• The physiology of Perception (Walter J. Freeman)

• Sensation and Perception (Indiana University East)

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Learning

Books available in the Library:

• Human learning: Principles, theories, and educational applications / Jeanny Ellis Ormrod - M-STACK BF318.O76 1990
• Social learning theory / Albert Bandura - M-STACK LB1084.B357
• How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school / John D. Bransford - M-STACK LB1060.H672 2000
• Classical conditioning II: Current research and theory / Abraham H. Black - M-STACK BF319.C573
• Learning and social behavior / Barry McLaughlin - M-STACK LB1051.M216

Videos available in the Library:

• Classical and operant conditioning [videorecording] /Uniview Productions - M-STACK BF319.C52 1996

Books available in other libraries:

• Psychology of learning: Systems, models, and theories / William S. Sahakian
• The cognitive bases of human learning / Eli Saltz
• Learning and memory: Basic principles, processes, and procedures / Scott Terry 
• Perspectives on thinking, learning, and cognitive styles / Robert J. Sternberg (Ed.)
• An introduction to theories of learning / B. R. Hergenhahn
• Modern learning theory: Foundations and fundamental issues / Thomas J. Tighe
• Psychological theories and human learning / Guy R. Lefrancois
• Psychology of learning and behavior / Barry Schwartz
• New directions in behavior development / Sidney W. Bijou and Emilio Ribes (Eds.)

Web sites:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Learning
• Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
• Infed: Learning Theory
• SOSIG: Learning and Memory

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Motivation

Books available in the Library:

• Handbook of motivation and cognition: Foundations of social behavior / Richard M. Sorrentino and Edward Tory Higgins (Eds.) - M-STACK BF503.H36 1986
• Motives and mechanisms: An introduction to the psychology of action / Rom Harr~e - M-STACK BF619.5.H37 1985
• Toward a psychology of being / Abraham Harold Maslow - M-STACK BF698.M338 1999

Videos available in the Library:

• Motivation in the classic concepts [videorecording] / Kirby Timmons - M-STACK BF504.M6 1985

Books available in other libraries:

• Motivation: Theories and principles / Robert C. Beck 
• Human motivation / Bernard Weiner
• Eating disorders / Shasta Gaughen (Ed.)
• Focus on eating disorders research / Pamela I. Swain (Ed.)
• Eating disorders / Mario Maj (Ed.)
• Motivation for achievement: Possibilities for teaching and learning / M. Kay Alderman
• Development of achievement motivation / Allan Wigfield and Jacquelynne Eccles (Eds.)

Web sites:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Motivation
• Amoeba Web: Emotion and Motivation

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Memory

• Memory and intelligence / Jean Piaget and Barbel Inhelder - M-STACK BF371.P5513 1973

• Memory and mind / Norman Malcolm - M-STACK BF371.M339

• In the palaces of memory: How we build the worlds inside our heads / George Johnson - T-STACK QP406.J64 1991

• Exploring psychology / David G. Myers - M-STACK BF121.M935 2002

Videos available in the Library:

• Understanding the mysteries of memory / Films for the Humanities and Sciences - M-STACK QP406.U53 1999

Books available in other libraries:

• The Oxford handbook of memory / Endel Tulving and Fergus I. M. Craik

• Learning and memory: Basic principles, processes, and procedures / Scott Terry 

• Cognition / Mark H. Ashcraft

• Theories of memory / Alan F. Collins (Ed.)

• Cognitive psychology / Ronald T. Kellogg

Web sites:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Memory

• Amoeba Web: Memory

• SOSIG: Learning and Memory

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Emotion

Books available in the Library:

• Emotion and adaptation / Richard S. Lazarus - M-STACK BF531.L37 1991

• Affective neuroscience: The foundations of human and animal emotions / Jaak Panksepp - M-STACK BF531.P35 1998

• Explaining emotions / Amelie Oksenberg Rorty - M-STACK BF561.E95

• Emotional intelligence / Daniel Goleman - T-STACK BF561.G65 1995

Books available in other libraries:

• Motivation, emotion, and cognition: Integrative perspectives on intellectual functioning and development / David Yun Dai and Robert J. Sternberg

• The psychology of emotion: From everyday life to theory / K. T. Strongman

• Emotions: Current issues and future directions / Tracy J. Maine and George A. Bonanno (Eds.)

• Handbook of emotions / Michael Lewis and Jeannette M. Jones (Eds.)

Web sites:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Emotion

• Amoeba Web: Emotion and Motivation

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Language and Thought

Books available in the Library:

• A study of thinking / Jerome S. Bruner - M-STACK BF455.B75

• Thought and personality / Peter B. Warr - M-STACK BF455.W315

• The psychology of language and communication / Andrew W. Elllis - M-STACK P37.E47 1986

Books available in other libraries:

• The psychology of thinking / Lyle E. Bourne

• Memory, thought, and behavior / Robert W. Weisberg

• An introduction to the psychology of languge / Peter Herriot

• Thought and language / Philip Boswood Ballard

• The psychology of language: From data to theory / Harley A. Trevor

• Types of thinking / S. Ian Robertson

Web sites:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Language

• Language Acquisition

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Intelligence

Books available in the Library:

• Memory and intelligence / Jean Piaget and Barbel Inhelder - M-STACK BF371.P5513 1973

• Emotional intelligence / Daniel Goleman - T-STACK BF561.G65 1995

• Working with emotional intelligence / Daniel Goleman - M-STACK HD38.2.G647 1998

Books available in other libraries:

• What is intelligence? / Jean Khalfa (Ed.)

• The psychology of intelligence / Jean Piaget

• Handbook of intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg

Web sites:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology: Intelligence

• Human Intelligence (Indiana University)

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APA Citation Style Examples

References (the list of sources you used for writing your paper)

Books

One Author:

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental

          disorders. (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Two Authors:

Carson, R. C., & Butcher, J. N. (1998). Abnormal psychology and modern life. New York:

          Addison Wesley Longman.

Three Authors:

Nevid, J. S., Rathus, S. A., & Greene, B. (1995). Abnormal psychology in a changing

          world. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Edited Collection of Essays by Different Authors:

Brown, T. A. (2002). Classification of anxiety disorders. In Stein, D. J., & Hollander, E.

           (Eds.), American psychiatric publishing textbook of anxiety disorders.

           Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Encyclopedia Entry:

Cognitive therapy. In Encyclopedia of phobias, fears, and anxieties. (pp. 110). New York:

           FactsOnFile.

Periodicals

Journal Article:

Journal with continuous pagination:

Appelbaum, P. S. (2002). Privacy in psychiatric treatment: Threats and responses. The

          American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 1809- 18.

Journal paginated by issue:

Bowman, S. L. (2003). A call to action in lesbian, gay, and  bisexual theory building and

           research. The Counseling Psychologist, 31 (1), 63-69.

Article from online database:

Pace, B. (2000, June). Generalized anxiety disorder. JAMA, 283, 23, 3156. Retrieved

           February 19, 2003, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

Videos

The brain: Inside information: the brain and how it works. (1998). [Motion picture].

           (Available from Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PO Box 2053, Princeton,

            NJ 08543-2053)

World Wide Web sites

MEDLINEplus Health Information. (2003, February 16). Schizophrenia. Retrieved February

             20, 2003, from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schizophrenia.html

In-text Citations

Paraphrasing

Book or article authors:

One Author:

Matsakis (1992) showed that our central nervous system is vulnerable (p. 29).

or

Our central nervous system is vulnerable (Matsakis, 1992, p. 29).

Two Authors:

Carson and Butcher (1991, p. 181) stated that neurotic behavior is maladaptive.

or

Neurotic behavior is maladaptive (Carson & Butcher, 1991, p. 181).

Web sites:

MEDLINEplus describes schizophrenia as a brain disease that is chronic, severe, and disabling (2003, Schizophrenia: What is it?, para. 1).

or

Schizophrenia is defined as a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease (MEDLINEplus, 2003, Schizophrenia: What is it?, para. 1).

Quoting

Book or article authors:

Matsakis (1992) affirmed that "like the rest of the body, your central nervous system is vulnerable" (p. 29).

or

"Like the rest of the body, your central nervous system is vulnerable" (Matsakis, 1992, p. 29).

Web sites

MEDLINEplus (2003) defines schizophrenia as "a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease" (Schizophrenia: What is it?, para. 1).

or

"Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease" (MEDLINEplus, Schizophrenia: What is it?, para. 1).

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