APA Research Databases
Summary: In this podcast, we highlight material from the PsycINFO Department in the APA research databases PsycEXTRA, PsycCRITIQUES, and PsycBOOKS.
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Podcasts:
We take a look at Phineas Gage and his contribution to the development of neuroscience.
This episode looks at materials a professor might use for course materials on college, stress, and values. Is college still worth the cost?
PsycEXTRA: An Archive for Organizational Content
In July 2011 we reorganized document types and added many others. We now have 27 searchable kinds of data.
Information in the PsycEXTRA database on sexual addiction
In May 2011 we had an unusually large infusion of classic books, with more than 270 being added to the dataase.
An episode about memory, specifically, information in PsycEXTRA that can be used to improve study habits by improving memory.
Genetic studies show our bodies are only about 1 percent human, the rest bacteria. When did our human-centric view of life begin to change? Take a look at the work of Erasmus Darwin.
How does the digital world affect development for digital "natives"? We take a look at review that find there's much to like in Internet social networking
PsycEXTRA provides both current and reliable information. Remember to also look for data from analogous situations. This podcast uses the Japanese crises as an example and shows information specific to those situations in the databases and related events.
How did 19th century social media differ from our own? They included speeches, lectures, and editorials. Reviews some 19th century lectures on childhood diseases.
Noted psychologist (and past APA president) Robert Sternberg is one of the better known voices on creativity research and its practical application in schools. Searching PsycCRITIQUES gives us the opportunity to not only find reviews of Sternberg's own work but also benefit from his own reviews of other scholars' work on creativity. Focusing on the past few years and on creativity and intelligence
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Creativity can be applied to a species as well as an individual. Evolutionary adaptation is one form of creativity.
How do we explain the behavior of seemingly normal people when they commit incomprehensible acts of violence?
