Psychology Resources
Diagnosis
- Behavenet Capsules - The DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria online - I use this more than my actual DSM!
- Minds don't snap
by Lewis P. Lipsitt. Abstract: When tragic, unbelievable behaviors seem to emerge suddenly from nowhere, they are invariably preceded by a process that was under way for years. If we could learn how human experiences work to erode an individual's stability, we could become sensitive to imminent disasters and intervene to prevent them. But if we go on believing that "crazy behaviors" are happenstances, we will never get to their roots.
Psychology and the Law
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Andrea Yates: More To The Story by Timothy Roche. Abstract (of sorts): Five children were dead, drowned by their mother in a case that shocked their family and stunned the world... In Texas, the law on insanity defenses is among the most restrictive in the nation. So...it was not enough for Yates' defense lawyers to simply prove that she twice attempted suicide, had been hospitalized four times for psychiatric care and nursed a psychosis before the drownings clearly documented in thousands of pages of medical records.
Persuasion and Influence
- Changing Minds - One of my favorite online libraries of information on changing others' beliefs and behaviors.
- Thought Reform - Similar to brainwashing. The ChangingMinds.org website has a lot of great social psychology information.
- Principles of Persuasion - Also from ChangingMinds.org.
The Brain
- Brain Damage - How different types of brain damage affect functioning
Evil, Hatred, and Discrimination
These are some of the sites I use to teach about prejudice, hatred, and discrimination. Please note that some of these will upset or even enrage some people, especially those who would like to believe these things are no longer a problem. They're resources. I like 'em. You don't have to.
- Crimes Against Humanity by Ward Churchill - A rant on the use of names for sports teams that reference Native Americans
- The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia - This was started by a man who used to collect the memorabilia to destroy it. Then he began to use it to teach others.
