Chapter 1: The Approach of Cognitive Psychology
Cognition Links



American Psychological Association
With over 150,000 members, the "APA" is the largest national organization for psychologists. The APA is geared more towards clinical and counseling psychology.

American Psychological Society
This is the other main national organization for psychologists. The APS is geared more toward experimental psychology.

Classics in the History of Psychology
This document repository, complete with a search engine, allows you to read excerpts from classic papers in psychology.

Today in the History of Psychology
This collection of dates and descriptions of over 3000 events in the history of psychology allows you to pick a date from a calendar and get a list of the important events that happened on that date.

PsychCrawler
Want a search engine just for information about psychology? PsychCrawler allows you to search for journal articles, books, and web content.

Mugshots - Philosophers of Science
This site has images of philosophers of science. See Aristotle, Berkeley, Descartes, James, and others.

John Broadus Watson
This site provides a biography of Watson's life, complete with rare pictures.

B. F. Skinner Foundation
Read a biography of the famous behaviorist, complete a training course on his theories, and visit a media archive replete with audio and video clips.

Usenet Newsgroups for Psychology
Before the web, there was the Usenet, a gargantuan set of online discussion boards. This is Stanford University's Guide to Usenet discussion groups for psychology.

World Lecture Hall Psychology Courses
Interested in visiting a variety of online classes in Psychology? The University of Texas at Austin maintains the World Lecture Hall, a repository of class web sites in a variety of disciplines. Here are the links to their Psychology classes.


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