Type A Personality

Check out the url below for a description of Type A Personality and some strategies for reducing the effects of maladaptive Type A behaviors.

 http://stress.about.com/od/understandingstress/a/type_a_person.htm

Love Styles

https://www.google.com/search?q=LEE%27S+LOVE+STYLES&client=firefox-a&hs=Wip&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=E897UsnfOOjSiAKgmoD4DA&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=852&bih=554

Perfectionism Scale

http://personality-testing.info/tests/FMPQ.php

Human Memory

Check out this site to learn about the information processing model of memory.

http://www.human-memory.net/types.html

Perspectives in Psychology

Modern psychology is a not "unified" science, i.e., it doesn't offer one theory or an integrated set of theories that explains human behavior. Rather, students of psychology must learn to think "perspectivally;" they must use several distinct theoretical perspectives as lenses to "see" into human motivation. Check out the link below and find a brief discussion of the major perspectives that govern the psychological vision.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/perspectives.htm

Keirsey Temperament Sorter

Extra credit for psy 120: Take the Keirsey by visiting the url below. Write a one page summary of what you learned about yourself and how you can use the information to improve your life.

http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx?partid=0

Social Exchange Theory

Check out the url to learn more about Social Exchange theory of relationships.

http://family.jrank.org/pages/1595/Social-Exchange-Theory-Major-Contemporary-Concepts.html 

Five Factor Model of personality

If you are interested in taking a personality test based on the Five Factor Model of personality discussed in class please visit the url below and follow the directions. Remember: No personality test will give you the absolute truth about you. Use the results to stimulate thought.

http://www.personalitytest.net/ipip/ipipneo1.htm

Learning Styles Inventory

There is some evidence that learning styles can be reliably measured using a trait based measure. Try this inventory referenced below and see if the results shed some light on your study preferences and suggest ways to improve your learning.


http://www.sinclair.edu/support/sss/pub/Barsch%20learning%20Style%20inventory.doc

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Paste into your browser the url below and read the article you find there.It describes a much used personality model--the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

http://www.personalitypathways.com/MBTI_intro.html

Erik Erikson's Stage Development Model

Erik Erikson's theory has had a durable impact on the study of human development. Please find a review article at the link below that briefly explains Erikson's model.


http://www.learningplaceonline.com/stages/organize/Erikson.htm

Human Memory

Check out this site to learn about the information processing model of memory.

http://www.human-memory.net/types.html

Psychology 120 Perspectives in Psychology

Modern psychology is a not "unified" science, i.e., it doesn't offer one theory or an integrated set of theories that explains human behavior. Rather, students of psychology must learn to think "perspectivally;" they must use several distinct theoretical perspectives as lenses to "see" into human motivation. Check out the link below and find a brief discussion of the major perspectives that govern the psychological vision.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/perspectives.htm