Monday, January 28, 2013

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

Thursday, January 3, 2013

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