Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Positive Psychology

Check out Seligman's page that has a number of assessments of interest for Positive Psychologists.

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx




Monday, July 16, 2012

MBTI

 Check out this url to learn more about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.


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

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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

Monday, May 21, 2012

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

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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

Monday, May 7, 2012

cognitive distortions

 Check out the url below for a description of common cognitive distortions from the work of psychologist David Burns.

http://www.healthymind.com/s-distortions.html