psychology

Sections

I am hereby sorting Psychology into two major areas (there may be others):

• introspective psychology is concerned with introspection as an analytical tool, with thoughts and ideas, and with the nature of the mind
• behavioral psychology studies external behavior rather than inner mental states, and often involves detailed statistical analysis; the mind as machine

Related Pages

• parenting

Conditions

Local Articles

• Asperger syndrome: Wikipedia
• autism
• gender identity disorder (a.k.a. gender dysphoria): Wikipedia
• hyperacusis is "an inability to tolerate everyday sounds"
• reactive attachment disorder (Wikipedia) seems a bit like the "blame the mother" theory originally used to explain autism
• Tourette syndrome: Wikipedia

Links

Reference

• Psychology: Wikipedia

Projects

• Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania

News

• 2007-02-12 The mind, as it evolves "Depression as a survival tool?": on the emerging field of evolutionary psychology
• 2006-09-01 A Nation of Neurotics? Blame the Puppet Masters? by Carl Zimmer
• 2006-02-16 'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions
• 2006-02-15 How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing
• 2006-01-18 chimpanzees lack altruism
• 2005-02-09 Smart People Choke Under Pressure

Notes

Tests and scales for evaluating psychological traits:

• Tellegen Absorption Scale - "correlates aspects of spirituality and altered states of consciousness" - see [1].
• Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire - "a measure of the need for social contact and openness to communication" - seems to be used a lot, but I can't find the actual questionnaire
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• see also Wikipedia:Category:Psychological tests
• online tests:
  • Personal DNA