The Basics of Psychology
An Online Primer
(This legacy resource was created by C. George Boeree, a retired professor in the Psychology Department of Shippensburg University.)
Starting on this page, you can find essays, articles, chapters, and entire e-texts of information concerning the many areas within the field of psychology, all written by the psychology professors at Shippensburg University.
Browse through the directory below, which is arranged by topics following how these topics might be arranged in a comprehensive general psychology book. Links in bold are to e-texts with multiple chapters; links in plain text are to individual articles.
Please use the "back" button on your browser to return to this page! We hope these webpages provide you with useful and enlightening information.
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- Methods
- Physiological Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience)
- Sensation and Perception
- Consciousness
- Motivation and Emotion
- Learning and Cognition
- Genetics and Evolution
- Developmental Psychology
- Linguistics
- Personality
- Psychological Disorders (Abnormal Psychology)
- Therapy
- Social Psychology
- History of Psychology