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Children, 7/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

Biological Beginnings

Additional Internet Resources

American Psychological Association (APA)
(http://www.apa.org)

American Psychological Society (APS)
(http://www.psychologicalscience.org)

The Child Development Website
(http://idealist.com/kt)

Information on children's topics, particularly encouraging social activism
Hanover College: A Tutorial on Basic Neural Processes
(http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/neurotut.html)

Human Genome Project Information
(http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis)

Provides the latest updates on the Human Genome Project and detailed explanations of this fascinating area of study.
Links to Websites related to psychology

Psychweb
(http://www.psychweb.com)

Psychcrawler
(http://www.psychcrawler.com)

a source for limited research
National Down Syndrome Society
(http://www.ndss.org)

Provides comprehensive, online information about Down syndrome, including education, research, and advocacy.
Nature Genome Website
(http://www.nature.com/genomics)

Presents a variety of sources on genome projects--human and nonhuman--around the world.
National Institutes of Health
(http://www.nih.gov)

Starting point for getting into any subagency of NIH
National Institute of Mental Health
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)

Excellent resource for policy statements, NIMH research, grants
Online Psychology Website of links to a variety of different topics
(http://www.onlinepsych.com/index.html)

Professor Lawrence M. Hinman of University of San Diego
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/reproductive_technologies.html)

Another site that would provide good subject matter for discussion on the ethical and legal issues surrounding reproductive technology, including cloning.
Scientific American
(http://www.sciam.com)

General scientific resource
Serendip
(http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/serendip)

Interactive exhibits, articles, links on the topics covered in this chapter
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
(http://www.srcd.org/)

University of Chicago Press Journals
(http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/pub-alpha.html)

University of Kansas Medical Center, Genetics Education Center
(http://www.kumc.edu/gec)

Excellent resource on Human Genome Project as well as exhibits, links, articles, search engines, and other useful information on genetics
Web MD
(http://www.webmd.com)

Offers a wide variety of information for the medical profession and for consumers.