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Exploring Aging Issues
The U.S. Administration on Aging Web site with access to information about many aging issues, such as elder abuse, health care, and the adequacy of caregiving. Also includes statistics regarding a number of different areas of older people's lives.
( http://www.aoa.gov/ )
Global Action on Aging
Extensive connections to Web sites with information about aging in more than 15 countries around the world. You also can connect with Web sites on aging at many colleges and universities in the United States. This is an excellent resource on aging.
( http://www.globalaging.org/resources/ )
Adult Development and Aging
The Web site of Division 20, Adult Development and aging, of the American Psychological Association. Includes resources for students, information about publications on adult development and aging, links to organizations involving adult development and aging, and more.
( http://apadiv20.phhp.ufl.edu )
The Gerontology Society of America
Find out about this very large, prestigious organization that cuts across a number of disciplines-psychology, medicine, sociology, and others. Read about the Society's journals, the various sections of the Society, and the Society's annual convention.
( http://www.geron.org )
Geropsychology Resources
Extensive connections to Web sites on such topics as medical aspects of aging, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and clinical psychology. You also can connect through this Web site to leading university gerontology centers.
( http://www.premier.net/~gero/geropsyc.html )
Health Links
Links to an extensive range of journals involving health. Among the child health journals listed are Archives of Pediatrics, and Journal of Aging and Health.
( http://www.healthfinder.gov/ )
Social Policy
The Web site of the Children's Defense Fund with updates about social policy and children and links to other Web sites with information about improving the lives of children living in poverty conditions.
( http://www.childrensdefense.org/ )
Trends in the Well Being of Children and Youth
Link to the Children, Youth, and Family Consortium. Includes extensive information about many trends related to children and adolescents, such as living in poverty-stricken neighborhoods, mortality, education and achievement, and many other topics.
( http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/ )
Educator's Reference Desk
Provides resources and services to the education community including helpful topic links, lesson plans, question archives and GEM/ERIC search capabilities
( http://eduref.org )
Diversity
The Association of American Colleges and Universities provides an interactive diversity resource hub for higher education with features including diversity innovations, research and trends and more.
( http://www.diversityweb.org )
Erik Erikson's Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development
Application of his theory is illustrated on above link
( http://www.erikson.edu/. )
Erik Erikson's Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development
Offers more information about Erikson himself.
( http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/erikson.html )
Jean Piaget
Explores Piaget's theories as well as cognitive differences in children and adults
( http://www.piaget.org/ )
Lev Vygotsky
Provides an insight about his theory and work.
( http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html )
Lev Vygotsky
Provides an insight about his theory and work.
( http://www.sk.com.br/sk-vygot.html )
Albert Bandura
Provides a biography of Bandura and information about his views on observational learning, television and violence, and personality development.
( http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/bandura.html )
Exploring Ethology
Website for Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, which is devoted to the study of animal behavior, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
( http://www.oeaw.ac.at/klivv )
Correlational Research and Experimental Research
Learn more about correlational research.
( http://psy1.clarion.edu/mm/General/Methods/Methods.html )
Psychologist's Ethical Principles
Extensive, in-depth information from the American Psychological Association about Ethics in Psychological research.
( http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx )
Freud's Theory
Includes links to articles on Freud's theories of psychosexual development, dreams, the id/ego/superego, defense mechanisms and more.
( http://www.freudfile.org/theory.html )
Child Development
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides resources for parents, links to Web sites on various developmental disorders and other child development research.
( http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/child/ )
The Journals of Gerontology
Allows for full-text and abstract searches of The Journal of Gerontology Series A and B, and The Gerontologist. Simply type in the topic of interest, and see what comes up!
( http://www.gerontologyjournals.org/ )







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