Donelson Forsyth's motivation and emotion web page with links to such topics as achievement motivation, emotion, emotional intelligence, and sexual motivation. (
http://www.has.vcu.edu/psy/psy101/forsyth/zmoemo.htm
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Explore Maslow's hierarchy of motives, including strategies for educating people about the motives. (
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/maslow.htm
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Maslow's basic principles, details about the different characteristics of self-actualized individuals, effects of peak experiences and ways to self-actualize are discussed. (
http://www.wynja.com/personality/needs.html
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Provides indices of being overweight, assessment of body fat, and morbidity and morality associated with obesity. (
http://obesite.chaire.ulaval.ca/obesity.html
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This interview with Kelly Brownell, a leading researcher in dieting and obesity, explores the pressure to eat and why people are getting fatter. (
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/7_98eat.htm
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Information is given about what anorexia nervosa involves, its diagnosis, its treatment, research, booklets, magazine articles, and links to other web sites. (
http://familydoctor.org/handouts/063.html
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Explore chemical signaling between organisms and the role of pheromones in attracting potential mates. (
http://www.smart-publications.com/articles/article-106-pheromone-revolution.html
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At this web site you can learn about female arousal disorder, dealing with specific aspects of psychosexual dysfunction in women, women and Viagra, and other related topics. (
http://womenshealth.miningco.com/msub3.htm?terms=sexual+dysfunction&COB=home
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A web site with extensive information about Viagra, including the Food& Drug Administration's report on the drug and links to other web sites. (
http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/viagra
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The web site of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, includes research, publications, information services, and links to many other sexuality web sites. (
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org
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An extensive, in-depth look at trends, scoiodemographic factors, and risk factors in American's sexual behavior based on research conducted by Tom Smith, including recent updates. (
http://cloud9.norc.uchicago.edu/dlib/t-25.htm
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The American Psychological Association's web site on homosexuality with responses to many questions about sexual orientation and homosexuality. (
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/orient.html
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A scholarly exploration of the keys to motivation and learning with a special focus on trying to reach students who have lost interest in learning or are turned off by school for a number of reasons. Emphasis is given to contextual support for motivation and learner-centered principles...and search on "motivation" once you get to the site. (
http://www.mcrel.org/products/
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This connects you with the ERIC Database. Type in the words "intrinsic motivation" and you will be able to access information about such topics as individualistic versus competitive participation and others. (
http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric
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Explore links to a number of sites with information about motivating students, including a collection of motivating thoughts, classroom interactions, and other related topics. (
http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa082400a.htm
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This web site explores a number of topics in emotion that are discussed in Santrock Psychology 6th Ed., such as what emotion is, theories of emotion, identifying emotional expressions, cognition and emotion, gender and emotion, and other related topics. (
http://affect.media.mit.edu/AC_research/emotions.html
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Read about a number of research projects that focus on emotion, including cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science projects. (
http://emotion.salk.edu/emotion.html
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Examines neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux's research on the emotional brain with a special focus on the amygdala. (
http://www.nih.gov/news/NIH-Record/06_03_97/story04.htm
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Includes a newsletter, "The Affect Scientist", with up-to-date discussions of research on emotions and links to other sites with information about emotions. (
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~booner/ISRE/ISRE.html
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The web site of leading emotion researcher, Paul Ekman, with an extensive list of his publications and abstracts of some articles. (
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/ekman.html
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This biobliography lists articles authored by Paul Ekman, a central figure in research involving facial expression of emotions. (
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/ekman.html
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The American Psychological Association's web site on controlling anger that includes many helpful strategies. (
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/anger.html
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Insights are given about what it means to be emotionally intelligent; includes a self-assessment of emotional intelligence. (
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/research/EI.html
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