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Internet Scavenger Hunt

Test your knowledge of psychology on the Web by taking this quick quiz. You might even find a site that you can bookmark.

1. This organization is well-known as a source of support for people suffering from depression, and as a resource of information on depression.

a) http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
b) http://www.primenet.com/~jtp/Walkers.html
c) http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/raj/psych.html
d) http://online.anu.au/psychology/PiP/pip.htm

2. This site contains descriptions of computer applications used in the social sciences, including reviews and purchasing information.

a) http://www.coil.com/~grohol/psychart.htm
b) http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/
c) http://www.learner.org/
d) http://www.gamma.rug.nl/sibhome.html

3. At this site you can search an online database of over 17,000 periodicals, including many in psychology.

a) http://www.mosaic.co.za/gavan/upstream/
b) http://uncweb.carl.org/
c) http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/crrntawrnss.form.html
d) http://www.iat.unc.edu/

4. This site represents a group of resources for graduate students in psychology, including an electronic platform for publishing articles and a mailing list discussion forum.

a) http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~simpson/psycgrad.html
b) http://www4.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gpsych.htm c) http://online.anu.au/academia/psy.htm
d) http://www.gasou.edu/psychweb/resource/

5. This intriguing site offers students access to several tutorials on different areas of psychology, especially in the areas of sensation and perception.

a) http://studentcenter.com/
b) http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
c) http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html
d) http://spsp.clarion.edu/topss/topss.htm

6. Want to do some interesting outside reading on psychology? This site contains an annotated list of engaging and readable books that may be of interest to psychology students.

a) http://studentmkt.com/
b) http://skypoint.com/subscribers/jackp/survive.html
c) http://www.indiana.edu/~pietsch/home.html#sample
d) http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tmorris/goodbook.html

7. This is the Web site of the leading institute for the scientific study of human sexuality.

a) http://www.serve.com/vfc/facts.html
b) http://www.option.org/
c) http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/index.html
d) http://users.lanminds.com/~anb/pc.html

8. This site contains links to sources of information and support on a number of psychological disorders.

a) http://www.who.ch/
b) http://www.cc.columbia.edu:80/healthwise/
c) http://www.mhsource.com/disorders
d) http://ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/PCP/PCP.html

9. This site is a good source of information for people interested in family and marriage counseling.

a) http://www.aamft.org/
b) http://freud.tau.ac.il/~haimw/group1.html#group1
c) http://mcns10.med.nyu.edu
d) http://weber.u.washington.edu:80/~crc/IASP.html

10. This site is an amazing interactive resource of information on the brain and nervous system.

a) http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
b) http://ivory.lm.com/~nab
c) http://cvs2.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html
d) http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html

Answers

1. b
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. c
8. c
9. a
10. a



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