TED talks on broader areas of Psychology
Perception: Optical illusions show how we see
Twins: A window into human nature
Memory: Loftus – how reliable is your memory
Memory: How your working memory makes sense of the world
Evil: Zimbardo – the psychology of evil
Addiction: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
Brain imaging: Everything we know from 83000 brain scans
Happiness: What makes a good life?
Income and childhood brain development: How does income affect brain development?
Relationships: Why we love and why we cheat
Autism: What it’s really like to have autism
Personality: The puzzle of personality
Decision making: The psychology behind irrational decisions
Depression: How to recognise perfectly hidden depression
Choice: The paradox of choice
Social media and health: Is social media harming your health?
Stress: How to make stress your friend
Human development: Lessons from the longest study on human development
Sleep: How sleep is your superpower
Learning: How to learn faster backed by neuroscience
Personality: The power of introverts
Child development: Get inside the mind of a baby
Dreams: Lucid dreaming
Motivation: The psychology of self-motivation
| The little book of Psychology by Emily Ralls: an insight into some of the early ideas and theories within psychology Opening Skinner’s Box by Lauren Slater: An investigation of Psychology in the twentieth century through a series of accounts of its key psychological experiments 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behaviour by Steven Lynn Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole by Allan Ropper: insights into the world of neurology and real life case studies Pioneers of Psychology Raymond Fancher: explores major theories of psychology and the people behind them The lucifer effect: how good people turn evil by Philip Zimbardo Elephants on acid by Alex Boese: bizarre psychological experiments Reading suggestions from the BPS: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/piste-student-reading |
Two guys on your head on Spotify
Speaking of Psychology (APA) on Spotify
BPS research digest: – the latest peer reviewed research in Psychology in an easy to digest format
All about Psychology – a range of resources including papers, interviews, videos and history
University of Cambridge Psychology A-Z
Freud Museum (London)
Bethlem Royal Hospital Museum (London)
Chester Zoo/London Zoo Natural history museum (London)