Tools And Resources
One of the most standard majors at schools and universities throughout the world is psychology. Some students may look into different practices and study areas in their effort to become psychology professionals, while others may decide to start with a bachelor’s degree. Regardless, there are specific tools that a student of psychology or professional psychologists use to remain updated and improve their psychological skills. Amongst these tools and resources are online organizations, blogs, practitioner support, applications, textbooks, groups and publication services (Lewis,2011). For this paper, I will discuss two tools/resources: textbooks and websites. I choose the two because they are the most basic and readily accessible resources for even a student who is unable to transit to go to psychology groups/forums.
There are a number of textbooks that are really resourceful when it comes to psychology, for example, “Community Advocacy: A Psychologist’s Toolkit For State and Local Advocacy” and “New Open Access Community Psychology Textbook” (Fehrmann, 2019). These textbooks contain frameworks, theories, disciplines, and methods that help a psychology student/professional understand individuals and communities. The other resource is websites. There are websites like Psych Central, simple Psychology, Online Psychological Laboratory and Psychology Today, that are imperative for Psychology understudies and professionals (Derks & Bakker, 2013). These websites are stacked up with resources and peer-reviewed materials, for instance, correlational examinations, training, educational assortments and online assessments that contribute a lot to the field (Yeo 2017). They similarly cover fascinating examples inside the field to help specialists be up to date on what is available (Warne, Astle & Hill, 2018). Since the two resources/tools consolidate articles and counsels for an impressive parcel of the sub-prepares inside the more noticeable field of psychology, they are invaluable tools for assignments and my final paper.
References
Lewis, J. A., Ratts, M. J., Paladino, D. A., & Toporek, R. L. (2011). Social justice counselling and advocacy: Developing new leadership roles and competencies. Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology, 3(1), 5-16.
Derks, D., & Bakker, A. B. (Eds.). (2013). The psychology of digital media at work. Hove: Psychology Press.
Fehrmann, P. (2019). Internet resources for psychology. College & research libraries news, 54(9), 510-511
Warne, R. T., Astle, M. C., & Hill, J. C. (2018). What do undergraduates learn about human intelligence? An analysis of introductory psychology textbooks. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 6(1), 32.
Yeo, V., Erickson Cornish, J. A., & Meyer, L. (2017). An analysis of diversity content in doctoral health service psychology program websites. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 11(2), 86.