This research guide is designed to help students studying psychology find information for their assignments. Review the basics of research, learn about the library's collection, and see other suggested resources. Use the tabs to see pages with guidance about using and locating different kinds of sources. Tabs and pages marked with professor names provide helpful guidance specific to their classes or assignments.
First time doing research at NCC? Need a quick review? Our Research Basics at NCC Tutorial covers choosing a topic, choosing sources, finding books and articles using the library's resources, other information sources, and citing sources in more detail. Review it here: http://libguides.northampton.edu/researchbasicstutorial
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Need a psychology research topic? Here are some possibilities:
| Personality | Focus | Power | Listening |
| Birth order | Stress | Creativity | Memory |
| Parenting styles | Consciousness | Decision-making | Thinking |
| Body image | Play and imagination | Drive and Motivation | Intelligence |
| Gender | Self-esteem | Bullying | Prejudice |
| Therapy | Sleep | Nature vs. Nurture | Evolutionary psychology |
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Communication
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Developmental psychology (infant, toddler, child, adolescent, adulthood, middle age, elderly, death and dying) |
Emotions |
Disorders (stress disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, hoarding, depression, anorexia, bulimia, ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, seasonal affective disorder) |
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