Tutorials

A Tutorial on Situated Learning
This tutorial discusses the concerns and emphasis of situated learning; its relation to social, psychological, and neural views on learning; transfer research; the philosophical and psychological assumptions of the rationalist approach to learning; and the implications of situated learning for organizational learning.
Basic Neural Processes Tutorials
Learn about nerve and brain functioning.
Cognitive Psychology Tutor
Site provides tutorials on skill acquisition, inductive reasoning, problem solving, working memory, language, and spatial information processing.
Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics Tutorial
Provides a tutorial explaining the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, which is the current guiding document for research involving humans in Canada.
Internal Validity Tutorial
Athabasca University tutorial, written by Dr. David Polson, teaches the principles of the design of psychological experiments; part of Athabasca University's Experimental Psychology course.
Language and Culture
This tutorial discusses what language is, the analysis of language, the learning of language, language and thought processes, and the hidden aspects of communication.
Mathematical Models of Human Memory - Tutorials
A group of well-organized tutorials that teach the application of several mathematical models of memory.
Mind Tools
Site provides tutorials regarding memory, creativity, information skills, problem solving techniques, stress, time management, communication, planning, sport psychology, and psychometric tests.
Neuroanatomy: A Brief tutorial
Tutorial consists of a series of cross-sectional brain photos with structures labeled; this good beginning could be usefully supplemented with more text including definitions and explanations.
Neuroscience Tutorials
Tutorials are provided for a broad range of topics including visual pathways, somatosensory pathways, different structures of the brain, and sleep.
Neuroscience for Kids
Although this site is designed for kids, it is a vast resource for people of all ages. It contains information and diagrams about many neuroscience topics including brain structure, sleep, the spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system, the neuron, sensory systems, neuroscience methods and techniques, the effects of drugs on the nervous system, and neurological and mental disorders.
POSbase
The Presentations of Science base (POSbase) consists of a collection of PowerPoint presentations about a variety of experimental psychology topics.
Positive Reinforcement Tutorial
Athabasca University tutorial teaches the behaviour-analysis concept of positive reinforcement.
Research Methods Tutorials
Tutorials are provided on external, internal, construct, and conclusion validity; sampling; measurement; research design; and data analysis.
Sensation and Perception Tutorials
On-line teaching of certain phenomena in sensation and perception, including some principles of the perception of art.
Social Research Methods
Site provides information, simulations and tutorials about concepts concerning statistics and research.
Steve's Primer of Practical Persuasion and Influence
This tutorial provides a summary of the various theories that exist to explain how people can be persuaded and influenced.
The Joy of Visual Perception
This web book written by Peter K. Kaiser describes the process of vision by using graphics, graphs, and online demonstrations.
ePsychlopedia
Site provides 10 different tutorials covering the topics of brain and behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation and emotion, cognition, intelligence, personality, and social psychology.