Interactive Links

Creativity

• Creativity Web
  Links to many different sites that purport to help you become more creative.
  (See also pages 262-265 in Psychology in Action, 5e)
  
  

• Enchanted Mind
  Links to several creativity Web sites
  
  

Human Language

• Noam Chomsky
  This very brief page gives a few facts about the man that revolutionized the field of linguistics.  (See also pages 266-269 in Psychology in Action, 5e.
  
  
• Noam Chomsky's Personal Home Page
  

• Language and Culture
  A very nice introduction to human communication across several different cultures by Dennis O'Neil at Palomar College.
  
  

Animal Language

• The Gorilla Foundation
  This is the Web page for the foundation that funded the teaching of sign language to Koko. Several pictures of Koko.
  (See also pages 269-271 in Psychology in Action, 5e)
  
  
• Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI)
  The Web page for the institute that houses Washoe. Find out how you can support or participate in research at CHCI.
  (See also pages 269-271 in Psychology in Action, 5e)
  
  
• Language in Apes
  An essay on language usage in apes, and the teaching of language to apes.
  
  

Problem Solving

• The Calvin and Hobbs Game
  This is a version of the Orcs and Hobbits or the Missionaries and Cannibals game.  Try your hand at getting Calvin and Hobbs across a river in a row boat.
  
  

Intelligence Testing

Warning:
There are literally thousands of Web sites that deal with intelligence and IQ testing. The tests listed below are for educational, informational and entertainment value only. The sites that have tests are designed to give you a flavor of what you might find in an intelligence test, but a valid intelligence test would have to be administered by a trained psychologist, not via the Internet. We also caution you to not submit any personal information over the Internet. (See also pages 271-286 in Psychology in Action, 5e)

• Finding Information About Psychological Tests
  The American Psychological Association maintains this site to answer frequently asked questions about psychological testing.  This is one of the first places you should go on the web if you are interested in psychological testing.
  
  
• The Knowns and Unknowns of Intelligence
  This article summarizes an American Psychological Association task force report on intelligence testing.

• Mensa
  Mensa is the international high IQ society. This Web site has links to examples of IQ tests.
  
  

• Enchanted Mind: Intelligence and IQ
  A brief history of intelligence testing and a 38 question test.
  
  

• Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests
  Links to several very difficult tests.
  
  

College Admissions Tests

• College Board Online
  This is the home site for the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test).  Here you can find information about the test as well as practice questions.
  
  

• The 100 Most Common SAT Words
  This is a list of the 100 most common words used on the SAT.  If you are thinking about taking the SAT vocabulary is a good place to begin studying.  This site has flash cards and several other games designed to help increase yor vocabulary.
  
  

• GRE (Graduate Record Exam)
  This is a general graduate school admission test this site provides information about taking the test including sample questions.
  
  

Gifted,Talented, and Mental Retardation Web Links

• Office of Precollegiate Programs for Talented and Gifted (OPPTAG)
  OPPTAG is the home of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SIMPY) and other research on gifted and talented children.
  
  
• Gifted and Talented Resources Home Page
  This Web page contains links to many online gifted resources, enrichment programs, talent searches, summer programs, gifted mailing lists, and contact information for many local and government programs.
  
  
• The American Association on Mental Retardation
  An on-line resource to information about Mental Retardation.
  
  
• The Arc
  This is the home page of The Arc, a national organization  on mental retardation.   The Arc pages contain many links to mental retardation and development disabilities resources.

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