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http://muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/hull.htm#Biography This is a biographical Website for Clark Hull, one of the first motivational theorists. http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html This Website describes Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs in detail. http://www.businessballs.com/maslow.htm A comprehensive outline of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, with diagrams and [non-scientific] self-tests. The host site, Businessballs, is a free on-line training resource containing a wealth of information and training tools on various topics including motivation training and team-building games. http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/pregastric/fatgenes.html This Website shows the role that obesity genes play in weight loss and weight maintenance. http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/bodyweight/leptin.html This site illustrates the role that leptin plays in body weight, reproduction and disease. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/millhillessays/2002/obesity.htm An article by Randip Bains, which discuses the role that leptin plays in obesity. http://www.mcclellandmedia.com/psych.html The Website is an excellent biography of David McClelland as well as a great introduction to his work on motivation and achievement. http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/hunger.htm This is an excellent description of the way hunger and eating operate. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/bulimianervosa.htm This Website explains bulimia and the problems associated with this disorder. http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleid=68 This Website (and the following linked pages) discusses bulimia, causes, diagnosis, and the problems associated with this eating disorder. http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/sites/edu/?id=21 Brief description of bulimia nervosa, its symptoms and consequences. This site is provided by the Institute of Psychiatry at the Maudsley, the famous psychiatric hospital in London. These pages are a sub-set of pages featuring the research of the Section of Eating Disorders, based there. These other pages are also well worth a look! http://www.cns.nyu.edu/ledoux/Ledouxlab.html Joseph LeDoux’s personal web space. Full of great stuff including references and abstracts of some extremely important papers. http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/james_lange_emotion.htm This Website explains the James-Lang theory of emotion in a clear and easy to understand way. http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/cannon_bard_emotion.htm This Website provides the learner with an extremely simple explanation of the Cannon Bard theory of emotion. http://www.centreforconfidence.co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTImdGlkPTAmaWQ9Ng== This site explores happiness but also contains information about positive psychology more generally. |