Introduction
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
This guide will list some of the resources available at the COD Library that you can use to find information when doing research on Psychology.
COD Psychology Academic Program
A list of various topics can be found below.
Over on the right are some other research tools that you can use to find information.
Be sure to ask for help at the Reference desks if you have questions or problems.
Basic Emotional Literacy / Emotional Intelligence
Cognitive Psychology: The Basics
Depression: Your Questions Answered. General RC 537 .V 58 2019
Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook: Little Exercises for an Intuitive Life
Grief and Loss: Your Questions Answered
The Handy Psychology Answer Book
Healthy Relationships: Your Questions Answered
Positive Psychology: The Basics. General BF 204.6 .H 37 2021
The Psychology Book (an encyclopedia). General BF 121 .P 815 2012
Teen Stress: Your Questions Answered
Therapy and Counseling: Your Questions Answered. General RC 480.5 .S 4168 2019
Understanding Emotional Intelligence
Who Am I? Understanding Identity and the Many Ways We Define Ourselves
A list of Very Short Introduction books to Psychology topics
Autism
What is Autism?What is the Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism and its Social Implications
Autismerica organization at COD
Autism Encyclopedia. Reference RC 553 .A 88 A 847 2005
Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Reference Handbook. General RC 553 .A 88 B 47 2010
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Body Language
Background Readings
Body Language mind map for related topics
Facial Expression mind map for related topics
Nonverbal Communication mind map for related topics
Reference Materials
Dictionary of Gestures: Expressive Comportments and Movements around the World. General P 117 .C 2713 2018
Many books are available online in the Library Catalog. The call number for general books on this subject is BF 637.
See also the research guide on Lying and Deception farther down.
Bullying
Aggression in SchoolsAntisocial Behavior: Bullying and Cyberbullying
Bullying and Victimization in Schools
Conflict, Aggression, and Cyberbullying
25 Myths about Cyberbullying (ebook)
Bullying: A Reference Handbook General BF 637 .B 85 K 54 2020
List of COD Library books on bullying
List of COD Library books on cyberbullying
List of COD Library videos on bullying
List of COD Library videos on cyberbullying
Educational Psychology
Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia. Reference HQ 797 .B 69 2010
Child Growth and Development (open access online textbook)
Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology
Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development. Reference LB 15 .E 473 2005
Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. Reference HM 716 .E 53 2010
Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development
Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
International Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Reference HQ 796 .I 58 2007
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
Sage Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies
Lifespan / Life Course Development
AdolescenceCognitive Changes across the Life Span
Coming of Age mind map for related topics and terms
Human Development mind map for related topics and terms
Identity Development and Aging
Life Course Theory or Perspective
Psychological Development across the Life Span
APA Dictionary of Lifespan Developmental Psychology. Reference BG 712.7 .A 63 2013
Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia. Reference HQ 797 .B 69 2010
Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
Encyclopedia of Life Writing: Autobiographical and Biographical Forms
Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. Reference HM 626 E 538 2009
International Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Reference HQ 796 .I 58 2007
Oxford Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging
Principles of Sociology: Personal Relationships and Behavior. Reference HM 1106 .P 756 2018
The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development
Lying and Deception
And right below this, see the section on Why Do We Believe?
Ethics of Persuasive Advertising
Encyclopedia of DeceptionAlternative Facts, Post-Truth, and the Information Age
The Blame Game: Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
Detect Deceit: How to Become a Human Lie Detector in Under 60 Minutes General BF 637 .D 42 C 73 2012
Encyclopedia of Misinformation
A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age General BC 177 .L 486 2016
How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information. General T 385 .C 3388 2019
How to Lie with Maps. General G 108.7 .M 66 1991
Lies: The Science behind Deception (an encyclopedia)
Lies We Live By: Defeating Double-Talk and Deception in Advertising, Politics, and the Media General BF 637 .D 42 H 68 2000
Partisan Journalism: A History of Media Bias in the United States General PN 4888 .O 25 K 84 2014A
Social History of Spin General HM 263 .E 849 1996
Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia. Reference HM1231 .C85 2003
Propaganda and Misinformation (The Reference Shelf)
Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception General HV 8078 .S 66 2012
Truth and Lies: Critical Insights to Literature. General PN 56 .T 78 T 7885 2022
You're Lying: Secrets from an Expert Military Interrogator to Spot the Lies and Get to the Truth Connect through O'Riley for Higher Education
Why Do We Believe
BeliefA Consumer's Guide to Information: How to Avoid Losing Your Mind on the Internet. General ZA 3075 .A586 2016
Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History. General BF 773 .T 46 2008
The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High Trust Organizations
Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Reference Q 157 .E 57 2000
Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe. Genera BJ 1401 .E 67 2009
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves. General BJ 1533 .H 7 A 75 2012
Phobias: The Encyclopedia of Irrational Fear
On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, and What Can Be Done
The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work. General HN 65 .W 488 2007
The Stewart/Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News. General PN 1992.77 .D 28 S 74 2011
Telling the Truth: Why Our Culture and Country Have Stopped Making Sense, and What We Can Do About It. General HM 73 .C 489 1995
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works. General Q 179 .T 53 2013
Unbelievable: Why We Believe and Why We Don't. General BT 50 .W 373 2014
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. General BF 773 .S 56 1997
