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Help with Finding Topics for Class Assignments

Finding a Topic

Browse a Website

One way to find a topic is to browse websites specific to your area of interest.  Go to any of the websites below and look for articles and headlines on something that interests you.  While most of these articles will not provide in depth information, they can be a great starting point, inspiring you to explore a topic or issue in more depth.

Stream Videos and Podcasts

Watch a documentary or video on a topic that interests you.  As you watch, note names of people who are interviewed or discussed, places visited and issues explored.  Doing this can help you take the next step in focusing your topic and exploring it in more depth.

Psychology Topics

  • 7-step programs
  • addiction 
  • allure of scent
  • Alzheimer's 
  • androgyny
  • anger
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • Attention Deficit Disorder
  • art therapy
  • autism
  • behaviorism 
  • bipolar disorder 
  • birth order
  • body modification
  • body piercing
  • borderline personality disorder
  • bullies
  • celebrity
  • child prodigies
  • communication
  • competition
  • complaining behavior
  • compulsive behaviors
  • concept of self
  • criminal mind
  • cross-dressing
  • cults
  • cyberbullying
  • deja vu
  • depression
  • divination
  • dreams
  • dyslexia
  • eating disorders
  • emotional intelligence
  • extrasensory perception 
  • extreme makeovers
  • family therapy
  • fear of flying
  • gambling
  • grief
  • group therapy
  • guilt
  • hirsuit--attractive?
  • histrionic personality disorder
  • how music affects learning
  • humor
  • hypochondriasis
  • Indigo children
  • Internet addiction
  • jealousy
  • kleptomania
  • laughter
  • love in cyberspace
  • mass suicides
  • megalomania
  • memory
  • mind-body connection
  • mindfulness
  • multiple personalities
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • occultism
  • optimism/pessimism
  • panic attacks 
  • pedophilia
  • peer pressure
  • pets & the elderly
  • phobias
  • post-traumatic stress syndrome
  • postnatal (postpartum) depression
  • primate language-learning
  • private vs. public self
  • psychology of music
  • "retail therapy" / "shopaholism"
  • resilience 
  • revenge
  • rumors
  • Rx for children with ADHD
  • sadism
  • schizophrenia 
  • self esteem
  • senses & the psyche
  • serial killers
  • sexual assault victims
  • sibling rivalry
  • sleeping disorders
  • smoking cessation
  • social anxiety disorder
  • somnambulism
  • spousal abuse
  • stammering
  • stereotyping
  • subliminal advertising
  • suicide
  • surrogate mothers
  • teen suicide
  • terrorism--effects of
  • transsexuals
  • transvestites
  • twins
  • visual perception
  • war--effects on individuals