Gary,
I've got a couple iphone apps in the Apple app store. I agree that
it's disheartening to see what kinds of mobile "apps" come up when you
look in app stores under a search term like "psychology". Typically
you get a lot of "positive thinking" type of apps. However, I have
found some good apps. In fact, in a recent video episode of my
podcast I show some apps that I think are tightly related to some
major fields in psychology and which are credible. Some of these apps
are (put the titles into the search field in iTunes):
3D Brain (very cool brain that you can manipulate with your fingers)
Popplet (graphic organizer)
iCounselor (quite credible psych-educational apps on various disorders)
CBT Referee (very good app which shows how cognitive behavioral
therapy works)
TraxItAll (app which shows how to use goal setting theory in your life)
BrainNmonX (my app which helps students use mnemonics to memorize the
parts of the brain)
Here is the link to my episode in which I show how these apps work:
http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2010/04/episode-121-top-10-psychology-apps-for-the-ipad-iphone-ipod/
There are indeed lots more that could be done to bring more
credibility and usefulness to mobile psychology-related apps.
Michael
Michael Britt
[email protected]
www.thepsychfiles.com
Twitter: mbritt
On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:36 PM, Gerald Peterson wrote:
Has anyone worked/consulted for iphone or other software app
developers? I would think that psychologists could offer a lot of
new ideas for possible games and apps for smartphones or the new
note-pads. Of course we could offer a lot of new apps dealing with
brain-strengthening exercises to reduce cognitive decline ;-) Well,
we could probably develop a lot of other ideas too such as apps on
critical thinking and evaluating risk, understanding probability,
and general psych apps exploring the difference between fascinating
research findings in psych and popular myths/misconceptions, etc.
Or an app on how to choose and assess therapists? Or an app to do
some walk-around social psych observations and examine some social
psych principles in action? The psych apps I've seen so far for
smartphones and such have been borrrring and not very interactive.
Any tipsters have experience in this area? I suppose it shows that
I am in the last week of classes and looking forward to spring/
summer? Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
989-964-4491
[email protected]
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