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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how power posing- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for...
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Helpful Information About Marriage Counseling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, by a clinical psychologist, offers answers to questions frequently asked about marriage counseling, such as when it should begin, how long it may last, and others.
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Health Relationships and Successful Living: Selecting a Mate

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, developed by a clinical psychologist, offers advice on selecting a companion, including things to do and things to avoid.
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Out of Service: The Big Five Personality Test

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a test written by psychologist Oliver D. John, Ph.D. to discover more about your personality using the "big five" dimensions of personality.
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Educational Psychology Interactive: Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise overview of psychologist Jean Piaget's cognitive development stages and details of his theory. Find charts and details of his theory focused on the development of children.
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Webster University: Margaret Floy Washburn

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry has a page that provides information about the life, times, and work of the psychologist Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939.)
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4000 Years of Women in Science: Mary Whiton Calkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides biographical information about the psychologist Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930 CE.)
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Wolfgang Kohler

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides biographical information and references to the work of Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Kohler.
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WebMD

Web Md: Children's Health: Piaget Stages of Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the four stages of cognitive development researched by the psychologist, Jean Piaget. Piaget studied the intellectual development in children.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alfred Binet

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of French psychologist, Alfred Binet, who invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet-Simon scale.
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Who Named It?: David Wechsler

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about David Wechsler, a psychologist who developed intelligence scales for adults and children. The link includes a biography, information on his work, and a description of the scales and tests that were named after Wechsler.
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Scientific American

Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts

For Students 9th - 10th
A psychologist probes how altruism, Darwinism, and neurobiology mean that we can succeed by not being cutthroat. Is it possible?
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Verywell: Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the eight stages of psychosocial development studied and defined by psychologist Erik Erikson.
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Verywell: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg studied and established the six stages of moral development. Cherry presents a concise article detailing Kohlberg's theory and its stages.
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Psychology: Kendra Cherry: Erikson's Psychosocial Stages Summary Chart

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete list identifying psychologist Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. Find the conflict, events, and outcomes of each of the eight stages.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module looks at how normal behavior is defined and perceived by society. The definitions of normal behavior shifts as societal norms change over time. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 29: Adolescent Identity Crisis

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Knowing oneself and attaining a mature identity is the developmental task of adolescence. Successful resolution of the identity crisis involves making healthy choices and personal commitments to an occupation, religious belief, and a...
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Read Works

Read Works: From City to Farm

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about s psychologist who decided to leave his life in the city and become a farmer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
For nearly a century, ten inkblots have been used as an almost mystical personality test. Long kept confidential for psychologists and their patients, the mysterious images were said to draw out the workings of a person's mind. But what...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Are You a Giver or a Taker?

For Students 9th - 10th
In his new TED podcast WorkLife, Wharton psychologist Adam Grant visits the strongest functioning workplaces and shares their secret 3 ingredients.
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Psych Central: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Written by a psychologist devoted to providing many resources on mental health, this site provides a synopsis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), as well as common symptoms experienced. The bottom of the page has a direct link to...
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Simply Psychology: Saul Mc Leod: Erik Erikson

For Students 9th - 10th
An article featuring ego psychologist, Erik Erikson's research of psychosocial behavior in humans. Understand the eight stages of his theory.
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Suny Cortland: Erik Erikson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development

For Students 9th - 10th
A chart summarizing the stages of psychosocial growth researched and determined by psychologist Erik Erikson. The elements of this study span all of human life from conception through the twilight years over 65.
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Simply Psychology: Information Processing

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by information processing in the brain and the influence of computers on the thinking of cognitive psychologists. Describes the role of attentional capacity in humans' ability to process information and how models...

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