Activity
American Psychological Association

Psychology Goes to Madison Avenue

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As part of a study of well-known psychologists, class members create a name, a business logo, an advertisement for TV, online, radio, or print, and a pamphlet for the business run by one of the psychologists on a provided list. An...
Activity
American Psychological Association

Facebook Activity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine if Sigmund Freud or Charles Darwin had a Facebook page. As part of a study of major historical figures in the field of psychology, class members are assigned a psychologist and design a mock Facebook page that includes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Principles of Classical Conditioning

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the concept of classical conditioning. They listen to a lecture about the principles of classical conditioning and the basic response and stimulus experiment conducted by Pavlov. Students discuss and identify...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Learning Word Search

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate each of the vocabulary terms listed to the right related to psychological terms. There are 17 biology terms located in the word search.
PPT
Curated OER

La Belle Époque [1871-1914]:

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Progress through various aspects of the  "The Beautiful Era" in this presentation. Political, technological, and scientific contexts surround the time of innovation and change in the world landscape. The short length of this slide...
Article
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It

For Students 9th - 10th
Classical article by John B. Watson (one of the founders of Behaviorism) defining his views on Behaviorism.
Article
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Supersition in the Pigeon: B. F. Skinner

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic study by B. F. Skinner concerning learned behavior in a pigeon.
Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936 CE) who earned the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his "Work on the physiology of digestion." This website is organized into the following...