Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Economic Happiness

For Teachers 12th
A learning module on how happiness is measured through an economic lens. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include why...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Boys and Books

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The statistics are consistent: Young male readers lag behind their female counterparts in literacy skills. This article looks at the social, psychological, and developmental reasons why, and suggests solutions - including the need for...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Should You Trust Your First Impression?

For Students 9th - 10th
You can't help it; sometimes, you just get a bad feeling about someone that's hard to shake. So, what's happening in your brain when you make that critical first judgment? Peter Mende-Siedlecki shares the social psychology of first...
Primary
Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University: Karen Horney Lecture Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
Lecture notes from a psychology professor. Excellent site for capturing the main topics relevant to Karen Horney and her theories - biography, relationship to Freudian psychology, explanation of all major terms and theories, development...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Can We Cultivate Our Own Happiness

For Students 7th - 8th
Martin Seligman coined the term "positive psychology" to describe his exploration of how people can improve their own happiness. In this report from 2002, ABC News explains Seligman's research and findings in the field of positive...
Website
Other

English Made in Brazil: Vygotsky

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the social aspects of language acquisition according to Vygotsky.
Handout
Diffen

Diffen: Psychopath vs. Sociopath

For Students 5th - 9th
Start learning about two anti-social personality disorders with the comparison chart for psychopathy and sociopathy. Then extend the learning with an article and video about these mental illnesses.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are We So Attached to Our Things?

For Students 9th - 10th
Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early. But why do we become so attached to things? Christian Jarrett details the psychology of ownership. [4:34]
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Other

Influence by Robert B. Cialdini, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers the six principles of influence: commitment, consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity.
Article
Washington State University

Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: A Green Eyed Monster

For Students 3rd - 8th
Why do we get jealous? What causes the feelings? A psychology professor at WSU helps explain the feeling of jealousy.
Primary
Other

Miami University: Intergroup Bias in American Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines intergroup bias in American culture. They discuss the levels of bias and try to explain why it happens. At the bottom of the page there are links to different places where bias takes place (political, academic, and...
Primary
Other

Optimistic Bias in Perceiving Physical and Mental Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This article looks at the tendency to view oneself as invulnerable to experience negative life events. They suggest this goes hand in hand with the tendency to overestimate one's probability of experiencing postive life events. (Miami...
Article
Duke University

Racism and Sexism: A Collective Struggle: A Minority Women's Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an article that discusses sexism and racism against women.
Activity
Other

Massey University: Vygotsky

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to some of the basic concepts of Vygotskyean theory. Sections on higher and lower mental functions, intramental vs. intermental abilities, and the zone of proximal development.
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Other

Massey Univ.: Saying, Showing, Gesturing, and Feeling

For Students 9th - 10th
This paper by John Shotter examines language development through Wittgenstein and Vygotsky. He contrasts the theories of language development from both of these psychologists.
Activity
Other

Austin Community College: Gender and Sexuality

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides notes from a college Psychology class from Austin Community College. Discusses the causes and effects of gender stereotyping and gender polarization.
Article
American Psychological Association

Apa: Family Dynamics Related to Aggression in Boys

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the American Psychological Association provides research that concluded family dynamics can affect aggression in boys.
Handout
Other

Principia Cybernetica: Homeostasis, Resistance to Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what happens during homeostasis, or the tendency to achieve balance. Explains the theory of homeostasis as applied to ecological, biological, and social systems.
Website
Other

Job Stress Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center for Social Epidemiology offers study results, upcoming conference information, and other resources related to stress and methods of coping with it, especially in the work place.
Article
Other

Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the Sociocultural theories of Lev Vygotsky and discusses their impact on educational psychology.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Group Dynamics in a Graduate School Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer this five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Group Dynamics in a Graduate School Classroom."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dietary Restriction and Sorority Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Dietary Restriction and Sorority Dynamics."
Website
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Counselors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about counseling careers. Also includes duties, training, salaries, work situations, and job outlook.
Website
University of Missouri

Um: Infant and Toddler Basics: Development During the First Three Years

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes typical social and physical development for infants and toddlers.

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