Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Intro to Psychology Instructional VideoIntro to Psychology Instructional Video
Publisher
Crash Course
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
3 more...
Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
10:54
Audiences
For Teacher Use
1 more...
Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
1 more...
Technology
Video
Year
2014
Usage Permissions
Fine Print
Instructional Video

Intro to Psychology

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Intro to Psychology instructional video also includes:
  • Video
  • Join to access all included materials

Here's an introduction to a 13-part course on psychology, which the narrator defines as, "the science of behavior and mental processes." In the overview to the course, the narrator traces the development of this integrated science from structuralism, functionalism, and psychoanalysis, to behaviorism, humanistic psychology, and cognative and neuroscience. 

34 Views 28 Downloads

Additional Tags

social studies

Classroom Considerations

  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • A great way to prepare class members for the course of study
  • Viewers are encouraged to use the site to provide feedback 

Cons

  • This really is a crash course packed with information, delivered at a rapid pace, and may overwhelm some viewers
  • Preview with the captions on to determine if asides and illustrations are appropriate for your class

See similar resources:

Activity

Activities from the Society for the History of Psychology Website

American Psychological Association
The Society for the History of Psychology provides a list of teaching activities designed to acquaint learners with the various fields of psychology and introduce them to prominent psychologists. Details for several of the activities are...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
Lesson Plan

Using Psychological Perspectives to Answer Questions on Behavior

American Psychological Association
Perspective is everything when it comes to assessing human behavior. Class members examine a series of statements and identify the perspective represented by each to demonstrate their understanding of different psychological perspectives.
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
Activity

A Career in Psychology

American Psychological Association
Could you have a future therapist in your high school Psychology classroom? Find out by assigning the class to complete an activity where they discover more information about what a career in psychology looks like. Resources they view...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Activity

Facebook Activity

American Psychological Association
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...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Activity

Psychology Goes to Madison Avenue

American Psychological Association
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...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
AP Test Prep

AP® Psychology: Teaching Statistics and Research Methodology

College Board
Psychologists use statistics? Scholars investigate the research behind the methodology of statistical analysis. Using hands-on practice, case-studies, and scatterplots, they complete various tasks to understand the very roots of high...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30

Crash Course
The brain is a complex and mysterious organ. The history of brain research dates back to the early asylums where often unethical experiments took place. The narrator of a short video describes these experiments and their discoveries and...
13 mins 9th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

An Introduction to William James’s The Principles Of Psychology

Macat
Is psychology a natural science? A brief video explains William James's theory of psychology as it connects to physiology, known as the James-Lange Theory of Emotion, and his belief that the mind and body work together to create one's...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Great Minds: Alan Turing

SciShow
Alan Turing helped defeat the Nazis and conceptualized the first computers, yet he was arrested for gross indecency because he was homosexual. The video explains the math genius and how his many talents were used to help society. It also...
3 mins 9th - 12th Social Studies & History
Instructional Video

Earworms: Those Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head

TED-Ed
We've all been infected by earworms at one point or another. But don't worry! These aren't creepy crawly critters that live inside our heads. Follow along with this short video as it explores the interesting psychology...
5 mins 7th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use