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Adult education psychology lessons under $5
Psychology - Fun Activity - Are you Right-brained or Left-Brained?
Make learning about the brain more fun and more personal! This is a great student-centered activity for any class learning about the human brain. It consists of an easy and effective questionnaire that determines your brain-side preference plus a worksheet designed to encourage reflection and reinforce understanding.
I've been using this activity with my own classes for many years and it always gets enthusiastic engagement from the students.
Works best as part of a unit on the brain, in
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology - Fun Activity - Inkblots! Mini-Rorschach Test Lesson w/ PowerPoint
Inkblots! This is an excellent package for a fun and fascinating activity for any students of psychology or health. It includes everything you need for an engaging and enlightening 2-to-3-class-period lesson structured around 4 of Hermann Rorschach's original therapeutic inkblots. It's a new-and-improved version of a lesson I've been using for years, and the kids always love it. I even use a shortened version of it on Parent's Night, and it's always a hit.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Psychology: Classical Conditioning in Advertising Gallery Walk Lesson/Activity
Have you or your students ever fallen victim to classical conditioning embedded in advertising? This engaging lesson and activity will reveal how it happens all the time. This lesson focuses on engaging students by first teaching the concept through relatable examples. After completing a mini-lesson using a short Nike YouTube commercial video lesson that teaches the concept, students practice the concept by finding and sharing examples of their own. The final activity has students complete gall
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stanford Prison Experiment: Case Study in Ethics - Engaging Analysis Lesson
Nothing captures students attention more in Psychology or Sociology than the infamous and controversial 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. However, the recent uncovering of primary source recordings found Zimbardo's team coaching the prison guards to ramp up abusive behavior. This has further delegitimized many of the original conclusions on human behavior found in this already controversial experiment. Should we stop teaching this largely debunked study? Not so fast. What we are left with is the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology - Fun Activity - Unconscious Defense Mechanisms - Freud
The study of defense mechanisms is a great way to introduce your students to the world of the Unconscious and its influence upon our behaviors. Since we all do them sometimes--and we all know someone who does them almost all the time--it’s something everyone can relate to. Students are often pleasantly surprised to learn that there’s a name for these behaviors that they have observed in other people (and in themselves).
This introspective student-centered activity is simple but very engagin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime TED Talk Lesson
This comprehensive TED Talk lesson delves into the important topic of how childhood trauma can impact health throughout a person's lifetime. The lesson is based on Nadine Burke Harris' TED Talk "How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime" and includes several interactive components to enhance learning.The first part of the lesson includes thought-provoking questions related to Dr. Harris' TED Talk, designed to encourage discussion and reflection. The second component is an online acti
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Seven Modern Perspectives of Psychology Case Study - Google Doc Activity
After spending a few years boring students with lecture notes on the 7 modern perspectives, I designed this activity that was specifically designed to introduce students to the 7 modern perspectives of Psychology in an engaging and efficient manner. This Google Doc analysis activity/lesson uses a 7-minute PSYCHademia video along with a provided graphic organizer to have students explain glossophobia (fear of public speaking) through the lens of each modern perspective. From there, students compl
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Forensic Files : Blood Trail (science video worksheet / Medical Detectives)
FORENSIC FILES VIDEO WORKSHEETGRADES: 9-12SUBJECTS: SCIENCE, FORENSICS, LAW, HISTORYSUB/EMERGENCY PLANS: YES!DISTANCE LEARNING: YES!MORE FORENSIC FILES! – CLICK HERE!*Video is necessary for completion of this worksheet.*Please watch the video in advance of your students to gauge appropriateness.Video Availability: Forensic Files (aka Medical Detectives) videos are available free/pay through a number of streaming and online sites including: YouTube, Amazon, IMDB and more. Please check that you ha
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: FORENSIC FILES: SUPER BUNDLE (300+ VIDEO SHEETS / PLANS / SCIENCE / SUB)
Forensic Files : The Talking Skull (science video sheet / distance learning)
MORE FORENSIC FILES! – CLICK HERE!*Video is necessary for completion of this worksheet. *Please watch the video in advance of your students to gauge appropriateness.As of April 2020, the entire episode is available free on You Tube which would make it ideal for computer lab, homework, or distance learning assignments (technology access provided). Each episode is 20-22 minutes in length.*Forensic Files: The Talking Skull (Season 3, Episode 3)Episode Summary: In 1987, a human skull and some bone
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: FORENSIC FILES: SUPER BUNDLE (300+ VIDEO SHEETS / PLANS / SCIENCE / SUB)
Psychology or Sociology - Fun Activity - "The Big 5" Personality Dimensions
Personality Questionnaire and Lesson Package based on "The Big 5" Personality Dimensions.
This is a great way for students to learn about personality, themselves and others! It is a very self-explanatory, self-contained package containing a variety of self-directed activities that require very little preparation or active instruction on the part of the teacher. It can fill two to three days of instructional time, or perhaps more if you choose to use all of the activities and discuss all respon
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology Altered States of Consciousness (Hypnosis, Meditation, etc.) Activity
Engage students with a collaborative jigsaw activity exploring psychologically-induced altered states of consciousness: hypnosis, meditation, and biofeedback. This lesson first introduced students to the concept with samples and a 2 minute YouTube-guided hypnosis susceptibility test along with video clip samples of the others. The main jigsaw activity has students summarize and explore one of three forms of altered consciousness (links included) via a Google Doc. From there, students share and c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Observational Learning & Bandura applied to Cartoons/Violence (eLearning/InPerso
Students will view the childhood cartoons and evaluate them using Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (Observational Learning.) In this lesson they will learn how to operationally define a term and what inter-rater reliability means. Students will keep track of how many separate instances of violence can be observed in the cartoon and then discuss how this societal phenomenon works in accordance with Bandura's theory. What this comes with...+detailed, minute-by-minute lesson plan+two student handou
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Forensic Files : Invisible Intruder (science video worksheet / psychology / law)
FORENSIC FILES VIDEO WORKSHEETGRADES: 9-12SUBJECTS: SCIENCE, FORENSICS, LAW, HISTORYSUB/EMERGENCY PLANS: YES!DISTANCE LEARNING: YES!MORE FORENSIC FILES! – CLICK HERE!*Video is necessary for completion of this worksheet.*Please watch the video in advance of your students to gauge appropriateness.Video Availability: Forensic Files (aka Medical Detectives) videos are available free/pay through a number of streaming and online sites including: YouTube, Amazon, IMDB and more. Please check that you ha
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: FORENSIC FILES: SUPER BUNDLE (300+ VIDEO SHEETS / PLANS / SCIENCE / SUB)
Psychology: Defense Mechanisms & Avoiding Stress
Teach your psychology class about defense mechanisms with this content-rich, mini lesson. Sigmund Freud believed that in order to deal with conflict in life, an individual’s ego puts up various defense mechanisms to ward off undesired stress. So what are the various tactics that we as individuals use to avoid conflict and undesired scenarios? This lessons is definitely “on-point” and will give your class the important understandings of the 8 major defense mechanisms. The best part is that th
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ethics & Morals: Lesson Plan
This lesson explores the concepts of Ethics and Morals, as well as the ideas of right and wrong. The PPT slides will define and explain these concepts for students, and give them ample opportunity to discuss several hypothetical examples of moral and ethical dilemmas.After exploring these ideas and discussing them as a class, the lesson then moves into a text passage to set up the five paragraph the essay (optional). The excerpt describes a martial arts award ceremony that escalates into a confr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Psychology: Emotional Intelligence/Good Samaritan Critical Thinking (TED Talk)
This printable handout/mini-lesson/critical thinking video analysis provides significant Psychology study all in one activity:
a.) hyperlink / video location for the Goleman "Emotional Intelligence" TED talk (under 15 minutes for whole video)
b.) connection for students to make (critical thinking!) between Goleman's ideas on E.I. and the groundbreaking 1973 "Good Samaritan" study
c.) invitation for students to clarify what it means to critically think
d.) clarification between Goleman's pers
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology: Sensation & Perception Face Blindness Brain Game Intro Lesson
Introduce the concepts of sensation and perception in a Psychology course with a fun and engaging "brain game" activity that students will love. The brain game activity simulates a condition known as "Face Blindness" or Prosopagnosia where individuals cannot remember faces. After completing the brain game, students will analyze common mistakes made in the game to discover the difference between sensation and perception. From there, students analyze a 5-minute segment from the show 60 Minutes on
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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TED Talk Worksheet and Activity Pack - 02 - Angela Lee Duckworth - Grit
Great Lessons For Any Occasion. The TED Talks Worksheet and Activity Pack is more than just another worksheet, it is a valuable resource including pre and post watch activities, useful links, and suggestions to make your lesson the perfect fit for your students and needs. We all understand that each class has its own needs depending on age, level, and composition—just pick what you need for your class and you’re ready to go! Every pack has something different to offer, introducing activities tha
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Loftus Palmer Car Crash Experiment - Memory, Wording, Eyewitness Analysis
Engage your students by bringing the concepts of memory, question wording, and eyewitness testimony alive by re-creating the famous 1974 Loftus-Palmer Car Crash Experiment in your classroom. Students watch the original car crash footage but are separated into two groups that are prompted with a slightly different question. By just changing the verb from "contacted" to "smashed" students will likely replicate the study and estimate a higher speed. Students really get a kick out of experiencing t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stress Management - Art Therapy Group Plan
The use of art allows children and teens to explore their feelings, experiences and emotions in a safe way. Everyone experiences stress at one point or another! In this group we ask participants to take a step back from their busy lives, de-stress and relax! Using the power of creative expression we will be exploring different coping tools and create a safe space to share, grow, and support one another!Group ObjectivesParticipants will understand the nature of stress and its impact on health and
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
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Psychology Sleep/Dreams Unit: Evaluating Habits Questionnaire+Analysis
This is a newly updated 2013 PDF sleep habits questionnaire which works perfectly as an attention-grabber or K-W-L activity to introduce a Psychology 1, 2, or AP unit on Sleep/Dreams and Consciousness. Reinforce the notion that students should answer as honestly as possible, and it'll be a genuine eye-opener. Continuing from here into a full, broader Consciousness unit, teenagers/young adults will soon see they need MUCH more sleep than they are getting on a typical night.
In taking this quest
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Healthy, Unhealthy, & Abusive Romantic Relationships
This activity allows group members to identify characteristics of healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships. Group members will analyze their own romantic relationships, work through sample romantic relationship scenarios, and analyze prior or present romantic relationships. Great for adolescents or adults.
Includes:
- 42 unhealthy, healthy, or abusive relationship scenarios
- 2 versions for varying maturity levels
- 20 discussion questions
- 4 options for activity implementation
- Roman
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Psychology - Fun Activity - Myers-Briggs Personality-Type Worksheet Package
*FOR USE WITH "DO WHAT YOU ARE" by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger.
Myers-Briggs always blows 'em away. (Most students are shocked at the accuracy of these personality-type descriptions when they read about themselves.) This package of activities is a great way to make the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment come alive for students. If you’ve never used the MBTI before, then you’re in for an interesting new experience. If you are already accustomed to using Myers-Briggs in class
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Diagnose Psychopathologies/Abnormal Psych/Mental Illness DSM-5
Diagnose Psychopathologies/Abnormal Psych/Mental Illness DSM-5Students will:Utilize a condensed version of the DSM-5 Cliff Note handout with teacher definitions of disorders to diagnose patients. This is a perfect summary assignment/activity to introduce the varying psychopathologies to students in one day.Objectives:I will understand the symptoms associated with varying psychopathology case studies I will explore to recognize varying symptoms in order to diagnose patientsBackground:There are ma
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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