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Psychology simulations for Microsoft Word
Virtual Human Brain Dissection
This is a virtual dissection alternative that allows students to dissect a 3D human brain, record observations, answer analysis questions on the observations and label a sheep's brain with the synonymous human brain structures. The analysis questions are mixed formats between direct questions and critical thinking concluding questions. This activity can be completed completely online or printed out for in-person instruction. It is meant to serve as an alternative method to performing a dissectio
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Sensation and Perception: Sensory Stations Lab
Take your kids out of the classroom, set up the 7 station activities, then facilitate while they do all the work! In this activity, TLW explain the concepts of threshold and adaptation, describe the visual sensory system, describe the auditory system, describe other sensory systems, such as olfaction, gustation, and somasthesis, and describe the importance of binocular clues. The students LOVE this activity! I have used it as a formal observation and got excellent reviews from my administrator
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9th - 12th
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Psychology Development Interactive Assimilation & Accommodation Activity
Interactive Activity for developmental psychology for Piaget's theories on accommodation and assimilation includes printable student worksheet, lesson plan, materials needed, and suggestions on how to use the lesson. Fully Editable.
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10th - 12th
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Statistics Mode, Median, Mean, Range Worksheet for Math or Psychology
What's in the Hand: Activity makes learning mode, median, mean, and range fun. You will need two packs of playing cards in order to use 10 different variations. I use giant clothes pins to hold a total of 9 cards for each station. Each student gets a worksheet and is assigned to a group of 4-5 students. Students will complete the first rotation by figuring the mean, median, mode, and range, and then rotate to each other station in about 5 min intervals. At the end they will answer the questions
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5th - 12th
Goin' On a Norm Hunt! Sociology Activity
Get your Sociology students UP and MOVING with this fun, interactive lesson plan to go along with your "norms" and "deviance" lectures! Step-by-step instructionsFull list of scenario optionsClassroom application to real lifeExit ticket includedYour students will be seeing the different types of norms all around them for days after this eye-opening activity!
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7th - 12th
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Why Does Government Exist? Lesson Plan Simulation Icebreaker Virtual Learning
This can be used for virtual learning!This lesson is adaptable to just about any situation and students can learn a variety of things depending on what you want and how you present things. It can be used as a simple icebreaker or to achieve the listed objectives. It takes a few moments to figure out how to direct the class and what you don’t say is as important as what you do say when giving direction. It helps to incorporate “prizes”(like candy) to make the class more likely to become competiti
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Wave- Character Guide and RAFT Writing Exercise
This character guide is a comprehensive list of the major characters students will encounter in Todd Strasser's novel The Wave. The guide ends with a cubing activity that asks students to adopt the POV of an assigned character before answering three questions. Characters can be chosen after students roll a die.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: The Wave- Quizzes, Writing Exercises, & Simulation
Five Tricks: A Game for Teaching about Worldview & Intercultural Communication
“Five Tricks” is based on a program designed to explore factors related to communication problems in intercultural situations. It is based on the premise that serious conflicts arise not from major, obvious cultural differences, but from unrecognized minor ones. While playing “Five Tricks” participants experience the shock of realizing that despite good intentions, people interpret things differently in profound ways. Players learn that they must understand and reconcile these differences in ord
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Psychology - Congruence Test (Q-sort) activity
The following activity illustrates a version of a "Q-sort", a self-assessment procedure for measuring congruence, a state of internal consistency, which Carl Rogers saw as important to healthy personality growth. A brief discussion follows the test, which is self-scoring
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Not Grade Specific
VIRTUAL Online Brain Games Activity Sheet
This activity sheet uses various public websites to activate different parts of our brains. There are 5 websites that test reaction speed, short-term memory, long-term memory, facial recognition, puzzle solving. Each activity allows the students to play the game and then record their results. There are 2-3 follow-up analysis questions at the conclusion of each activity for students to reflect on their experiences with the game and how it relates to the active part of their brain. Before completi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Parts of a Neuron: Neural Communication and Reuptake Game
This game gets kids out of their seats and helps them see neural communication in action! Two colors of ping pong balls are recommended, but other items could be substituted. Topics explored include reuptake, receptors, neurotransmitters, dendrites, axon terminal and the synaptic gap.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Neurons and Neurotransmitters Bundle!
School Start Time Philosophical Chairs
This product is a 3 - 4 day lesson on the power of sleep and a debate on school start times for Middle School or High School Students. I used this with my 7th graders and the LOVE it. The bundle includes: Ted talk about sleep with video notes3 articles for research and annotationPhilosophical chairs outline for studentsTeacher Grading RubricStudent Grading Rubric (on chairs outline)Letter to the Editor OutlineDay 1: Watch Ted talk and finish questionsDay 2: Annotate articles and gather research
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6th - 12th
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Psychology: An Experiment in Change Blindness
This is a set of procedure and directions for conducting an experiment in "Change Blindness" with your students. Materials are not included in this sale. Materials are not difficult to acquire.
I have conducted this experiment for several years. Video links to my experiment and the one I modeled it after are included.
It is lots of fun and you can get several students in the class involved.
You need 2 days. A day of prep and a day to conduct the experiment.
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10th - 12th
Understanding Personality
Personality
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Rorschach
There are three activities that can be done with your class: group “therapy”, individual reflective “therapy”, and essay writing practice (FRQ).
These activities can help students take an in-depth look at the different fields of personality research and apply the information to their own lives.
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9th - 12th
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Psychology - Famous celebrity: Applying perspectives to psychology
Applying the main perspectives of psychology to potentially explain a person's behavior, deviance, or abnormalities
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9th - 12th
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Beast Master vs. Bob Ross
This is a psychological experiment that I use with the brain unit. After we discuss the nervous and endocrine systems, I use this activity to prove that the stimulus is causing their bodies to react in some way even if we are not consciously aware of it. The experiment is supposed to raise their pulse during Beast Master and lower their pulse during Bob Ross. I call it Beast Master vs. Bob Ross because we begin with a base pulse, then they free write for a minute. Then, we watch snippets (all
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11th - 12th
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Mental Health Art Critique
Explore and analyze nonprint text. Instead of author's craft with literary tools, practice this skill by critiquing art. The common thread between these artworks is mental health. This could be used in conjunction with books dealing with mental illness. Great for middle and high school English, Language Arts, Art or Psychology classes.
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6th - 12th
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Baron-Cohen Emoji Simulation
When reading the Baron-Cohen study it is sometimes difficult for students to understand how the researchers went about developing the Eye Test. This simulation takes them through a step by step process of developing a Theory of Mind Test using emojis. It includes a number of emoji cards, detailed instructions, emoji sheet to keep track of answers, instruction display cards for students, and a discussion sheet.
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9th - 12th
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Simulation
Three volunteers will demonstrate how Maslow's Hierarchy is used in their teenage life by reading scenarios and moving forwards or backwards depending on basic needs being met.
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9th - 12th
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The Prisoner's Dilemma: On-Line Version 2
If you have ever gone to lunch with coworkers you probably have experienced the prisoner’s dilemma. How did you split the check? Suppose everyone had agreed to split the check equally. If everyone ordered the same amount of food there is no problem. However, if John orders an appetizer, a dessert, and a bottle of wine, the others are subsidizing John’s lunch. Therefore, almost everyone will order more food. Otherwise, they are paying for John’s lunch. This is an example of the prisoner’s dilemma
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Phineas Gage Guided Imagery Activity. AP Psychology (bio unit)
With this guided imagery, it really helps set the scene and get students thinking about the situation while also being able to creatively write in your class. Every time that I do this activity, it helps my students remember this case study. I tell students that we are traveling back in time, have them get comfortable, close their eyes, and just listen as I read them the scenario. Then students write from their own perspective the summary of the scenario that I just read, and we share our readin
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Psychology Unit 2 (Biology) Lessons and Activities
Identity Unit--> Maslow's Hierarchy
Exploring identity with students can be interesting if they learn to analyze behavior. Use these scenarios to accompany the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs article (found on commonlit.org)
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7th - 12th
Drug Addiction Epidemic
Assume the role of President of the United States or a state governor. How will you fix the drug addiction epidemic? Use information from Khan Academy, FBI Database, and other online resources. You must come up with 5 different plans describing how you would help the drug crisis and 5 solutions that would happen as a result of your plans! This assignment is great for homework, in class discussions, or an exit ticket.
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9th - 12th
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Lifeboat Game
This game is a fun way to get your students talking and engaging in meaningful conversation! It is very useful for student engagement, ice-breakers, debate practice, and holistic thinking. This tool also gives your students the opportunity to practice taking a stance or forming an opinion and defending their ideas. It would be best suited for high school or post-secondary courses.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: AP Psychology Course Content
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