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AP® Psychology: Teaching Statistics and Research Methodology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Valdosta State: The Behavioral System

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent review of behavioral psychology. Presents the four types of behavioral theories in outline form. Has links to more details.
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E Learn Portal: Origins of Treatment and Defining Abnormal Behavior Continued

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the various theories of how to explain abnormal behaviors.
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Great Ideas in Personality Behaviorism

For Students 9th - 10th
Comparative analysis of Behaviorism and more clinical psychological theories of behavior. Behavioristic arguments, criticisms of Behavioristic arguments, and Behavioristic responses are presented. References, suggested readings and...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the different models for interpreting and treating abnormal behaviors.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Piaget's Theory: One Cup of Water Is Less Than One Cup of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
In this human behavior science fair project, the student will learn about Piaget's developmental stages and the Theory of Conservation. The student will investigate the age at which children understand the equality of numbers and mass....
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Social Movement Theory: Resource Mobilization Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Need to write a paper on Social Movement Theory? This resource features a sample of a highly academic starter paper.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing Behavioral Incentives

For Students 6th - 8th
Research has shown that positive reinforcement is an effective means of influencing behavior. This experiment looks further to determine which type of reinforcement-praise or reward-is more effective with young children. The objective of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Theories of Attitude and Behavior Change Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This ten-question quiz helps to prepare for the MCAT pertaining to theories of attitude and behavior change.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Theories of Language Acquisition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This five-question quiz focuses on Theories of Language Acquisition.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Theories of Personality Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to Theories of Personality. Prep for the MCAT test.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Theories of Deviance

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about four theories related to deviance and criminology which have emerged within the past 50 years.
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State University of New York

State University of New York: Kinetic Molecular Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This module simulates the behavior of a small number of gas molecules in a small box.
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Univ of Oregon: Attributions as Behavior Explanations: Toward a New Theory [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly paper proposes a new attribution theory which is based on the premise that forming an attribution means providing an explanation of something, particularly of behavior. The author first looks at classic attribution theory,...
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Teaching and Learning Resources: Learning Theories

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Presents a table comparing three major learning theories - behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Lists major theorists for each, the role of the teacher, key ideas, how learning happens, the place of educational technology,...
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Theories of Learning in Educational Psychology: Learning Theories Site Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Extensive information about four perspectives of learning theories, and the models that have been developed under each. These include the behaviorist perspective, the cognitive perspective, the humanistic perspective, and the social...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing How Fashion Impacts the Behavior of Others Around Us

For Students 9th - 10th
There's an old saying that "the clothes make the man" (or woman, we're quick to add nowadays). How true do you think this is? Here's a project with one approach for finding out.
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Crescent Public Schools

Crescent Public Schools: Educational Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents some of the major theories of learning, their principles, and how they impact learning. Covers constructivism, behaviorism, Jean Piaget's developmental model, brain-based learning theory, control theory of motivation,...
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Learning theories.com: Summaries of Learning Theories and Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lists many models and theories of learning. Each one links to the summary of an article. A paid subscription is necessary to access the full article. But if a definition or brief explanation of a term is needed, the summary should...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Motivation and Attitudes: Motivation Article

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the basic theories of motivation.
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United Nations

Unesco: Education: Most Influential Theories of Learning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise descriptions of the major theories of learning.
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Chomsky's and Skinner's Theory of Language Acquisition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Includes short profiles of Noam Chomsky and B. F. Skinner, details of their ideas on language acquisition, the limitations of each perspective, and a chart of similarities and differences between their theories.
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Verywell: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg studied and established the six stages of moral development. Cherry presents a concise article detailing Kohlberg's theory and its stages.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Behavior: Learning: Classical and Operant Conditioning Article

For Students 9th - 10th
Conditioning is a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human behavior or response. When psychology was first starting as a field, scientists felt they couldn't objectively describe what was going on in...