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Other

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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Other

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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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.
Unit Plan
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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Other

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,...
Primary
Other

Social Movement Theory: Past, Presence & Prospect

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource features an academic paper on the social movement theory.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
An intermediate level course in microeconomics from MIT. Includes suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments, and exams.
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Other

Learning Theory: Reinforcement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has a nice discussion on the nature and use of reinforcement in learning theory. Describes the four major types of reinforcement and also the use of reinforcement schedules.
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Other

Personality research.com: Cognitive Social Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses cognitive theories of learned behavior including Bandura's Observational Learning (Social Learning).
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simultaneous Hermaphroditism, Egg Trading, and Prisoner's Dilemma

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to game theory in the passage "Simultaneous hermaphroditism, egg trading, and the Prisoner's Dilemma."
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Wavelike Behaviors of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
In this series of interactive physics tutorials, students will focus on the wavelike nature of light.
Activity
Harvard University

Individual Rationality as a Useful Approximation

For Students 9th - 10th
Comments on Tversky's "Rational Theory and Constructive Choice," by Alvin E. Roth, Economics professor at Harvard. This paper was originally presented at the IEA Conference on "Rationality in Economics," IEA 16-18, 1993, Torino, Italy,...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smith, Marx, and Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...
Website
Other

Mind: Understanding the Psychological Effects of Street Drugs

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the dangerous psychological effects of drugs and alcohol.
Website
PBS

Pbs: A Science Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Website for the PBS series "A Science Odyssey." Numerous opportunities to explore the people and discoveries of science.
Activity
Other

A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Anxiety in Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
A great deal of the literature on the relationship between anxiety and performance has come from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This Athletic Insight paper examines the relationship between the two constructs from a psychodynamic...
Interactive
Other

Nicky Case: The Wisdom And/or Madness of Crowds

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do some crowds turn to madness and other crowds turn to wisdom? Network science seeks to explain groupthink with its core idea being we should not study the individual people, but their connections. Use this interactive site to...
Online Course
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Sociology: Socialization

For Students 9th - 10th
Sociology instructional unit on socialization. Students learn theories about human behavior and self development through audio, text, and instructional activities. Links to supplemental reading.
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Other

Personality Research: Plutchik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists Plutchik's ten postulates for psychoevolutionary theory on emotions, and provides basic emotions and a basis for inclusion for each. Also includes a bibliography.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ferromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides a wonderful in-depth explanation of ferromagnetism, covering the atomic behavior which is responsible for ferromagnetic properties. Also introduces the concepts of magnetic domains and the Curie...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Diamagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Georgia State University provides a brief introduction to diamagnetism, explaining how Lenz's law accounts for diamagnetic behavior in all materials.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Bee Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Emulate the work of entomologists and explore biodiversity by collecting insects from different sites and keeping records of various populations. Develop a theory about insects and design a way to test it.