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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Conditioned Responses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a demonstration designed to illustrate how easily and quickly a person can be conditioned to respond to external stimuli. Students look at numerous ways in which conditioned behavior affects their day to day...
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Activity
American Psychological Association

Psychology Goes to Madison Avenue

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Activity
American Psychological Association

Facebook Activity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
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 such items...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Types of Behavior: Animal Behavior Research

For Students 9th - 12th
How does one determine what influences animal behavior; Is it nature or nurture? After a short reading explaining different types of conditioning and other learned behaviors, scholars examine six scenarios to determine whether the...
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PPT
Curated OER

La Belle Époque [1871-1914]:

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Progress through various aspects of the  "The Beautiful Era" in this presentation. Political, technological, and scientific contexts surround the time of innovation and change in the world landscape. The short length of this slide show...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Conditioned Responses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen as the teacher demonstrate how easily and quickly a person can be conditioned to respond to external stimuli. Students are encouraged to look at numerous ways in which conditioned behavior affects their day to day...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Ivan Pavlov

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the famous studies of Ivan Pavlov in this article. Also discussed in the article is his life.
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Interactive
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Pavlov's Dog

For Students 9th - 10th
You have to use the principles behind Pavlov's conditioning experiments in order to play this game and get the dog to drool when he hears a sound. You can also get more information about Ivan Pavlov and his research.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Ivan Pavlov

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Ivan Pavlov.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Difference Between Classical and Operant Conditioning

For Students 9th - 10th
Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses, proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890 experiments, and how reinforcement and punishment can result in changed behavior. [4:13]
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936 CE) who earned the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his "Work on the physiology of digestion." This website is organized into the following...
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Article
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It

For Students 9th - 10th
Classical article by John B. Watson (one of the founders of Behaviorism) defining his views on Behaviorism.
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Article
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Supersition in the Pigeon: B. F. Skinner

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic study by B. F. Skinner concerning learned behavior in a pigeon.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Classical Conditioning

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will examine the principles or origins of classical conditioning.

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