Curated OER
Psychological Treatment
This worksheet includes 5 questions on psychological problems and different types of treatment. It serves as a review of previous material in the Sparknotes Psychology Study Guide.
Curated OER
Psychological Treatment
This Sparknotes 10-question quiz tests understanding of various psychological treatment approaches. It is interactive and provides instant feedback.
College Board
2007 AP® Psychology Free-Response Questions
It's hard to make friends, and psychology helps explain why. Learners examine a case study where a new member to a club is looking to form friendships. What helps and what can get in the way? A second question asks scholars to examine...
IB Psychology
Key Terms Traffic Lights
How much does your class know about psychology? What about empirical evidence? If they could use some time to learn the essentials of psychology, use a quick reference sheet to note what they know before the test, after the unit, and at...
Curated OER
An Experiment in Unfair Treatment/Prejudice
A rigged spelling bee gives class members a chance to experience some of the feelings associated with unfair treatment. Team one is given easy words while team two is given difficult words. As teams realize the unfairness the instructor...
American Psychological Association
Sampling or Assignment?
Each discipline has its own vocabulary, terms it uses to identify key concepts and processes. Sample, to psychologists, refers to those people (participants) a researcher is studying, while assignment refers to the treatment conditions...
Curated OER
Depression: Behavioral Activation
Self-awareness is an important life skill. Not intended to replace treatment for clinical depression, this sheet offers class members a chance to identify activities they enjoy and responsibilities they have, and a chart to record how...
Curated OER
Care of Prisoners During the Civil War
Students identify the needs of prisoners through the study of the Civil War. For this Civil War lesson, students are divided into two groups to represent the two armies. Students simulate a situation where students are captured prisoners...
Curated OER
Setting Life Goals
By filling in this chart, participants identify in what ways they are successful, where they need to improve, and what their goals are in 6 areas of life ranging from family and friends to body and spirituality.
Curated OER
South Africa's Apartheid
Discuss South African apartheid, the anti-apartheid movement, and the literature and music it inspired. Slides contain images and facts about life in South Africa during apartheid, social uprisings such as Soweto, and the various...
Curated OER
Reading Comprehension 3
Prepare your classes for the impending state testing! Give each student the reading passage and questions, and then set the timer. Encourage them to use specific reading strategies to improve comprehension. They could start by reading...
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Identical Twins, Identical Fates?
Can different personal experiences affect our genes? Find out in an intriguing case study about one twin who is diagnosed with mental illness and her identical twin who fears she may suffer the same fate. Designed for college-level...
Curated OER
Problem Solving: Metric Conversion
Using a table, students solve 12 word problems about the weights of various foods at the grocery store. The solve addition and subtraction problems as well as convert kilograms to grams.
Curated OER
Playing Psychologist
Students, in groups, research one of the following: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Schizophrenia, and any other disorders that...
Curated OER
Internet against Insomnia
In this internet against insomnia worksheet, students read a passage about the internet, answer true and false questions, and find vocabulary words. Students complete 22 problems total.
Curated OER
Empathy and the Vietnam War
Students explore the implications of the draft during the Vietnam War. For this Vietnam lesson, students analyze the lyrics of songs that explore differents opinions of the Vietnam draft. Students particpate in a role-play activity that...
Curated OER
International Day In Support Of Torture Victims
In this international day in support of torture victims worksheet, students read or listen to a passage the match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write...
Curated OER
The Dangers of Smoking
In this dangers of smoking word search, students search for words which explain the dangers of smoking. They may discuss the negative aspects of nicotine and how it adversely affects your health. This is a one page worksheet containing...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Abnormal Psychology and Treatment
Students explore the way abnormal behavior is defined and classified through this virtual learning course in Abnormal Psychology and Treatment. Interactive media, video, assginments and instructional materials.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Treatment for Depression Psychological Therapies
An overview of psychological therapies for depression are examined: psychological, behavioral, psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive, and cognitive-behavioral.
Other
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Its Treatment
Organized into question/answer format, this website is a good introduction to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Read about the causes and treatments associated with OCD and learn how this disease can be managed through behavior therapy.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious: Cancer a New Treatment
Short video from Curious in which Mark Davis is motivated to develop a new, less debilitating treatment for his wife's cancer. [4:49]
Other
Psychology Information Online: Depression Treatment
The Psychology Information Online service features information on depression and its treatment. Links to related resources.
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Assc.: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This American Psychological Association site offers information on the incidence of PTSD, its symptoms and causes, and the effectiveness of treatment options in restoring health and function.