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Steered Straight

Marijuana Awareness

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
February is Marijuana Awareness Month, and a set of interdisciplinary activities can make your class aware of the social, medical, legal, and psychological effects of marijuana. With writing prompts, research opportunities, and...
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Other

Color Theory and Mixing: 16 Lessons in Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete site on using color in art. Includes the history of color, psychology of color, color perspective, and how color changes depending on the medium used. Includes activities to help understand how to use color in your art.
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Other

Vantage Quest: Comparative View of Creative Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.
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Other

Gwu: Triarchic Theory (R. Sternberg)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents an overview of Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of intelligence, using academic vocabulary. It includes a chart & references.
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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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Other

A Short Biography of Jean Piaget

For Students 9th - 10th
The Piaget Society provides a short, easy-to-understand biography on Jean Piaget (1896-1980 CE), including a paragraph on his developmental theories.
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Other

Illinois State University: Carl Rogers Links

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that offers a biography, essay, and in depth summary of Carl Rogers, humanistic therapist.
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Shippensburg University

Shippensburg University: Personality Theories: Jean Piaget

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an excellent resource on the life and work of the Swiss educational psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980).
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Other

Oak Park Tourist: Carl Rogers

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography on psychologist Carl Rogers. Includes details of his life story but also links to his psychological theories and other relevant information.
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Shippensburg University

Shippensburg University: Wilhelm Wundt and William James

For Students 9th - 10th
Compares and contrasts the psychologist Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920 CE) and his theory of structuralism with the psychologist Willam James (1842-1910 CE) and his theory of functionalism.
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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

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...
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Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University: Carl Gustav Jung

For Students 9th - 10th
Sonoma State University provides definitions of terms used in Jung's Analytic Psychology. This would help a reader to understand the basic ideas of the theory.
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Other

Massey University: Vygotsky

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to some of the basic concepts of Vygotskyean theory. Sections on higher and lower mental functions, intramental vs. intermental abilities, and the zone of proximal development.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Carl Gustav Jung

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Carl Jung and history of his split with Freud. Also includes a general description of the main point of his analytic theories. Contains quotes, and links to further information.
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Other

Christopher's Soapbox: Behaviorism

For Students 9th - 10th
Controversial paper arguing the premise that behaviorism, while well intentioned, has evolved as an insidious, dangerous view of human nature that contradicts our basic conceptions of individuality, morality, and free will.
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how Sigmund Freud developed his theory of psychoanalysis and its effect on understanding the human mind.
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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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Library of Congress

Loc: Freud: Conflict and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of materials which provides photographs, manuscripts, articles about Freud that present several views of his work.
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PBS

Pbs People and Discoveries: Abraham Maslow

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS People and Discoveries site offers a great introduction to the work of Maslow. Includes a brief bio of Maslow and his ideas.

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