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Marijuana Awareness
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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Color Theory and Mixing: 16 Lessons in Color Theory
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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Vantage Quest: Comparative View of Creative Theories
An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.
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Gwu: Triarchic Theory (R. Sternberg)
This resource presents an overview of Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of intelligence, using academic vocabulary. It includes a chart & references.
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Personality research.com: Cognitive Social Theories
Discusses cognitive theories of learned behavior including Bandura's Observational Learning (Social Learning).
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A Short Biography of Jean Piaget
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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Illinois State University: Carl Rogers Links
A site that offers a biography, essay, and in depth summary of Carl Rogers, humanistic therapist.
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg University: Personality Theories: Jean Piaget
This is an excellent resource on the life and work of the Swiss educational psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980).
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Oak Park Tourist: Carl Rogers
A short biography on psychologist Carl Rogers. Includes details of his life story but also links to his psychological theories and other relevant information.
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg University: Wilhelm Wundt and William James
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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Valdosta State: The Behavioral System
Excellent review of behavioral psychology. Presents the four types of behavioral theories in outline form. Has links to more details.
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A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Anxiety in Athletes
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...
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Carl Gustav Jung
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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Massey University: Vygotsky
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.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Carl Gustav Jung
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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Christopher's Soapbox: Behaviorism
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.
Science Museum, London
Making the Modern World: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
This article explains how Sigmund Freud developed his theory of psychoanalysis and its effect on understanding the human mind.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Testing How Fashion Impacts the Behavior of Others Around Us
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.
Library of Congress
Loc: Freud: Conflict and Culture
Collection of materials which provides photographs, manuscripts, articles about Freud that present several views of his work.
PBS
Pbs People and Discoveries: Abraham Maslow
This PBS People and Discoveries site offers a great introduction to the work of Maslow. Includes a brief bio of Maslow and his ideas.