Check out the complete units!! Each unit comes with PowerPoint lectures which include presenter notes and video clips, worksheets, warmups, activities, review crossword, , assessment and daily lesson plans. Detailed lesson plans make no prep necessary, just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Everything is usable. Everything is planned. This bundle has everything you need to teach all about each unit of psychology! They really are, "such a time saver."
Check out the complete units!! Each unit comes with PowerPoint lectures which include presenter notes and video clips, worksheets, warmups, activities, review crossword, , assessment and daily lesson plans. Detailed lesson plans make no prep necessary, just copy/paste into your lesson plans. Everything is usable. Everything is planned. This bundle has everything you need to teach all about each unit of psychology! They really are, "such a time saver."
History of Psychology Timeline takes your students from 1860 to 1960. It covers the modern approaches and players of psychology. A twenty question common core aligned worksheet assesses students on the history of psychology as well as timeline analysis.
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Anatomy of a Neuron and 7 Common Neurotransmitters Worksheet teaches students about the parts of a neuron and their functions. After reading the summary about the parts of a neuron, student diagram the neuron and complete an outline on its functions. The second side focuses on 7 common neurotransmitters by examining a chart with their functions and then matching statements about real life example with the correct neurotransmitter. This can be used as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment.
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Developmental Crossword Puzzle Review includes - 23 Terms and 23 clues plus word bank. This is a perfect activity for reviewing before a test, as homework or for substitute plans. This includes two puzzles, one with a word bank and one without. And of course, a key is included.
Word List:
hypothesis
developmental psychology
reflex
imprinting
assimilation
egocentrism
object permanence
contact comfort
maturation
rooting reflex
critical period
attachment
imprinting
Konrad Lorenz
menopause
Jean Piaget
ego integrity
Lawrence Kohlberg
ageism
Alzheimers
Harry Harlow
social clock
primary sex characteristics
secondary sex characteristics
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Sleep is an altered state of consciousness that we experience every day. This Sleep and Dreams project gives students an opportunity to research sleep and all of its aspects. Students then present and teach their research to the class. Included is a research guide and rubric for two types of presentations, a PowerPoint/slideshow presentation and a presentation using poster boards. Product includes PDFs and editable Microsoft Word documents for customization for your class.
Students will research and present the following topics:
• Stages and why we sleep
• Dreams
Sleep Disorders
• Sleep apnea
• Insomnia
• Night terrors
• Narcolepsy
• Sleep walking
• Sleep paralysis
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Drugs that affect states of consciousness are called psychoactive drugs. This psychoactive drug brochure project gives students an opportunity to research psychoactive drugs and their effects on the brain. Included is a research guide and rubric for a brochure that will focus on one of the three psychoactive drugs, depressants, stimulants and hallucinogens. You assign the category, or students sign up(a sign up sheet is included). Product includes a PDF and an editable Microsoft Word document for customization for your class.
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Effects of Alcohol & Smoking during Pregnancy Infographic Analysis gives students an opportunity to analyze data from an infographic about the effects alcohol and smoking during pregnancy. Analysis includes six questions and a short writing assignment. This is a perfect activity for your Developmental Psychology Unit! A QR Code is included on the infographic in which students can link to to see an HD color version of the infographic. A QR Code scanner is not needed but does help engage students during the lesson. A key is included. This can be used in class or as homework as it’s a completely stand alone assignment.
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Playing with Piaget Activity for Developmental Psychology, reviews Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development (Sensorimotor development, Pre-operational development, Concrete operational, and Formal operational). This is a great addition to any developmental psychology unit. Students are given four scenarios in which they must apply their knowledge of Piaget’s theory. A summary of each of the four stages is included as a reference. A rich discussion follows as students share their responses. As always, a key is included.
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Psychology: Sensation and Perception PowerPoint with presenter notes and embedded video links is a great resource to add to your psychology curriculum. PowerPoint also includes short video clips with video questions. I have used these with my A.P. classes as well as regular psychology classes. Lecture is loaded with optical illusions and the psychology behind them. PowerPoints include 46 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students.
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Topics Include
Sensation and Perception
- absolute threshold
- difference threshold
- signal detection theory
Five Senses
Vision
- Rods and Cones
- pupil
- lens
- blind spot
- retina
- visual acuity
- after image
- color blindness
- optical nerve
Hearing
- auditory nerve
- cochlea
- conductive deafness
- sensorineural deafness
Smell
- olfactory nerve
Taste
- five tastes
- expectations and taste
Touch
- pressure, temperature and pain
- Gate theory
Body Senses
- vestibular sense
- kinesthesis
Perception
Gestalt
- proximity
- similarity
- continuity
- common fate
- closure
- figure ground perception
Stroboscopic Motion
Depth Perception
- Monocular Cues
- perspective, clearness, overlapping, shadow, gradient texture, motion parallax
Binocular Cues
- retinal disparity and convergence
Perceptual constancies
- color, size, shape, and brightness constancies
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Psychology: Psychological Disorders PowerPoint is packed with stunning visuals and 14 built in video clips illustrating disorders, everything you need to keep your students engaged. Four PowerPoints, 45 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students. I have used these for A.P. and regular classes.
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Topics Covered
What is a Psychological Disorder?
DSM-5
Anxiety Disorders
- Phobic Disorders
- Panic Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Stress Disorders
Dissociative Disorder
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative Fugue
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Depersonalization Disorder
Somatoform Disorders
- Conversion Disorder
- Hypochondriasis
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Mood Disorders
- Depression
- Bipolor
Schizophrenia
- Paranoid
- Disorganized
- Catatonic
Personality Disorders
- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
Plus Psychological Explanations for all - Psychodynamic, Learning, Biological approaches.
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Introduction to Psychology PowerPoints with presenter notes and an embedded video links is a great resource to add to your psychology curriculum. PowerPoints also include informal assessment questions. I have used these with my A.P. classes as well as regular psychology classes. Lecture contains three PowerPoints, 20 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students.
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Topics Include
History of Psychology
- Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
- Francis Bacon
- Wilhelm Wundt, Edward Titchener - Structuralism
- Gestalt
- William James - Functionalism
- Sigmund Freud - Psychoanalysis
- John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner - Behavioralism
Nature v. Nurture
Approaches
- Biological, Evolutionary, Psychodynamic, Behavioralism, Cognitive, Humanistic, Social-cultural
Subfields & Careers
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Developmental Psychology PowerPoint is a great resource to add to your psychology curriculum. This 32 slide PowerPoint is packed with beautiful graphics, engaging video clips and presenter notes that aid your understanding of each slide. I have used these with my A.P. classes as well as regular psychology classes.
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Topics Include
Child Development
- attachement
- stranger anxiety
- separation anxiety
- contact comfort
- Harry Harlow
- imprinting
- Konrad Lorenz
- Mary Ainsworth
- secure v. insecure attachment
- parenting styles - authoritarian authoritative, permissive
- Jean Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development
- assimilation
- accommodation
- Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral reasoning
Adolescence
- puberty
- primary sex characteristics
- secondary sex characteristics
- prefrontal cortex development
- Erik Erikson’s identity formation
- identity crisis
Adulthood
- early adulthood
- middle adulthood
- late adulthood
- social clock
- marriage
- generativety
- menopause
- senile dementia
- Alzheimer’s
- Elisabeth Kubler’s five stages of grief
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Social Psychology: Social Influence PowerPoints w/Presenter Notes and Embedded Video Links is packed with stunning visuals and built in video clips illustrating social influence principles, everything you need to keep your students engaged. Lecture contains four PowerPoints, 45 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students. To top it all off, a 25 question assessment that covers all the notes is included. Note: This does not cover all of Social Psychology. This is the second of two units that makes up Social Psychology. The first is Social Influence - search my store for more information.
Topics Include
Social Norms
Deindividuation
Social Facilitation, Social Impairment, Social Loafing
Conformity
- Solomon Asch's study
- Public Conformity
- Private Acceptance
Compliance
- Foot-in-the-Door Technique
- Door-in-the-Face Procedure
- Low-ball Approach
Obedience
- Stanley Milgrim's Study
- Factors affecting Obedience
- “Captainitis” phenomenon
Agression
- Various Approaches
- Social Scripts
Altruism
- Social Exchange Theory
- Social Responsibility Norm
- Kitty Genovese Case
- Bystander Affect
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Biology and Behavior PowerPoint with presenter notes and an embedded video links is a great resource to add to your psychology curriculum. Powerpoint also includes a 14 minute video with video questions. I have used these with my A.P. classes as well as regular psychology classes. Lecture contains five PowerPoints, 26 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students.
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Topics Include
The Nervous System
-Neurons
- Neurotransmitters
- Synapse
- Axon
- Action Potential
- Central Nervous System
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Somatic Nervous System
- Autonomic Nervous System
The Brain
-Phrenology
- 3 Sections of the Brain
- Hindbrain - Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum
- Midbrain - Reticular Activating Stystem
- Forebrain - Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Limbic System, Cerebrum
- Cerebral Cortex - Four Lobes
- Motor Cortex
- Sensory Cortex
- Association Areas - Wernicke’s and Broca’s Area
- Corpus Collasum
- Left and Right Hemispheres
Method of Studying the Brain
- Accidents
- Electrical Stimulation
- EEGs
- MRIs, PET, CT Scans
Genetics
- Genes, Chromosomes, DNA
- Twin Studies
- Cloning
- Genes and Personality
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Psychology: Learning PowerPoint with presenter notes and embedded video links is a great resource to add to your psychology curriculum. PowerPoint also includes short video clips with video questions. I have used these with my A.P. classes as well as regular psychology classes. PowerPoints include 46 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students.
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Topics Include
Ivan Pavlov
Classical Conditioning
- UCS, CS, UCR, CR
- Extinction
- Reconditioning
- Stimulus Generalization
- Discrimination
- Flooding
- Systematic Desensitization
- Counterconditioning
Edward Thorndike
B.F. Skinner
- Skinner Box
Operant Conditioning
- Shaping
- Positive, Negative Reinforcement
- Positive, Negative Punishment
- Primary and Secondary Reinforcement
- Fixed Ratio Schedule
- Variable Ratio Schedule
- Fixed Interval Schedule
- Variable Interval Schedule
Cognitive Learning
Latent Learning
Observational Learning
Cognitive Maps
Insight
Mirror Nuerons
Alfred Bandura
Modeling
Bobo Doll
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Psychology: Intelligence: PowerPoint with Lecture notes and video links to Youtube. Enclosed are four slideshows (34 slides total) covering all aspects of Intelligence. Slideshows also include review questions at the end for assessment. PowerPoints contain YouTube video links to that illustrate psychological concepts. Powerpoints also include lecture/presentation notes that guide you through the powerpoint and engage your students.
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Topic Includes:
- 5 theories of intelligence
- Stanford Binet and Wechsler IQ tests
- Problems with IQ tests
- High and low IQs,
- Nature v. Nurture and
- Factors that Increase IQs.
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Psychology: Personality Unit: PowerPoints with Presenter/Lecture Notes and Quiz. Enclosed are three PowerPoints, 31 slides total, with built in assessment. I have used these for A.P. and regular classes. Included is an assessment that covers everything from the notes. Use it as a test or as an open note quiz. Powerpoint’s presenter/lecture notes guide you through the lecture, helps you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess students.
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Topics Covered
Trait theory
Psychoanalytic theory
Learning theory
Humanistic theory
Sociocultural theory
The Big Five
Id, Ego, Super Ego
Defense Mechanisms
Freud’s Five Stages of Development
Jung, Adler, Horney, Erikson
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Self-efficacy, self concept, congruence
Acculturation
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Methods of Psychology PowerPoints (Unit 2) with presenter notes and embedded video links is a great resource to add to your psychology curriculum. PowerPoints also include informal assessment questions within the presenter notes for an engaging lecture. I have used these with my A.P. classes as well as regular psychology classes. Lecture contains four PowerPoints, 28 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students.
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Topics Include
Critically Thinking
- hindsight Bias, overconfidence
Scientific Method
Research Methods
- case Studies
- naturalistic observation
- laboratory observation
- testing method
- surveys
- sampling, random and stratified
- Longitudinal and Correctional Studies
Experiments
- variable
- independent variable
- dependent variable
- placebo
- experimental bias
- single and double blind studies
Correlations
- positive and negative
- correlation coefficient
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Psychology: Memory - PowerPoints with Video Links and Lecture Notes. Enclosed are 6 powerpoint for a total of 28 slides. Slideshows have built in video links to Youtube illustrating concepts.
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Topics Include:
Three Types of Memory
Three Processes of Memory
-Maintenance Rehearsal, Elaborative Rehearsal, Organizational
Systems
-Recall, Recognition, Context Dependent Memory, State-Dependent
Memory
Three Stages of Memory
- Icon & Echoic Memory
- Primacy & Recency Effect
- Chunking, Interference
Forgetting
- Ebbinghaus’ Curve of Forgetting, Decay, Interference
- Retroactive & Proactive Interference
- Suppression and Repression
- Retrograde and Anterograde Amnesia
- Eyewitness Testimony
Improving Memory
- Mnemonics, Method of Loci, Distributed Practice, PQ4R Method
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Psychology: Methods of Therapy PowerPoint is packed with stunning visuals and built in media clips illustrating treatments, everything you need to keep your students engaged. Three PowerPoints, 31 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students. I have used these for A.P. and regular classes.
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Topics Include
Psychotherapy
- Psychoanalytic Approach
- Humanistic Approach(Phenomenological)
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Approach
- RET, Beck's
- Behavior Therapy
- Counter, Operant
- Individual Vs. Group Therapy
Biological Approach
- Psychosurgery
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Drug Therapy
- Therapeutic & Lifestyle Change
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Social Psychology: Social Cognition PowerPoints w/Lecture Notes & Video Links is packed with visuals and built in video clips illustrating social cognition principles, everything you need to keep your students engaged. Lecture contains six PowerPoints, 35 slides total with presenter notes to guide you through the lecture, help you to tell the whole story, and verbally assess and engage your students. Note: This does not cover all of Social Psychology. Also included, a 25 question assessment that covers all the notes. This is the first of two units that makes up Social Psychology.
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Topics Include
Social Cognition
- Self Concept
- Social Comparisons
- Social Identify Theory
Social Perception
- Schemas and Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Theory of Attribution
- Actor Observable Bias
- Fundamental Attribution Error
- Self Serving Bias
Attitudes
- Changing Attitudes
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Central Route
- Peripheral Route
- Source, Message, Audience & Channel
Prejudice and Discrimination
- Motivational Theories & Authoritarian Personality
- Social Identity
- Cognitive and Learning Theories
Love Attraction
- Attraction
- Proximity
- Physical Attraction, Similarity, & Reciprocity
- Love - Passionate and Companionate Love
- Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love
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