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Other

Nurture Is Not the Same as Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt from book by Judith Harris which argues that parents do not have as much influence as peers in child development.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Yawning Contagious?

For Students 9th - 10th
*Yaaawwwwwn* Did just reading the word make you feel like yawning yourself? Known as contagious yawning, the reasons behind this phenomenon have been attributed to both the physiological and psychological. It's been observed in children...
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Handout
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the different models for interpreting and treating abnormal behaviors.
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Unit Plan
Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Freud's Concept of the Personality

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief discussion of Freud's idea of the mind and its three parts.
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Activity
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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Handout
Other

Nova Southeastern University: Charles Spearman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Details the life and work of Charles Spearman. Sections include: Spearman and the Army, Educational and Professional Background, Contributions to the Testing Enterprise, Published Works.
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Activity
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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Website
Other

Jean Piaget Society

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn more about Jean Piaget from this website. The site is dedicated to the study of human knowledge and development.
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Handout
Other

Univ. Of Mississippi: Critical Approaches to Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are nine common critical approaches to the study of literature based on X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia's Literature: An Introductionto Fiction, Poetry, and Drama.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Motivations and Attitudes Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a ten-question quiz concerning motivations and attitudes.
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Article
California State University

California State Univ.: Happiness, Hope, and Optimism

For Students 9th - 10th
California State University offers this student research paper that explains the emotions of hope, happiness, and optimism. Shows how these emotions are similiar and different and how biology affects feelings.
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Website
Other

English Made in Brazil: Vygotsky

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the social aspects of language acquisition according to Vygotsky.
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Activity
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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Website
Other

University of Geneva: The Jean Piaget Archives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive website covering the work of Jean Piaget. This website can be translated into English, French, German and Spanish.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Physiological Needs and Pregnancy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the chart to complete the five-question quiz concerning physiological needs and pregnancy.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hermann Von Helmholtz

For Students 9th - 10th
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 - September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist who made significant contributions to several widely varied areas of modern science. In physiology and physiological...
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Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Graphic
Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Graphic
Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Graphic
Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.
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Graphic
Curated OER

York University: The Vectors of Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site goes into detaial about Spearman's two factor theory. From the classic paper "The Vectors of Mind" by L. L. Thurstone (1934)Address of the president before the American Psychological Association, Chicago meeting, September, 1933.

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