.
Teaching Resources
Iowa Teachers of Psychology
2009 Conference
compiled by Linda L. Walsh (walsh@uni.edu)
University of Northern Iowa
Easy access to these links is available at:
http://www.uni.edu/walsh/teachresources.html
Teaching of Psychology Organizations
TOPSS
(Teaching
of Psychology in Secondary Schools)
http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/homepage.html
Join
TOPSS http://www.apa.org/membership/topss_app.html
Other
TOPSS Curriculum Resources (e.g. activities)
http://www.apa.org/ed/curriculum.html
National
Standards
for the Teaching of High School Psychology
http://www.apa.org/ed/natlstandards.html
JOIN
PT@CC
- Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges
http://www.apa.org/ed/pt@cc_update.html
Society
for
the Teaching of Psychology
http://teachpsych.lemoyne.edu/
Become
a member of STP (Division 2) AND receive Teaching of Psychology
Office
of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP)
http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/index.html
OTRP
Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php
Other Online Teaching Related Publications
National Teaching and
Learning Forum
The Mentor:
An Academic Advising Journal
Tomorrow's
Professor Also available as a listserv
Psychology
Learning and Teaching
Teaching of Psychology Listservs
PsychTeacher
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moderated discussion list for high school and college/university
teachers
of
psychology
designed to be focused list rather than a freewheeling
discussion
list
on
any topic.
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TIPS (Teaching In the Psychological Sciences)
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theoretical
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Teaching of Psychology Conferences
Iowa Teachers of
Psychology (ITOP) (November) http://www.central.edu/itop
National Institute on
the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) (early Jan. in Florida)
http://www.NITOP.org/
Midwest
Institute for Students & Teachers of Psychology (MISTOP) (late
Feb/early
March in Chicago area)
http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/puccio/MISTOP.htm
Other Resources (* indicates new addition this fall)
*Teaching
High School
Psychology Blog
*AP
Psych
Terminology Review Quizlet
Classic
Articles
in Psychology
*Russ Dewey's Psych Web
*Russ
Dewey’s Online Psych Text and Study Guidance
*MAPPR
Audio Study Aids
John
Krantz's
Psychology Tutorials and Demonstrations
Demonstrations
and Tutorials from Athabasca University
*Psych
Sim
Demos
*Developmental
Psychology Teaching Resources
Resources
for the Teaching of Social Psychology Activities
and
Exercises for Teaching Social Psychology
Social Psychology Network
Social
Psy-Teaching
Info
Page
Personality
Pedagogy
*Personality
Pedagogy Wiki
*The
Psych Files Resources for Teachers and Students
Stanford
Prison
Experiment Online Slideshow
Understanding
Prejudice.org:
Exercises and Demonstrations
*Teaching
Statistics
and Research Methods: A Collection of Hands-on Activities
*OTRP’s
Development of Sexual Orientation Teaching Resource
*OTRP’s
How to Give Psychology Away and Become a Local Media Hero
*SIOP’s
Instructor’s Guide for Introducing I/O Psychology
Teaching
Clinical Psychology - Resources
High
School 7 Day Teaching Unit on Positive Psychology
Psychology
in
Popular Films Resource
Neuroscience
for Kids
*Genes to Cognitions Resources
The
HOPES
Brain Tutorial
*Recording
Neuron Activity Simulation
Mnemonics
for
Learning the Parts of the Brain Video
Click
the Colour (a Stroop Test like task)
Dual Task (Split
Attention) Demos
72 Visual Illusions
and Optical Phenomena
Queen
- Another One Bites The Dust: Hidden Message
More
Reverse Speech/Music Examples
Kathy
Morgan's
Assignments for Brain, Mind and Behavior
ePsych Online
Activities
PsychExps
Experiments
*Serendip's
"Playground" of Interactive Exercises
*Jeopardy
Powerpoint Template
*National
Center for Case Study Teaching in Science - Psychology Case Studies
Correlation
or
Causation Assignments
*Valdosta
Correlation Assignment
*Correlation
Alternative Explanations Assignments
Classroom
Links
for Interactive Psychology (activity-related links for all areas of
psychology)
Defense
Mechanism Exercise Stress
Preparedness
Questionnaire Memory
Demo Lateralization
Demo
The "Split Brain
Student" Activity
A Social Dilemma Activity
Interactive
Exercises
(Huffman Text) Active
Learning
Exercises (Huffman Text)
Memory
Games
from the Exploratorium
The Memory
Exhibition
False Memory Demonstration
*
Mirror Tracing Student Activity
*Tower of Hanoi
Wonderful
Surveys and Interactives from BBC Recognizing
Fake
Smiles Perception
Challenge
Sensation/Perception
Jeopardy
Learning/Memory
Jeopardy
Condition
Pavlov's
Dog
A PowerPoint
"Toolbox"
of Educational Games
Critical Thinking "ESP"
Activity
Disabilities Activity
*In-Class
Clinical Psychology Exercises
*Disorder-Treatment
Matrix
Homework
Time
Magazine Addiction Website and Activity
*Mouse
Party - Substances of Abuse Animation
Locus
of
Control Test Perfectionism
Test Hardiness
Test Big
5
Test Type
A/B
Test
*Seligman's
Authentic Happiness Website
A
dozen
Health Psych related online assessments
*Adherance
to HIV Treatment Student Activity
Father
Guido
Sarducci - 5 Minute University Video
Rat Basketball
Online
Video
Archive of Scientific American Frontiers
Secret of
Aging
Website Life
Expectancy Calculator The
Longevity Game
Online
Access to Anneberg Videos (Discovering
Psychology,
The Brain, The Mind , The World of Abnormal
Psychology,
Seasons of Life to mention just a few in their catalog)
The Mind
Teaching Modules
PBS
Secret Life of the Brain Spplemental Website
NOVA
Website on Mirror Neurons
FRONTLINE
Videos
CBS
News Videos
Musical
Adaptation
of Milgram Soundtrack
Radio Segments from
NPR for your students to listen to:
*Science
vs Pseudoscience
Treating
Depression in Adolescents Cognitive
Behavior Therapy: Thinking Positive Mental
Illness
in Children - Parts 1-4
Cognitive
Behavior Therapy's Controversial Founder
Remembering
David
Reimer Testosterone
Show
H.M.'s
Brain
and the History of Memory Research
How
the
Brain Makes New Memories
Restless
Legs
Syndrome
The Polygraph: Foolproof Test for catching Liars Still Elusive
MRI
Lie
Detection
Americans
Flunk
Self-Assessment
Alex
the
Parrot Passes Away
Toddlers
Outsmart
Chimps in Some Tasks, Not All
Living
With
OCD
The
Placebo
Effect
A Look at an Autistic Savant's Brilliant Mind
Albert
Ellis:
Father of Cognitive Therapy
Girl Talk vs Boy Talk
Stereotypes
On
This
Day in the History of Psychology
*APA's "Psychology Matters"
Site
Teaching
Methods/Subject
Area Resources Links
Amy
Sweetman's
Introductory Psychology Resources
Research
Methods
practice problems
Independent/Dependent
Variable
Homework Assignment Another
Methods Homework Independent,
dependent,
& extraneous variables
Time
to Think? Making Observations
*Faulty
Thinking Assignment
Enter
the
Research Methods Lab
Guessing
Correlations from Scatterplots
The
Psi Cafe Jokes and Cartoons
College
Board
AP Website AP
Institutes
& Workshops
How
to Get Straight A's in College
There are many text companion and publishers' sites; these are just
some that I found useful:
PsychSite
-
Allyn-Bacon Instructor's Resources
Allen-Bacon
Study
Aids for Intro to Psych
PsychQuest
-
Worth Publishing Web Activities
PsychSim
-
Worth Publishing Web Activities
*Bernstein's
Psychology NetLabs
Blair-Broeker
&
Ernst: Thinking About Psychology Companion Site
McGraw-Hill
Study
Aids for Intro to Psych
Huffman:
Psychology
in Action, 6 e - Instructor Companion Site
Kassin:
Psychology, 4 e Companion Site
Lefton
Learning
Community Activities
Lefton
Learning
Community Online Handbook on Teaching Psychology
Plotnik:
Introduction
to Psychology Companion Website
*Wadworth’s
Atkinson
& Hilard Text Site
*Myers’
Psychology
Website
*Myer’s
in Modules Website
Westen:
Psychology,
3 e - Instructor Companion Site
Kail:
Children
and Their Development Companion Website
Comer,
Abnormal
Psychology 5e - Detailed abnormal case studies
Durand
&
Barlow Essentials of Abnormal Psychology Companion Site
Maisto
et
al.: Drug Use & Abuse Companion Site (with some streaming video
segments)
Klein
- Biological Psychology Companion Site (faculty resources include all
book
images)
Introductory
Psychology
Image Bank
Developmental
Psychology
Image Bank
Abnormal
Psychology Image Gallery
Medical
Image
Banks (including neuroanatomy, pharmacology, etc.)
Images
for Psychology of Perception
Online Videos
If you find
segments useful in the teaching of psychology please email me (walsh@uni.edu ) the
link.
*Zimbardo's
Discovering Psychology Videos On-Demand
Companion
Website
*The Brain
Videos On
Demand
*The
Mind
Videos On Demand
*Inside
the
Teenage Brain
*Psychology
Guest Lecture Videoclips from Cengage (78 clips)
*The
Psychology Channel (a growing collection of prescreened clips)
*The PsychExchange ( a
larger videoclip collection compiled in the UK)
*Online Videos from the
Claremont School of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences
Brain Plasticity
After Hemispherectomy
*Knee
Jerk Reflex
Gazzaniga
and
Split Brain Patient Joe
If you go to the "Other Videos" posted by the poster of the next
segment (LupineLooPine), you will find ~500 educational segments from
Discovering Psychology, The Secret Life of the Brain, The Baby Human,
Human Sexes, The Human Body, BBC's Human Instinct, DNA, National
Geopgraphic's The Incredible Human, and other educational series.
Zimbardo
Discovering
Psych Segments
17
seconds
of Rusty the Narcoleptic Dog
Sleep Apnea Public
Service Announcement
Use
of
GHB (Xyrem) to Treat Narcolepsy
NIH
Sleep
/Biorhythm Activities
Pillar Procedure
for Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Expressive Aphasia
Case 1
Expressive
Aphasia
Case 2
*Conduction
Aphasia Case
Pinky and the
Brain Brain Anatomy Song
Oingo Boingo Singing Gray Matter
They Might Be
Giants Singing Dinner Bell (Salivating Dogs)
Ramachandran
Lecture
The Uniqueness of the Human Brain
PBS-
Cases from Ramachandran's Notebook
Listen to
Ramachandran lecture "Phantoms in the Brain"
Listen
to Ramachandran lecture "Synapses and the Self
Listen
to Ramachandran lecture "Neuroscience-The New Philosophy"
Listen
to Ramachandran lecture on synesthesia "Purple Numbers and Sharp Cheese"
Listen
to
Ramachandran lecture "The Artful Brain
Brain Mind Lecture 2: Left Hemisphere, Vision, Audition,
Language, BrainMind.com
Brain
Mind Lecture 4: The Parietal Lobe, Body Image,
Neglect, Phantom Limbs, etc
Brain
Mind Lecture 3: Frontal Lobes: Mania, Depression, Catatonia,
Confabulation
Brain
Mind Lecture 6: Limbic System: Amygdala, Hypothalamus,
Hippocampus, PTSD
Albert Bandura
Talk About Use of Social Learning to Remedy World Problems
*Open-Mindedness/Critical Thinking
Autism
Change-Blindnexx
Video
Examples
NIH Sound
and
Hearing Demonstrations
NIH
Genetics
Activities
*XXXY
Intersex Segment
NIH
Neurobiology
and Addiction Activities
Student-Made Video
How to Train a Blond (prinicples of learning)
Silent Films of
Freud
Trial and Error
Learning in Cat
John Watson and
Little Albert
Skinner
Operant
Conditioning
of Pigeon
An Example of
Operantly Trained Orcas
Clive Wearing
Update - Anterograde Amnesia
Intro
to
Piaget
4 min. of a Piaget
film
Intro
to
Vygotsky
Neonatal Imitation
in Rhesus Monkey
4 min. of a Piaget
film
Stress Video
Example
Statistics Rap
Stat
Rap
on google
Early ECT Clip
ECT
example
from the Brain Series
Gerald,
a
Schizophrenic from the Brain Series
Mania
example
from the Brain series
Example Of
Cognitive-Behavioral (Rational Emotive) Therapy
Example
of
Behavior Therapy
Example
of
Person-Centered Therapy
*Stuffed Neuron at Giant
Microbes
Links
to
Private Iowa Colleges and Universities
Links
to
Iowa Community Colleges
ISU-Psychology
University of Iowa
UNI
Dept. of Psychology