Infusing lessons with data: Mini-lesson on Short-Term Memory/Clustering The following lesson could be incorporated in either and Intro to Psychology class or Cognitive Psychology class where the topic revolves around memory. Students will be shown a table of 25…
Mini Lesson on Validity
This mini lesson on validity discusses different types of validity, and provides activities for students to design a Likert scale, and generate alternative measures to assess the quality of relationships. This mini lesson may be used in a Research…
Mini Lesson on Quasi-Experimental Design
This mini lesson on quasi-experimental design is aimed to teach students how to identify the difference between experimental and quasi-experimental design. It also includes an activity to practice generating ways to control for confounds in an quasi-experimental design. This resource…
Bipolar Disorders and Structured Assessment Lesson Plan
Here is a mini-lesson on Bipolar I and II Disorders that incorporates an introduction into structured assessment of mental disorders. The lesson was modeled off of a previously posted lesson on Depressive Disorder that was posted to the Futures…
Assessment of Dementia
Here is a CAPs for the Assessment of Dementia. It reviews what Dementia is, the importance of assessment in diagnosing and treatment planning, and introduces a specific assessment instrument, the R-BANS. Dementia Assessment
James Lange Theory of Emotion Learning Activity
Emotion Minilesson Here is an exercise that can help the class gain an understanding of the James Lange Theory of Emotion. It is also good for a research methods class that can help students understand how to utilize data…
Adolescent Brain Science and Judicial Decisions
This Content Acquisition Podcast (CAP) on adolescent brain science and judicial decisions provides information about landmark court decisions and key findings from neuroscience research on the adolescent brain. This resource would be appropriate for use in a Developmental Psychology…
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
This is a brief CAP on an empirically supported treatment for PTSD known as Prolonged Exposure Therapy. This would be appropriate for use in an Abnormal Psychology course. https://dev.futuresinitiative.org/teachingpsychology/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2018/05/AEnaitalla-Homework-Final-CAP.mp4
Suicide & Suicide Risk Assessment
This mini-lesson could be used in an Abnormal Psychology course. It would be best used within the mood disorders module. An outline of learning objectives, the purpose of the class/activity, and a possible class outline is attached. The powerpoint with potential discussion guides/questions…
Mental Health Stigma
This is a brief CAP on mental health stigma and self-stigma for an Abnormal Psychology course and/or possibly Intro to Psychology.
