VCE Psychology Exchange

An update of the Zimbardo's older 'Psychology' series. Programs are available for free streaming online and additional resources are provided on the website.

Which square is lighter and which is darker?

Jonah first appears in the office of the Student Welfare officer, Mr Doug Peterson, after a bullying incident at the train station.

This site includes biographical profiles of people who have influenced the development of intelligence theory and testing, in-depth articles exploring current controversies related to human intelligence, and resources for teachers.

Open & closed question game

PBS Website

"Dianne Backwell was a psychology student at La Trobe University in 1973. She took part in controversial obedience tests modelled on the infamous Milgram experiments conducted at Yale University in the early sixties. On the orders of a tutor, Dianne had to give what she thought were electric shocks to her fellow student. Even after finding out that there were no shocks, she still suffers to this day about taking part in the experiment."

Unethical psychology experiments

A song on Cognitive Dissonance by Brad Wray. Great examples for students to consider and respond to

THe Big Bang Theory - Sheldon uses positive reinforcement to Build a Better Penny.

"By combining the linguistic analysis systems of TweetPsych with Twitter's geo tagging data (which isn't great yet) and the Google Maps API, I was able to plot tweets on specific latitude and longitude codes based on their emotional content."

personality desk offers a variety of videos on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator

Thank you so much for all the help on the color survey.  Over five million colors were named across 222,500 user sessions.  If you never got around to taking it, it's too late to contribute any data, but if you want you can see how it worked and take it for fun here.

[If the trailer does not appear above, it is available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ7JKmcLTsI

The Waterfall Illusion

"It shouldn't be news by now that stress, especially chronic, prolonged stress, can have negative effects on your health and well-being. .. new research shows that chronic, constant stress from things like a busy job and tense home can lead to more than just the occassional headache."

To get along in the classroom, kids need to pay attention, follow directions, stay motivated, and control their impulses. So we might expect self-control to play an important role in academic achievement. Recent studies support the idea.

".. there's been a lot of talk recently about introverts vs. extroverts and the fact that social media seem to stifle the participation of the not-so-socially-comfortable among us. In my sphere, it all started around a few articles on team building, creativity and introverts.."

the basic idea was this; market a product to zombies as a way to prove you understand the importance/function of an assigned part of the brain.