Kelly Walenga

This is a google slide presentation that reviews the major psychological perspectives/approaches. At the start of the presentation, students review different optical illusions to highlight the idea that the psychological perspectives are just frameworks or lenses to help understand an individual's mental processes and behaviors. Then, two case studies, autism and test anxiety, are summarized. Students can individually review the google slide presentation to learn about the perspectives and ho

For this assignment, students select an article from the psychology section of Science News for Students website. In a written response, students provide a summary of the article, identify the perspectives/approaches of psychology that best apply to the topic of the article, and explain how the topic connects to their own life, specifically how what they learned can improve their own life.