Trainee Psychologist - March 04, 2024
Paid LessonLesson Collection #4 - Lesson 15bWhen you really need something to get your students talking, try using 'The Trainee Psychologist." This is a small group activity where students work with adjectives of personality - but the real fun of this lesson is learning about students "real psychological" secrets.
Although the focus of this lesson is on descriptive adjectives - there is an underlying "psychological interpretation" of their answers, and that's what is so fun about this lesson.
Caution: This is only a game and not meant to serve as a realistic measure of one's psychology. Nevertheless, students are guaranteed to get quite vocal in defending or countering their "psychological interpretations." Use this lesson with new classes as an ice-breaker, or when a class just needs an energy boost.
There is an additional 'Psychologist' lesson. It is:
Amateur Psychologist (See Lesson 15a above).
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