Crash Course Psychology Worksheet | 1 - Introduction to Psychology

Students define psychology and trace its historical origins from ancient practices through early psychological science.

Students explain the founding of the first psychology laboratory and the structuralist school of thought, including why it was eventually abandoned.

Students describe Sigmund Freud's influence on psychology and the controversy surrounding his work.

Play the linked Crash Course episode once through, then have students complete the worksheet during a second viewing, since several questions (such as the Rhazes and structuralism items) require specific historical details.

Use the full-sentence answer key as a model for the depth of response expected, since it writes out complete explanations rather than short phrases.

Assign this as independent work while watching the video at home or in a media center, allowing pauses and replay because some questions reorder the episode’s topics.

Video-based note-taking — students extract specific facts and explanations from a psychology video using pauses and replay to locate the relevant discussion.

Historical sequencing — students trace psychology's development from ancient exams through Wundt, structuralism, James and Freud.

Conceptual explanation — students explain why structuralism failed and why inner thoughts cannot be directly observed, not just recall a name or date.