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Still image from: 5 Tips for Coping With Test Anxiety for Kids

White duck and black ducklings swim in a pool of water on a farm. Caption. A better world than did the generation before them.

Still image from: All About Empathy for Kids

A diagram of a lock in the backdrop of a neuron. Caption: So, a neuroethicist looks at the privacy implications.

Psychologist Kristina Olson talks in front of a blackboard background with math symbols, globes, pencils, letters, charts, and other graphics drawn in white chalk on it. Caption. "So, categories influence all of the major decisions."

Woman opens mouth mid-speech and holds up 2 fingers with her left hand. Caption. Because all we wanted was a "normal" child.

Side view labeled illustration of the human brain. Text on image reads, "Cerebrum, body movement and coordination. Parietal lobe, body sensations. Occipital lobe, hearing, memory for speech, reading, sight. Cerebellum, coordination. Temporal lobe, memory for speech, visual images, memory for music, memory for sight. Frontal lobe, speech, thought and consciousness."

Digital image of a television monitor displaying green computer text surrounded by vertical glass panels in a semi-circle formation. In the distant background are dozens of small T, V screens projecting images. Text on image reads, "Acknowledge. The change."

Woman wearing a business suit holds a blueprint while speaking to 2 working men at an indoor construction site.

Black background with pink digitized text that reads, "Error". Green text below reads, "Gives us experience."

Closeup of a man wearing a lab coat, collared shirt, and necktie standing in an industrial lab with pipes and valves. Text on image reads, "Support."

Closeup of a hand with index and middle finger crossed. Text on image reads, "Deception. Intentional withholding of information or deliberately misleading information to a participant."

Closeup of coffee beans with an overlayed image of 3 people working at desks in an office setting.

Woman wearing a lab coat and stethoscope around her neck peers into a window reflecting her image. Text on image reads, "Concentrate on what you can control."

Young girl looks up from her pillow, looking wistful, like she's just been tucked in. Caption. Problem-solve with a child is before a problem occurs.

Woman wearing a dark jacket, pink collared skirt, and glasses looks just off camera like she is sitting for an interview. Caption. I was a career counselor.

Still image from: Combating Social Isolation and Loneliness

Closeup of a young woman smiling off to the right and a male with his back to camera facing her in foreground. Caption. Female number 4 as narrator. Students have the right to go to school.

Young woman speaks slightly off camera against a black and white abstract cityscape. Caption. Which is eating disorder not otherwise specified.

Strings of DNA. Caption: Recent research has focused on the FTO gene,

Scientists working in a lab. Caption: What's distinctive about scientific knowledge?

Task A. Two columns with the words red, blue, green, orange, brown, black, and yellow written in the corresponding color but different order. Caption: (boy) Red, blue, green, orange, brown, black, red, yellow,

Close up of a brown and white bunny in a cage. Caption: has been carried out on nonhuman animals.

Closeup of hands holding a decorative plate that contains a waffle topped with brown sauce and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro.

2 women stand at a table with piles of fabric decorated with flowers, vines, and skeins of yarn in front of them. 1 woman speaks while motioning to the table.

Man stands next to a woman as he dips a paint brush into a can of gel stain. Small wood boards are on the tabletop with supplies, including a can of wood conditioner, poly stain, blue tape, and squares of blue towels, and tubes of color.

Choppy foam tipped water flows beneath rocky mountainsides. Title card framed by white rectangle reads, "Culture."

Waves crash to shore in the foreground as a lifeguard swims with a red flotation device towards a person whose head is bobbing just above the surface of the water.

Man with short hair and a beard looks just off camera like he is sitting for an interview in an office setting. Caption. Why am I stuck in this job that I hate?

Boy wearing a white collared shirt, white vest, and red necktie, smiles and looks at camera. Text next to him reads, "We must explore the origins of our anger!"

Black background with 3 sets of oblong cartoon eyes in different sizes.

Side view digital silhouette of a person's head with an illustration of a brain and 3 gears. A dozen words, such as Commitment, Passion, and Wisdom, fill the background. Caption. Step 2. Assess your own behavior.

Man smiles and looks at a tablet screen as a woman smiles and bends down to look over his shoulder at what he is watching.

3 people in military camouflage uniforms crouch down in a circle the woods in what appears to be a training exercise.

Wide daytime shot of a coastline with a long beach and rolling hills.

Man holds a mobile phone to his ear while standing in an open elevator. Caption. Are you preoccupied with worry?

Teenage boy looks over at a young woman seated next to him. They are in a colorful room with a sign advertising ice cream. Caption. It's better to tell the truth in that situation.

Young child reaching into a container being offered by an adult. Caption: they'll select a small number to study.

Closeup of a young man with shaved head holding up framed object, an out of focus trophy in the background. Caption. In and outside of school.

Young girl who is holding a stuffed animal and sobbing leans into a woman who appears to be hugging and consoling her.

Black and white chiaroscuro closeup photo of a man leaning his forehead on 1 hand with a furrowed brow.

Silhouette of a house at night illuminated from within with a backdrop of thousands of stars. Text above image reads, "The Chance of Being Positive."

Wide shot of green grassy hills below a bright blue partly cloudy sky.

Close up of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a mint green shirt. Caption. All those things can create anxiety about who you are.

Woman smiling and looking down towards a laptop computer screen. She's seated at a communal desk in an office setting. Caption. To get their employees to be more satisfied.

Person attaching wires with adhesive to the head of a second person. Ethical guidelines: protecting participants. Caption: not harming them, deceiving them, and so on --

Still image from: It's Okay to Be Smart: How the Pandemic Has Distorted Our Sense of Time

Still image from: It's Okay to Be Smart: Why Do We Lie?

Woman wearing a jacket and hot pink blouse smiles and looks off camera like she is sitting for an interview. Caption. I was given the Strong Interest Inventory.

Underwater image of a man wearing a diving mask swimming through turquoise water. Title card framed by white rectangle reads, "Language."

Closeup of a young woman with red hair in a room with red decor. The image is over a blue polka dot background with indiscernible text to the right. Caption. My stomach hurts. I can't sleep.

Blue sky swarms with black birds. Title card framed by white rectangle reads, "Norms."

Woman seated at a desk in a home office looks up at camera, open laptop in front of her. Caption. They also put leaders at every level of an organization.

2 young women sit at a round table, looking up and out in the same direction. Caption. That training people to manage anger.

A person jogging on a path. Exercise. Caption: Aerobic exercise, also called cardio,

Two double-decker buses driving on a city street. Caption: then switch to an emotional strategy if that doesn't work.

Reliability & Validity. Reliability - the consistency of the findings. Validity - measuring what we set out to measure. Caption: what we set out to measure.

Cartoon. Boy looks up at a pink spiral slide. Pink swing, grass, and sky in background. Thought bubble reads, "That slide looks like it's 1000 feet high! You can't do it!"

2-page view of a storybook with a cartoon woman with green hair closing her eyes. On the left, the story text reads, "To help yourself calm down, start by closing your eyes..."

Girl faces away from camera and leans toward a group of stuffed animals resting on a dark surface across from her.

MRI cross section of the human brain. Caption: (narrator) Shelton easily distinguishes the two learning types

Person sitting at a table across from a robot. On the table in front of them are objects of different shapes and colors. Caption: Would you put the green object with one peg into the red box?

Icons of people placed all around the world with lines connecting them to each other. Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. Caption: We've taken that research online, looking at Facebook.

Two monkeys in a cage. Caption: (narrator) Our language skills sets us apart from our primate cousins.

Primate hanging from a rope. Caption: how our distant ape cousins watch and learn.

Brain activity during cognitive control. Prefrontal cortex of an adult shows significantly more activity in multiple areas as compared to a teen. Caption: that teens could put to use in stressful situations.

Closeup of a pair of hands typing on a computer keyboard. 1 hand has a wedding ring and a wristwatch on it.

Closeup image of a middle-aged man with a concerned expression on his face. Darkness surrounds him.

Two people sitting in a booth at a restaurant. Caption: It relates so well some fundamental human behavior.

Woman seated on a bed, leaning forward resting her head in one hand. Caption. You're expressing what really is going on inside.

Young woman wearing an orange jumpsuit looks down from behind bars. Caption. You can't explain crime just by looking at the statistics.

Still image from: Social Skills for Life: Managing Strong Emotions

Man standing in a kitchen holds a basketball at his side and opens the refrigerator. Caption. Know what I'm saying?

Still image from: Stronger, Tougher, Smarter: Stories of Teen Resilience

Closeup of a teenage girl with her eyes open and a worried expression lying on a bed in a darkened room. Caption. Jessica has trouble sleeping.

Middle-aged woman sits in a lunch room as she looks to the side of camera. She speaks and gestures with both hands in an animated fashion.

2 teenage girls are seated inside on a carpeted floor; 1 has her leg resting on a backpack as if she has been injured, the other wears a tee-shirt with a red cross and places an ice pack on her leg. A third girl sits cross legged, observing.

Oil painting in Post-Impressionist style of a woman dressed in a black hat and black dress with long sleeves. She sits on a chair as she looks to the side with a serious expression.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 1912)

Teenage girl smiles broadly as wind blows through her hair. She looks toward a figure facing away from camera in the foreground.

Black and white photo of a family sitting in a makeshift tent. Individual in front leans on the back of a rocking chair. Woman holding a baby sits at the edge of the tent next to 2 young children in tattered clothing.

Illustration of the human heart. Caption: and serotonin, which causes blood vessels to narrow,

Kids sitting on the floor in a classroom setting. Caption: They feel secure because they know what to expect next.

Still image from: The Dancing Plague

Closeup on a table with empty beer bottles and landline phones on the table in a home setting. Family gathered and talking as a group in the faded background. Caption. Or sibling, parental abuse, and neglect, divorce.

Woman in floral dress grabs the arm of a man in blue button up shirt and khaki slacks as he walks around a sofa away from her toward a closed white door. Caption. And very often have cut off whole parts of themselves.

Woman follows and watches a young child as they ride a toy tricycle through an apartment parking lot. Caption. It feels better than to feel afraid.

Woman with curly blonde hair wearing a brown and tan blouse bends down to look at a male student's work on his desk. Caption. Can disrupt a teacher's lesson plan.

Young child lying back against pillows and under blankets in bed. Caption. The upset and pain caused by these effects make it natural.

Closeup of a baby with short brown hair wearing a white shirt with lace sleeves and opening its mouth, revealing 2 lower teeth. Caption. If not, the child will be unable.

Closeup side view of a toddler with curly blonde hair and a blue and white tank top looking up. An adult's leg with black shorts is slightly visible to the right. Caption. We didn't know what it was.

Hallway looking into 2 open doors at the end. 1 blonde woman holds a young child, another carries a white box, and 2 children sit leaning against a wall. Caption. Effective treatment of traumatized children.

Closeup of a young woman's face. Caption: It's about who you are on the inside.

Still image from: Understanding Social Anxiety

Boy lays back on a pillow hugging a stuffed animal. Caption. They don't feel the need to please teachers.

Young woman with dark wavy hair smiles at camera. Text overlay reads, "Grit." Caption. They have grit!

Trace wears safety goggles and has a hammer in his hand. Caption: Ow.

Closeup of host Trace Dominquez wearing a red polo shirt and clear glasses smiling and looking up. A bright, square light on a stand is in front to his left, angled upward. Caption. So they would sit under a light.

Still image from: Uno Dos of Trace: Social Engineering

Blonde woman in a pink shirt demonstrates sign language in front of a black curtain. White text in a red box at the bottom of the screen reads, "Passive aggressive personality."

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Optical Illusions

Still image from: Xploration Life 2.0: Never Forget