Honors Psychology

Unit 4 | The psychology of gratitude, emotions, and motivation

Optional Reading

• Psychology, an OpenStax textbook | Ch. 10: Motivation & Emotion

• The psychology, theory, and science of happiness (Craig, H., 2019)

Class work:

• Unit pacing slides and notes

• Gratitude

  • • Keys to well-being assignment | Reading

    • Gratitude journal assignment (optional) | Reading

• Psychology of emotions

  • • Emotional playlist assignment

    • The history of emotions | TED Talk with Tiffany Watt Smith | EdPuzzle

    • Universal nature of emotions | assignment

    • “Just Breathe” – How Can Children Process Difficult Emotions? A video by Julie Bayer Salzman

    • Helping kiddos control their emotions | assignment

  • Motivation & sports psychology

    • Motivation notes (from previous years) | motivational t-shirts

    • Maslow's hierarchy of needs | TED Talk Self-actualization.

Unit 3 | Cognition: Memory, Language

Optional Reading

• Psychology, an OpenStax textbook | Ch. 8: Memory

Class work:

• Unit pacing slides and notes

• Memory portfolio

• Three Stage Memory Model Chart

  • • • Memory Notes | PowerPoint

      • Loftus and Confabulation

      • Deep processing lab

      • How does human memory work? | 51 min documentary

• Is there a Super Memory?

  • • • Article from Mental Floss

      • People who can remember every moment of their lives video clip

• Does language change our view of the world? | Teams will research differences in languages and create a digital poster answering the supporting question, which will be posted via Padlet.

  • • • Language notes | ppt | Secret Life of the Brain, episode 2

      • TED Talk: The linguistic genius of babies | watch after finishing the infographic & posting on Padlet.

• • The Psychology of Emotion

    • • Emotional Intelligence through film | Inside Out

      • Emotion notes | ppt | emotions playlist assignment

      • The history of emotions | TED Talk with Tiffany Watt Smith

      • Amy Poehler's Smart Girls: Just Breathe- great explanation about what happens to our bodies with emotions.

      • A Virus Called Fear- a short 20-minute documentary about the conditioning of fear in humans.