January Assignments

Tuesday, January 5

HW: Due Thursday

Watch the BBC Documentary Battle of the Brains (WATCH THE FIRST 3 EPISODES)

1. BEFORE YOU WATCH THE TESTS -PREDICT WHO YOU THINK IS THE SMARTEST OF THE CONTESTANTS AND WHY

2. Identify five key ideas that you learned about how intelligence is measured.

3. Which test do you think was the most effective in assessing intelligence?

4. Which test would you have scored the highest? lowest?

Wednesday, January 6

RETURN CHAPTER 10 TEST AND REVIEW

Thursday, January 7

Aim: Define Intelligence and Review theories

Friday, January 8

Complete Assignment based on statistics

Tuesday, January 12

Complete worksheet on Standard Deviation and Positive and Negative Skews

Wednesday, January 13

Complete Zimbardo's Lecture on Intelligence

PLEASE REVIEW THE SLIDE SHOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

Intelligence Testing

Wednesday, January 13

Watch the CBS & BBC Clips on Savants

Musician

Artist

Mathematician

  1. Why are these two individuals considered savants?
  2. How do these two savants challenge how intelligence is defined?
  3. What are some of the theories to explain these savants?

USE THE VIDEO TO REVIEW THE CHAPTER 11 CONCEPTS -

CONTROVERSIES IN INTELLIGENCE