Psychology
05/19/20
Good morning and welcome to week 9 of distance learning. Today you are receiving your Final Projects.
Your task is to read the following link and come up with an experiment that illustrates a psychological phenomenon. Please run your ideas past me first (through email). Document the process and your results in a Google slides presentation or in a video format. If you can film the experiment that would be great. Have fun with this and involve your quarantine mates if possible. Once this is completed and turned in you will have completed this course. I will send each student a closing email once your project is graded. Good luck and lets see some creativity.
Experiment Ideas. (Read this link)
Due by June 5, 2020
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05/05/20
Good Morning and welcome to week 7 of distance learning.
We are continuing with our look at the 6 psychological weapons of influence.
Here is this week's assignment.
AGENDA: Weapons of influence #5: Authority and #6 Scarcity
Classwork:
- 1) Watch the following videos
Milgram Experiment (VIDEO). Authority
Stanford Prison Experiment (VIDEO). Authority
The Scarcity Principle . VIDEO. Scarcity
Scarcity (video) Scarcity
2) Read the following articles on Authority and Scarcity. Summarize each principle and give examples. Put the work in your "Weapons of Influence" journals in your Psychology Google class folders.
Authority Principle (READING)
Due Friday by 5pm
END
04/28/20
Welcome Back!
We are continuing with our look at the 6 psychological weapons of influence.
Today's Topic: Weapon of Influence #3 Social Proof and #4 The liking principle
Put all your work in your Weapons of Influence documents you created in your class folders
#3 Social Proof
Cialdini summary chapter 4. Read this first then watch videos for examples
#4 The Liking Principle:
- READING HERE: The Liking Principle (Read this first then watch videos for examples)
Video clip (male attractiveness)
Classwork: Put work in your Journals in your Google drive class folders.
1) Write up a paragraph or two explaining social proof and how it works. Give examples from your own life.
2) Summarize the Liking Principle.
EXTRA RESOURCE:
Beauty is in the mind of the beholder.
END
04/14/20
Good Morning! Welcome to week 5 of distance learning. Today we will start taking a closer look at the weapons of influence. Put all your work in your Weapons of Influence documents you created in your class folders last week.
AGENDA: Weapon of Influence #1 The Power of Reciprocity
Weapon of Influence #2 Commitment and Consistency
Classwork: Using the two readings below on RECIPROCITY and COMMITMENT AND CONSISTENCY. Follow the directions below.
Article: Reciprocity. (Reading here)
Watch these videos after reading
big bang clip. (Video example)
Jack Abramoff. (Using reciprocity)
1) Answer the following:
1. How strong is the rule of reciprocity?
2. What are some examples of reciprocity you experienced in your life?
3. What are reciprocal concessions? What are some examples from your life?
4. Describe the rejection-then-retreat method? What are some examples from your
life?
5. How do we defend against the rule of reciprocity?
6. Think of a current situation in which you want to influence someone. How
could you use the rule of reciprocity to reach your influence goal?
Weapon of Influence #2 Commitment and Consistency
Article: Commitment and Consistency
Watch videos after reading
Commitment and Consistency. (Video)
Presentations. (video)
1. What is the consistency principle? What is an example of this principle that you
have experienced in your life?
2. What is the foot-in-the-door technique? Provide an example from your life.
3. How do sales professionals get commitment from their customers? Provide an
example of these techniques from your experience.
4. What “hazing” rituals have you experienced in school or at work that were
designed to instill commitment to an organization or club?
16. Describe the low-ball technique. What is an example of this technique from your
life?
EXTRA RESOURCES:
Quizlet - Commitment and Consistency
DUE FRIDAY @5pm
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04/07/20
Good morning!! We are going to start looking at the psychology of persuasion. These are psychological triggers that we all share and are often used against us by people who want to control our actions. First we'll look at what weapons of influence are as a group then we'll focus on each one individually.
This week's work:
AGENDA: Weapons of Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion
6 Principles of Influence (Watch this video)
Influence - Robert B. Cialdini (READING IS HERE)
Chapter 1 flash cards (Additional Resource)
Classwork: Read chapter 1 and answer the following questions. Create a google document in your google class folder title it: Weapons of Influence. (put all work from this unit into that folder)
Chapter 1 (Due Friday by 5:00pm)
Answer these questions from the reading
1. How does the discussion of fixed-action patterns and trigger features relate to
influence in humans?
2. Describe a time when you doubted a purchase because it, “Wasn’t expensive
enough?”
3. What are judgmental heuristics and controlled responding?
4. What is perceptual contrast? Provide an example from your life.
END
03/31/20
Good Morning! I won't have a video today because I have come down with a bad cold (not Covid) and I look and feel awful at the moment. If I am feeling better by Friday I'll post a video message then.
HOMEWORK: Make a model Neuron out of household items. Label it with the basic parts. Use the link below as a resource to build your models. Take a picture of your model and email it to me.
Project description here: Make a Neuron Model. THIS WILL BE A TEST GRADE!
DUE BY FRIDAY AT 5:00pm
EXTRA RESOURCES
End
03/27/20
AGENDA: Neurons
Homework
Add this to the same Neuron Document you started.
1) Neuron Reading #2 Read the article and take the online quiz. Write the questions and answers from the online quiz in your Google Doc.
DUE MONDAY AT 12:00pm
END
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
03/24/20
WATCH THIS VIDEO. Morning message
WEEK 2 of Homeschool. MARCH 23 - 27
Class Instructions: FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS
1) Watch this video
2) Send me an email today and just say hi so I know your checking in.
3) Open your google folder for Psychology
4) Click the + symbol then create a Google document. Title it Neurons.
DO ALL WORK FOR THIS UNIT ON THAT DOCUMENT
5) Read the directions and follow the sequence.
START
AGENDA: NEURONS
INSTRUCTIONS:
- PART 1
1) Neurons. Watch this video
2)The Neuron . Watch this video
3) Neuron Reading #1Take the online Neuron Parts quiz at the bottom of the reading page. Put questions and answers from quiz into your Google doc.
DUE Thursday by 12:00 pm
END OF PART 1
03/18/20
WATCH THIS VIDEO
Complete your Developmental Psychology papers and make sure they are in your Google folders for this class.
DUE FRIDAY BY 5:00 pm
NEW ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED MONDAY MORNING.
03/10/20
AGENDA: Developmental Psychology
Life as a House. (movie)
We will watch the film "Life as a House" to examine the psychological change and development that happens over our lifespans.
Your Task: Take notes on each character and try to identify what stages of development they are working through. Using your notes and the resources below write a paper defining and explaining Development Psychology. Examine each character's development from a psychological point of view. Compare the movie subjects with the work of Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget and Abraham Maslow. In what ways do the characters in the film exhibit some of these developmental stages.
The finished product will be graded as a summative. Minimum two pages. NOTES MUST BE TURNED IN AS WELL!
RESOURCES:
END
03/03/20
AGENDA: Presentations Today!!!
CLASSWORK:
Today you will take a look at your personality type. This test is the same one that employers and the military often use to determine your suitability for certain jobs.
Crash Course Measuring Personality
DIRECTIONS
1) Go to the personality website. (BELOW)
2) Read the directions.
3) Take the test.
4) Read and write up a reflection on your personality analysis. Answer the following questions:
Where do you agree/disagree?
Is it accurate/inaccurate? How? Why?
What careers are you suited for? Do you agree/disagree? Why?/Why not?
EXTRA: Individual Psychologist Presentations to Mr. Lowery
END
02/24/20
AGENDA: Psychologist Research Projects
PREPARATION TIME FRAME: TWO AND A HALF CLASS PERIODS.
IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO PRESENT YOUR GRADE WILL REVERT TO PASS/FAIL!!
Assignment : Each student will be given a psychologist to research. Each student will present the person and their contributions to the field. The presentation should include:
1. Present a brief biography.
2. Outline/explain the basics of the theory(s) that your psychologist developed.
3. Which of the seven perspectives matches up most closely with the theory
4. Identify any criticisms/drawbacks to their theory(s)
Students need to have a 3-5 minute powerpoint presentation.
Students need a bibliography with at least 3 sources.
Psychologists:
1. Jean Piaget 2. Alfred Binet
3. Mary Ainsworth 4. Erik Erickson
5. Lev Vygotsky 6. B.F. Skinner
7. Soloman Asch 8. Abraham Maslow
9. Carl Rogers 10. Mamie Phipps Clark
11. Karen Horney 12. Raymond Cattell
13.) Sigmund Freud 14.) G. Stanley Hall
15.) Albert Bandura 16.) Harry Harlow
17.) Lawrence Kohlberg 18.) Mary Whiton Calkins
19.) Charles Darwin 20.) John Watson
Here is a helpful site to see a description of your psychologist's most important theory.
END
02/10/20
AGENDA: Review material - Hand out study guide
EXAM NEXT CLASS (WEDNESDAY 02/12/20)
01/30/20
AGENDA: 1) INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
Introduction to Psychology powerpoint
Lecture websites
Structuralism: Structuralism
Functionalism: Functionalism
Psychodynamic: http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/consciousuncon.htm
Behaviorism: http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/f/behaviorism.htm
Humanism: http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/hist_humanistic.htm
CLASSWORK: Using the video below, define each of the 7 perspectives and complete the assignment at the end of the video. Explain the behavior in each scenario through the lens of each perspective.
There are seven perspectives
1) Behavioral
2) Humanistic
3) Cognitive
4) Psychodynamic
5) Biological
6) Sociocultural
7) Evolutionary
Psychology's modern perspectives (Video assignment)
Psychological Perspectives worksheet
END
01/28/20
AGENDA:
- 1) Go over homework .
- 2) Automatic Brain (In class video) Automatic Brain
Take notes on ways our unconscious mind controls our behavior.
- NO HOMEWORK TODAY . *** Don't forget that your article analysis is due every Friday by the end of the day.
END
09/09/19
AGENDA: Consciousness - What is consciousness? Levels of Consciousness.
1) Introduction to Psychology . VIDEO
2) Go over classwork
3) Discussion of the levels of consciousness.
4) video #1
5) How does the subconscious mind work . Video #2
6) Classwork (CLICK HERE FOR READING)
Read pages 126 - 131 from the above link Complete the 3 reading checks and questions 1 - 6 on page 131.
DUE NEXT CLASS
END
WELCOME TO PSYCHOLOGY CLASS!!!!!
Agenda:
1) Housekeeping Items
Expectations / Grading procedures
Bookmark my website
Google Docs Folders
Applications Folders
Bookmark Psychology Today
Psychology Today Article sheets
2) INTRODUCTION DISCUSSION
Introduction to Psychology . VIDEO
3) Classwork
A) Read the following chapter:
B) Answer the study questions in the sidebar (Beside the reading). Open your Google Drive and create a document IN THE FOLDER. Answer in complete sentences and well thought out answers.
STOP
01/14/20
AGENDA: Present study guide for exam next class.
Watch "The Push" in class.
STUDY GUIDE
For the exam you should be able to give an explanation of each of the six "weapons of persuasion" that we have gone over in class. They are:
- Reciprocation
- Commitment and Consistency
- Social Proof
- Liking
- Authority
- Scarcity
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
You should be able to explain what they are, how they work, their evolutionary advantage, and how to defend against their inappropriate use.
REVIEW VIDEOS HERE
EXAM ON THURSDAY!!!!!!! FINAL CLASS.
01/10/20
AGENDA: Weapons of influence #5: Authority and #6 Scarcity
Milgram Experiment (VIDEO)
Stanford Prison Experiment (VIDEO)
The Scarcity Principle . VIDEO
Scarcity (video)
Classwork: Read the following articles on Authority and Scarcity. Summarize each principle and give examples.
Authority Principle (READING)
END
01/08/20
Today's Topic: Weapon of Influence #3 Social Proof and #4 The liking principle
#3 Social Proof
#4 The Liking Principle:
Video clip (male attractiveness)
Classwork:
- READING HERE Cialdini summary chapter 4 .
1) Write up a paragraph or two explaining social proof and how it works. Give examples from your own life.
2) Read through following article and summarize the Liking Principle.
READING HERE: The Liking Principle
EXTRA RESOURCE:
Beauty is in the mind of the beholder.
END
01/06/20
AGENDA: Weapon of Influence #1 The Power of Reciprocity
Weapon of Influence #2 Commitment and Consistency
Weapon of Influence #2 Commitment and Consistency
Classwork: Using the two reading below on RECIPROCITY and COMMITMENT AND CONSISTENCY. Follow the directions below.
Article: Reciprocity
Article: Commitment and Consistency
1) Answer the following:
1. How strong is the rule of reciprocity?
2. What are some examples of reciprocity you experienced in your life?
3. What are reciprocal concessions? What are some examples from your life?
4. Describe the rejection-then-retreat method? What are some examples from your
life?
5. How do we defend against the rule of reciprocity?
6. Think of a current situation in which you want to influence someone. How
could you use the rule of reciprocity to reach your influence goal?
2) What is the commitment and consistency principle? How does it work? What are some examples from your experiences?
1. What is the consistency principle? What is an example of this principle that you
have experienced in your life?
2. What is the foot-in-the-door technique? Provide an example from your life.
3. How do sales professionals get commitment from their customers? Provide an
example of these techniques from your experience.
4. What “hazing” rituals have you experienced in school or at work that were
designed to instill commitment to an organization or club?
16. Describe the low-ball technique. What is an example of this technique from your
life?
EXTRA RESOURCES:
Quizlet - Commitment and Consistency
END
01/02/20 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
AGENDA: Weapons of Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion
6 Principles of Influence (In class video)
Influence - Robert B. Cialdini (READING IS HERE)
Chapter 1 flash cards (Additional Resource)
Classwork: Read chapter 1 and answer the following questions. Create a google document in your google class folder title it Weapons of Influence. (put all work from this unit into that folder)
Chapter 1 (Due Monday 01/06)
1. How does the discussion of fixed-action patterns and trigger features relate to
influence in humans?
2. Describe a time when you doubted a purchase because it, “Wasn’t expensive
enough?”
3. What are judgmental heuristics and controlled responding?
4. What is perceptual contrast? Provide an example from your life.
END
12/11/19
AGENDA: Psychological Disorder's and Their Societal Implications
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1) Choose a partner
2) Look through the DSM-IV-TR and choose any disorder you would like to know more about.
3) Prepare a presentation on your disorder. YOU MUST COVER THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA!! (20 points each)
BACKGROUND - How is it diagnosed? How does the DSM classify it? What does it say?
CASE STUDY - Find an example of a person diagnosed with your disorder of choice. Tell us about their story. The following website can help or find your own sources.
Personal Stories of Mental Illness
TREATMENT - How is the disorder treated? Can it be cured? What other interesting facts surround your case?
SOCIETY/CULTURE - What factors are noteworthy from a societal perspective? Do various cultures deal with it differently? Think about labels and stigmas.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES - How do various (2 MINIMUM) psychological perspectives view this disorder? What would they say, think, promote, etc. regarding this disorder. I have attached a website that may help but do your own research as well.
You will have three classes to complete the work. For Today choose your disorder and begin.
We will have a gallery walk on Thursday December 19.
Let's see some quality work!!
12/9/19
Agenda: Mental Illness.
WATCH THE TWO VIDEOS BELOW AND THEN COMPLETE THE CLASSWORK
1) Video #1 Introduction to Mental Health
2) Video #2 Video: Mood Disorders
CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
1) Take the following warm up quiz
warm up quiz #2
2) Read the following article, explain the difference between feeling and functionality. What does the sociocultural context of justification refer to? Summarize the five prominent frames that have been used to explain mental illness in modern times. (explain it in your own words and give examples)
READING : The five broad models of mental illness
END
12/05/19
AGENDA: The Brain - What makes me?
Take notes to use when writing the reflection questions.
CLASSWORK REFLECTION WRITING PROMPT:
Look back on your experiences and choose some that are unique to your upbringing. Why did they happen? How have they shaped your beliefs? Think about how they might have been different had you been born in a different year, a different area, to different parents, etc.
Bring up a recent pleasant memory and question the details you think you're sure of. Talk with other people who were in the memory and see if your recall and memory of the situation may have been different from what they remember.
PUT IN YOUR PSYCHOLOGY FOLDER!! NAME IT: What Makes Me?
END
11/19/19
AGENDA: REVIEW GAMES TO PREPARE FOR EXAM NEXT CLASS (Thursday 11/21/19)
EXAM NEXT CLASS
NEED TO KNOW FOR TEST:
1) What is a Neuron (Be able to draw a label the basic parts of a Neuron)
2) Know the three types of Neurons and explain their basic function
3) Be able to explain the basics of Neurotransmission. USE AS MANY OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS AS YOU CAN!
4) Know the vocabulary from Module #6 page 110.
END
11/15/19
AGENDA: Neurons and neurotransmission .
1) Go over homework with whiteboard activity.
2) Neural Transmission activity...Squeeze chain.
3) Neuron puzzles and labeling.
NEED TO KNOW FOR TEST:
1) What is a Neuron (Be able to draw a label the basic parts of a Neuron)
2) Know the three types of Neurons and explain their basic function
3) Be able to explain the basics of Neurotransmission.
4) Know the vocabulary from Module #6 page 110.
Resources/Lecture:
11/13/19
AGENDA: NEURONS
INSTRUCTIONS:
1)The Neuron . Watch this video
2) Endocrine System . Watch this Video
3) Read the packet NEURONS and complete the activities at the end of the packet. Worth three homework grades.
We'll go over the work on Friday.
END
11/05/19
AGENDA: Developmental Psychology
Inside the Living Body ( Video here)
We will watch the film "Inside the Living Body" to examine the biological/psychological changes that happen over our lifespans.
Your Task: Take notes on each "stage" of development that is presented. Using your notes and the resources below write a paper defining and explaining Development Psychology. Examine each stage of development from a psychological point of view. Compare the movie subject with the work of Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget and Abraham Maslow. In what ways does the woman in the film exhibit some of these developmental stages. Does her experiences line up with the theories.
The finished product will be graded as a summative. Minimum two pages. NOTES MUST BE TURNED IN AS WELL!
RESOURCES:
END
10/15/19
AGENDA: Presentations Today!!!
CLASSWORK:
Today you will take a look at your personality type. This test is the same one that employers and the military often use to determine your suitability for certain jobs.
Crash Course Measuring Personality
DIRECTIONS
1) Go to the personality website. (BELOW)
2) Read the directions.
3) Take the test.
4) Read and write up a reflection on your personality analysis. Answer the following questions:
Where do you agree/disagree?
Is it accurate/inaccurate? How? Why?
What careers are you suited for? Do you agree/disagree? Why?/Why not?
EXTRA: Individual Psychologist Presentations to Mr. Lowery
END
10/01/19
AGENDA: Psychologist Research Projects
PREPARATION TIME FRAME: TWO AND A HALF CLASS PERIODS.
IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO PRESENT YOUR GRADE WILL REVERT TO PASS/FAIL!!
Assignment : Each student will be given a psychologist to research. Each student will present the person and their contributions to the field. The presentation should include:
1. Present a brief biography.
2. Outline/explain the basics of the theory(s) that your psychologist developed.
3. Which of the seven perspectives matches up most closely with the theory
4. Identify any criticisms/drawbacks to their theory(s)
Students need to have a 3-5 minute powerpoint presentation.
Students need a bibliography with at least 3 sources.
Psychologists:
1. Jean Piaget 2. Alfred Binet
3. Mary Ainsworth 4. Erik Erickson
5. Lev Vygotsky 6. B.F. Skinner
7. Soloman Asch 8. Abraham Maslow
9. Carl Rogers 10. Mamie Phipps Clark
11. Karen Horney 12. Raymond Cattell
13.) Sigmund Freud 14.) G. Stanley Hall
15.) Albert Bandura 16.) Harry Harlow
17.) Lawrence Kohlberg 18.) Mary Whiton Calkins
19.) Charles Darwin 20.) John Watson
Here is a helpful site to see a description of your psychologist's most important theory.
END
09/27/19
AGENDA: Unit 1 Introduction to Psychology
EXAM TODAY
09/17/19
AGENDA: 1) INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
Introduction to Psychology powerpoint
Lecture websites
Structuralism: Structuralism
Functionalism: Functionalism
Psychodynamic: http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/consciousuncon.htm
Behaviorism: http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/f/behaviorism.htm
Humanism: http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/hist_humanistic.htm
CLASSWORK: Using the video below, define each of the 7 perspectives and complete the assignment at the end of the video. Explain the behavior in each scenario through the lens of each perspective.
There are seven perspectives
1) Behavioral
2) Humanistic
3) Cognitive
4) Psychodynamic
5) Biological
6) Sociocultural
7) Evolutionary
Psychology's modern perspectives (Video assignment)
Psychological Perspectives worksheet
END
09/11/19
AGENDA:
- 1) Go over homework
- 2) Automatic Brain
Take notes on ways our unconscious mind controls our behavior.
- NO HOMEWORK TODAY . *** Don't forget that your first article analysis is due this Friday by the end of the day.
END
09/09/19
AGENDA: Consciousness - What is consciousness? Levels of Consciousness.
1) Lecture
2) video #1
3) How does the subconscious mind work . Video #2
4) Classwork (CLICK HERE FOR READING)
Read pages 126 - 131 from the above link Complete the 3 reading checks and questions 1 - 6 on page 131.
END
WELCOME TO PSYCHOLOGY CLASS!!!!!
Agenda:
1) Housekeeping Items
Expectations / Grading procedures
Bookmark my website
Google Docs Folders
Applications Folders
Bookmark Psychology Today
Psychology Today Article sheets
2) INTRODUCTION DISCUSSION
Introduction to Psychology . VIDEO
3) Classwork
A) Read the following chapter:
B) Answer the study questions in the sidebar (Beside the reading). Use Google Docs and put the work in your folder when it is completed.
STOP
05/17/19
AGENDA: Psychological Disorder's and Their Societal Implications
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1) Choose a partner
2) Look through the DSM-IV-TR and choose any disorder you would like to know more about.
3) Prepare a presentation on your disorder. YOU MUST COVER THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA!! (20 points each)
BACKGROUND - How is it diagnosed? How does the DSM classify it? What does it say?
CASE STUDY - Find an example of a person diagnosed with your disorder of choice. Tell us about their story. The following website can help or find your own sources.
Personal Stories of Mental Illness
TREATMENT - How is the disorder treated? Can it be cured? What other interesting facts surround your case?
SOCIETY/CULTURE - What factors are noteworthy from a societal perspective? Do various cultures deal with it differently? Think about labels and stigmas.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES - How do various (2 MINIMUM) psychological perspectives view this disorder? What would they say, think, promote, etc. regarding this disorder. I have attached a website that may help but do your own research as well.
You will have three classes to complete the work. For Today choose your disorder and begin. I will answer questions on Thursday or sooner if you come see me.
We will have a gallery walk on Thursday May 30 for 1s and during the final test period for 2s.
Let's see some quality work!!
05/15/19
Agenda:
1) Brain assessment
2) Mental Illness.
WATCH THE TWO VIDEOS BELOW AND THEN COMPLETE THE CLASSWORK
1) Video #1 Introduction to Mental Health
2) Video #2 Video: Mood Disorders
CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
1) Take the following warm up quiz
warm up quiz #2
2) Read the following article, explain the difference between feeling and functionality. What does the sociocultural context of justification refer to? Summarize the five prominent frames that have been used to explain mental illness in modern times. (explain it in your own words and give examples)
READING : The five broad models of mental illness
END
05/09/19
CLASSWORK: Watch the two videos and then complete the Brain workbook packet
END
02/23/19
AGENDA: NEURONS
INSTRUCTIONS:
1)The Neuron . Watch this video
2) Endocrine System . Watch this Video
3) Read the packet NEURONS and complete the activities at the end of the packet. Worth three homework grades.
I'll Talk about Neurons on Thursday
END
04/02/19
AGENDA: Developmental Psychology
Inside the Living Body ( Stage one: Birth to age 3)
We will watch the film "Inside the Living Body" to examine the biological/psychological changes that happen over our lifespans.
Your Task: Take notes on each "stage" of development that is presented. Using your notes and the resources below write a paper defining and explaining Development Psychology. Examine each stage of development from a psychological point of view. Compare the movie subject with the work of Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget and Abraham Maslow. In what ways does the woman in the film exhibit some of these developmental stages. Does her experiences line up with the theories.
The finished product will be graded as a summative. Minimum two pages. NOTES MUST BE TURNED IN AS WELL!
RESOURCES:
END
03/25/19
Today you will take a look at your personality type. This test is the same one that employers and the military often use to determine your suitability for certain jobs.
Crash Course Measuring Personality
DIRECTIONS
1) Go to the personality website. (BELOW)
2) Read the directions.
3) Take the test.
4) Read and write up a reflection on your personality analysis. Answer the following questions:
Where do you agree/disagree?
Is it accurate/inaccurate? How? Why?
What careers are you suited for? Do you agree/disagree? Why?/Why not?
E) Individual Psychologist Presentations to Mr. Lowery
END
03/19/19
AGENDA: Presentations Today!!!
03/07/19
AGENDA: Psychologist Research Projects
PREPARATION TIME FRAME: TWO AND A HALF CLASS PERIODS.
IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO PRESENT YOUR GRADE WILL REVERT TO PASS/FAIL!!
Assignment : Each student will be given a psychologist to research. Each student will present the person and their contributions to the field. The presentation should include:
1. Present a brief biography.
2. Outline/explain the basics of the theory(s) that your psychologist developed.
3. Which of the seven perspectives matches up most closely with the theory
4. Identify any criticisms/drawbacks to their theory(s)
Students need to have a 3-5 minute powerpoint presentation.
Students need a bibliography with at least 3 sources.
Psychologists:
1. Jean Piaget 2. Alfred Binet
3. Mary Ainsworth 4. Erik Erickson
5. Gordon Allport 6. B.F. Skinner
7. Soloman Asch 8. Abraham Maslow
9. Alfred Adler 10. Mamie Phipps Clark
11. Karen Horney 12. Raymond Cattell
13.) Sigmund Freud 14.) G. Stanley Hall
15.) Albert Bandura 16.) Harry Harlow
17.) Lawrence Kohlberg 18.) Mary Whiton Calkins
19.) Charles Darwin 20.) John Watson
Here is a helpful site to see a description of your psychologist's most important theory.
END
03/05/19
AGENDA: Summative Assessment Today!!
Classwork: If you finish early, work on this weeks article. Topic: One of the Psychological Perspectives
03/01/19
AGENDA: 1) INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
Introduction to Psychology powerpoint
Lecture websites
Structuralism: Structuralism
Functionalism: Functionalism
Psychodynamic: http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/consciousuncon.htm
Behaviorism:http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/f/behaviorism.htm
Humanism:http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/hist_humanistic.htm
CLASSWORK: Using the video, define each of the 7 perspectives and complete the assignment at the end of the video. Explain the behavior in each scenario through the lens of each perspective.
There are seven perspectives
1) Behavioral
2) Humanistic
3) Cognitive
4) Psychodynamic
5) Biological
6) Sociocultural
7) Evolutionary
Psychology's modern perspectives (Video assignment)
Psychological Perspectives worksheet
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Agenda:
1) Housekeeping Items
Expectations / Grading procedures
Bookmark my website
Google Docs Folders
Applications Folders
Bookmark Psychology Today
Psychology Today Article sheets
Resubmission of work forms
2) Index card activity
4) Classwork
A) Read the following chapter:
B) Answer the study questions at the bottom of the chapter.
C) Take the practice test and see how you do.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
Yale Psychology Prof (COMPASSION)
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