Developmental PowerPoint

Last Unit

What poorly run psychology experiment does this remind you of?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/penn-state-fraternity-18-students-charged-connection-pledges/story?id=47226888

Syllabus

Development Unit

Date	In Class	Homework
W 5/17	Start Development Unit -          Piaget (cognitive) -          Vygotsky (ZPD)	Piaget worksheet Watch Crash Course #18
F 5/19	Attachment Theory (social) -          Bowlby & Ainsworth -          Harlow -          Parenting Styles	Start Egg Project
Tu 5/23	Psychosocial Development -          Erikson -          Kohlberg -          Gilligan	Tbd
Th 5/25	Adolescent Identity -          James Marcia	“Freaks & Geeks” reflection
5/30	Tbd	Egg Baby book
6/1	Last Day – Egg Book due

Motivation Project

Motivation Project

Test Review

Review Guide

Thursday - Last Block

On Thursday, we are going to head to the library's computer lab to work on our understanding of Drugs Effect on Consciousness. You will head to this website and complete this worksheet. You may work together but no more than 2 . 

Assignments until Spring Break

4/4   Finish up Sleep and Dream Theories
HW: finalize Sleep Study - due MONDAY
Study guide for test on WEDNESDAY

4/6  Drugs and Consciousness PPT
HW: Drugs and Consciousness packet and terms list

4/10 STP presentation: Review; Sleep Study due

4/13  Unit 2 Test
*Spring Break*

Some interesting articles

Why being tired can impact how you recognize emotions

Exercise Helps the Brain

Today we are beginning the Consciousness Unit (PowerPoint on sidebar) after we watched The Crash Reel last week.

Homework - Read Chapter 4.1 i OpenStax

Friday, 3/17

Since we had a snow day on Wednesday, I will give you class time to work on your presentations.

Brain Plasticity

Today in class, we completed some brain plasticity experiments:

• shooting Nerf hoops from a seated position
• puttng together nuts and bolts
• completing a ball maze
• tiddly-winks

For homework, you are to read the articles Overloaded and Playing Ye Olde Way. Then you are to write a one page reaction to this experiment (pdf link coming soon)

You may choose to watch the following videos:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2c-WHVxcfY
2. TED Talk

Apps for your phone to help improve brain plasticity/training:

• Luminosity
• Elevate
• Peak

Brain Numbers

Starting the Brain Unit

Today i class we watched : The Brain (History Channel).

Your homework for Monday is to watch the following videos:

The Unfixed Brain video

Crash Course #4: Getting to Know your Brain

Unit One Test - Tuesday, February 28th (1st Block)

The test will comprise of:

• ·         Multiple choice
• ·         Fill in diagrams
• ·         Application of approaches to a case study
• ·         Ethical guidelines and application to past psychological studies
• ·         Barnum Effect
• ·         Personal exercises we did in class (mindfulness, Maslow’s hierarchy, cognitive)
• review sheet material
• PowerPoint
• 
  

Snow Day!

Due to the snow day, we will review Unit One on Wednesday and have the test when we return on Tuesday 2/28.

Study Guide

We will be spending Monday reviewing for your Unit One test that will take place on Wednesday. Below you will find a study guide that I plan on handing out, but I thought for those interested, they might want an early start.
Study Guide  Unit One

Gallery of Unethical Psychological Studies

Here are some links to some of the cases we looked at today:
David Reimer
Milgram Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Wells/Pits of Despair
Learned Helplessness
Tuskegee Syphilis Study - and another one
The Monster Study
Little Albert

Ethics and Genie, the Wild Child

Today (2/7) we watched the NOVA film on Genie the Wild Child. (55 mins)
While watching the film, answer questions from the film guide (which I handed to you in class).

Homework -
Read OpenStax Chapter 2.4
Look up and fill out Ethical guideline concepts.
**If you missed class, you must watch the film this weekend BEFORE our test next week!

Combating stress

For Thursday 2/2

Today in class we reviewed the major approaches by looking at the character of Bluto from the film, Animal House. 

Students presented on their Outrageous Celebrity and we were introduced to our homework assignment: 20th Century's Most Eminent Psychologists**.
 **Errata: for d) Write a question and answer for or about your psychologist's contribution to psychology. this could be a question you would ask them and then what their answer would be.

Carmen - Mariah chose Darwin for you
Sadie and Admad - you have to choose from #1,2,3,8,9,11,14,17,19,21,23,24 or 27

For Friday

Today we worked on our understanding of Structuralism, Functionalism and Gestalt theories with the puzzles. Then we did a little practice with cognitive behavioral techniques.

Your homework for Friday is to work on your Modern Approach Poster with your group. I have a chart with examples of the requirements HERE. You will have to do some research on your own to complete the task.

Also due Tuesday of next week is your Outrageous Celebrity Assignment -I updated this assingment to reflect accurate examples. This can be presented in a poster, PowerPoint or paper.

Welcome

Welcome to Introduction to Psychology - Spring 2017!

What a great first day of class - we touched upon the history of psychology and the six approaches. Below you will find the links to the textbook, syllabus and powerpoint.

Text Book Link: OpenStax Psychology 
Unit 1 - Syllabus
History and Approaches - PowerPoint
Crash Course #1: Youtube.com and the Worksheet

Homework
- Crash course video and worksheet
- Introspection handout
- Chapter 1.1-1.2 in OpenStax