Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

Intro: the Nervous System (the basics)
Examine: Neurons/Mirror Neurons
Chapter 3 Attack (linked on yesterday's blog)

Unit 2 Assessment

Today's Agenda:

Take the Unit 2 Exam
Introduce Unit 3-Biology and Behavior
Chapter 3 Attack

Slate podcast on Getting Easy A's versus Tough B's

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Share: the rest of the Research Projects
• Review: Unit 2 Quiz/Overview
• Study: for the Unit 2 Exam tomorrow

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Present: the Research Projects (informal presentations)
• Complete: Chapter 2 Attack
• Review/Overview of the Unit 

Optional: Check out this link to the online test questions

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Finish Procedural Steps 4 and 5
• Analyze data and make your conclusions
• Type the formal lab report
• Finish the Chapter 2 Attack (Quiz tomorrow)

Be prepared to discuss your work with the class.

Unit 2-Psychological Methods

Today's Agenda:

Research process: Procedural Steps 4 and 5
Analyze the data and draw conclusions
Does your data support or refute your hypothesis?

Optional: Slate article on the Top Mistakes College Students Make

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Research Projects: Procedural Step #3 and #4
• Gather research and Analyze data
• Time Permitting: Finish Chapter 2 Attack

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Research Project Step #3: How are we going to gather our information?
• Create/Print surveys
• Get pre-approval from teachers

Chapter 2 Attack

Unit 2-Psychological Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Teams: Design Your Own Experiment
• Chapter 2 Attack
• Question: What needs to happen to conduct our research next week?

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Activity: Independent vs. Dependent variables
• Teams: Design Your Own Experiment
• Chapter 2 Attack

Unit 2-Psychological methods

Today's Agenda:

Good conversation yesterday! Did not get to:

• Activity: Design your own experiment
• Link: 10 Brilliant Social Experiments
• Ethics handout/questions

Unit 2-Psychological Methods

Today's Agenda:

Share: Contemporary Research Articles
Activity: Design your own experiment
Link: 10 Brilliant Social Experiments

Optional: Article on Slate about the federal government's ranking of colleges based on on price, and graduates future salaries!

Unit 2-Psychological Methods

Today's Agenda:

Research: Contemporary Research in the field
When you are done: Finish the Chapter 2 Attack

Unit 2-Psychological Methods

Today's Agenda:

View: the film adaptation of the Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
Discuss: Opening Lecture Notes
Chapter 2 Attack

Unit 1 Assessment

Today's Agenda:

Take the Unit 1 Exam
Intro: Unit 2-Psychological Methods
10 Psych. Studies that will Blow Your Mind

 

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's agenda:

Finish: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives
Activity: Case study application
Review: Unit 1/Prep for the first summative assessment (Unit Exam)

Unit Exam (Chapter 1) is tomorrow

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Quiz/Review: Vocab and Textbook questions
Contemporary Schools of Psychology

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Link to the textbook on-line (Let's look at it)
Finish: Chapter 1 Vocab and textbook work
Tomorrow: Chapter 1 Vocab/Textbook quiz (Open Note)

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Share/Discuss: Current Events/Work that we did yesterday
Complete: Chapter 1 Textbook work
Optional: Underground Psychology

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Research: In the library, find an article, a study, or psychology related information that you think is interesting. Summarize it for us, tell us where you got it, and bring to class tomorrow.

Here is the "official" assignment.

Lecture Notes: The Founding Fathers of Psychology

Time permitting: Finish the Chapter 1 Textbook Work