Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

Continue: Conflict Management Styles
Introduce: Defense Mechanisms Activity

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

Discuss: Major Life Changes
Analyze: Types of Conflict
Assess: Conflict Management Styles

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

Complete: Terms and Concepts Quiz (17/14)
Analyze: Major Life Changes
Introduce: 4 types of conflicts

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

Analyze: Student created Stress Scales
Compare: your Stress Scale versus Others (similarities/differences)
Finish: Terms and Concepts for Chs. 17/14

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Scale
• Activity: Adapt for adolescents
• Finish: Terms and Concepts for 17/14

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

• Share: Task 1 and 2 of the initial opening self reflection
• Share: Contemporary research that you found yesterday
• Begin: Terms and Concepts for Chapters 17 and 14

Unit 7-Stress and Health

• Technology today (Library)
• Find an article/study that addresses the following question:  What are some of the effects of stress on our physical or emotional well being?
• Cite your source
• Be ready to share with the rest of the class
• Begin your Lifeline Paper

Unit 7-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

• Intro: Stress and Health
• Terms and Concepts (Ch. 17/14)
• Reminder: Do not wait until the last minute to start writing your Lifeline Paper!

Unit 6 Summative Assessment

Today's Agenda:

Complete: Unit 6 Summative Assessment
Intro-Unit 7: Stress and Health (Chs. 17 and 14)

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Terms and Concepts for Ch. 8 and 9
• Watch: Howard Gardner interview
• Wrap up: the 4 Intelligence theories
• Review: Unit 6 Exam is tomorrow

Optional: Brain Games

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

Analyze: 4 Intelligence theories (Small groups).
Discuss: Comparison of the 4 theories
Finish: Terms and Concepts for Chapter 9

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

Opening Discussion: What is intelligence?
Discuss: the History of Intelligence Testing
Analyze: 4 Different Intelligence Theories

• Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
• Louis Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities
• Robert Sternbergs's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
• Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Terms and concepts for Chs. 8 and 9
• Share: Vivid episodic memories
• View: Language Acquisition

Great article from Stanford Dean on what skills 18 year olds should have!

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Activity: Learning scenarios
• Review Terms: Different types of Memory
• Create: Practical examples

Chapter 8 terms are due tomorrow

Optional: Innocence Project

Unit-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Analyze: Classical vs. Operant Conditioning
• Compare: Latent vs. Observational Learning
• Activity: Develop 4 scenarios/examples on your own

Terms and Concepts for chapters 6-9

Moral development

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: watching John Q
• Complete: the character analysis (3)
• Discuss: where are the characters reasoning on Kohlberg's scale?
• For tomorrow: Terms and Concepts for Chapter 6

Unit-Human Development/Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Terms and Concepts for chapters 6-9
• Before we leave Human Development, let us take one more look at Kohlberg and Moral reasoning.
• Watch John Q and complete the activity.

Human Development/Cognition

Today's Agenda:

There are 3 options for people today:

1. Some people still need to complete the Unit 5 Summative assessment

If you did that yesterday, you have 2 options:

1. Begin Terms and Concepts for Unit 6-Cognition
2. Begin/Continue the Life line Paper

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

Proctor: Unit 5 Summative Assessment
Intro: Unit 6-Cognition

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Share: Individual case Studies
• Review: Unit 5 (Chapters 10-12)
• Respond: to the CNN article linked on yesterday's blogpost.

Optional(Time Permitting): Moral Development Activity

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

Share:
1. the Individual case Studies
2. the Group Interactive Activities

Review:
1. the Lifeline Paper
2. the Unit

Cnn article on Rising Depression in Teen Girls. Leave a comment on this blogpost by the end of this week.

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Due today: Individual Portion of the H.D Project
• Discuss: the Lifeline Paper
• Library: begin writing the paper

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Terms and Concepts for Adolescence
• Discuss: Developmental theorists
• Finish: Human Development Terms and Concepts (Adulthood)
• Lifeline paper/Handouts

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

Need to Know theories!

• Piaget/Cognitive Development
• Kohlberg/Moral Development
• Complete the Terms and Concepts (10-12)

Unit 5-Human Developement

Today's Agenda:

Complete: the Terms and Concepts Quiz for Childhood (10)
Discuss: the Group portion of the interactive activity

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Technology: Library today to research and prepare the individual portion of the Human Development Activity.
• Discuss: Which age group is your group going to focus on, and what type of developmental do you want to analyze.

Unit-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Work on: the Terms and Concepts
• Complete: Unit 4 Exam Corrections
• Intro: the Human Development Project

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

Discuss: the Human Development Questions
Answer: the Adulthood Questions
Work on: the Terms and Concepts

Complete: Unit 4 Exam Corrections

Optional: Fivethirtyeight.com has an interesting article about college

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda

• Intro: Human Development
• Answer the Development Questions
• Note: this Unit covers chapters 10-12

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Complete: the Unit 4 Summative Assessment
• Finish: Intervention (Alyson)
• Intro: Unit 5-Human Development

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Drug Presentations (2 left)
• Intervention: Alyson
• Review: Unit 4
• Prep: Summative Assessment tomorrow

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Drug Presentations
• Review: Unit 4 (Chapter 5)
• Study: Summative assessment is tomorrow

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

Present/Discuss: the Drug Projects
View: an episode of Intervention

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: the Drug research/final project
• We have technology today
• Present tomorrow

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter 5 Attack
• Case Studies: Drug Use/Abuse
• Intervention: Watch an episode of your choice and summarize it.

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

Finish: presenting Common Problems Associated with Sleep
Complete: the Chapter 5 Attack
Watch: the Science behind Dreaming

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: Problems Commonly Associated with Sleep
• Finish: Chapter 5 Attack
• Comment: Adolescents and Sleep on yesterday's post

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Research: Problems Commonly Associated with Sleep
• Library today
• Extra time: Chapter 5 Attack still needs to be completed

Frontline: Adolescents and Sleep. Read and comment on the blog below by Friday.

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Altered States of Consciousness
• Sleep Cycles/Quality Sleep vs. Sleep Quantity
• Dream Content and Interpretation
• Chapter Attack for Chapter 5

Unit 3-Summative Assessment

Tuesdays Agenda:

• Complete: the Chapter 3 Summative Assessment
• Intro: Unit 4-Consciousness (Ch. 5)
• Chapter 5 Attack

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Review: the article The Truth about Guys and Girls: is it in your Head?
• Intro: Genetics (Nature) Self assessment
• Nature vs. Nurture debate
• Kinship Studies: What do they tell us?

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: Brain notes
• Finish: Endocrine System Visuals
• Read: the article The Truth about Guys and Girls: is it in your Head? and leave a response in the comment section of the this blog post.

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter 3 Review
• Discuss: the research that we did (Hand in your summaries)
• Construct: a visual representation of the Endocrine System

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Research: Contemporary Research Being Done on the Human Brain
• Finish: Chapter 3 Attack (Open note quiz tomorrow)
• Make-Up: If you were not here on Friday, you still need to complete your Brain Chart/Visual (The assignment is linked on Friday's blog)

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Reconstruct: the Brain
• Finish: the Chapter 3 Attack (Open Note quiz on Tuesday)
• Unit 2 Test Corrections can be done as well

Infographic: Why our Brains Love Visual Content

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/Intro-Unit 3 Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

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

From the Atlantic: Social and Emotional Intelligence is the key to college success 

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

Chapter 2 Review (Open Note)
Finish: Small Group Research (Group Share tomorrow)
Read and comment below: Is Divorce Bad for Children?

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Procedural Steps 4 and 5. (Analyze the data and Draw Conclusions)
• Discuss: All 5 procedural steps on Thursday
• Finish the Chapter 2 Attack
• Tutorial: Writing the Lab Report

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Procedural Step #3
• Begin: Procedural Step #4 (Analyze the data)
• Finish: Chapter Attack (Ch. 2)

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Research: Contemporary Research in the field
• Small group research: Procedural Step #3 should be done either today or tomorrow
• When you are done: Finish the Chapter 2 Attack
• Finish/Turn in: Unit 1 Test Corrections

Optional: CNN article on Man who remembers who he is after 30 years.

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Methods of Observation, Independent/Dependent Variables, and Ethics 
• Prepare our small group research projects
• Continue: Chapter 2 Attack
• Check this out and comment below: Twitter, 10 Psychological Insights

Unit 2-Psych. Research

Today's Agenda:

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

Unit 1 Summative Assessment/Intro. Unit 2

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:

Complete: Application of Contemporary theories (Started on Friday)
Discuss: Contemporary theories
Review: Unit 1 Summative Assessment 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:

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

Link to the textbook on-line (Let's look at it)

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Research: Using technology, 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. Cite your source.

Here is the "official" assignment.

Finish: the Chapter 1 Textbook work (Quiz tomorrow)

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Psychological Organizations:

• American Psychological Association
• National Institute of Mental Health
• American Mental Health Counselors Association
• Psychology Today
• American Psychiatric Association

Lecture Notes: The Founding Fathers of Psychology

Time permitting: Finish the Chapter 1 Textbook Work

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

• Activity: Challenging Assumptions
• What is Psychology? Notes
• Careers in Psychology (if you are interested read this article)
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Careers in Psychology 

Video clip: intro to Psychology: Crash Course

Define: Key terms and Concepts for Chapter 1 (Vocab quiz)

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

• Introductions: Did not get to yesterday.
• What is Psychology? Notes
• Careers in Psychology (if you are interested read this article)
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Careers in Psychology

Welcome to Psychology

Tuesday August 30, 2016

• Meet and Greet Activity
• Course Expectations and Sign Off sheet
• Careers in Psychology (if you are interested read this article)
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Careers in Psychology
• Activity: Challenging Assumptions

Unit-Stress and Health

Today's agenda:

• Analyze: 4 Types of Conflict
• Create: 4 different scenarios
• Conflict Management Styles

Unit 7-Stress and health

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Scale
• Activity: Adapt for adolescents
• Finish: Terms and Concepts for 17/14

Unit 7-Stress and Health

• Technology today (Room 260)
• Find an article/study that addresses the following question:  What are some of the effects of stress on our physical or emotional well being?
• Cite your source
• Be ready to share with the rest of the class
• Begin your Lifeline Paper

Unit-Stress and Health

Today's Agenda:

• Transition: finish/turn in Unit 6 summative assessment
• Intro: Stress and Health
• Terms and Concepts (Ch. 17/14)

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz: Terms and Concepts for Ch. 8 and 9
• Watch: Howard Gardner interview
• Review: Unit 6 Exam is tomorrow

Optional: Brain Games

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

Opening Discussion: What is intelligence?
Discuss: the History of Intelligence Testing
Analyze: 4 Different Intelligence Theories

• Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
• Louis Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities
• Robert Sternbergs's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
• Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence

Reminder: Terms and Concepts for Chapters 8 and 9 are due Wednesday.

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Review Quiz: Chapters 6 and 7
• Finish: Terms and concepts for Chs. 8 and 9
• Share: Vivid episodic memories
• View: Language Acquisition

Great article from Stanford Dean on what skills 18 year olds should have!

Unit 6-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Activity: Develop 4 scenarios/examples on your own
• Review Terms: Different types of Memory
• Create: Practical examples

Chapter 6 and 7 terms are due tomorrow
Optional: Innocence Project

Unit-Cognition

Today's Agenda:

• Analyze: Classical vs. Operant Conditioning
• Compare: Latent vs. Observational Learning
• Activity: Develop 4 scenarios/examples on your own

Terms and Concepts for chapters 6-9

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Jolicoeur is out today; the Flu is kicking my butt!
• Watch: John Q
• Complete: An application of Kohlberg's theory on Moral Development. Here is a link to the assignment

Put the group presentations on hold and we will pick up with them on Tuesday.

Have a great day!

Unit 5-Human Development

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: Interactive Activities
• Discuss: Individual Case Studies
• Optional: Article on Child Development