Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Research: Problems Commonly Associated with Sleep
• Technology Tues. and Thurs.
• Case Studies: Drug Use/Abuse
• Chapter 5 pdf

Frontline: Adolescents and Sleep. 

Unit 4-Consciousness

Today's Agenda:

• Take: the Sleep Quiz
• Watch: Sleep Myths Debunked
• How to Improve Sleep Quality

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
• View: PBS Dreams

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

Nature versus Nurture

• Genetics, DNA, and Heredity
• Genetics Powerpoint
• Intro: Genetics (Nature) Self assessment
• Kinship Studies: What do they tell us?
• View: Behavioral Genetics

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Research: Contemporary Research 
• Construct: a visual representation of the Endocrine System
• Share: the articles that you found

Unit 3-Biology and Behavior

Today's Agenda:

Here is a great resource for the anatomy of the brain:

• Brain Anatomy-PBS

Other interesting resources:

• Brian Video: 18 minute video from Michigan State
• Video: Inside the Teenage Brain

Unit 3-Biology and behavior

Today's Agenda:

• Reconstruct: the Brain
• Brain Notes
• Construct: a visual representation of the Endocrine System
• Optional: Innocence Project

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 
• View: Our Brains and Perception
• The Nervous System Overview

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

Unit 2-Psych. Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Small Group Activity (Procedural Steps 3 and 4)
• Collect and Analyze Data
• Individual Summary
• Next Block (Thursday) present findings to the class.

Unit 2-Research Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Research: Contemporary Research in the field Submitted on google classroom
• Group Share: Research that you found
• Procedural Step #1-Research Questions

Unit 2-Research Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter 2 Attack(Open Note Quiz)
• View: Research with animals
• Analyze: Psychology Experiments

Unit 2-Research Methods

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Stanford Prison Experiment
• Discussion Questions
• Hand Back Unit 1 Summative assessment/Test Corrections

Unit 2-Research Methods

Today's Agenda:

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

View: Bias and Prejudice: Can they be good?

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

• Share: the articles that you found on Contemporary Research
• Apply: Case Study with the Contemporary Perspectives
• View: Intro to Psychology

Next class: Unit 1 Summative Assessment

Unit 1-What is Psychology?

Today's Agenda:

Complete: Chapter 1 Review
Begin: Contemporary Perspectives Examination (Assignment is in Google Classroom)
Here is the classroom code: uuqyljt

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

Powerpoint of the Founding Fathers

Time permitting: Begin the Chapter 1 Textbook Work

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

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

Video: 10 Myths about psychology Debunked

Welcome to Psychology!

Today's Agenda:

• 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