November 30, 2017

Thursday November 30, 2017

Test will be returned on Thursday.

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Circle: Do you believe that dreams have any real meaning or help you understand things about yourself and what is on your mind?

Unit 5 Assignment Sheet

Activity: How good are your sleep strategies? Handout.

Activity: How important is sleep.  What could possibly go wrong...

Activity: Please keep a record of your dreams over the next two night.  Write them down with as much detail of specifics as you can.  You will be doing dream analysis on today and this will make class much more interesting if you have your own dream to analyze.

Click here to analyze your dream.

Sleep

Stages of Sleep - Sleep Cycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjPZNNSGlY

Stages of Sleep, REM Sleep and Dreaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoMD1XI5u8

What Makes You Tick: Circadian Rhythms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BoLqqNuqwA

Circadian Rhythm and Your Brains Clock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQ0RxQu2gM

Sleep loss and disorders

What It’s Like To Have Insomnia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwkKcqdrfGo

Sleep Apnea Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTUjQ-IcKPU

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dXEgVK-fF4

What is Narcolepsy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Ucpf_OYvs4E

Nightmares and Night Terrors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8GRH4xmN8

Night Terrors https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=R1srWn4QWoU

What would happen if you didn’t sleep? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqONk48l5vY

Dreams
Crash Course Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHus-0wFSo
Hypnosis
Drugs (Psychopharmacology and Psychology)
Crash Course:Altered States https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=373&v=9PW1fwKjo-Y

Unit Topics: Sleep and Dreams, Hypnosis, Drugs and Consciousness

Dates for Unit: November 21st – December 8th   

Exam Dates: December 8th – 25 multiple choice questions - 2 pts each, 1 ten point FRQ.                                                                                                      

Assigned reading (35 pages): 

Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  These are due before the exam (12/8).  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

• consciousness
• circadian rhythm
• REM sleep
• hallucinations
• insomnia
• narcolepsy
• sleep apnea
• night terrors
• manifest content
• latent content
• hypnosis
• dissociation
• physical dependence
• psychological dependence
• depressants
• barbiturates
• opiates
• stimulants
• hallucinogens

November 28, 2017

Tuesday November 28, 2017

Test will be returned on Thursday.

Circle: On average, how many hours do you sleep a night?

Unit 5 Assignment Sheet


Activity: How high is your sleep IQ?
You will be taking the Sleep IQ test as an individual and then in your group you will compare answers and determine which you think is correct.  After discussing in your group, you will be reporting out to the class with a defense of your answer.  After the Sleep IQ test you will be given time to research how to improve your sleeping habits and get a better night sleep.  You will be reporting out your answers to the class.

Activity: Are you a morning or evening person?  Why?

Sleep

Stages of Sleep - Sleep Cycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjPZNNSGlY

Stages of Sleep, REM Sleep and Dreaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoMD1XI5u8

What Makes You Tick: Circadian Rhythms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BoLqqNuqwA

Circadian Rhythm and Your Brains Clock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQ0RxQu2gM

Sleep loss and disorders

What It’s Like To Have Insomnia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwkKcqdrfGo

Sleep Apnea Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTUjQ-IcKPU

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dXEgVK-fF4

What is Narcolepsy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Ucpf_OYvs4E

Nightmares and Night Terrors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8GRH4xmN8

Night Terrors https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=R1srWn4QWoU

What would happen if you didn’t sleep? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqONk48l5vY

Dreams
Crash Course Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHus-0wFSo
Hypnosis
Drugs (Psychopharmacology and Psychology)
Crash Course:Altered States https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=373&v=9PW1fwKjo-Y

Unit Topics: Sleep and Dreams, Hypnosis, Drugs and Consciousness

Dates for Unit: November 21st – December 8th   

Exam Dates: December 8th – 25 multiple choice questions - 2 pts each, 1 ten point FRQ.                                                                                                      

Assigned reading (35 pages): 

Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  These are due before the exam (12/8).  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

• consciousness
• circadian rhythm
• REM sleep
• hallucinations
• insomnia
• narcolepsy
• sleep apnea
• night terrors
• manifest content
• latent content
• hypnosis
• dissociation
• physical dependence
• psychological dependence
• depressants
• barbiturates
• opiates
• stimulants
• hallucinogens

Homework: Please keep a record of your dreams over the next two night.  Write them down with as much detail of specifics as you can.  You will be doing dream analysis on Thursday and this will make class much more interesting if you have your own dream to analyze.

November 21, 2017

Tuesday November 21, 2017

Circle: One thing you love about Thanksgiving?

Unit Test 4 Sensation and Perception

Unit 5 Assignment Sheet

Unit Topics: Sleep and Dreams, Hypnosis, Drugs and Consciousness

Dates for Unit: November 21st – December 8th   

Exam Dates: December 8th – 25 multiple choice questions - 2 pts each, 1 ten point FRQ.                                                                                                      

Assigned reading (35 pages): 

Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  These are due before the exam (12/8).  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

• consciousness
• circadian rhythm
• REM sleep
• hallucinations
• insomnia
• narcolepsy
• sleep apnea
• night terrors
• manifest content
• latent content
• hypnosis
• dissociation
• physical dependence
• psychological dependence
• depressants
• barbiturates
• opiates
• stimulants
• hallucinogens

Homework: Read the following article on Sleep then answer the following questions: 

1.  List three questions you have about sleep after reading this article.

2.  What does the article state regarding sleep and socioeconomic levels?

November 17, 2017

Friday November 17, 2017

Circle: Have you ever had an experience where you knew something was going to happen before it actually happened?

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.  Sensation refers to how we detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals.  Perception refers to how we select, organize and interpret this information.  Sensation provides the raw information that perception constructs into our experiences.

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?

Article: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/heres-what-blind-prophet-baba-vanga-predicted-for-2016-and-beyond-its-not-good/news-story/6adaca964c9bde14e21103ee7d4fbc1d


Activity: We will be doing a series of experiments to determine if ESP is real or not.
- Coin Activity
- Card Activity
- Number activity

Activity: To study for the test we will be doing a Kahoot on Sensation and Perception.

Study Tools
AP Psychology Crash Courses
Mnemonic
Quizlets
Online Multiple Choice Practice test
Study Guide
AP Study Notes


Exit Ticket: How helpful are Kahoots in class when it comes to studying for tests?

November 15, 2017

Wednesday November 15, 2017

Circle: Are you more of a person "who loves to win" or "hates to loose"?

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.  Sensation refers to how we detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals.  Perception refers to how we select, organize and interpret this information.  Sensation provides the raw information that perception constructs into our experiences.

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?

Activity: We will be watching two or three crash courses if time allows and you will be self assessing on your grasp of content. You will be taking notes and assessing your knowledge and looking for gaps in understanding.

Crash Course Sensation and Perception

Crash Course Homunculus

Crash Course Perceiving is believing

Study Tools
AP Psychology Crash Courses
Mnemonic
Quizlets
Online Multiple Choice Practice test
Study Guide
AP Study Notes


Exit Ticket: What is one big thing you will take away from this class today?

November 13, 2017

Circle: What is one thing that scares you about next year?

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.  Sensation refers to how we detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals.  Perception refers to how we select, organize and interpret this information.  Sensation provides the raw information that perception constructs into our experiences.

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?

Activity: As a class, you will be watching a series of brief videos and doing some in class exercises relating to Sensation and Perception. Your job will be as a small group to connect what you have watched to what we are studying. You will have one person who is leading the discussion, i.e. restating the question and keep the group focused, another will be the reporter who will explain to the class what specifically this connects to and how it connects once everyone in your group understands. You will be taking notes that you can add to your unit 4 notes. Please bring your book to class!
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Snickers Candy Throwing/Depth Perception
 

Exit Ticket: What is one big thing you will take away from this class today?

November 7, 2017

Tuesday November 7, 2017

Circle: If you had to choose a grade you liked the most, which one was it and what did you like about it?

New Seating Chart/Activity: You will try and find three unique things you have in common.  Use chart if necessary.

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.  Sensation refers to how we detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals.  Perception refers to how we select, organize and interpret this information.  Sensation provides the raw information that perception constructs into our experiences.

Free-Response due Tuesday November 7th:  Must be hand written,  no longer than two pages and following in format discussed class on Wednesday with Ms. Manchester.   This is for a summative grade in the Application Standard.

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?


Activity: As a class, you will be watching series of brief videos relating to Sensation and Perception. Your job will be as a small group to connect what you have watched to what we are studying. You will have one person who is leading the discussion, i.e. restating the question and keep the group focused, another will be the reporter who will explain to the class what specifically this connects to and how it connects once everyone in your group understands. You will be taking notes that you can add to your unit 4 notes. Please bring your book to class!

Video
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Video 6 minute mark
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Exit Ticket

November 3, 2017

Please bring your AP Psychology Textbook to class Friday!

Friday November 3, 2017

Circle: TBA

Target: Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.

Free-Response due Tuesday November 7th:  Must be hand written,  no longer than two pages and following in format discussed class on Wednesday with Ms. Manchester.   This is for a summative grade in the Application Standard.

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?

Activity: Finishing up who we are.
Optical Illusions
Pheromones
Color Blindness Test
 

Activity: As a class, you will be watching series of brief videos relating to Sensation and Perception. Your job will be as a small group to connect what you have watched to what we are studying. You will have one person who is leading the discussion, i.e. restating the question and keep the group focused, another will be the reporter who will explain to the class what specifically this connects to and how it connects once everyone in your group understands. You will be taking notes that you can add to your unit 4 notes. Please bring your book to class!

Video 
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Video 6 minute mark

November 1, 2017

Wednesday November 1, 2017

Circle: One thing you have worked really hard to figure out?

Sensation and Perception Assignment Sheet

Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.

This unit will be answering the following questions:

What are sensation and perception? What do we mean by bottom-up processing and top-down processing?

What are the absolute and difference thresholds, and do stimuli below the absolute threshold have any influence?

What is the function of sensory adaptation?

What is the energy that we see as visual light?

What are the characteristics of air pressure waves that we hear as sound?

How do the eye and ear transform light and sound energy into neural messages?

How do we experience each of the body’s senses?

How do Gestalt psychologists understand perceptual organization?

How adaptable is our ability to perceive?

Activity: Technical writing with Heather Manchester. Today we will be looking a technical writing in regard to answering the Free-Response Questions on the AP Psychology exam. Heather will be showing you previously released AP questions to show you how they are scored and how to maximize your points on the exam.

Summative Assessment: You will be receiving a FRQ that you will be answering for a take home assessment. This will be completed outside of class and due on Tuesday November 7th.

Section I

Multiple Choice — 100 Questions | 1 Hour, 10 Minutes | 66.6% of Exam Score

• Define and explain content from a range of course topics
• Apply skills of comparison and interpretation to course concepts, theories, and scientific methods

Section II

Free Response — 2 Questions | 50 Minutes | 33.3% of Exam Score

Topics/themes addressed by these questions may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Analyze a unique scenario using concepts from different theoretical frameworks or subdomains in the field
• Design, analyze, or critique a research study