Tuesday September 4, 2018
Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.
Circle: What is you biggest pet peeve? Something that someone does that drives you absolutely crazy.
Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.
Circle: What is you biggest pet peeve? Something that someone does that drives you absolutely crazy.
Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).
MB Exercise: Handout of Short MB test. Carnac Activity. Turn and talk? How can I do this?
Understanding your MB Profile: Using your phone read your profile. What does it tell you about yourself? What does it tell you about the others in the class? How does it feel that someone can know you that well without ever having met you? Write your profile on an index card and place it in front of you. Look around at the people at your table and read about them according to their profile. Does it make sense? Does the profile fit the person. You will be doing a brief presentation about a person at your table. Do these profile's of the 16 types give you any insight to the people in the room. Do you notice any trends?
Online MB Test
Evolutionary Psych
Textbook: Handout and have them research SQ3R or versions of it on their phone. Report out what you found to your group and then class.
Textbook: The reading of the text is essential. If you want to do good in this class and the AP exam you must read it.
Homework: Using your MB profile research yourself online. After doing some research answer the following questions: What do you see as your strengths in terms of being successful in AP? What do you see as your weaknesses as it would relate to your success in AP? What could you do as a result of this knowledge to help you in this class? Please use the information you gathered from your profile to support your answers.
Reading: Putting Grit in its place
Website: ohchspsychology.blogspot.com
Syllabus
Commitment Contract
Communication
Homework: Choose one of the articles to read listed below. After reading the article answer the following questions: What is one thing you agree with, one thing you disagree with and one thing you have further questions about? The answers should be written down on paper. This is due on Tuesday September 4th.
MB Exercise: Handout of Short MB test. Carnac Activity. Turn and talk? How can I do this?
Understanding your MB Profile: Using your phone read your profile. What does it tell you about yourself? What does it tell you about the others in the class? How does it feel that someone can know you that well without ever having met you? Write your profile on an index card and place it in front of you. Look around at the people at your table and read about them according to their profile. Does it make sense? Does the profile fit the person. You will be doing a brief presentation about a person at your table. Do these profile's of the 16 types give you any insight to the people in the room. Do you notice any trends?
Online MB Test
Evolutionary Psych
Textbook: Handout and have them research SQ3R or versions of it on their phone. Report out what you found to your group and then class.
Textbook: The reading of the text is essential. If you want to do good in this class and the AP exam you must read it.
Homework: Using your MB profile research yourself online. After doing some research answer the following questions: What do you see as your strengths in terms of being successful in AP? What do you see as your weaknesses as it would relate to your success in AP? What could you do as a result of this knowledge to help you in this class? Please use the information you gathered from your profile to support your answers.
Reading: Putting Grit in its place
Website: ohchspsychology.blogspot.com
Syllabus
Commitment Contract
Communication
Homework: Choose one of the articles to read listed below. After reading the article answer the following questions: What is one thing you agree with, one thing you disagree with and one thing you have further questions about? The answers should be written down on paper. This is due on Tuesday September 4th.
1. New Insights on College Drinking (American Psychological Association, Oct. 2013) http://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/college-drinking.aspx
2. Partying on Facebook May Spur Teens’ Risky Behavior (Psych Central, Sept. 4, 2013) http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/09/04/partying-on-facebook-may-spur-teens-riskybehavior/59175.html
3. Why the Teen Brain is Drawn to Risk (Time, Oct. 8, 2012) http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/08/health/time-teen-brain-risk/index.html
4. Teens and Risky Behavior: More Complicated than it seems? (Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2, 2012)
5. What Makes Teens Tick (Time, May 10, 2004) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994126,00.html
6. Good Parents, Bad Results (U.S. News & World Report, June 12, 2008) http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/living-well/articles/2008/06/12/good-parents-bad-results
7. Teenager, Friends, and Bad Decisions (New York Times, February 3, 2011) http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/teenagers-friends-and-bad-decisions/ 