November 1, 2019

Friday November 1, 2019

Circle: A taste/flavor that you find disgusting?

Unit 4: Sensation and Perception Homework 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.

Learning Targets: Understand the following-

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

How do our expectations, contexts, and emotions influence our perceptions?

Reminder about how to make notecards

Activity: 
How do we make sense of this? 6min mark.
How good are you at  Counting Basketballs?
What do you notice?
Can you see the difference?
What is the takeaway?
Just follow along

1. What is this a demonstration of?
2. Definition
3. In your own words.  Personal connection.

Selective Attention Prezi

Synthesize the following:  Why doesn't our brain try to make sense of everything that is happening around us?

Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality/TEDtalk

Zimbardo Video: Discovering Psychology-Sensation and Perception

David Eagleman Ted Talk

The Invisible Gorilla Experiment

Synthesize the following:  What do the following tell us about the world YOU live in?

Test Strips: Do you have the gene?
Sodium Benzoate has different taste perceptions than the other papers. A different pair of alleles determines the ability to taste Sodium Benzoate. It can taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter or tasteless, so this paper is often used in conjunction with another taste test, such as PTC, to characterize taste perception, and break tasters/non-taters into subgroups.
The point is, PTC in genetics has been studied for quite some time, and there is quite a bit of information on it. There are several known alleles for the PTC gene, but PTC sensitivity is really controlled by two major alleles in humans. PTC paper either tastes bitter or it doesn’t taste like anything at all. Some tasters can taste a very strong bitter taste, while other tasters can taste a mildly bitter taste. Thus, there can be three classifications of phenotypes in a PTC study (strong tasters, mild tasters, and no taste).
Our Taste
Optical Illusions
Pheromones
Man on a horse picture from text
Color Blindness Test

Have you ever been under anesthesia?

Eye-witness Accounts

October 30, 2019

Wednesday October 30, 2019

Quiz over 3C

Homework: Unit 4 Assignment Sheet

Circle: Name of the movie that scared the heck out of you?

If you were absent from class Monday you need to schedule a time for the make-up test.

AP Exam Registration if you still have not done so.

Sensation and Perception:

Man on a horse picture from text

The Invisible Gorilla Experiment

October 28, 2019

Monday October 28, 2019

Homework: 3C Assignment Sheet

Circle: What is your favorite piece of halloween candy or what is the one you have to hide from your family?  Which kind of halloween candy do you hate?

If you were absent from class Monday you need to schedule a time for the make-up test.

AP Exam Registration if you still have not done so.

Learning Targets:  At your table discuss the learning targets.  Be ready to report out.

1. What are chromosomes, DNA, genes and the human genome?

2. How do twin and adoption studies help us understand the effects and interactions of nature and nurture?

3. What is heritability, and how does it relate to individuals and groups?

4. How is molecular genetics research changing our understanding of nature and nurture?


Activity Review: What the hell is heritability?

Activity: With your group you will choose two of the following studies/articles.  After reading each one discuss your findings and be ready to report out to the class the following questions:

Nurture:
Childhood Stress 
Harlow's Monkeys
Parents matter but they don't make a difference

Nature:
Twin Studies
5 True Stories of Twins Separated at Birth
Gene Genies


2. Do you think personality traits are primarily inherited or influenced by environment? What is your evidence?


3. Why do you think nature versus nurture is debated? Do you think it is possible to answer this question definitively? Why or why not?


4. Who might be most interested in resolving the nature versus nurture debate? What effect might a resolution have on our society?



5. If you were raising identical twins, what might you do to make sure that they were unique individuals? Explain your answer.



6. Based on what you have learned, do you think it is possible to change your personality? Why or why not? If so, how would you go about making changes?



7. If you are not a twin, would you rather be an identical or a fraternal twin? Why? What do you think would be some of the challenges of being a twin? If you are a twin, write a couple of sentences about the experience. Is it fun? Difficult? If you have other siblings, is your relationship with your twin different from the relationship with your other siblings? If so, what makes it different?

Unit 3C Slides

Kahoot

October 23, 2019

Wednesday October 23, 2019

Circle: 100 years into the future or 100 back in time.  Which one?

If you were absent from class Monday you need to schedule a time for the make-up test.

AP Exam Registration if you still have not done so.

Learning Targets:  At your table discuss the learning targets.  Be ready to report out.

1. What are chromosomes, DNA, genes and the human genome?

2. How do twin and adoption studies help us understand the effects and interactions of nature and nurture?

3. What is heritability, and how does it relate to individuals and groups?

4. How is molecular genetics research changing our understanding of nature and nurture?

Activity: True or False

Activity: What the hell is heritability?

Activity: With your group you will choose two of the following studies/articles.  After reading each one discuss your findings and be ready to report out to the class the following questions:

Nurture:
Childhood Stress 
Harlow's Monkeys

Nature:
Twin Studies
Double Mystery


2. Do you think personality traits are primarily inherited or influenced by environment? What is your evidence?


3. Why do you think nature versus nurture is debated? Do you think it is possible to answer this question definitively? Why or why not?


4. Who might be most interested in resolving the nature versus nurture debate? What effect might a resolution have on our society?



5. If you were raising identical twins, what might you do to make sure that they were unique individuals? Explain your answer.



6. Based on what you have learned, do you think it is possible to change your personality? Why or why not? If so, how would you go about making changes?



7. If you are not a twin, would you rather be an identical or a fraternal twin? Why? What do you think would be some of the challenges of being a twin? If you are a twin, write a couple of sentences about the experience. Is it fun? Difficult? If you have other siblings, is your relationship with your twin different from the relationship with your other siblings? If so, what makes it different?


Homework: 3C Assignment Sheet

October 21, 2019

Monday October 21, 2019

Circle: Who are you more like, your mom or dad?

Unit 3A and 3B Test

AP Exam Registration

Learning Targets:

What are chromosomes, DNA, genes and the human genome?

How do twin and adoption studies help us understand the effects and interactions of nature and nurture?

What is heritability, and how does it relate to individuals and groups?

How is molecular genetics research changing our understanding of nature and nurture?

Homework: 3C Assignment Sheet

October 17, 2019

Thursday October 17, 2019

Quiz over parts of the brain and their function.
Homework Assignment Sheet for Unit 3

Circle Question: A rule from elementary school that you thought was silly or ridiculous?

Questions from Unit 3A you need to know for the test:
What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?
How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?
How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?
What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?
How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?


What you need to know from 3B:
1. I can identify parts of the brainstem and functions of each.
2. I can understand the function of the thalamus.
3. I can understand the function of the cerebellum.
4. I can identify the parts of the limbic system and the functions of each.
5. I can identify and delineate the major regions of the cerebral cortex.
6. I can identify and delineate the two specialized language areas of the left hemisphere, and describe the right hemisphere's special function.
7. I can understand the concept of brain plasticity.

Activity: With your group, research online effective ways to remember parts of the brain.  Be ready to share what you found with the class.

Slideshow: Biological Bases of behavior.

Very useful video's about the Brain:

Crash Course- The Chemical Mind

Crash Course- Meet Your Master





Kahoots:
Neuron and Neurotransmitter Kahoot
Endocrine Kahoot
Brain and Behavior Kahoot

October 15, 2019

Tuesday October 15, 2019

Please bring your computer to class.

Homework Assignment Sheet for Unit 3

Circle Question: What is something you think will be easier about your life when you are an adult?

Questions from Unit 3A you need to know for the test:
What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?
How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?
How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?
What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?
How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?


What you need to know from 3B:
1. I can identify parts of the brainstem and functions of each.
2. I can understand the function of the thalamus.
3. I can understand the function of the cerebellum.
4. I can identify the parts of the limbic system and the functions of each.
5. I can identify and delineate the major regions of the cerebral cortex.
6. I can identify and delineate the two specialized language areas of the left hemisphere, and describe the right hemisphere's special function.
7. I can understand the concept of brain plasticity.

Activity: You are going to become an expert on one of the brief videos listed below. After your group is assigned a video you will 1. Watch Video (you might want to watch it twice) 2. Take notes on important information 3. Put together key points your group believes are the most important things to know 4. Determine which of the above questions the video is addressing. 5. Share what you found for information.

Neurons- How They Work
Severed Corpus Collosum
What is an fMRI
Stabbed in the brain- Phineas Gage
Expressive Aphasia- Sarah Scott
Why we can't tickle ourselves
The Girl who can't feel pain
Worlds tallest man
Nature Nurture: The study of twins
Is it all in our genes?
Girl living with half her brain
Fright night: Fight or flight
Hemispherectomy

Kahoots:
Neuron and Neurotransmitter Kahoot
Endocrine Kahoot
Brain and Behavior Kahoot

October 9, 2019

Wednesday October 9, 2019

Homework Assignment Sheet  for Unit 3

Circle: After watching Memory Hackers, would you want to get ride of any memories?

Quiz in class: Label and explain all the parts of a neuron.

Unit 3: The Brain-Everything Psychological is simultaneously Biological

Learning Targets:

What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?

How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?

How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?

What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?

How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?

How do neuroscientists study the brain’s connections to behavior and mind?

What are the functions of important lower-level brain structures?

What functions are served by the various cerebral cortex regions

What do split brains reveal about the functions of our two brain hemispheres?


Due Today, October 9th Homework: Using the same format as the class activity above, watch the the NOVA program and do a brief write up (no more than a page) about the implications from the show.  (Think in terms of your own life, society, education, crime, etc.)  Please use specific examples from the documentary to support your implications.PBS NOVA Memory Hackers.  If this link does not work just go to Youtube and search Memory Hackers.  Its the first hit.  It is 1 hour 9 minutes long.  It also might just be the school server that is blocking it.  You might have to watch on your phone or wait till you are home.  If you have any problems please let me know.

Activity: With your group, research online effective ways to remember parts of the brain.  Be ready to share what you found with the class.


Very useful video's about the Brain:

1.Crash Course- The Chemical Mind

2.Crash Course- Meet Your Master


3.Neurons- How They Work

4.Pinky and the Brain

5.What is an fMRI

6.Stabbed in the brain- Phineas Gage

7.Expressive Aphasia- Sarah Scott

8.The Phenomenon of Neuroplasticity

9. Do you have the addiction gene?

October 7, 2019

Monday October 7, 2019

Homework Assignment Sheet  for Unit 3

Circle: One thing you would like to change about the way you think about something.

Homework: Draw, label and explain all the parts of a neuron.  This is due on Monday October 7th.

Unit 3: The Brain-Everything Psychological is simultaneously Biological

Learning Targets:

What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?

How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?

How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?

What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?

How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?

How do neuroscientists study the brain’s connections to behavior and mind?

What are the functions of important lower-level brain structures?

What functions are served by the various cerebral cortex regions

What do split brains reveal about the functions of our two brain hemispheres?

Activity: NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444451363/childhood-stress-may-prime-pump-for-chronic-disease-later

Your ACE's score: Does it surprise you?

True-False Activity: 7-1

Due October 9th Homework: Using the same format as the class activity above, watch the the NOVA program and do a brief write up (no more than a page) about the implications from the show.  (Think in terms of your own life, society, education, crime, etc.)  Please use specific examples from the documentary to support your implications.PBS NOVA Memory Hackers.  If this link does not work just go to Youtube and search Memory Hackers.  Its the first hit.  It is 1 hour 9 minutes long.  It also might just be the school server that is blocking it.  You might have to watch on your phone or wait till you are home.  If you have any problems please let me know.



Very useful video's about the Brain:

1.Crash Course- The Chemical Mind

2.Crash Course- Meet Your Master


3.Neurons- How They Work

4.Pinky and the Brain

5.What is an fMRI

6.Stabbed in the brain- Phineas Gage

7.Expressive Aphasia- Sarah Scott

8.The Phenomenon of Neuroplasticity

9. Do you have the addiction gene?

October 3, 2019

Thursday October 3, 2019

Homework Assignment Sheet  for Unit 3

Circle: The song that just gets you moving.

Hand back tests:
1) At your table identify at least one question you got wrong on the test that is now clear how you made the mistake.
2) At you table explain why you think you made the mistake.
3) Be ready to report out to the class your incorrect question and what you did wrong in answering it.
4) What changes are you going to make in your note-taking, class discussions, and study strategies.
5) Share at your table and be ready to report out.

Activity: Draw, label and explain all the parts of a neuron.  This is due on Monday October 7th.

Unit 3: The Brain-Everything Psychological is simultaneously Biological

Learning Targets:

What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?

How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?

How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?

What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?

How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?

How do neuroscientists study the brain’s connections to behavior and mind?

What are the functions of important lower-level brain structures?

What functions are served by the various cerebral cortex regions

What do split brains reveal about the functions of our two brain hemispheres?

Review: What was the purpose behind these activities?
Activity: Introduction to the brain and neuroscience. David Eagleman.
Activity: Reaction Time
Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain

True-False Activity: 7-1

Mind Body Connection Activity:  We know that everything psychological is simultaneously biological.  What implications can you draw about the brain and its structure from the following three examples:  In groups of three what are some of the implications of the following information?

Shawn Achor Video

Harvard Study

NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444451363/childhood-stress-may-prime-pump-for-chronic-disease-later

ACES Video

Very useful video's about the Brain:

1.Crash Course- The Chemical Mind

2.Crash Course- Meet Your Master


3.Neurons- How They Work

4.Pinky and the Brain

5.What is an fMRI

6.Stabbed in the brain- Phineas Gage

7.Expressive Aphasia- Sarah Scott

8.The Phenomenon of Neuroplasticity

9. Do you have the addiction gene?