November 2, 2020 Pod A in-class B remote

Monday November 2, 2020 Pod A in person.   B remote.

Homework Assignment Sheet  for Unit 3

Circle: $10,000 dollars today or 100,000 in 10 years?

Hand back tests

AP Sign Ups

Importance of taking notes

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: Introduction to the brain and neuroscience. David Eagleman.

Activity: Reaction Time

Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain

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?

Thursday October 22, 2020

Thursday October 22, 2020 Pod B and Remote Pod A

Circle: For seniors, where are you in the college process and for juniors what steps are you taking or know you should be taking?

Unit 2 Test: You will be taking the Unit 2 test on NEXT Monday, October 26th  if you are Pod A in class or NEXT Thursday October 28th if you are Pod B.

We will be going over test review tomorrow in class and on zoom so please make sure you are there.

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

To do well on the test you must understand the following Learning Targets: 

1)Understand advantage of research over other ways of knowing?

2)Identify ways in which bias can influence things

3)Understand advantages and disadvantages of case studies

4)Understand why we can't conclude cause-and-effect relationships from correlational data

5)Understand why we should be cautious of data obtained from surveys

6)Understand advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies

7)Understand what it means to operationalize variables(operational definition)

8)Distinguish between the independent and dependent variables in an experiment

9)Identify cofounding variables and some ways to control these variables

10)Evaluate how double blind procedure and placebos help control for confounding variables

11)Understand the role of statistics in the experimental method

12)Understand and analyze the importance of replication of experiment results

13)Summarize four ethical principals that must guide research on humans

14)Understand why researchers sometimes use animals in their research

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.

I strongly recommended making notecards if you want to do well.  We will practice one. The terms you should know are below:

Research Terms:

experiment

independent  variable

dependent variable

experimental group

control group

population

representative sample

representativeness

random sampling

randomly assigned

bias of selection

double-blind study

placebo

correlational research

confounding variable

longitudinal study

cross-sectional studies

clinical research

case studies

generalization

operational definition

validity

reliability

Statistics:

central tendencies

mean 

median

mode

normal curve

positive correlation

negative correlation

standard deviation

correlational coefficient

generalize

sample

population

representative

sample size

null hypothesis

Type I error

Type II error

p-value

Ethics in Research:

Stanley Milgram

informed consent

debriefing

confidentiality

Kahoot: Research Methods

Remote Work: In the classroom.  Study for test.

Wednesday October 21, 2020

Wednesday October 21, 2020

Unit 2 Test: You will be taking the Unit 2 test on NEXT Monday, October 26th  if you are Pod A in class or NEXT Thursday October 28th if you are Pod B.

We will be going over test review tomorrow in class and on zoom so please make sure you are there.

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

To do well on the test you must understand the following Learning Targets: 

1)Understand advantage of research over other ways of knowing?

2)Identify ways in which bias can influence things

3)Understand advantages and disadvantages of case studies

4)Understand why we can't conclude cause-and-effect relationships from correlational data

5)Understand why we should be cautious of data obtained from surveys

6)Understand advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies

7)Understand what it means to operationalize variables(operational definition)

8)Distinguish between the independent and dependent variables in an experiment

9)Identify cofounding variables and some ways to control these variables

10)Evaluate how double blind procedure and placebos help control for confounding variables

11)Understand the role of statistics in the experimental method

12)Understand and analyze the importance of replication of experiment results

13)Summarize four ethical principals that must guide research on humans

14)Understand why researchers sometimes use animals in their research

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.

Remote Work: In the classroom.  Study for test.

 Monday October 19, 2020: Green Day Pod A and Everyone else.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://msad17.zoom.us/j/84610077185?pwd=L01VWVYveDBHanE0RFZ6QllFT21WUT09

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

Learning Targets: 

1)Understand advantage of research over other ways of knowing?

2)Identify ways in which bias can influence things

3)Understand advantages and disadvantages of case studies

4)Understand why we can't conclude cause-and-effect relationships from correlational data

5)Understand why we should be cautious of data obtained from surveys

6)Understand advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies

7)Understand what it means to operationalize variables(operational definition)

8)Distinguish between the independent and dependent variables in an experiment

9)Identify cofounding variables and some ways to control these variables

10)Evaluate how double blind procedure and placebos help control for confounding variables

11)Understand the role of statistics in the experimental method

12)Understand and analyze the importance of replication of experiment results

13)Summarize four ethical principals that must guide research on humans

14)Understand why researchers sometimes use animals in their research

Seating Chart Activity: Share your name and concert you would love to see.

Circle: Do you think ranking kids by there grades (class rank) is a good/bad idea and why?

True/False Quiz

Scatterplot

Welcome back to science class.

Science, what is it good for?  Birthweight, socio-economic status of mother and first teacher.  What can we predict.

Books in the house...

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.

Remote Work: In the classroom.  Study for test.

Thursday October 15th, 2020: Green Day Pod B and Everyone else.

Thursday October 15, 2020: Green Day Pod B and Everyone else.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://msad17.zoom.us/j/84610077185?pwd=L01VWVYveDBHanE0RFZ6QllFT21WUT09

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

Learning Targets: 

1)Understand advantage of research over other ways of knowing?

2)Identify ways in which bias can influence things

3)Understand advantages and disadvantages of case studies

4)Understand why we can't conclude cause-and-effect relationships from correlational data

5)Understand why we should be cautious of data obtained from surveys

6)Understand advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies

7)Understand what it means to operationalize variables(operational definition)

8)Distinguish between the independent and dependent variables in an experiment

9)Identify cofounding variables and some ways to control these variables

10)Evaluate how double blind procedure and placebos help control for confounding variables

11)Understand the role of statistics in the experimental method

12)Understand and analyze the importance of replication of experiment results

13)Summarize four ethical principals that must guide research on humans

14)Understand why researchers sometimes use animals in their research

Circle: Do you think ranking kids by there grades (class rank) is a good/bad idea and why?

Welcome back to science class.

Science, what is it good for?  Birthweight, socio-economic status of mother and first teacher.  What can we predict.

Books in the house...

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.

Remote Work: In the classroom

Monday  October 5, 2020: Green Day Pod A and Everyone else.

Zoom Information

Talk about remote work/attendance/classroom

School going forward

Join Zoom Meeting

https://msad17.zoom.us/j/84610077185?pwd=L01VWVYveDBHanE0RFZ6QllFT21WUT09

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Circle: How did the SQ3R process go for you?

Context...

Welcome back to biology.

Science, what is it good for?  Birthweight, socio-economic status of mother and first teacher.  What can we predict.

Books in the house...

Activity: SQ3R Unit 2

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.

Remote Work: In the classroom