Thursday, October 14, 2021

October 14, 2021

Thursday, October 14, 2021

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

Test: Unit 2 

Extra Credit: On back of test explain what you did to prepare for the test.  Check notecards, study groups and SQ3R'd homework.

Exit ticket: After taking test do you feel like you were well prepared?  What would you continue to do and what would you do differently next time?


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?

Homework: SQ3R  pages 79-89.  This is a big assignment.  You should break it up into three days.

Activity: True/False

Activity: Introduction to the brain and neuroscience. David Eagleman.

Activity: Reaction Time

Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain


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
Your ACE's score: Does it surprise you?


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