October 24, 2024

Thursday October 24, 2024

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Happiness Journal

Neuron Model: Due Monday October 28th.

Homework: SQ3R 80-97 Due Monday October 28th.

Quiz over Vocabulary on Wednesday October 30th

Circle: Say you’re independently wealthy and don’t have to work, what would you do with your time?

Biological Psychology and Transmission

Nervous and Endocrine System

Make a neuron

Learning Targets: I can explain/understand:

What are neurons, and how do they transmit information? Myelin sheath

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?

Unit: Biological Bases of Behavior

Point to remember!!!- Everything psychological is simultaneously biological.

Power Point

Domino Neuron Analogy

2 Minute Neuroscience- The Neuron

Crash Course

Get to you know your nervous system

Divisions of the Nervous System

2 Minute Neuroscience- Division of the Nervous System

Psych for kids

Why are people so afraid of clowns?

Kahoot

Explore the Brain

Vocabulary for this unit and which should be turned into notecards:

October 21, 2024

Monday October 21, 2014

New Seating Chart and activity- Rose, Thorn, Bud Game

Circle: One particular place you would like to visit in the USA?

Homework SQ3R 80-97.  This will be checked for a formative grade on the 28th.

QUIZ on perspectives and genetics

Building a neuron model:  Due October 28th.  Quarter ends the 31st.

Image of Neuron

Activity: True/False

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?

October 17, 2024

Thursday October 17, 2024

Circle: What are you currently listening to? 

Unit 1: The Brain-Everything Psychological is simultaneously Biological

Nature/Nurture Review

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

Module 9 slide show

Mind-body connection: Using example from page 79 of the Chinese transplant surgeon how would you answer the following questions?  1. Would Wang still be Wang?  2.  After recovering whose home should he return to?  3.  If he had specialized skills like music, would Wang retain that skill or is it dependent on the new body's muscle memory?  4.  If Wang was to later father a child, whom should the birth certificate list as the father?  

Learning Targets: I can explain/understand

What are neurons, and how do they transmit information? Myelin sheet

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: Study for QUIZ

Building a neuron model:  Due October 28th.  Quarter ends the 31st.

Activity: True/False

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?

Image of Neuron

October 16, 2024

Wednesday October 16, 2024

Some people still need to sign up for AP classroom and the exam

If you still haven't taken our first assessment you need to do that ASAP!

Circle: After watching twin documentary do you think we are more Nature or Nurture?

Homework due today is SQ3R pages 13-19. 129-138

Quiz on Monday over Psychological Approaches and  Behavior Genetics -Terms

Separated at Birth- Twin Studies

1. Ethically, what is wrong with twin studies?

2. What parts of the documentary make you think that nature(genetics) plays a bigger role in who we are?

3. What parts of the documentary make you think that nurture(how we are raised) plays a bigger role in who we are?

4. How has power of genetics been used to justify horrible acts of racism?

5. If genetics is determined to play the central role in who we are, what are the implications for society, school, culture?

6. What are epigenetics?

Perspectives: What are they and how do we apply them?  What is the Bio-Psych-Social model and why do most Psychologists use it?  Take out the hand drawing.

How would you explain the following behavior using the perspectives?  Brittany...

Thursday October 10, 2024

Thursday October 10, 2024

Homework is SQ3R pages 13-19. 129-138,  by Wednesday, October 16th

Separated at Birth: Twins and Triplets Reunite after Cruel Experiment

Questions to answer:

1. What is the main topic of the video?

2. Why were the twins separated?

3. What were the ethical concerns raised in the video?

4. How did the twins feel about being separated?

5. What was the role of the Louise Wise adoption agency?

6. How did the twins' upbringing differ despite being genetically identical?

7. What did the twins discover about each other later in life?

8. What was the impact of the study on the twins' mental health?

 

9. What was the scientific community's view on the separation of twins?

10. What lessons can be learned from this study about ethics in research?

October 7, 2024

Monday October 7, 2024

Circle: A quirky habit you have?

Seating Chart/Seating Chart activity: Who do you look more like, your mom or your dad?  Who are you more like, your mom or your dad?  

The Brain with David Eagleman- Everything psychological is simultaneously biological.

Brain is a prediction machine

Reality is a hallucination.

Activity: The Hand...Perspectives. 

Nature and Nurture- Kids in the hall...

Activity: The Hand...Perspectives. 

Learning Target 1: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Learning Target 2: I can explain how Psychology is the study of behavior AND mental processes and I can define and apply the major psychological perspectives.

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

Transcript activity.  Maxwell Smart  Jane Doe Bio-psych-social model

Quiz Wednesday over Bio-psycho-social Approach and the perspectives(see table 2.1 on page 16)

Homework is SQ3R pages 13-19. 129-138,  by Wednesday, October 16th

Wednesday October 2, 2024

Go to: https://myap.collegeboard.org/login

AP Classroom join codes:

Period 3 NE6WQ9

Period 4 AWVXRE

Circle: what is your comfort food?

Students have the option of working on two different activities. 

(Option 1)  I have included a practice test.  Each student should be working on this individually.  When they are done with the test tell  them to pair up with someone else who is finished and compare answers.  After they have compared answers, give them the answer sheet and tell them to go through and identify areas that they need to study more.  

(Option 2) The other option is to work on creating the note cards that are due on Thursday, the day of the exam. The list is included on the class blog.  (Vocabulary Words Here) Remind them that these need to be completed for class on Thursday to have the minimum of an 80 option.   Please remind them that they should include both the definition and if possible a self-reference. 

Scenario:
The local pool is noticing a strange pattern—every time people eat more ice cream, there seems to be more belly flops happening in the pool! Your task is to figure out if there’s a relationship between the two.

Data Set:

Ice Cream Scoops Eaten	Number of Belly Flops
1	2
2	4
3	5
4	8
5	9
6	12
7	15
8	17
9	19
10	22

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Instructions for the Students:

1. Plot this data on a scatterplot with:
   • X-axis = Ice Cream Scoops Eaten
   • Y-axis = Number of Belly Flops
2. Label your axes and make sure your points are clearly plotted.
3. After plotting, look at the pattern—does it look like there’s a positive correlation? What might this suggest about eating ice cream and belly flops?