Tuesday, November 24, 2015

November 24, 2015

Tuesday November 24, 2015

Circle: One thing you love or hate about Thanksgiving.

Unit Test: Unit 5 and 6 Test

Introduce Memory: "If you lose the ability to recall your old memories then you have no life.  You might as well be a rutabaga or a cabbage."

Activity: Meaning and Memory

Activity: Method of Loci

Activity: Chunking



Homework: Read and SQ3R Chapter 7a

Trick your brain activity

Smile

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

November 18, 2015

Wednesday November 18, 2015

Circle: One vivid memory from your early childhood.  Probably pretty random.

Finish Movie: InsideOut

Group Activity: Find examples of both Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning on YouTube and  a presentation with their explaining their respective parts.

Homework: Complete worksheets for REM, Classical Conditioning and Observational Learning.


Test Monday on States of Consciousness(Unit 5) and Learning(Unit 6) 

Thursday, November 12, 2015

November 12, 2015

Thursday November 12, 2015

Circle: One specific thing you would like to learn and why?

Unit Review Homework: What did people notice that they missed for questions?  What are some suggestions for me and or the class to improve learning?

Homework: Hypnosis Reaction

Unit 6 Learning: refers to the relatively permanent change in a subject's behavior to a given situation brought about by his or her repeated experiences in that situation.

Transcript Activity: Using the vocabulary from Unit 6 explain why you think these two students have such different transcripts.  Please assume that biologically they have the same IQ and relative health.  Vocabulary that should be used: Classical conditioning, Extinction, Operant Conditioning, Intrinsic, Extrinsic etc.

Next Class

Monday, November 9, 2015

November 9, 2015

Monday November 9, 2015

Seating Chart Activity: Group Activity: Create "labels" for each member of your group (for example: "owns two cats" or "climbed Mt. Washington"). The labels should express something about you, but not something publicly known. Keep the labels secret and be careful with your handwriting.  First, one side of the room takes their labels and places them face down on a center table.  Those who placed labels, stand in a line.  Members of the other half of the class each take a label and attempt to give it to the correct person.  When all labels are placed, the placers get on point for each correctly placed label. Now it's the other group's turn.

Circle: What are you good at?

Review Practice Test: How well did you do?  What do you need from me and the class to get better? What do you think you need to do differently?  This will be passed in.

Hypnosis Activity: Divided Mind/Social Influence Theory

Written Hypnosis Reaction: What was the experience like for you?  What parts did you enjoy?  What did you notice about your surroundings?  Do you remember "feeling" anything?  Sunlight, grass, shade?  How would you explain what you saw in the cabin?  Does it make sense to you?

Homework: Read-review and take SQ3R notes on Unit 6 Learning.






Thursday, November 5, 2015

Circle: Why do you think altering our consciousness (Drugs) is so popular?

Practice Test: Units 1-4

Unit 5: States of Consciousness- Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.

The Brain with David Eagleman: Consciousness and Free Will

Sleep: 20-1 and 20-5

Homework: Read and take SQ3R notes on Unit 5/States of Consciousness

Monday, November 2, 2015

November 2, 2015

November 2, 2015

Circle: What time do you usually go to bed?  Do you feel like you get enough sleep?

Test: Unit 4 Sensation and Perception

Introduce Unit 5: States of Consciousness- Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.

The Brain with David Eagleman: Consciousness and Free Will

Sleep: 20-1 and 20-5

Homework: Read and take SQ3R notes on Unit 5/States of Consciousness


Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Thursday October 29, 2015

Thursday October 29, 2015

Circle: If you were forced to give up  one of your senses which one would it be? Sight, smell, taste, sound, touch.

Introduce Sensation and Perception: Point to remember-We feel, see hear, taste, and smell with our BRAIN, which can sense even without functioning senses.

Finish Zimbardo Video: Discovering Psychology-Sensation and Perception

Nova Clip: David Eagleman and Synesthesia

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

Test Strips: Do you have the gene?
Optical Illusions
Pheromones
Man on a horse picture from text
Color Blindness Test


Homework: Unit 4 and SQ3R Completed

Test on Monday Covering Unit 4: Make sure you can answer the following questions-
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?
Don't forget:  Quizlets, Practice Quiz, Pneumonic Devices