August 22: Approaches to Psychology

In Class-Activities:

1) You wrote a Neuron Note and read the responses to last class' Neuron Note questions. This will be a regular activity at the start of class every day. Hopefully, you will make the most of it.

2) We made sure everyone was ready to start learning so it was the last time to show me a book covered, parent signature, binder with dividers, and notecards. We also made sure we had communicated via email so I can create an email group.

3) As a way to really understand each perspective of psychology, you broke into teams of 3 and made a poster of all the approaches to psychology. In your group, you compared the chart on page 11 in your textbook with the College Board Outline and then with the "Psychology & You" textbook's explanation of the approaches. You made a web of perspectives. With each perspective, you wrote the definition, listed famous people, and gave examples. At the end of class, we talked about the pros and cons of each viewpoint and analyzed a situation with a woman who was depressed after dating a man of a different religion. The goal of the day was to REALLY understand the differing views psychologists take when examining human behavior.

Assignments:

1) Read the beginning of chapter 1 up to page 30.

2) Complete all the notecards for the Prologue and chapter1.

3) Visit the textbook's website and complete the handout. This will give you a chance to sample all that it has to offer.