January 10: Psych News and Assessing Intelligence

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note. You wrote your first NN for second semester.

2) Feedback from 1st Semester. I shared your comments about first semester. You want more discussions, more connection to the material. Some of you love the videos, some of you don't. Some of you love the Neuron Notes, some of you don't. Some of you love the class notes, some of you don't. Most of you are going to keep up with the reading more and study more each day and cram less.

3) AP Psych News. I passed out the article "Do I Know You?" for you read and complete the first summary. Don't forget your day to present a psychology article that interests you.

4) Discovering Psychology Video on Testing. Another Philip Zimbardo video summarizing the main concepts of the unit. You were able to complete the video guide, clarify validity and reliability, and see major researchers (Howard Gardner and Robert Sternberg).

5) Mensa Tests. You completed two tests of intelligence. 1) Analogies 2) Remote Associations. The goal was not to determine your IQ but to analyze these tests asking, "What are these tests measuring? Is that intelligence?"

Assignments:

1) If you haven't, email me one topic that interests you for this semester (chapters 11-18)

2) Read Ch. 11 pp.432-441.

3) Chapter 11 test is on Wednesday.