In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You didn't have answers to read today, but you wrote a new question based on the weekend's textbook reading on behavior genetics, twin studies, and evolutionary psychology.
2) Brain Test Review. I put the test data (distribution, mean, median, mode, standard deviation, histogram, grade scale) on the overhead so you could see how we did as a class as well as how you did in comparison with your classmates. Since three people earned a 96, I did not curve the test. We went over the questions that most students got wrong and you were able to write down the reasoning behind those tricky questions. I also tried to give page numbers so you could look up those concepts again. I did give everyone an extra point for #75. Please read the top paragraph on page 82 to remember that the right temporal lobe is involved in face recognition.
General comments about the trickiest questions: Many of you missed the ones related to the types of neurotransmitters (chart on page 62), how the nervous system is divided, and what each hemisphere is specialized in doing.
3) Evolutionary Psychology Survey: This gave us a chance to talk about how evolutionary psychologists talk about human behavior and our underlying motivations to perpetuate our genes.
4) "The Responsive Brain" Video: Philip Zimbardo told you about some important research on human touch and how it changes the brain as well as memory, evolution of human behavior, and more.
5) Striking Similarities. We spend the last 10 minutes of class finding similarities and differences between your neighbor and you. We'll use these at the start of class on Thursday
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 3 pages 116-125.
2) Chapter 3 vocabulary notecards (optional)
Please enjoy Homecoming week!!!
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