Monday, August 24, 2009

August 24: Approaches to Psychology

ATTENTION 2B!! I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU THE HANDOUT TO EXAMINE THE TEXTBOOK'S WEBSITE! I AM SENDING IT TO YOU AS AN ATTACHMENT VIA EMAIL AND IT IS ALSO HANGING ON MY CLASSROOM DOOR!

In Class-Activities:


1) You wrote a Neuron Note and read the responses to last period's Neuron Note questions. This will be a regular activity at the start of class every day. Hopefully, you will make the most of it by getting out your notes, reviewing them, writing a thoughtful question or comment, and then reading my answers to your previous questions. The goal is to REVIEW the textbook reading. If you haven't read, please do not write a question. Keep up with the reading!!! And reviewing!!!

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. I also checked that you had created the vocabulary notecards of the Prologue and Chapter 1. Nice Job. There were some very creative ways to keep them organized. Keep up the good work!

3) As a way to really understand each perspective of psychology, you broke into your table teams 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 poster of perspectives. With each perspective, you wrote the definition, listed famous people, and gave examples. At the end of class, we 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) Review all the notecards you made for the Prologue and chapter1.

3) Visit the textbook's website and complete the handout. OH NO!!! I forgot to give it to Pierod 2B! I'll email it to all of you! You can get a copy of it on my classroom door!

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