Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note/Psych News. You read last time's responses and you write a new question. Then you heard the news presentations.
2) Statistics Free-Response. This was your first one. We graded it and talked about the expectations for these.
3) Sexual Motivation. Lecture on how this is part of human behavior and the researchers who try to understand sexual motivation.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 13 pp. 499-512
2) Don't forget to turn in YOUR Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
January 22: Maslow and Hunger
Almost a snow day! :)
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read last time's responses and you write a new question.
2)Psych News. For 2B, Megan brought in an interesting article on how we perceive global warming.
3) Notes on Maslow and More. I also introduced Glasser's Needs.
4) Alive. We watched 12 minutes of the movie "Alive" based on the true story of the 1972 plane crash survivors who had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
5) Hunger. WOW...our motivation to eat is huge! We went through the ways that signal our hunger motivation and we quickly looked body image issues and eating disorders. We'll talk more next class!
Assignments:
1) Finish Chapter 12.
2) Maslow Assignment. If you didn't finish it, record events in your life that fulfill each level of Maslow's Hierarchy and whether or not you think you have achieved this level.
3) Statistics Free-Response. This is your first one. Try it out. Give yourself a half hour to sit quietly and write your answer. No need for a thesis, introduction, conclusion. Do not type your answer. Write. Use your book this time or your notes. Try it out and see what you think. It is due on Tuesday.
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read last time's responses and you write a new question.
2)Psych News. For 2B, Megan brought in an interesting article on how we perceive global warming.
3) Notes on Maslow and More. I also introduced Glasser's Needs.
4) Alive. We watched 12 minutes of the movie "Alive" based on the true story of the 1972 plane crash survivors who had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
5) Hunger. WOW...our motivation to eat is huge! We went through the ways that signal our hunger motivation and we quickly looked body image issues and eating disorders. We'll talk more next class!
Assignments:
1) Finish Chapter 12.
2) Maslow Assignment. If you didn't finish it, record events in your life that fulfill each level of Maslow's Hierarchy and whether or not you think you have achieved this level.
3) Statistics Free-Response. This is your first one. Try it out. Give yourself a half hour to sit quietly and write your answer. No need for a thesis, introduction, conclusion. Do not type your answer. Write. Use your book this time or your notes. Try it out and see what you think. It is due on Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
January 20: Review Test/ Intro to Motivation
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. Your wrote a question for the first section chapter 12.
2) Psych News. For 2B, Megan presented an article on stress and for 3B, Ryan presented an article on neuroticism.
3) Test Review. We went over the test questions that were most missed by the class. It is really important that you guys study with others to hear someone else's explanation of concepts. This chapter was hard for many of you so I made it out of 93 so hopefully that helped.
4) Introduction of Motivation. When you think about the future what comes to mind? We talked about hope, instincts, drives, and arousal. At the end I briefly shared Maslow. We'll cover this more on Friday.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 12 pp. 432-441
2) Maslow Assignment. For Friday, record events in your life that fulfill each level of Maslow's Hierarchy and whether or not you think you have achieved this level.
1) Neuron Note. Your wrote a question for the first section chapter 12.
2) Psych News. For 2B, Megan presented an article on stress and for 3B, Ryan presented an article on neuroticism.
3) Test Review. We went over the test questions that were most missed by the class. It is really important that you guys study with others to hear someone else's explanation of concepts. This chapter was hard for many of you so I made it out of 93 so hopefully that helped.
4) Introduction of Motivation. When you think about the future what comes to mind? We talked about hope, instincts, drives, and arousal. At the end I briefly shared Maslow. We'll cover this more on Friday.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 12 pp. 432-441
2) Maslow Assignment. For Friday, record events in your life that fulfill each level of Maslow's Hierarchy and whether or not you think you have achieved this level.
Friday, January 15, 2010
January 15: Intelligence Test
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read answers from the Neuron Note. You do not need to write a new question on test days.
2) "Genetic and Environmental Influences" DVD Clip. This was ~8 minutes on current research! Very interesting!
3) Test. 100 multiple choice test on chapter 11. If you were absent, you can take the test on Wednesday while we go over the correct answers.
4) Outline. You picked up the outline for the next unit on Motivation, Emotions, and Stress. Three chapters in one unit! How will you make that work?
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 12 up to p. 467
1) Neuron Note. You read answers from the Neuron Note. You do not need to write a new question on test days.
2) "Genetic and Environmental Influences" DVD Clip. This was ~8 minutes on current research! Very interesting!
3) Test. 100 multiple choice test on chapter 11. If you were absent, you can take the test on Wednesday while we go over the correct answers.
4) Outline. You picked up the outline for the next unit on Motivation, Emotions, and Stress. Three chapters in one unit! How will you make that work?
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 12 up to p. 467
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
January 13: Mutliple Intelligences
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You wrote a new question or comment for the reading and read the answers.
2) Announcements.
Lunch today we will review of chapter 11 vocabulary and Ch. 11 Test on Friday.
3) Pop Quiz. If you were gone, plan to take it after Friday's test.
4) Multiple Intelligences Discuss. You read the debate on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and we discussed this theory and John White's disagreement with it.
5) Sternberg and Triarchic Theory. We watched the video clip of Sternberg talking about his theory and his examples.
6) Normal Curve Handout. Make sure you know the percentages of the IQ test results.
Assignments:
1) Finish Chapter 11
2) Chapter 11 Test in on Friday.
1) Neuron Note. You wrote a new question or comment for the reading and read the answers.
2) Announcements.
Lunch today we will review of chapter 11 vocabulary and Ch. 11 Test on Friday.
3) Pop Quiz. If you were gone, plan to take it after Friday's test.
4) Multiple Intelligences Discuss. You read the debate on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and we discussed this theory and John White's disagreement with it.
5) Sternberg and Triarchic Theory. We watched the video clip of Sternberg talking about his theory and his examples.
6) Normal Curve Handout. Make sure you know the percentages of the IQ test results.
Assignments:
1) Finish Chapter 11
2) Chapter 11 Test in on Friday.
Monday, January 11, 2010
January 11: IQ Tests
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You wrote a new question or comment for the reading and read the answers. Keep up with your reading!
2) Announcements.
Emotional Intelligence Video at lunch today. Multiple Intelligence debate on Wednesday. Ch. 11 Test on Friday.
3) 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?"Is this a better measure of intelligence?
4) Chitling Test. You took this IQ test to start our discussion on cultural bias in IQ testing. This test was put together by Adrian Dove, a black sociologist, to challenge the IQ tests of the 1960s and 1970s.
5) Class discussion of Culture and Intelligence. We watched the research of Aboriginal children and white Australian children and spatial intelligence. We discussed how our culture determines our success on IQ tests
6) Brain Imaging of Intelligence. We discussed new research by Robert Haier who is imaging the brain and studying intelligence. What we could identify major areas of the brain of intelligence!?
Assignments:
1) Multiple Intelligences readings. Complete the handout so you can be part of the disucssion.
2) Read Ch. 11 pp.437-445.
3) Chapter 11 test is on Friday.
1) Neuron Note. You wrote a new question or comment for the reading and read the answers. Keep up with your reading!
2) Announcements.
Emotional Intelligence Video at lunch today. Multiple Intelligence debate on Wednesday. Ch. 11 Test on Friday.
3) 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?"Is this a better measure of intelligence?
4) Chitling Test. You took this IQ test to start our discussion on cultural bias in IQ testing. This test was put together by Adrian Dove, a black sociologist, to challenge the IQ tests of the 1960s and 1970s.
5) Class discussion of Culture and Intelligence. We watched the research of Aboriginal children and white Australian children and spatial intelligence. We discussed how our culture determines our success on IQ tests
6) Brain Imaging of Intelligence. We discussed new research by Robert Haier who is imaging the brain and studying intelligence. What we could identify major areas of the brain of intelligence!?
Assignments:
1) Multiple Intelligences readings. Complete the handout so you can be part of the disucssion.
2) Read Ch. 11 pp.437-445.
3) Chapter 11 test is on Friday.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
January 7: 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. It went well for many of you. As for our class time together, you want more discussions and help with the tests. Some of you love the videos, some of you don't. Some of you love the pop quizzes, 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. You received a packet to keep everyone's articles this semester. I presented the article "The Price of Affluence" as the first Psych News. If you'd like to read the article, go to: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/teens.html You signed up for a day to present your own articles of interest.We had some very interesting discussions on this topic.
4) Intelligence Definitions: Is it a general trait or is it independent abilities?
Assignments:
1) Read Ch. 11 pp.427-437.
2) Chapter 11 test is next Friday.
3) Multiple Intelligences articles. Complete the handouts and bring it on Wednesday for a good discussion.
1) Neuron Note. You wrote your first NN for second semester.
2) Feedback from 1st Semester. I shared your comments about first semester. It went well for many of you. As for our class time together, you want more discussions and help with the tests. Some of you love the videos, some of you don't. Some of you love the pop quizzes, 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. You received a packet to keep everyone's articles this semester. I presented the article "The Price of Affluence" as the first Psych News. If you'd like to read the article, go to: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/teens.html You signed up for a day to present your own articles of interest.We had some very interesting discussions on this topic.
4) Intelligence Definitions: Is it a general trait or is it independent abilities?
Assignments:
1) Read Ch. 11 pp.427-437.
2) Chapter 11 test is next Friday.
3) Multiple Intelligences articles. Complete the handouts and bring it on Wednesday for a good discussion.
January 5: Welcome Back!
Class Activities:
1) Welcome Back! We talked about break. No Neuron Note necessary.
2) Review Final Exam. We looked at all the questions from each chapter and went over the ones which were most troublesome. You could see what chapters were your best and worst from last semester.
3) Assess 1st Semester. You took the time to give me feedback on what worked for you first semester in AP Psych and what you would like to see being done differently. You wrote a "New Year's Resolution."
4) What is Intelligence? We all imagined a smart person in our lives and shared the characteristics of those people. Oh no! We all had different traits! What makes someone intelligence? We want this to be an objective thing but it isn't. We'll talk more next class.
Assignments:
1) Read Ch. 11 pp.419-432.
2) Reorganize yourself! Clean out your binder, plan how you'll take notes, look at those study habits. Come to class with your binder and yourself ready to learn!
3) Chapter 11 test is on next week on Friday.
1) Welcome Back! We talked about break. No Neuron Note necessary.
2) Review Final Exam. We looked at all the questions from each chapter and went over the ones which were most troublesome. You could see what chapters were your best and worst from last semester.
3) Assess 1st Semester. You took the time to give me feedback on what worked for you first semester in AP Psych and what you would like to see being done differently. You wrote a "New Year's Resolution."
4) What is Intelligence? We all imagined a smart person in our lives and shared the characteristics of those people. Oh no! We all had different traits! What makes someone intelligence? We want this to be an objective thing but it isn't. We'll talk more next class.
Assignments:
1) Read Ch. 11 pp.419-432.
2) Reorganize yourself! Clean out your binder, plan how you'll take notes, look at those study habits. Come to class with your binder and yourself ready to learn!
3) Chapter 11 test is on next week on Friday.
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