Friday, February 26, 2010

February 5: Stress

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News.

2) Emotions/Stress Activity. We shared and I collected your summary of your experience with detecting deception, or monitoring your anger, or recoding your daily mood, or meditating.

3) Stress. We took a series of surveys on stress to assess our level.

4) "Worried Sick" Video. Awesome Scientific American Frontiers video with Alan Alda on stress. Great research! Don't get stressed!

Assignments:

Study with someone for the test over chapters 12, 13, 14 on Tuesday!!!!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

February 3: Emotions

Class Activities:

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. You read last time's responses and you wrote a new question. Then you heard the news presentations 2B Shaina 3B Doug and Laura.

2) How Many Emotions? We tried to make a list. Then we looked at Plutchik's Emotion Wheel and Eckman's Facial Expressions to determine how many emotions exist.

3) Emotions readings/surveys. We finished the discussion on supplemental material that related to the chapter reading.

4) Fear. What are you afraid of? The Amgydala notes and discussion. Can you be scared to death?

5) Anger. Fried Green Tomatoes Clip. Road Rage notes and discussion. How comfortable are you with your anger?


Assignments:

1) Finish chapter 14.

2) Emotions/Stress Activity due on Friday! You are either video taping deception and asking people to detect the lies, recording your daily mood, monitoring your anger, and meditating.

3) Test on Chapters 12, 13, 14 on Tuesday.

February 1: Eating Disorders/Start Emotions

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. 2B Mika Reagor 3B No one

2) Guest Speaker on Disordered Eating. You heard from a 38-year-old woman who has struggled with control and eating since she was 13. She shared her story and you were able to ask questions.

3) Emotions readings/surveys. We talked about a few supplemental readings that relate to the chapter reading on emotions.

Assignments:

1) Read chapter 14 up to page 555.

2) Emotions/Stress Activity. Continue working on one of the four activities for this assignment: video taping deception and asking people to detect the lies, recording your daily mood, monitoring your anger, and meditating. It is due on Friday.

January 28: More Motivation

1) Neuron Note/Psych News. You read last time's responses and you write a new question. Then you heard the news presentations.

2) Pop Quiz on end of Ch. 12 and beginning of Ch. 13.

3) Sexual Orientation. We read the FAQ on sexual orientation from the American Psychological Association and had good conversations about the textbook's research.

3) Motivation in the Workplace. We talked about Flow, I/O Psychology, Birth order and achievement.

Assignments:

1) Read chapter 13 pp. 499-512

2) Emotions/Stress Activity. You can choose between four activities for this assignment: video taping deception and asking people to detect the lies, recording your daily mood, monitoring your anger, and meditating. It is due on Friday, February 6th.