Daily+Work

Tuesday 9/1/09:
 * First day Handout/discussed
 * [[file:Personal Inventory Psychology.doc]]

Wednesday 9/2/09:
 * Distributed Textbooks
 * Discussed Personal Inventory

Thursday 9/3/09:
 * "Psychology Today" Journal Discussion on current research in Psychology

Friday 9/4/09: Monday 9/7/09: No school. Labor Day Holiday Tuesday 9/8/09: Wednesday 9/9/09: Thursday 9/10/09: Friday 9/11/09:
 * Power Point: The Four Goals of Psychology
 * Presented Psychologist Doll Project (Due Thursday 9/10/09)
 * Reminders: Textbooks covered, Pink Sheets Signed, and required class materials due Tuesday.
 * Read "The Blind Man and the Elephant"
 * Completed the theoretical approaches worksheet: [[file:Chart of Perspectives in Psychology.doc]]
 * Viewed slide with summary of Theoretical Perspectives and discussed the behavior from the Chart.
 * Free Association Activity
 * Reminder: Psychologist Dolls are due Thursday.
 * Finish discussion of slide with summary of theoretical perspectives
 * Broke into 'color' groups by perspective to analyze a scenario/case study
 * Jig-Sawed in different small groups to share the scenarios and explanations of behavior according to assigned 'perspectives.'
 * Turned in group summaries of discussion.
 * Reviewed Group Summaries of Discussion/Perspectives Assignment
 * Discussed the current entries in Skyward
 * Presented Psychologist Dolls
 * Magic! David Copperfield/European City/Newspaper Clipping
 * Discussed the "tricks" in terms of experimentation and scientific method
 * Placards of Scientific Method/Notes
 * Discussed potential problems with experimentation
 * Single-Blind Experiment: Coke or Pepsi?
 * Reminder: Quiz on Chapter 1 Monday

Monday 9/14/09: Tuesday 9/15/09: Wednesday 9/16/09: Thursday 9/17/09 Friday 9/18/09 Monday 9/21/09 Tuesday 9/22/09 Wednesday 9/23/09 Thursday 9/24/09 Friday 9/25/09
 * Quiz Chapter 1
 * Notes on Research Methods
 * Experiment Structures
 * Present [[file:Wordle Assignment.doc]] Project
 * Review project "Wordle"
 * Descriptive Statistics Notes
 * M&M Lab
 * Wrapped up M&M Lab
 * "Methods of Research" Concept Map
 * Started Research Methods BINGO!
 * Notes on Research methods Finished up!
 * Review for quiz: Research Methods BINGO
 * Quiz Chapter 2
 * Begin notes: Prenatal Development
 * WORDLE DUE!
 * Notes: Prenatal Development
 * Video Clips: Reflexes
 * Presented Wordles!
 * Early Motor Development
 * Introduce: Genie Assignment
 * View: Genie "Secret's of the Wild Child"
 * Notes: Language Development
 * Notes: Parenting Styles
 * Discussion on Presentation

Monday 9/28/09 Tuesday 9/29/09 Wednesday 9/30/09 Thursday 10/1/09 Monday 10/5/09 Tuesday 10/6/09 Wednesday 10/7/09 Monday 10/12/09 Tuesday 10/13/09 Wednesday 10/14/09 Thursday 10/15/09 Friday 19/16/09 Monday 10/19/09 Tuesday 10/20/09 Wednesday 10/21/09 Thursday 10/22/09
 * Notes: Cognitive Development
 * Childhood Drawing Small Group Activitiy
 * Childhood Drawing Small Group Activity (Cognitive Development)
 * Notes: Erikson stages of social development
 * Moral Dilemmas!
 * Notes:Kohlberg stages of moral development
 * The Life Span: The Teen Age Brain
 * Finish Kohlberg "Dilemmas"
 * "Adolescence" Notes
 * Discussion: Gender and Adolescence
 * "Adulthood" Notes
 * Discussion: "Time of our lives?"
 * View prezi presentation on Old Age
 * Viewed "Forgetful but Not Forgotten"
 * Remider: Quiz tomorrow!
 * Quiz Chapters 3,4,5
 * Worksheet 6.1 and 6.2
 * Juniors took PSAT
 * Students in class created Play Dough Neurons (see description on unit page)
 * Notes: The Neuron
 * Work on Body Chart in Groups- Part 1: The Nervous System
 * Notes: The Brain
 * Discussion: Athletic Concussions/TBI
 * Messaging in the Brain
 * Work on Body Chart iN Groups-Part 2: The Brain
 * Notes: The Brain
 * Video Clips: on the wiki

Friday 10/23/09
 * View prezi on the Endocrine System
 * View video clips on wiki re: Endocrine System
 * Demonstration: Diffusion

Monday 10/26/09
 * Work on Body Chart in Groups- Part 3: The Endocrine System

Tuesday 10/27/09 Genetics and Heritability Presentation on wikispace

Wednesday 10/28/09 Test Chapter 6: Done on Response System. Makeup date is afterschool Monday 11/2

Thursday 10/29/09 Body Charts DUE Completed Group Evaluation Forms Posted Body Charts Presented Body Charts

Friday 10/30/09 Begin Chapter 7: Altered States of Consciousness Notes: Stages of Sleep Demonstration: [|The Doze Family]

Monday 11/2/09 Notes: Stages of Sleep Discussion: Purpose of Dreams

Tuesday 11/3/09 "Hypnosis" Notes: Theories of Hypnosis Simulation: Hypnosis

Wednesday 11/4/09 "Drugs" Notes: Categories of Drugs Mouse Party

Thursday 11/5/09 "Drugs" Notes: Effects of Drugs on the Teenage Brain Journal: Personal accountability and chemical use choices.

Friday 11/6/09 "Meditation" Notes: Theories of Meditation Simulation: Meditation

Monday 11/9/09 "Biofeedback" Notes: Biofeedback Review for quiz tomorrow!!

Tuesday 11/10/09 Quiz: Altered States of Consciousness. Makeup scheduled for Thursday 11/12 afterschool.

Wednesday 11/11/09 "Classical Conditioning" Simulation: Lemonade Powder/Drooling association!!

Thursday 11/12/09 "Classical Conditioning" Video: Pavlov Notes: UCS/UCR and CS/CR

Friday 11/13/09 "Classical Conditioning" Notes: Associative Learning SENTEO Practice Quiz Classical Conditioning.

Monday 11/16/09 "Operant Conditioning" VIdeo: Skinner VIdeo: Watson Notes: Reinforcement

Tuesday 11/17/09 "Operant Conditioning" Notes: Reinforcement Video: Parenting with Operant Conditioning Discussion: Personal experiences with operant conditioning

Wednesday 11/18/09 "Operant Conditioning" 4-Square Chart: Reinforcement/Punishment Group Discussion

Thursday 11/19/09 "Schedules of Reinforcement" SENTEO Practice quiz/review "Schedules of Reinforcement"

Friday 11/20/09 "Schedules of Reinforcement" SENTEO Slides (5) "Questions to ask while determining the schedule of reinforcement" 4-Square Chart Begin "Observational Learning" Discussion: "Effects of observational learning on youth"

Monday 11/23/09 "Observational Learning" Video: Bandura and the Bobo Doll Study Notes: Observational Learning SENTEO Slides (4) Review for quiz tomorrow!!

Tuesday 11/24/09 Test Chapter 9 "Learning"

Wednesday 11/25/09 Thursday 11/26/09 NO SCHOOL Friday 11/27/09 NO SCHOOL

Monday 12/1 "Sensation and Perception: Thresholds" Tuesday 12/2 Thresholds + SENTEO Questions 1-4 and Subliminal messaging/backmasking Wedensday 12/3 "Sensation and Perception: Anatomy of the Eye" Drawing/Transduction Thursday 12/4 "Sensation and Percpetion: Anatomy of the Eye" SENTEO Questions 5-9 Friday 12/5 "Sensation and Perception: Anatomy of the Ear" Present: Sensation Storybook

Monday 12/7 "Sensation and Perception: Anatomy of the Ear" SENTEO Questions Tuesday 12/8 "Sensation and Perception: Chemical Sensations" Lab/Diagram taste centers of tounge Wedensday 12/9 "Sensation and Perception: Integumentary System" SENTEO Questions Thursday 12/10 "Perception: Visual Illusions" Friday 12/11 "Perception: Gestalt" SENTEO Questions

Monday 12/14: Sensation and Perception Storybooks DUE/Presented in Class Tuesday 12/15 Test: Sensation and Perception Wednesday 12/16 Horton Hears a Who Sensation Projetct Thursday 12/17 Horton Hears a Who Sensation Project Friday 12/18 Horton Hears a Who Sensation Project

Monday 12/21 Abnormal Psychology "What is Abnormal" Tuesday 12/22 Abnormal Psychology "Anxiety Disorders"

Monday 1/4/10: Abnormal Psychology "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Case Study War in Iraq/Afganistan" Tuesday 1/5/10: