Wednesday, October 26, 2016

AGENDA: Week of Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2016

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 6: Learning
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Learning - Classical Conditioning Part I
; Pavlov’s Demonstration: “Psychic Reflexes”
Terminology and Procedures, Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life, Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning
TUE: Learning - Comparing Classical & Operant Conditioning; Classical Conditioning Part II - Acquisition, Extinction; Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization; Discrimination. 
WED/THU: Learning - Operant Conditioning, Part I - Thorndike, Watson, Skinner;
FRI: Learning - Operant Conditioning, Part II - Reinforcement SchedulesObservational Learning

ASSESSMENTS AT A GLANCE:

MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning", Plus FRQ
How do dogs learn a new trick? Operant Conditioning... that's how.
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Monday, Oct. 31, 2016
Quote:  “The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.” - Hubert Humphrey
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Label the Lightning and Thunder example that we discussed on Friday as:
Lightning - Thunder = Fear
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) and Unconditioned Response (UCR)
Neutral Stimulus (NS) and Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Response

2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Learning - Classical Conditioning
Learning - Classical Conditioning Part IPavlov’s Demonstration: “Psychic Reflexes”
Terminology and Procedures, Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life, Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning

ASSESSMENTS:
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning", Plus FRQ
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Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016
Quote:  “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.” - Pope John Paul I

Agenda:
1. DO NOW:  Label the Attachment example that we discussed last Friday as:
Food, Mother, Baby = Attachment
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) and Unconditioned Response (UCR)
Neutral Stimulus (NS) and Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
Conditioned Response

2. Notes, Discussion, & VideoLearning - Comparing Classical & Operant ConditioningClassical Conditioning Part II - Acquisition, Extinction; Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization; Discrimination. 

ASSESSMENTS:
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning", Plus FRQ
Yep, it's kind of like that.
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Wednesday, Nov 2, 2016 & Thursday Nov 3, 2016
Quote: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo Emerson
Agenda:
1. Do Now: Compare Classical & Operant Conditioning

2. Video: Crash Course Psychology - How To Train a Brain 
I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell (and I'm not talking about the Aimee Mann song), but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner Box"? All those questions and more are answered in today's Crash Course Psychology, in which Hank talks about some of the aspects of learning. 


3. Notes, Discussion, & VideoOperant Conditioning, Part II

ASSESSMENTS:
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning", Plus FRQ
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Friday, Nov 4, 2016
Quote: “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” - Earl Shoaf

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up Reinforcement Schedules Worksheet; Complete as many as possible. We will discuss and go over the answers.

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Learning - Operant Conditioning, Part II - Reinforcement SchedulesObservational Learning

3. Video: Crash Course Psychology - The Bobo Beatdown In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about how we learn by observation... and how that can mean beating the tar out of an inanimate clown named Bobo. 
Limitations of Classical and Operant Conditioning; Basics of Learning; Mirror Neurons; Bobo Doll & Bandura


ASSESSMENTS:
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning", Plus FRQ