Thursday, November 2, 2017

Agenda: Week of November 6-10, 2017

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. 
THU: Discuss FRQ Timed-Writing for next class. Learning - Operant Conditioning, Part I - Thorndike, Watson, Skinner. Reinforcement Practice: Reinforcement Schedules Worksheet; Complete as many as possible. We will discuss and go over the answers. (if time) Video: Crash Course Psychology - The Bobo Beatdown
FRI: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods

ASSESSMENTS AT A GLANCE:

This Friday: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning"
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FRQ: Timed-Writing on FRIDAY 

HEADS: Question #1 - Based off of Research Methods (2014)
Actual 2014 Research Methods Question FRQ
Actual 2014 Scoring Guidelines for Research Methods FRQ

TAILS: Question #2 - Research Methods (2015)
 Actual 2015 Research Methods Question #2 - FRQ
Actual 2015 Scoring Guidelines for Research Methods #2 - FRQ
USE THE FRQ TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS WEBSITE FOR HELP
How do dogs learn a new trick? Operant Conditioning... that's how.
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Monday, Nov. 6, 2017
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:
This Friday: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning"
Oh Watson, you were the most interesting man in the world! (To Rayner anyway!)
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Tuesday, Nov 7, 2017
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:
This Friday: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning"
Yep, it's kind of like that.
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Thursday, Nov 9, 2017
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

Reinforcement Practice: Reinforcement Schedules Worksheet; Complete as many as possible. We will discuss and go over the answers.

(if time) 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:
This Friday: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning"
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Friday, Nov 10, 2017
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: Prep black pen & sheets of paper for Timed-Writing

2. FRQ Timed-Writing: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods

ASSESSMENTS:
This Friday: FRQ Timed-Writing: Research Methods
MON: Quiz - CH 6 LEARNING
Next Wed/Thu - Test over CH 6 - "Learning"