Agenda: Week of March 2-6, 2015

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 3 - Consciousness & Learning
and

Unit 4 - Cognition: Memory, Language/Thought, & Intelligence

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Article turn it in: How Friends Ruin Memory. How Friends Ruin, How to write the AP Psych FRQ Essay; Introduce first prompt, take home due on Friday, March 6; Memory; Introduction to Unit 4: Cognition
TUE - Memory Systems; How does memory work?
WED/THU -  Superior Autobiographical Memory; Models of memory function.
FRI - Finish Superior Autobiographical Memory; Short-term & Long-term Memory; Atkinson-Shiffrin Model.

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Monday, March 2, 2015
Quote: "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come." - Robert H. Schuller

Learning Targets:
1. Cognition is the study of mental processes.
2. STM seems to be limited to 7+ - 2 items at any given time.
3. The differences between encoding, storage, and retrieval are important.
4. Models of LTM deal with how we organize information that we need to know.
5. Problem solving involves applying what we know in an organized way to issues that we face.
6. Language is a complex system of communication that allows us to use complex symbols to talk about things in the past or future, not just the present.

Essential Questions:
1. Explain the Theory - Model of Information Processing (Atkinson-Shiffrin).  
2. How does encoding, storage, and retrieval work in the memory process?
3. Explain the functions and processing of the brain when remembering.
4. What 4 key methods of problem solving does psychology focus on and compare each process.
5. How do humans learn language acquisition?

Agenda:
1. NO NOW: Prep Article - due at the beginning of the next class: How Friends Ruin Memory.
2. Introduction to the FRQ: Due Fridday
How to write the FRQ
What to expect on the AP Test
Different types of FRQ
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Cognition: Memory, Language, & Thought.

Assignments:
FRQ Due Friday

Mmmmmm, now I want Tacos!

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Quote: “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” - Swami Vivekananda

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What makes up "Cognition"? Can you explain the process of how we think.
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Memory
3. FRQ - Questions/Answers

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare
FRQ Essay take home due on Monday, Oct. 27

WHO ATE THE DAMN PIZZA ROLLS?

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Wednesday, March 4th & Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Quote: "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” - David Brinkley

Learning Targets:
1. Cognition is the study of mental processes.
2. STM seems to be limited to 7+ - 2 items at any given time.
3. The differences between encoding, storage, and retrieval are important.
4. Models of LTM deal with how we organize information that we need to know.
5. Problem solving involves applying what we know in an organized way to issues that we face.
6. Language is a complex system of communication that allows us to use complex symbols to talk about things in the past or future, not just the present.

Essential Questions:
1. Explain the Theory - Model of Information Processing (Atkinson-Shiffrin).  
2. How does encoding, storage, and retrieval work in the memory process?
3. Explain the functions and processing of the brain when remembering.
4. What 4 key methods of problem solving does psychology focus on and compare each process.
5. How do humans learn language acquisition?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Would you want to remember everything? How would that be helpful/hurtful?
2. VIDEO: The Amazing: Superior Autobiographical Memory
3. How To Write the FRQ in AP Psychology; Discuss Take Home FRQ
4. Remember: FRQ Essay take home due on Monday, Oct. 27

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare
FRQ Essay take home due on Monday, Oct. 27

Superior Autobiographical Memory - amazing.

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Friday, March 6, 2015
Quote: "Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"  - Robin Williams

Learning Targets:
1. Cognition is the study of mental processes.
2. STM seems to be limited to 7+ - 2 items at any given time.
3. The differences between encoding, storage, and retrieval are important.
4. Models of LTM deal with how we organize information that we need to know.
5. Problem solving involves applying what we know in an organized way to issues that we face.
6. Language is a complex system of communication that allows us to use complex symbols to talk about things in the past or future, not just the present.

Essential Questions:
1. Explain the Theory - Model of Information Processing (Atkinson-Shiffrin).  
2. How does encoding, storage, and retrieval work in the memory process?
3. Explain the functions and processing of the brain when remembering.
4. What 4 key methods of problem solving does psychology focus on and compare each process.
5. How do humans learn language acquisition?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How do Superior Autobiographical Memory subjects do it? How can they remember so much of their own lives?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Finish Superior Autobiographical Memory; Short-term, Long-term Memory and how it works.
if time....
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduce Language & Thought Introduction

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare
FRQ Essay take home due on Monday, Oct. 27

Mr. Duez will be out of school on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015

I am writing tonight to let you know that I have just put in for a sub and done my sub plans. I am going to be in school before anyone arrives tomorrow to setup for the sub. The classroom should be good to go. Please, please, please help the sub. It means a great deal to me that the substitute has a good day. Remember, I always have a sub take my job because I am prepared and because my students are fantastic. It means a lot. My job filled in less than 1 hour this evening. 

Tomorrow in class, AP Psych will watch a series of Crash Course and other videos that will really help you with understanding this unit. Take notes. 

You can use them on the quiz on Tuesday. 

Mrs. Duez will also be out (for AP Macro or Econ kids that have her).

As a family we are going through an incredibly difficult time. Over the past week I have held in the tears while at work (mostly), however at home they flow often and our sadness is very painful. Our wonderful dog, Gryff has a terminal form of skin cancer. 

He is beginning to really feel the pain. As a dog lover and as a friend to my dog, I will not let him struggle with what will certainly be a horribly painful end of life. So tomorrow I am taking him to the vet so that they can administer drugs to help him pass on and ease his pain.

 

My heart is broken in a million pieces. Many of which I will never be able to put back in place. This dog means a great deal to me. He was there for me during my toughest days. Saying goodbye to him is tearing me apart.

So please understand and be patient with me. He is really my best friend. I do not know what I am going to do with him in my life. He has a kinder heart than most of the humans I have ever met in this life. I have had to deal with this type of situation before. Most recently, last month with our 21-year old cat, Milo. But I have never felt this amount of pain, sadness, and horrible emotion for a pet passing. He is only 6 years-old. Gryff is truly a second son to me. And always will be.

The image below is on the back wall under the clock in our classroom:

Agenda: Feb 23 - 27, 2015

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 3 - Consciousness & Learning

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Classical conditioning; Introduction to Operant Conditioning
TUE - Quiz Unit 3; Comparing Operant and Classical Conditioning
WED/THU - Comparing Operant and Classical Conditioning; Schedules of Reinforcement; How "Learning" can be enforced through rewards/punishments, reinforcements, and shaping
FRI - TEST UNIT 3

Chocolate?

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Monday, Feb. 23, 2015
Quote: "I don't know if it's good or bad that a Google search on "Big Bang Theory" lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe." - Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Learning Targets:
★ Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens
★ Learning refers to a relatively permanent change in behavior based on experience. 
★ Classical conditioning involves the pairing of one stimulus with another, so that eventually the first neutral stimulus will evoke a reflex.
★ Classical conditioning is associated with Pavlov and Watson;
Operant conditioning is associated with Skinner.
★ According to operant conditioning, the consequences of a behavior influence whether or not the behavior will be performed again.
★ Reinforcements are used to increase the likelihood a behavior will be repeated
★ Punishments are used to decrease the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

Essential Questions:
★ How do psychoactive drugs impact consciousness?
★ How is operant conditioning impacted by reinforcement schedules?
★ Explain positive/negative - punishment/reinforcement.

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Create a Classical Conditioning Experiment. Use your variables.
2. Cooperative Group - creation of Classical Conditioning Experiment. Present ideas to the class.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Difference between Classical and Operant Conditioning.

Assignments:
Quiz is Tomorrow - Unit 3: both Consciousness & Learning
Test is Friday. Review the notes & YouTube Lectures to prepare.

Operant Conditioning - the difference is that the learner is in on it. :)

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Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015
Quote: “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” - Swami Vivekananda

Learning Targets:
★ Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens
★ Learning refers to a relatively permanent change in behavior based on experience. 
★ Classical conditioning involves the pairing of one stimulus with another, so that eventually the first neutral stimulus will evoke a reflex.
★ Classical conditioning is associated with Pavlov and Watson;
Operant conditioning is associated with Skinner.
★ According to operant conditioning, the consequences of a behavior influence whether or not the behavior will be performed again.
★ Reinforcements are used to increase the likelihood a behavior will be repeated
★ Punishments are used to decrease the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

Essential Questions:
★ How do psychoactive drugs impact consciousness?
★ How is operant conditioning impacted by reinforcement schedules?
★ Explain positive/negative - punishment/reinforcement.

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How is operant conditioning impacted by reinforcement schedules?
2. Discuss - Handout: Operant Learning - Schedules of Reinforcement
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Operant Conditioning.
4. Concentration on Reinforcement & Punishment. Create examples of differences. With Psyktrek if time permits.

Assignments:
Test is Friday. Review the notes & YouTube Lectures to prepare.

Do or Do Not, there is no try. 

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Wednesday, Feb. 25 and Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015
Quote: ”A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” - David Brinkley

Learning Targets:
★ Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens
★ Learning refers to a relatively permanent change in behavior based on experience. 
★ Classical conditioning involves the pairing of one stimulus with another, so that eventually the first neutral stimulus will evoke a reflex.
★ Classical conditioning is associated with Pavlov and Watson;
Operant conditioning is associated with Skinner.
★ According to operant conditioning, the consequences of a behavior influence whether or not the behavior will be performed again.
★ Reinforcements are used to increase the likelihood a behavior will be repeated
★ Punishments are used to decrease the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

Essential Questions:
★ How do psychoactive drugs impact consciousness?
★ How is operant conditioning impacted by reinforcement schedules?
★ Explain positive/negative - punishment/reinforcement.

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Consciousness & Learning.
2. Notes & Discussion: Review the difference between Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning
3. Schedules of Reinforcement - practice scenarios in class.
4. PsychTrek if time.

Assignments:
Test is Friday. Review the notes & YouTube Lectures to prepare.

The difference between Reinforcement & Punishment can be tricky.

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Friday, Feb. 27, 2014
Quote: “Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.” - Edwin Hubble

Agenda:
1. TEST: Unit 3 - Consciousness & Learning
2. Pick up article - Memory: "How Friends Ruin Memory": have it read and annotated by Monday (only 1 page front/back)

Assignments:
Begin reading Memory for Monday. Bring article read & annotated.

Week of Feb. 16-20, 2015

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 3 - Consciousness & Learning

Week at a Glance:
MON: No School. President's Day.
TUE: Pick up Targets for the unit at the front; prepare the article to turn in: Dreams; Introduction to Consciousness: Hypnosis, sleep, sleep disorders
WED/THU: Finish sleep & sleep disorders; Introduction to Learning; Classical & Operant Conditioning
FRI: Review & Use Classical & Operant Conditioning examples in class. Schedules of Reinforcement.

Quiz is next Tuesday
Test is next Friday

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Monday, Feb 16, 2015
Quote: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” -- John Quincy Adams, U.S. president from 1825 to 1829

NO SCHOOL. PRESIDENTS DAY.

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Tuesday, Feb 17, 2015
Quote: "Realize that if you have the time to whine and complain about something, then you have the time to do something about it." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

Learning Targets:
1. People dream during REM sleep.
2. Sleep isn't easy for everyone. There are a variety of sleep disorders that are important to understand.
3. The Stages of Sleep.
4. Impact of drugs on consciousness.

Essential Questions:
● Explain Levels of consciousness. Compare the different levels of consciousness.
● Why do we Sleep and dream?
● Be able to examine and differentiate between different types of sleep disorders
● Define, differentiate and compare the different types of Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens
● Does Hypnosis actually work?
● Meditation - is it useful?
● Impact of psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens

Agenda:
1. 1. DO NOW: Prep article to turn in to Mr. Duez What Dreams are Made Of 
    ~ Also consider these questions: 

How many hours can a person go without sleep? 

What happens if you are sleep deprived? 

Can you catch up on sleep if you just sleep more the next night after insomnia?

2. Notes & Discussion:  Stages of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
    Video: He be Tripp'in: The story of Peter Tripp. The Secrets of Sleep Deprivation.
    Which theory of dreaming do you subscribe to?
Freud: Dreams as wish fulfillment - The day residue shapes dreams that satisfy unconscious needs in a disguised fashion.
Cartwright: The problem-solving view - We mull over major problems in our lives with reduced logical constraints.
Hobson: Activation-synthesis model - The cortex constructs a story to make sense of internal signals from lower brain centers.
3. Hypnosis: The myths and reality. What can hypnosis tell us about consciousness?
4. Drugs: How do drugs impact consciousness?

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare
Quiz is next Tuesday
Test is next Friday

Sometimes we day dream. Maybe we are rehearsing. Maybe we are just needing a break. :)

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Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015 & Thursday, Feb 19, 2015
Quote: "Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again." - annon

Agenda:

Learning Targets:
1. Learning refers to a relatively permanent change in behavior based on experience.
2. Classical conditioning involves the pairing of one stimulus with another, so that eventually the first neutral stimulus will evoke a reflex.
3. Classical conditioning is associated with Pavlov and Watson; Operant conditioning is associated with Skinner.
4. According to Operant Conditioning, the consequences of a behavior influence whether or not the behavior will be performed again.
5. Reinforcements are used to increase the likelihood a behavior will be repeated
6. Punishments are used to decrease the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

Essential Questions:
Compare Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning.
What is the difference between a reinforcement and punishment?
How do positive and negative types of reinforcement and punishment differ from one another?

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: How do people in psychology look at 'learning' - what do they mean by the term?
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Classical Conditioning.
    Pavlov to Watson to Skinner.
    Baby Albert
    Understand - UCS - UCR - NS - CS - CR
    Create a classical conditioning experiment in groups.
3. Notes, Discussion, Video: Operant Conditioning.
    How is Classical Conditioning different from Operant Conditioning?
    Pavlov - Dogs
    Watson - Baby Albert
    Thorndike - Cats
    Skinner - Rats
    Shaping, Reinforcement, Schedules of Conditioning

Assignments:
Quiz is on Monday
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare
Quiz is next Tuesday
Test is next Friday

Does this 'ring a bell'?

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Friday, Feb 20, 2015
Quote: "Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway: we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." - Earl Nightengale

Agenda:

Learning Targets:
1. Learning refers to a relatively permanent change in behavior based on experience.
2. Classical conditioning involves the pairing of one stimulus with another, so that eventually the first neutral stimulus will evoke a reflex.
3. Classical conditioning is associated with Pavlov and Watson; Operant conditioning is associated with Skinner.
4. According to Operant Conditioning, the consequences of a behavior influence whether or not the behavior will be performed again.
5. Reinforcements are used to increase the likelihood a behavior will be repeated
6. Punishments are used to decrease the likelihood a behavior will be repeated.

Essential Questions:
1. Compare Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning.
2. What is the difference between a reinforcement and punishment?
3. How do positive and negative types of reinforcement and punishment differ from one another?

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: Design a classical conditioning experiment. 

2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Operant Conditioning.

How is Classical Conditioning different from Operant Conditioning?

Pavlov - Dogs

Watson - Baby Albert

Thorndike - Cats

Skinner - Rats

Shaping, Reinforcement, Schedules of Conditioning

Assignments:

Quiz is on Monday

Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare

Quiz is next Tuesday

Test is next Friday

Yeah, it's kinda like Big Bang Theory!

Agenda: Week of Feb 9 - 13, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 2: Biological Bases of Behavior - Sensation & Perception

WEEK AT A GLANCE:

MON -  QUIZ Unit 2 - Biological Bases of Behavior & Sensation/Perception; Brain Sketch Due
TUE - Sensation & Perception: Bottom-Up & Top-Down Processing; Absolute Threshold; JND; Sensation Thresholds; Weber's Law; Subliminal Attention; Sensory Adaptation

WED/THU - Sensation & Perception: Vision: Wavelengths, Saturation, Transduction, Structure/function of the eye, Feature detection, parallel processing, perception of color (theories); Sensation & Perception: Vision & Sensation & Perception: Hearing: Sound Waves, Frequency, Intensity, Parts/Function of Ear; Theories on Hearing

FRI - TEST Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior; Sensation & Perception

Assignments:

QUIZ IS MONDAY

TEST IS FRIDAY!

Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

Article due next Tuesday: Article: What Dreams Are Made Of

Derrick Coleman, FB, Inspiration.

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Monday, February 9th, 2015
Quote: "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - John F. Kennedy

Learning Targets:

1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.

2. The difference between sensation and perception

3. The structure and function of the eye

4. The structure and function of the ear

Sensation and perception are areas that have been of interest to psychologists for most of the history of psychology. As we sit here, our senses receive literally thousands of messages. We need to make sense of this information. Our senses take in the information, and they do so from birth. Yet the interpretive part -perception- requires knowledge.

Essential Questions:
* How do we convert light into images?
* How does the ear responds to sound waves?
* How do we taste or smell?
* How does the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for the Quiz - Unit 2: Biological Bases of Behavior & Sensation/Perception
Are subliminal ads effective? Should they be illegal? 
2. Quiz Unit 2
3. Sensation & Perception: Bottom-Up & Top-Down Processing; Absolute Threshold; JND; Sensation Thresholds; Weber's Law; Subliminal Attention; Sensory Adaptation; Cocktail Party Effect.
3. Video: Darren Brown's Toy Story

Assignments:
QUIZ IS FRIDAY
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY!
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

Does Pink Floyd's iconic album sync with Oz? Is this coincidence? Or conspiracy? Humans look for patterns!

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Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Quote: "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Learning Targets:

1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.

2. The difference between sensation and perception

3. The structure and function of the eye

4. The structure and function of the ear

Sensation and perception are areas that have been of interest to psychologists for most of the history of psychology. As we sit here, our senses receive literally thousands of messages. We need to make sense of this information. Our senses take in the information, and they do so from birth. Yet the interpretive part -perception- requires knowledge.

Essential Questions:
* How do we convert light into images?
* How does the ear responds to sound waves?
* How do we taste or smell?
* How does the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What are the major parts and function of the human eye? How does it see?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: 
Sensation & Perception: Vision: Wavelengths, Saturation, Transduction, Structure/function of the eye, Feature detection, parallel processing, perception of color (theories)
Sensation & Perception: Vision: Wavelengths, Saturation, Transduction, Structure/function of the eye, Feature detection, parallel processing, perception of color (theories)
3. Video & Discussion: Visual illusions & how they may prove some theories of how the eye works.
VIDEO: Crash Course Psychology #6 - Homunculus
HOMUNCULUS! It's a big and weird word that you may or may not have heard before, but do you know what it means? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us a deeper understanding of this weird model of human sensation. 

Assignments:
QUIZ IS FRIDAY
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY!
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

Luck of the Irish? Or 'what magic is this'! 

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Wednesday, February 11th and 12th, 2015
Quote: "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill

Learning Targets:

1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.

2. The difference between sensation and perception

3. The structure and function of the eye

4. The structure and function of the ear

Sensation and perception are areas that have been of interest to psychologists for most of the history of psychology. As we sit here, our senses receive literally thousands of messages. We need to make sense of this information. Our senses take in the information, and they do so from birth. Yet the interpretive part -perception- requires knowledge.

Essential Questions:
* How do we convert light into images?
* How does the ear responds to sound waves?
* How do we taste or smell?
* How does the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Explain the term parallel processing. How does that work into the human eye's perception of the world?
2. NOTES, DISCUSSION, VIDEO:  Sensation & Perception: Hearing: Sound Waves, Frequency, Intensity, Parts/Function of Ear; Theories on Hearing
3. NOTES, DISCUSSION, VIDEO:  Sensation & Perception: Pain, Taste, & Smell: How do we feel objects against our skin? How does the human pain system work? What is the gate control theory? How is taste and smell linked as senses that overlap?

VIDEO: Crash Course Psychology #7 - Perceiving is Believing
So what does perception even mean? What's the difference between seeing something and making sense of it? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us some insight into the differences between sensing and perceiving.
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Table of Contents
Perceptual Set 01:53:15
Form Perception 03:44:17
Visual Cues 06:08:08
Depth Perception 05:39:12

Assignments:
QUIZ FRIDAY.
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY!
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

A real head scratcher! 

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Friday, February 13, 2015
Quote: "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." - Stephen Hawking

Learning Targets:
1. People dream during REM sleep.
2. Sleep isn't easy for everyone. There are a variety of sleep disorders that are important to understand.
3. The Stages of Sleep.
4. Impact of drugs on consciousness.

Essential Questions:
● Explain Levels of consciousness. Compare the different levels of consciousness.
● Why do we Sleep and dream?
● Be able to examine and differentiate between different types of sleep disorders
● Define, differentiate and compare the different types of Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens
● Does Hypnosis actually work?
● Meditation - is it useful?
● Impact of psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens

Agenda:
1. TEST Unit 2 Biological Bases of Behavior
2. Article due Tuesday: Article: What Dreams Are Made Of

Assignments:
Article due Tuesday: Article: What Dreams Are Made Of
Begin reading Unit 3: Consciousness & Learning