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
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
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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 DisordersVideo: 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
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Sometimes we day dream. Maybe we are rehearsing. Maybe we are just needing a break. :) |
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?
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
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
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Does this 'ring a bell'? |
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?
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
Quiz is next Tuesday
Test is next Friday
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Yeah, it's kinda like Big Bang Theory! |