Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 - Weiten Ch. 4 - Sensation & Perception
Ch. 5 - Consciousness
WEEK AT A GLANCE:Ch. 5 - Consciousness
MON - Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 4 -- Sensation & Perception
TUE - Review of senses: Sight, Hearing, Taste/Smell, Touch/Pain; Intro to Consciousness
WED/THU - Consciousness: Sleep, Cycles, Disorders, Dreams, & Hypnosis.
FRI - Pick up CHART - DRUGS ~ Effect on Consciousness; Consciousness: The Effects of Drugs on Consciousness
QUIZ - NEXT MON. OVER CH. 5 - Consciousness
TEST NEXT WED/THU OVER CH 4 & 5 - Sensation & Perception & Consciousness
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| Color is an illusion, but a really cool one! |
Monday, Oct. 19, 2015
Quote: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
Learning Targets:
Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 4 - Sensation & Perception
2. Review the Quiz.
Assignments:
Study Notes for next week's Quiz & Test
Quiz over CH 5: Consciousness is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29 & 30. CH 4 & 5
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| Intensity in RED |
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
Quote: "Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language." - Steven Pinker
Learning Targets
1. DO NOW QUICK FRQ: As light reflected off an object reaches your eye, it passes through several structures before it reaches the retina. Describe three of these structures, including the function of each.
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Review of Vision, Hearing, Taste/Smell, Touch/Pain sensations. What do you definitely need to know on the AP Test?
3. Introduce Consciousness if time remains to do so
Assignments:
Study Notes for next week's Quiz & Test
Quiz over CH 5: Consciousness is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29 & 30. CH 4 & 5
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| Not a very big part of the AP Test, but it can be tricky. |
Wednesday, Oct. 21 & Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
Quote: “Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.” - Daniel Kahneman
Learning Targets:
1. DO NOW QUICK FRQ: Explain two theories of color vision in humans. How does one of them explain color deficiency?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Consciousness, Sleep, Cycles, Sleep Disorders, Dreams, & Hypnosis
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| This man was REALLY "Trippin" |
Study Notes for next week's Quiz & Test
Quiz over CH 5: Consciousness is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29 & 30. CH 4 & 5
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Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
Quote: "I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." - Eartha Kitt
Learning Targets:
1. DO NOW: Pick up CHART - DRUGS ~ Effect on Consciousness
Compare these drugs and their effects: Alcohol, Caffeine, Marijuana, LSD
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Drugs impact on consciousness
Assignments:
Study Notes for next week's Quiz & Test
Quiz over CH 5: Consciousness is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Wed/Thu Oct 29 & 30. CH 4 & 5