Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY with Mr. Duez
Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON - QUIZ Chapter 3 - Reading Check: You may use your handwritten notes. Quiz Review.
TUE - Brain Scenarios - for practice. Brain Scans, Heredity, Genetics, & Evolutionary Psychology; FRQ Scenarios.
WED/THU - TEST CH 3 Biological Bases of Behavior; Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
FRI - The Brain with David Eagleman, Episode 1 "What is Reality?"
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
TEST CH 3 Biological Bases of Behavior
Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
Monday, Oct 3, 2016
Quote: “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
1. DO NOW: Prep for the Quiz - Chapter 3.
2. QUIZ Chapter 3 - Reading Check, you may use your handwritten notes.
Assignments:
TEST CH 3 Biological Bases of Behavior
Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
Tuesday, Oct 4, 2016
Quote: “Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
1. DO NOW: Practice FRQ question from Biological Bases of Behavior Unit:
While hiking, Ken stumbled and fell down a 10-foot drop-off. Upon landing, he sprained his ankle badly. Ken was surprised that he felt very little pain for the first half hour. Explain how the following helped Ken feel little pain in the moments after the injury.
- Endorphins
- The synapse
2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Brain Scans & Notes, Discussion, & Video: Genetics & Evolutionary Psychology
3. Brain Scenarios - for practice
Assignments:
TEST CH 3 Biological Bases of Behavior
Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
Wednesday, Oct 5, 2016 & Oct 6, 2016
Quote: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
1. DO NOW: Prep for test. Sharpened pencils and prepared mind.
2. TEST - CH 3 - Chapter 3 "Biological Bases of Behavior"
3. Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
TEST CH 3 Biological Bases of Behavior
Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
Begin reading Chapter 4: Sensation & Perception
Friday, Oct 7, 2016
Quote: "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
1. DO NOW: Write down the questions on the screen for the documentary video "The Brain, episode 1"
3. Discuss the video & Introduce the concepts of Sensation & Perception for Chapter 4
Assignments:
Article: Nature vs. Nurture due on Tuesday of next week.
Begin reading Chapter 4: Sensation & Perception
