Saturday, February 25, 2017

Agenda: Feb 27 - March 3, 2017

Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY with Mr. Duez
Chapter 13 - Social Behavior & Chapter 14 - Stress, Health, & Coping
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Quiz CH 13 Social Psychology; Review Quiz
TUE -  Notes: Attribution Theory; Altruism, Conformity, Compliance, Obedience, & Aggression
WED/THU - The Brain with David Eagleman: "Why do I need you? Video with questions
Dr David Eagleman explores how the brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence underpins our need to group together, and our ability to do the very best and the very worst of things to each other.; Introduction to chapter 14 - Stress, Health, & Coping. Special look at Evolutionary Theory in Psychology
FRI - Effects of stress on physiological & psychological functioning
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Quiz CH 13 - Social Behavior this Monday
Quiz Over CH 14 - Stress, Health, and Coping is next Monday
Test over Ch 13 & 14 is next Wed/Thu
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Monday, Feb. 27, 2017
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

Agenda:
1. Quiz CH 13 - Social Behavior/Social Psychology

2. Quiz Review
Assignments:
Quiz over Ch 14 "Stress, Health, & Coping" on Monday
Test over Ch 13 & 14 is next Wed/Thu
Milgram: Shocking indeed.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Quote: "The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces." - Will Rogers

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: List the 3 main causes of social loafing. 
Define groupthink and group polarization. Then give an example of each.

2. Notes, Video, DiscussionCrash Course - Milgram
Experimenter didn't push people very far? These aren't the words of Hitler. Pretty bland. People shock me, not literally.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Altruism, Conformity, Compliance, Obedience, & Aggression

Assignments:
Quiz over Ch 14 "Stress, Health, & Coping" on Monday
Test over Ch 13 & 14 is next Wed/Thu
The Brain with David Eagleman
Eagleman: Why Do I Need You?
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2017 & Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Quote:  ”A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” - David Brinkley

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the questions from the front over Eagleman's "Why Do I Need You?" Video

2. Video & Discussion: Eagleman's "Why Do I Need You?" 
The Brain with David Eagleman: "Why do I need you? Video with questions
Dr David Eagleman explores how the brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence underpins our need to group together, and our ability to do the very best and the very worst of things to each other.

3. Introduction to Chapter 14: Stress, Health, & Coping

Assignments:
Quiz over Ch 14 "Stress, Health, & Coping" on Monday
Test over Ch 13 & 14 is next Wed/Thu
An overview of the Stress Process
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Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Quote: "Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"  -Robin Williams

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Xavier has a huge math test coming up next Tuesday. Explain two ways appraisal can determine how stress will influence his test performance.

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Effects of stress on physiological & psychological functioning

Assignments:
Quiz over Ch 14 "Stress, Health, & Coping" on Monday
Test over Ch 13 & 14 is next Wed/Thu