Agenda: Week of Oct 2-6, 2017

Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY w/Mr. Duez

Unit 2: Chapter 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - The Story of Phineas Gage; The Neuron: Function & PurposeNeuron Diagram-Draw the neuron; 
TUE - Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due; Socratic Discussion of the Article.
WED/THU - Students will read the article & discuss: What Does MS Feel Like?; Study of disease to understand biology: MS, ALS, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease: Neuro-transmission is damaged, interrupted, or not functioning properly. Neurotransmitters; Nervous System (PNS, ANS, CNS) 
Intro to the Brain; Brain Sketch; Lobes of the Brain; Parts/Functions of the Brain; The Teen Brain; Crash Course: The Brain
FRI - Documentary: "The Brain w/David Eagleman" students will take notes, answer, questions & discuss. 
Video Documentary with Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman
Pick up questions for "The Brain with David Eagleman" documentary.

ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

Targets: Part I - Biological Bases of Behavior - TARGETS
Learning Targets:
★ Analyze how a person's biology can impact their behavior. 
1. Compare the different methods for peering into the human brain.
2. Analyze the areas that the brain controls?
3. Explain the structure and function of the neuron?
4. How does action potential function?
5. Explain the role of neurotransmitters in neural transmission? 

Major points to understand:
1. The different methods for peering into the human brain
2. What the areas does the brain control
3. The structure of the neuron
4. The action potential

5. The role of neurotransmitters in neural transmission
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Monday, Oct. 2, 2017
Quote: Quote: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: What is a neuron? How does it function? Draw out the diagram on the board of a neuron (much like the one below after the assignments)

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
The whacky story of Phineas P. Gage: The man who took an iron rod through the head, and lived to tell about it!

He was never quite "Phineas" again though.

Duez Notes: Dualism Debate - Neurons & the Brain

Duez Lecture Video: Bio Intro

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

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Tuesday, Oct 3, 2017
Quote: "The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases." - Carl Jung

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: Prep the article Article - Nature vs. Nurture

2. Socratic Seminar - Text based discussion from the article: 
Article - Nature vs. Nurture

Collect article at the end

3. Review how the neuron works. Comparison to a phone charger cable & parts of the neuron. How MS: Multiple Sclerosis attacks the myelin sheath and destroys neurons. 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

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Thursday, Oct 5, 2017
Quote: "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - William Wallace

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: Draw the brain on a sheet of paper. Use the drawing on the screen to assist you. We will label the lobes today. 

2. Students will read the article & discuss: What Does MS Feel Like? by Julie Stachowiak, Ph.D.

Neuron: Review. 
Nervous System: ANS, PNS, CNS

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: 
Lobes of the Brain; Parts/Functions of the Brain; The Teen Brain
Parts/Functions of the Brain; Endocrine System compared to Nervous System. Also, the Teen Brain (with video)

4. (if time)  Crash Course Psychology #4 - The Brain 

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, we get to meet the brain. Hank talks us through the Central Nervous System, the ancestral structures of the brain, the limbic system, and new structures of the brain. Plus, what does Phineas Gage have to do with all of this? 

Students will take notes; Duez will pause & discuss important points throughout.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

"Astonishing!"

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Friday, Oct 6, 2017
Quote: "All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Henry Ellis

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: Pick up questions for "The Brain with David Eagleman" documentary.

2. Video Documentary with Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

Summer Reading FRQ Prompt

On Thursday, after our first test over Unit 1 (chapters 1 & 2), we will write out the first FRQ. It is worth test grade, as all FRQ Timed-Writings will be this year.

Use this handout to help you craft an answer before class so that you are prepared:

FRQ: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

There are no excuses here. You have everything you need to get this done.

Here is the book online:

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology PDF

You also need a black pen for all FRQ Timed-Writings this year!

You can not use any notes to help you during the FRQ and must write it from memory. So practice before Thursday. You can also email me or come in to tutoring for help.

Good luck.

After Thursday, the summer reading is completed. Although we will refer to it during the school year because there are pieces of the summer read that will pop up in every single chapter we study.

Remember to use the FRQ tab at the top of this website for some tips on how to write the FRQ.

Agenda: Week of Sept 25-29, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 1: History & Evolution of Psychology -and- Research Methods

Weiten 1 - Evolution of Psychology

Weiten 2 - The Research Enterprise in Psychology

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Reading Check Quiz - CH 2. Research Methods
TUE: Correlations; Ethics in Research
WED/THU: TEST UNIT 1: CH 1: History/Evolution of Psychology & CH 2: Research Methods; Also, FRQ over 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
FRI: Intro to Biological Bases of Behavior

ASSIGNMENTS:
Thu: Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Thu: (after the 50 M/Ch questions) - FRQ 50 Great Myths of Popular Psych
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the test
Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due on Monday
Begin Reading the next Chapter #3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

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Monday, Sept. 25, 2017
Quote: "The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work." - Harry Golden

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 2 --- You can use hand written notes.

2. READING CHECK QUIZ - Chapter 2 Research Methods

3. REVIEW Quiz - and the question:

Be prepared to answer this one on the test this week. :) 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Thu: Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Thu: (after the 50 M/Ch questions) - FRQ 50 Great Myths of Popular Psych
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the test
Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due on Monday
Begin Reading the next Chapter #3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

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Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017
Quote: "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." - Cormac Mccarthy

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Working with correlations. 

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Ethics in Research

Duez Notes: Research Methods
Duez Lecture: Research Methods

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Correlations

Duez Notes: Correlations

Duez Lecture: Correlations

ASSIGNMENTS:
Thu: Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Thu: (after the 50 M/Ch questions) - FRQ 50 Great Myths of Popular Psych
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the test
Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due on Monday
Begin Reading the next Chapter #3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

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Thursday, Sept 28, 2017
Quote: "It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned." - Frank A. Clark

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Unit 1 Test. You will need a pencil and black pen. 

2. TEST UNIT 1: CH 1: History and Evolution of Psychology & CH 2: Research Methods

3. Summer Reading FRQ: over 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology

4. After test: Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due on Monday

ASSIGNMENTS:
Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due on Monday
Begin Reading the next Chapter #3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

What Makes You Who You Are? Nature? or Nurture?

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Friday, Sep 29, 2017
Quote: "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essential Understanding:
1. The different methods for peering into the human brain
2. What the areas does the brain control
3. The structure of the neuron
4. The action potential
5. The role of neurotransmitters in neural transmission

Agenda:
1. DO NOW Question: How much does your biology impact your behavior? 

2. Discuss the TEST from last time & Extra Credit.
The tab at the top is very detailed and explains all you need to know about the extra credit. 

SHORTENED PERIODS TODAY DUE TO PEP RALLY. 
If time remains we will show and discuss Crash Course:

3. Crash Course Psychology #3 - The Chemical Mind 
BAHHHHHH! Did I scare you? What exactly happens when we get scared? How does our brain make our body react? Just what are Neurotransmitters? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes us to the simplest part of the complex system of our brains and nervous systems; The Neuron.

Students will take notes; Duez will pause throughout to explain important points.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due on Monday
Begin Reading the next Chapter #3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

Agenda: Week of September 18-22, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 1: History & Evolution of Psychology -and- Research Methods

Weiten 1 - Evolution of Psychology

Weiten 2 - The Research Enterprise in Psychology

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Quiz Weiten 1: Evolution of Psychology; Review Quiz
TUE: Review Approaches of Psychology; Introduce Research Methods - Ethics!
WED/THU: Research Methods: Descriptive & Inferential Research;
Lego Research Methods Activity - Understanding the importance of replication & operational definitions.
FRI: Research Methods - Statistics - Introduction; Hogwart's House Cup Worksheet for Stats; Crash Course Research Methods.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the quiz and test next week.
Next Monday - Quiz on Chapter 2 - Research Methods
Next Thu. Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Plus, FRQ over 50 Great Myths

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Monday, Sept. 18, 2017
Quote: "I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival." - Kurt Vonnegut

Unit 1 - Evolution of Psychology & Research Methods
1. Psychology is a science.
2. Science can be used as a process to determine truth.
3. Science & Psychology has changed and evolved over time as we have learned more.

Essential Questions:
1. What is psychology?
2. Understand the major approaches to psychology.
3. Who were the people who helped psychology begin as a science and were instrumental in creating the field today? 
4. Understand each person's contribution to the specific approach to psychology that they represented.

Agenda:
1. Quiz: Reading Check Quiz over Chapter 1 - Evolution of Psychology.

2. DO NOW after Quiz: 

3. Quiz Review

ASSIGNMENTS:
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the quiz and test next week.
Next Monday - Quiz on Chapter 2 - Research Methods
Next Thu. Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Plus, FRQ over 50 Great Myths

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Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017
Quote: “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar

Unit 1 - Evolution of Psychology & Research Methods

• Observation is the most important aspect of psychological research.
• Operationalism means to define our variables in the manner in which we are going to measure them.
• Correlation measures degree of relationship between variables and ranges from -1 to +1. Correlation does NOT imply causation.
• Experimental, correlational, & descriptive methods all have strengths & weaknesses in describing human behavior.
• Descriptive statistics describe the data gathered in research, while inferential statistics allow us to draw conclusions about how this data can be generalized to a larger population.
• Following ethical principles is vitally important in any kind of psychological research.

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is an "ethical experiment" in Psychology? 

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Approaches to Psychology

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduce Research Methods - Ethics!

ASSIGNMENTS:
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the quiz and test next week.
Next Monday - Quiz on Chapter 2 - Research Methods
Next Thu. Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Plus, FRQ over 50 Great Myths

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Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017
Quote: "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." - Thomas J. Watson

Unit 1 - Evolution of Psychology & Research Methods

• Observation is the most important aspect of psychological research.
• Operationalism means to define our variables in the manner in which we are going to measure them.
• Correlation measures degree of relationship between variables and ranges from -1 to +1. Correlation does NOT imply causation.
• Experimental, correlational, & descriptive methods all have strengths & weaknesses in describing human behavior.
• Descriptive statistics describe the data gathered in research, while inferential statistics allow us to draw conclusions about how this data can be generalized to a larger population.
• Following ethical principles is vitally important in any kind of psychological research.

Essential Questions:

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is the difference between hypothesis, theory, & law?
Hypothesis vs. Theory - Rap

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Research Methods

3. Lego Research Methods Activity - students will work in cooperative groups to determine how operational definitions, research methods, and replication are important in science/psychology. 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the quiz and test next week.
Next Monday - Quiz on Chapter 2 - Research Methods
Next Thu. Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Plus, FRQ over 50 Great Myths

Lego my Research!

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Friday, Sept. 22, 2017
Quote: "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then." - John Wooden

Unit 1 - Evolution of Psychology & Research Methods

• Observation is the most important aspect of psychological research.
• Operationalism means to define our variables in the manner in which we are going to measure them.
• Correlation measures degree of relationship between variables and ranges from -1 to +1. Correlation does NOT imply causation.
• Experimental, correlational, & descriptive methods all have strengths & weaknesses in describing human behavior.
• Descriptive statistics describe the data gathered in research, while inferential statistics allow us to draw conclusions about how this data can be generalized to a larger population.
• Following ethical principles is vitally important in any kind of psychological research.

Essential Questions:

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Why would a psych researcher use an experiment, correlational study, survey research, naturalistic observation, or case study. Give an example for each type.

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Research Methods
Students will work on creating a Stat Sheet to help explain how statistics and done and analyzed. 

STATS WORKSHEET: HOGWART'S HOUSE CUP

3. Video - Crash Course "Research & Experimentation" 
Crash Course Psychology: Research & Experimentation  So how do we apply the scientific method to psychological research? Lots of ways, but today Hank talks about case studies, naturalistic observation, surveys and interviews, and experimentation. Also he covers different kinds of bias in experimentation and how research practices help us avoid them.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Take notes, use the target sheets, prepare for the quiz and test next week.
Next Monday - Quiz on Chapter 2 - Research Methods
Next Thu. Unit 1 TEST Ch 1 & 2 History/Approaches & Research Methods
Plus, FRQ over 50 Great Myths

No Late Arrival This Thursday

I'll combine the things we were doing on the block day with the next day. So the agenda isn't totally different, but it may result in doing a few more or less things in class. We all have to be flexible for a bit. Thanks Harvey! ;)

This changes the bell schedule on Wed/Thu to this version due to grade level meetings with principals:

Agenda: Week of Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Summer Read: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology, by Scott O. Lillienfeld
&
Unit 1: CH 1 - Evolution of Psychology, Weiten

Week at a Glance:
MON - Notes & Discussion: Cognitive Errors that perpetuate the Myths of Popular Psychology; 50 Great Myths with Associated Cognitive Error; List of Cognitive Reasoning Errors - that Result in Myths How to write the FRQ
TUE - Quiz: Summer Reading "50 Great Myths"; Review Quiz
WED/THU - Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist - due on Friday; Notes, Video, Discussion: Chapter 1: History & Evolution of Psychology
FRI - Socratic Seminar & Turn in Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist; Video: Crash Course #1 - Introduction to Psychology

Assignments: 
TUESDAY: Quiz over Summer Reading: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology 

FINISH SURVEY
Quiz on Chapter 1 is next Monday
Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist due on Friday

Read Weiten Chapter 1: Evolution to Psychology

The 10 reasons that the 50 Myths are perpetuated, repeated, and continually believed despite the evidence.

Learning Targets:
Evolution of Psychology: Psych Approaches
Research: The Scientific Method, Design, Processing, and Ethical Issues.
1. Wilhelm Wundt is credited with being the founder of modern experimental psychology when he founded a lab at the University of Leipzig Germany in 1879.
2. Tichener, Watson, James, and Skinner are all important early psychologists.
3. Understanding the differences between the various approaches or perspectives - behavioral, biological, cognitive, humanistic, psychoanalytic, & sociocultural - is the key to understanding psychology.
4. The modern definition of psychology combines the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in humans and other animals.
5. Observation is the most important aspect of psychological research.
6. Operationalism means to define our variables in the manner in which we are going to measure them.
7. Correlation measures degree of relationship between variables and ranges from -1 to +1. Correlation does NOT imply causation.
8. Experimental, correlational, & descriptive methods all have strengths & weaknesses in describing human behavior.
9. Descriptive statistics describe the data gathered in research, while inferential statistics allow us to draw conclusions about how this data can be generalized to a larger population.
10. Following ethical principles is vitally important in any kind of psychological research.

Essential Questions:
1. What is psychology?
2. How does psychology impact my every day life?
3. How did psychology evolve as a science?
4. Compare and contrast the various types of approaches of psychology?
5. Explain the nature of psychology as an empirical science. How do psychologists determine results
6. Imagine the implications of a poor psychological experiment that fails to follow ethical principles. What are the ramifications?

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Monday, August 29, 2016
Quote: "I am a great believer in luck. I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: Pick up Cognitive Errors matched to the 50 Myths, 2 handouts
I. 50 Great Myths with Associated Cognitive Error

II. List of Cognitive Reasoning Errors - that Result in Myths

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion:
Duez Notes: 50 Myths Cognitive Errors & Science

Assignments: 

TUESDAY: Quiz over Summer Reading: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology 
FINISH SURVEY
Quiz on Chapter 1 is next Monday
Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist due on Friday

Read Weiten Chapter 1: Evolution to Psychology

Mr. Duez's Alma Mater - Juniata College. "Truth Sets Free"

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Quote: "Luck is the IDOL of the IDLE." - Proverb

Agenda:
1. Quiz over Summer Reading: "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology" by Lilienfeld, et al
2. Review Quiz

Psychology has become a big part of sports at all levels.

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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Quote: "Unless you pay the price for success, you will not know it's worth." - Apoorve Dubey

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist, read & annotate. 
Due Friday after our Socratic seminar.

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Chapter 1 - History & Evolution of Psychology

Assignment:

FINISH SURVEY

Quiz on Chapter 1 is next Monday
Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist due on Friday

Read Weiten Chapter 1: Evolution to Psychology

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Friday, Sept. 14, 2017
Quote: “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers

Agenda: 
1. DO NOW: Prep article to discuss & then turn in to Mr. Duez Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist

2. Socratic Seminar: Discuss Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist in groups. Remember to refer to the text. Use your question from the article, your summary, and any notes you wrote to assist. 

3. Crash Course Psychology #1 - Introduction to Psychology w/Hank Green
Students will take notes & we will discuss.
What does Psychology mean? Where does it come from? 
Hank gives you a 10 minute intro to one of the more tricky sciences & talks about some of the big names in the development of the field. 
Welcome to Crash Course Psychology!!!

Assignments: 

Quiz on Chapter 1 is next Monday
Article: Seattle Seahawks Psychologist due on Friday

Read Weiten Chapter 1: Evolution to Psychology