Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Unit 3 - Weiten Ch. 4 - Sensation & Perception
Ch. 5 - Consciousness
WEEK AT A GLANCE:Ch. 5 - Consciousness
MON - Understand your senses: Vision & Hearing: Parts & Functions of Sensation & Perception
TUE - Review of senses: Sight, Hearing, Taste/Smell, Touch/Pain; Intro to Consciousness
THU - Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 4 -- Sensation & Perception; Consciousness: Sleep, Cycles, Disorders, Dreams, & Hypnosis.
FRI - Pick up CHART - DRUGS ~ Effect on Consciousness; Consciousness: The Effects of Drugs on Consciousness
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Quiz Thursday over Sensation/Perception
QUIZ - NEXT MON. OVER CH. 5 - Consciousness
TEST NEXT THU OVER CH 4 & 5 - Sensation & Perception & Consciousness
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| Color is an illusion, but a really cool one! |
Monday, Oct. 23, 2017
Quote: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
1. DO NOW: Draw & Label the parts of the eye.
2. Duez Notes: Sensation & Perception - Vision
3. Crash Course #5 - Sensation & Perception
Just what is the difference between sensing and perceiving? And how does vision actually work? And what does this have to do with a Corgi? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes us on a journey through the brain to better explain these and other concepts. Plus, you know, CORGI!
Assignments:
Quiz Thursday over Sensation/Perception
QUIZ - NEXT MON. OVER CH. 5 - Consciousness
TEST NEXT THU OVER CH 4 & 5 - Sensation & Perception & Consciousness
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| Intensity in RED |
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017
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: While listening to the orchestra as she dances the lead role in Swan Lake, a ballerina concludes her perofrmance with a pirouette, spinning around several times before leaping into the arms of her dance partner.
Discuss how the ballerina relied upon the following and how each is important.
* Kinesthetic sense
* Vestibular sense
* Semicircular canals
* Hearing
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. Notes, Video, Discussion: Duez Notes: Psycho-physics
Assignments:
Quiz Thursday over Sensation/Perception
QUIZ - NEXT MON. OVER CH. 5 - Consciousness
TEST NEXT THU OVER CH 4 & 5 - Sensation & Perception & Consciousness
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| Not a very big part of the AP Test, but it can be tricky. |
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017
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: Prep for Reading Check Quiz - Ch 4
2. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 4 - Sensation & Perception
3. Review the Quiz.
Question for after the quiz:
4. Notes, Discussion, Video: How does hypnosis work?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Consciousness, Sleep, Cycles, Sleep Disorders, Dreams, & Hypnosis
Assignments:
Study Notes for next week's Quiz & Test
Quiz over CH 5: Consciousness is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Next Wed/Thu
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| This man was REALLY "Trippin" |
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
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
3. Crash Course: Consciousness
Assignments:
Study Notes for next week's Quiz & Test
Quiz over CH 5: Consciousness is next Monday.
Test is next week -> Next Wed/Thu