Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY with Mr. Duez
Chapter 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON - 4th Period will take their test; Documentary continue from last time: "The Brain w/David Eagleman" students will take notes, answer, questions & discuss. Video Documentary with Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman; Questions for "The Brain with David Eagleman" documentary.
TUE - Article "What Makes You?" - Biology due in class; Socratic Discussion on the article; Crash Course Psychology #3: The Chemical Mind'. Students will answer questions on the handout.
WED/THU - Duez Notes: Bio - Neuroscience; Neuron functions, review; 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)
FRI - Duez Notes: Bio - Brain Scans; Intro to the Brain; Brain Sketch; Lobes of the Brain; Parts/Functions of the Brain; The Teen Brain; Crash Course: The Brain
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Monday, Sept. 30th - Quiz CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Friday, Oct. 4th - TEST CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Monday, Sept. 23, 2019
Quote: “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the questions for "The Brain w/David Eagleman - Reality" - Episode 1
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Intro to Biological Bases of Behavior
Video Documentary with Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman
Questions for "The Brain with David Eagleman" documentary.
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Monday, Sept. 30th - Quiz CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Friday, Oct. 4th - TEST CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
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
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep the article - Article "What Makes You?" - Biology
2. Discuss Article in Socratic Groups: Article "What Makes You?" - Biology
3. Video w/Handout: Crash Course Psychology #3: The Chemical Mind'.
Students will answer questions on the handout:
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.
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Monday, Sept. 30th - Quiz CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Friday, Oct. 4th - TEST CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
and Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019
Quote: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is the neuron? How does it function? (Draw the diagram)
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Duez Notes: Bio - Neuroscience
3. Students will read the article & discuss with this question in mind... How does biology impact behavior? How is the author impacted on a daily basis?: What Does MS Feel Like?
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Monday, Sept. 30th - Quiz CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Friday, Oct. 4th - TEST CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019
Quote: "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What are the FIVE primary ways of examining the brain?
3. Intro to the Brain; Brain Sketch; Lobes of the Brain; Parts/Functions of the Brain; The Teen Brain; Crash Course: The Brain
ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Monday, Sept. 30th - Quiz CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
Friday, Oct. 4th - TEST CH 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
