Friday, November 20, 2020

Agenda: Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2020

Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY with Mr. Duez
Ch 7: Memory and Ch 8: Cognition & Intelligence
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Do Now: Catherine has a big test coming up tomorrow.  She & several of her friends got together to do some final studying.  Discuss how each of the following concepts might help or hinder Catherine & her friends during their study session and/or subsequent testing experience.
  • Serial position effect
  • Ebbinghaus Forgetting curve
  • Framing
  • Recall vs. Recognition 
  • Context-dependent memory 

TUE: Do Now: Copy questions down to help with the video we will watching introducing CH 8 "Language" Video - Steven Pinker - Linguistics as a window to understanding the brain

Video - Steven Pinker - Linguistics as a window to understanding the brain Use the questions above to help you comprehend the video. Discussion. 

WED: Do Now:  "Curious Blue Ideas Sleep Furiously" At what level is this statement AMBIGUOUS? 

Notes, Discussion, Video:  Duez Notes: How Language Impacts Thought

THU: Do Now: Read the article and answer the questions on Schoology. ARTICLE: Is Texting Killing the English Language?

FRI: Do Now: What is Metacognition?

ASSIGNMENTS:
Next Tuesday - DEC 8. - Quiz CH 8 - Cognition & Intelligence
Next Thursday -  DEC. 10th - TEST - CH 7 Memory & CH 8 Intelligence & Cognition
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Monday, November 30, 2020
Quote: "Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice." -
William James

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Catherine has a big test coming up tomorrow.  She & several of her friends got together to do some final studying.  Discuss how each of the following concepts might help or hinder Catherine & her friends during their study session and/or subsequent testing experience.
  • Serial position effect
  • Ebbinghaus Forgetting curve
  • Framing
  • Recall vs. Recognition 
  • Context-dependent memory


ASSIGNMENTS: 
Next Tuesday - DEC 8. - Quiz CH 8 - Cognition & Intelligence
Next Thursday -  DEC. 10th - TEST - CH 7 Memory & CH 8 Intelligence & Cognition
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Quote: "The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny." - Albert Ellis

1. DO NOW: Copy questions down to help with the video we will watching introducing CH 8 "Language"

2. Video - Steven Pinker - Linguistics as a window to understanding the brain
Use the questions above to help you comprehend the video. Discussion. 

PINKER: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding Your Mind

3. Notes, Discussion: Duez Notes - Cognition: Language & Thought 

ASSIGNMENTS: 
Next Tuesday - DEC 8. - Quiz CH 8 - Cognition & Intelligence
Next Thursday -  DEC. 10th - TEST - CH 7 Memory & CH 8 Intelligence & Cognition
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Quote: "Revolutions are the locomotives of history." - Karl Marx

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: "Curious Blue Ideas Sleep Furiously" At what level is this statement AMBIGUOUS? 

2. Notes, Discussion, Video:  Duez Notes: How Language Impacts Thought

ASSIGNMENTS: 
Next Tuesday - DEC 8. - Quiz CH 8 - Cognition & Intelligence
Next Thursday -  DEC. 10th - TEST - CH 7 Memory & CH 8 Intelligence & Cognition
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Quote: "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the article from the front table. 
ARTICLE: Is Texting Killing the English Language?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Duez Notes: Cognition - Communication at Work

ASSIGNMENTS: 
Next Tuesday - DEC 8. - Quiz CH 8 - Cognition & Intelligence
Next Thursday -  DEC. 10th - TEST - CH 7 Memory & CH 8 Intelligence & Cognition

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Friday, December 4, 2020
Quote: "The past changes a little every time we retell it." - Hilary Mantel

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is Metacognition?

2. Crash Course: Cognition: Mind Can Amaze & Betray
We used to think that the human brain was a lot like a computer; using logic to figure out complicated problems. It turns out, it's a lot more complex and, well, weird than that. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses thinking & communication, solving problems, creating problems, and a few ideas about what our brains are doing up there. (Thinking & Communicating, Solving Problems, Creating Problems)

3. Finish Notes, Video, Discussion: Duez Notes: Cognition - Communication at Work

ASSIGNMENTS: 
Next Tuesday - DEC 8. - Quiz CH 8 - Cognition & Intelligence
Next Thursday -  DEC. 10th - TEST - CH 7 Memory & CH 8 Intelligence & Cognition