Notes: Sensation & Perception - Hearing

YouTube: Sensation & Perception - Hearing
Notes: Sensation & Perception - Hearing

Kirk to Enterprise... Kirk to Enterprise... can you hear me now?

Notes: Sensation & Perception - Vision

YouTube: Notes Sensation & Perception - Vision, PART 1
YouTube: Notes Sensation & Perception - Vision, PART 2
Notes: Sensation & Perception - Vision

Notes: Sensation & Perception - Introduction

YouTube: Sensation & Perception - Introduction
Notes: Sensation & Perception - Introduction

Counselor Dog - Part Freudian, Part Behaviorist.
He has an elevated sense of smell in his favor.

Notes - Biological Bases of Behavior - Brain Scans & Imaging

YouTube: Biological Bases of Behavior - Brain Scans
Notes: Biological Bases of Behavior - Brain Scans

If you were to scan my brain, you'd see increased levels of emotional excitement due to the pending release of Pearl Jam's 10th studio album - Lightning Bolt. My brain is ready!

Agenda: Week of Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2013

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 2: Biological Bases of Behavior - Sensation & Perception

WEEK AT A GLANCE:

MON - Unit 2 Reading Check Quiz; Review Quiz; Finish Brain Games Video
TUE - Review Sensation & Perception & Biological Bases of Behavior
WED/THU - Test Unit 2; Article - Dreams; Introduction to Consciousness - "The Hard Problem"
FRI - Discuss Article - Dreams; Handout - Effect of Drugs on Consciousness; Sleep Cycles & Disorders

The federal government is very good at 'hearing' you. 

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Monday, Sep 30, 2013
Quote: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - Confucius

Learning Targets:

1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.

2. The difference between sensation and perception

3. The structure and function of the eye

4. The structure and function of the ear

Sensation and perception are areas that have been of interest to psychologists for most of the history of psychology. As we sit here, our senses receive literally thousands of messages. We need to make sense of this information. Our senses take in the information, and they do so from birth. Yet the interpretive part -perception- requires knowledge.

Essential Questions:
* How do we convert light into images?
* How does the ear responds to sound waves?
* How do we taste or smell?
* How does the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Reading Check Quiz over Unit 2 - Biological Bases of Behavior & Sensation-Perception.
2. Reading Check Quiz - Unit 2
3. Video Study: Brain Games - "Watch This" - episode on perception.

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

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Tuesday, Oct 1, 2013
Quote: "Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything." - Mary Hemingway

Learning Targets:

1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.

2. The difference between sensation and perception

3. The structure and function of the eye

4. The structure and function of the ear

Sensation and perception are areas that have been of interest to psychologists for most of the history of psychology. As we sit here, our senses receive literally thousands of messages. We need to make sense of this information. Our senses take in the information, and they do so from birth. Yet the interpretive part -perception- requires knowledge.

Essential Questions:
* How do we convert light into images?
* How does the ear responds to sound waves?
* How do we taste or smell?
* How does the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Explain the theories of how we perceive differences in pitch?
Place theory = pitch perception depends on where vibrations occur along the basilar membrane. Frequency theory = pitch perception depends on the rate at which the basilar membrane vibrates. Which theory is correct?
2. Review Unit 2 for test next time. Use the Target Sheets to help assist you.

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

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Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013 & Thursday, Oct 3, 2013
Quote: "To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge." - Socrates

Learning Targets:
1. People dream during REM sleep.
2. Sleep isn't easy for everyone. There are a variety of sleep disorders that are important to understand.
3. The Stages of Sleep.

Essential Questions:
● Explain Levels of consciousness. Compare the different levels of consciousness.
● Why do we Sleep and dream?
● Be able to examine and differentiate between different types of sleep disorders
● Define, differentiate and compare the different types of Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Test over Unit 2.
2. Test - Unit 2 - Biological Bases of Behavior & Sensation - Perception.
3. Pick up Article, Read, & Annotate - we will discuss on Friday in class: What Dreams Are Made Of
4. Introduction - Unit 3 - Consciousness, Learning, and Memory.

Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

Gryff doesn't lick my face, but he is a good snuggler.

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Friday, Oct 4, 2013 
Quote:  "Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842 - 1910)

Learning Targets:
1. People dream during REM sleep.
2. Sleep isn't easy for everyone. There are a variety of sleep disorders that are important to understand.
3. The Stages of Sleep.
4. Impact of drugs on consciousness.

Essential Questions:
● Explain Levels of consciousness. Compare the different levels of consciousness.
● Why do we Sleep and dream?
● Be able to examine and differentiate between different types of sleep disorders
● Define, differentiate and compare the different types of Psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens
● Does Hypnosis actually work?
● Meditation - is it useful?
● Impact of psychoactive drugs - Depressants, Narcotics, Stimulants, Hallucinogens

Agenda:
1. Do Now: Pick up Drugs - Impact on Consciousness Charts & Prep article  What Dreams Are Made Of
2. Socratic Discussion: Article -  What Dreams Are Made Of
3. Notes & Discussion:  Stages of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Assignments:
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

Notes: Unit 2 - Bio - The Nervous System

YouTube Lecture - Unit 2 - Biological Bases of Behavior - Neuroscience: Neural Communication
Notes - Unit 2 - Biological Bases of Behavior - Neuroscience: Neural Communication

Agenda: Week of September 23 - September 27, 2013

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 2 - Biological Bases of Behavior - Sensation & Perception

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - Brain Projects Due; Present Brain Projects; Mr. Duez's brain!
TUE - Finish Brain Rules; Sensation & Perception
WED/THU -  Sensation & Perception: Sight
FRI - Brain Games Video Study: Sensation & Perception: Sight & Sound

Muse chose this album art, taken from the Human Connectome Project, represents the map of the human brain's pathways, "tracking the circuits in our heads and how we process information with bright, neon colors." 

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Monday, Sep 23, 2013
Quote: Quote: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost

Learning Targets:
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

Essential Questions:
1. What are the major lobes of the brain and what areas of human behavior do they impact?
2. What are the parts of the neuron?
3. How do neuron's fire and communicate with other neurons to send messages?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up Target Sheets from the front table. Be sure to begin working on reading through these and answering the questions at the end.
2. Present the Brain Project: Students will use their brain sketch and work with other students in the class to find similar brain sketches to their own. Students will present those similarities to the class. The object is to introduce everyone to the class and to learn about what commonalities we share.
3. Brain Imaging: We'll take a look at Mr. Duez's brain on MRI. Also discuss the different methods that can be used to peer inside the human brain.
4. Video Study: The Teenage Brain: Adriana Galvan at TEDxYouth (If time)

Assignment:
Quiz on Monday, Sep 30.
Test is on Wed/Thu, Oct 2
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

The development of the brain - pruning creates strong neural pathways.

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Tuesday, Sep 24, 2013
Quote: "The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases." - Carl Jung

Learning Targets:
1. Describe the parts of the neruon and explain how they function.
2. List the 3 properties of light and the aspects of visual perception that they influence.
3. Identify the location of the lens, pupil, cornea, and retina. Discuss their functions.
4. Distinguish between nearsightedness and farsightedness.
5. Identify the retina & optic disk.
6. Discuss the contribution of rods & cones to visual processing. 
7. Explain the processes underlying dark adaptation.

Essential Questions:
1. How does the brain actually 'see' - route the signals from the eye to the brain?
2. What are the two pathways involved in visual processing and the information they handle?
3. How does the research that Hubel & Wiesel's worked on explain information processing in the visual cortex?
4. What does the concept of feature analysis and subjective contours tell us about vision?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Draw the sketch of the neruon on the board and label the parts in your notes.

2. PsychTrek - Sensation & Perception - Students will work through the learning modules to be introduced to Sensation & Perception. Interactive quizzing.

Assignment:

Quiz on Monday, Sep 30.
Test is on Wed/Thu, Oct 2
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 & Thursday, Sep 26 , 2013
Quote: "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - William Wallace

Learning Targets:
1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.
2. The difference between sensation and perception
3. The structure and function of the eye
4. The structure and function of the ear

Essential Questions:
1. Analyze the process that humans use to convert light into images?
2. How does the ear responds to sound waves?
3. How do we taste or smell?
4. Explain the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW:Are you influenced by advertisements - tv, radio, print, billboard, & internet? Have you ever made a purchase based on the power of an advertisement?
2. Notes & Discussion: Does Subliminal Stimulation (Advertisement) work? In what ways will it and won't it be convincing to a person?
3. Video & Discussion: Derren Brown - "Psychological Illusionist" - Derren Brown will use some amazing tricks to control human behavior. 3 video clips:

• Advertising Execs
• Grocery Store Exec
• People are VERY Predictable

Are people so easily deceived? Is it possible that we are being manipulated much more than we are aware, by advertisers and marketers? How will this knowledge of your susceptibility impact you in the future?

3. Weber's Law Group/Cooperative Experiments: The idea that, to perceive a difference between 2 stimuli, they must differ by a constant percentage; not a constant amount.

Students will participate in a number of group experiments to test if Weber's Law.

Assignment:
Quiz on Monday, Sep 30.
Test is on Wed/Thu, Oct 2
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

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Friday, Sep 27, 2013
Quote: "All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Henry Ellis

Learning Targets:
1. Perception is the interpretation of sensory information; it relies on experience.
2. The difference between sensation and perception
3. The structure and function of the eye
4. The structure and function of the ear

Essential Questions:
1. Analyze the process that humans use to convert light into images?
2. How does the ear responds to sound waves?
3. How do we taste or smell?
4. Explain the somatic sensory system function?

Agenda:
1. Do Now: Pick up questions for the video from the front.
2. Video Study: Brain Games - "Watch This" - episode on perception.

Assignment:
Quiz on Monday, Sep 30.
Test is on Wed/Thu, Oct 2
Check the notes, YouTube lectures, and work on the Target Sheets to prepare.

Notes - Unit 2 - BIological Bases of Behavior - The Neuron, Brain, and Dualism Debate

YouTube - Lecture - Unit 2 - BIological Bases of Behavior - The Neuron, Brain, and Dualism Debate
Notes - Unit 2 - BIological Bases of Behavior - The Neuron, Brain, and Dualism Debate

"Heaven & Hell" - A discussion about dualism, neurons, the human brain, & consciousness. 

Unit 2 - Targets - Biological Bases of Behavior & Sensation/Perception

Unit 2 - Targets - Biological Bases of Behavior
Unit 2 - Targets - Sensation/Perception

Brain Project

We are working on the brain project almost exclusively in class. Of course, if you want to finish it at home, you can. But, remember... the test is next Wed/Thu and you need to be studying, reading the text, going over the notes I have posted, and working the Target Sheet. So don't spend forever on it.

We will have some time in class on Wed/Thu this week and also the first portion of class on Friday to finish it. We will present them in groups. So don't fear "public speaking" that isn't a requirement. However, we will have some fun with it. This is all in an effort to help you learn about the brain, it's parts, their functions, and consider how your brain divides up the resources afforded to it.

The written part is where you will explain how your brain functions. How do you percentages match up to the portions of your brain and their functions? If you mess up and feel like you should have put 15% video game playing in a different location... leave it where it is on your diagram. Just explain what you should have done in the written part. The explanation is your chance to show me what you learned about your life, your brain, and how it functions. That is what I will grade.

Here is an example of one we have done in the past (I changed the formatting this year and gave you a handout with it. In the past they had to freehand draw it themselves):

You may feel the need to write your item and % outside of the brain and then draw arrows to correspond with the location. That's fine. Just use color to coordinate your mapping.

Good luck. If you have questions, let me know.

Also, here is the video from Educational-Portal that showcased the great ways to remember the parts of the brain: Psychology 101 - Bio: Parts of the Brain

Install 3D Brain APP on your Android/Tablet or iPhone/iPad

3D Brain on Google Play Store
3D Brain on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Use your touch screen to rotate and zoom around the interactive brain structures. Discover how each brain region functions, what happens when it is injured, and how it is involved in mental illness. Each detailed structure comes with information on functions, disorders, brain damage, case studies, and links to modern research.