Psychology+Spring

Psychology Spring 2015

Wednesday May 20 - Mental Health Treatment - http://www.behavioral.net/article/confronting-chaos http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/ http://weirdnj.com/stories/pennhurst-asylum/

Tuesday May 19 - Read about Ed Gein and make connections to notes on serial killers. Should serial killers be treated as individuals with mental illness or as criminals?

Monday May 18 - Finish Dahmer movie - If you were absent, complete the alternate assignment using this website: http://www.biography.com/people/jeffrey-dahmer-9264755#arrest-and-imprisonment Tuesday May 12 - Review for Test! Use the Quizlet Review to help you study! https://quizlet.com/62423061/ms-totos-psychology-test-3-review-flash-cards/

Monday May 11 - Review for Test! We will take the test on our 3rd unit of study on Wednesday! Wednesday May 6 - Case study on Motivation/Maslow's Hierarchy - Charles Manson - Was he destined to turn out the way he did? If you are absent, fill in Maslow's Hierachy in relation to Charles Manson using the biography here - http://www.biography.com/people/charles-manson-9397912

Tuesday May 5 - Emotion - I've had it on the schedule for days and keep putting it off, but today we are going to tackle our emotions! When we are finished with the notes, you will have time to work on yesterday's assignment on Motivation and Maslow's Hierarchy. These assignments must be completed by class on Wednesday as you will need information from them to complete Wednesday's assignment. Monday May 4 - Goals and Motivation - Start by thinking about and discussing our goals. Then, use Crash Course Psychology #17 The Power Of Motivation to fill in the notes sheet about Motivation. When you are finished with the video, go to http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html to fill in Maslow's Hierarchy in your notes.

Friday May 1 - Work session!! You know what you need to do! Thursday April 30 - What makes you who you are? Why are some of us always happy? Why do some hate waking up before 10? We will take some notes on our personalities and then take a personality test to see how well you know yourself. Link for personality test: http://similarminds.com/eysenck.html

Wednesday April 29 - Let's start be reviewing inductive and deductive reasoning. Then, we will take notes on Decision Making and watch a speech by motivational thinker Andy Andrews. If you were absent, you can find the Butterfly Effect video clip in my teacher folder. Tuesday April 28 - To start - Lets read the Case of the Suspicious Fire and see who can figure out who the culprit is! Then, we'll take some notes on Thinking. And to finish up for the day, we'll watch a clip from the BBC show //Sherlock//. Monday April 27 - Memory Worksheet using the Memory Exhibition website: http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/ Friday April 24 - EXTRA CREDIT - There are 2 Crash Course videos in my teacher folder: How We Make Memories - Crash Course Psychology #13 and Remembering and Forgetting - Crash Course Psychology #14. Watch either one (or both) and create 5 - 15 questions to go along with them. You should type the questions and answers and submit them using the Hand In Robot. Thursday April 23 - Memory Activity and Notes Wednesday April 22 - Open Note Test Tuesday April 21 - We are having an open-note test tomorrow. Use today to organize your notes and print anything that needs to be printed. Here is a list of notes/topics that you should have for the quiz. Monday April 20 - Work on your Erikson questions and Comic Life. This is the last day of class time for this assignment. Friday April 17 - Yesterday you learned about Erikson's Stages of Development. Today you are you going to apply that information to your own life. Open the Word document and follow the instructions at the top of the page. When you have finished the worksheet and the Comic Life, print both. Thursday April 16 - Fill in the chart about Erikson's Stages of Development using the Prezi at the following link: https://prezi.com/i0r1zdjrv2xf/eriksons-stages-of-psychosocial-development/# Then, define the terms on the back of the page using the Crash Course video on adolescence in my teacher folder. Keep the worksheet when you are finished and use any extra time to finish the Monkeys and Morality Crash Course from earlier this week. Wednesday April 15 - Kohlberg's Moral Development and the Heinz situation Tuesday April 14 - Finish Monkey's and Morality while I hand back papers. Then, check your grade portal to make sure nothing is missing. When all papers are returned, we will discuss language development in children. Monday April 13 - Crash Course Psychology #19 Monkeys and Morality Friday April 10 - Notes on Child Development - Piaget and Cognitive Development Tuesday March 31 - Experiment Research - You will randomly be given an experiment to research - either the Milgram Obedience Experiment or the Zimbardo Standford Prison Study. Fill in the attached chart and print it when you have finished. Monday March 30 - Conditioning - Classical(Pavlov) and Operant(Skinner) with video clips and practice worksheet Videos: Skinner Box: [|www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ctJqiJrHA] Baby Albert: [|www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMnhyGozLyE] The Big Bang Theory: [] The Office https://vimeo.com/35754924

Friday March 27 - TEST!!! Thursday March 26 - Review for test! - Join Ms.Toto's Period 1 Psychology - Spring 2015 class on Quizlet - http://quizlet.com/join/UXeqFrR6G Use the review provided to prepare for tomorrow's test! Wednesday March 25 - BELL SCHEDULE ASSIGNMENTS DUE AT START OF CLASS. Review for test. Tuesday March 24 - Continue to work on the Bell Schedule assignment you started yesterday.  If someone was absent yesterday, please see the instructions posted below on Monday, 3/23. You may work on your own or in groups of 2 or 3, but YOU CANNOT JOIN A GROUP THAT BEGAN WORKING YESTERDAY. These projects are due on Wednesday for groups that started on Monday and Friday for anyone who was absent on Monday. Today is the last day that you will have class time to work, so you don’t have time to waste! Monday March 23 - We've been discussing sleep and the effects of not getting enough sleep. Today you will begin a short project dealing with sleep and high school students. YOU MAY WORK IN BY YOURSELF OR IN GROUPS OF 2 OR 3 FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, BUT NO MORE THAN 3. THIS assingment is DUE WEDNESDAY AT THE START OF CLASS so you don't have time to waste! Check out the requirements in the Word document below. The links below that are a good place to start researching your bell schedule. And don't forget to submit the Ultimate Guide to Sleep using the Hand-in Robot if you haven't done so already! Use the following links to help: http://articles.mcall.com/2014-04-09/news/mc-southern-lehigh-schools-later-start-time-20140409_1_start-times-southern-lehigh-school-board-meeting http://www.cbs19.tv/story/15661413/mnay-teens-sleep-deprivedq?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6337412 http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/teens-and-sleep http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6894556 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-michael-j-breus/teen-sleep-problems-texting_b_785585.html http://www.wave3.com/story/13513274/sleep-deprivation-is-cause-of-serious-problems-for-teens? http://www.northampton.k12.pa.us/webpages/schollm/files/Falling%20asleep%20in%20class.pdf http://www.northampton.k12.pa.us/webpages/schollm/files/Teen%20sleep_%20Why%20is%20your%20teen%20so%20tired.pdf

Friday March 20 - Finish Notes on Sleep - The Ultimate Guide to Sleep. Use the following websites to help you complete the guide: http://teenshealth.org/teen/ (click on Q&A for info about sleep) http://sleepfoundation.org/ Thursday March 19 - Discuss What Dreams May Come. Intro to Sleep and Dreams Quiz (True/False cards). Notes on Sleep and Dreams Wednesday March 18 - What Dreams May Come - Day 3 Tuesday March 17 - What Dreams May Come - Day 2 Monday March 16 - Finish notes on consciousness and altered states of consciousness. Introduce sleep log. Begin What Dreams May Come. Friday March 13 - Start by watching the Crash Course Psychology - Consciousness video and defining the terms on your paper. When I get back from my meeting, we will take notes on consciousness on the back of the paper. Thursday March 12 - Finish notes on the other senses and sense tests - Touch Wednesday March 11 - Notes on The Other Senses with sense tests - Hearing, smelling, tasting Tuesday March 10 - Discuss the Case of the Colorblind Painter and watch Brain Games: Seeing is Believing Monday March 9 - Finish notes on The Eye and Other Vision Deficiencies Nature vs. Nurture Paragraphs due! They must be typed and printed!

Friday March 6 - Snow Day Thursday March 5 - Snow Day Wednesday March 4 - Sensation and Perception Notes, including the colorblind test, finding your blind spot Tuesday March 3 -We will finish our discussion of Genie today and you will complete an assignment weighing in on the discussion of Nature vs. Nurture. If you are absent, or were absent last week when we discussed Nature vs. Nurture, use the article about twins to help complete the following assignment. Monday March 2 - Finish Brain Games from Friday Friday February 27 - Brain Games video Thursday February 26 - To continue our discussion about Nature vs. Nurture, we will look at the case of Genie, a young girl discovered locked in her room with almost no meaningful interactions until adolescents. Keep in mind the information you learned and opinions you formed while discussing twins as you learn about Genie. You will make an argument about Nature vs. Nurture and you will need to use these cases as examples! Wednesday February 25 - To start, we will take some notes on the Nature vs. Nurture argument. Then, we'll watch a couple of video clips about 2 sets of twims, separated at birth! Tuesday February 24 - POP QUIZ! [|**http://www.quia.com/quiz/5165545.html**] We'll start by taking some notes on the brain and a brain-hemisphere inventory. Then we will look at how people study the brain and watch a video clip about Phineas Gage. Monday February 23 - Presentations Friday February 20 - Presentations Thursday February 19 - Presentations Wednesday February 18 - Work on presentations! They start tomorrow! Make sure to put your finished presentation in the hand-in robot or include me if you have created it on Google Drive! Tuesday February 17 - No school - Snow Day Friday February 13 & Monday February 16 - No school - Enjoy Presidents' Day! Thursday February 12 - Work on presentations Wednesday February 11 - Work on presentations Tuesday February 10 - First, I'll explain the requirements for the presentation part of the survey assignment, then you and your partner will have time to work on the presentation. Monday February 9 - Take the surveys found at the following link using the letter assigned. Survey Link Friday February 6 - Finish working on your surveys. Monday we will take all of the surveys! Thursday February 5 - After I explain your survey projects, you will find a partner and begin working. We will use MONDAY in class to take all of the surveys, so I need all of your surveys by end-of-day Friday so I can create a page of survey links for MondayDON'T FORGET THAT YOUR SURVEY MUST INCLUDE A SPOT FOR THE PERSON TAKING IT TO PUT THEIR LETTER, AGE/GRADE, AND GENDER.
 * PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING SURVEY ASAP! **
 * https://docs.google.com/a/umasd.net/forms/d/1IL3xMTVJLTNTO_Z4ll334xCL_2eCDCEvj6SkF5uzgc0/viewform?usp=send_form **

Wednesday February 4 - Notes on Surveys - Link for sample survey: https://docs.google.com/a/umasd.net/forms/d/1buZGMoF7HYx5ehYEIPWtfY8Tc5X9BaICHtPsT63nzZE/viewform?usp=send_form Survey projects - You need a partner!

Tuesday February 3 -Case Studies - Go over the first case study togetherWork in groups to evaluate a case for normal behaviors, abnormal behaviors and recommendations - Share with class Monday February 2 -1. The Scientific Method Notes2. Seinfeld - George's experiment episode - If you are absent for the video - please complete the alternate assignment:

Friday January 30 -1. Finish Intelligence Testing notes2. Learning inventory Thursday January 29 -1. Intelligence Testing (a method used by psychologists) Notes2. Practice Intelligence Test

Wednesday January 28 - Time to get started! 1. Psychology and Methods of Studying Psychology Notes2. Observation Activity

Tuesday January 27 - Enjoy your snow day!

Monday January 26 - Welcome to Psychology! I look forward to the upcoming semester and hope you do, too! Please remember to bring the course outline (that we went over in class) in by Friday. Make sure it is signed by you and your parents/guardians!