AGENDA
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Week
One - August 30 - September 1
Overview and Introduction
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What
is Psychology?
IB Psych?
Academic Honesty
Notebooks
Course
Expectations
socialscientist.us
Is Psychology a Science? - handout
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Choose
a site from socialscientist.us resources. Evaluate
site and be prepared to share findings.
Print out IB
Programme |
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Thursday, Aug 31
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Friday, Sept 1 |
Finish
discussing handout - What is Psychology?
Habits of Mind
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Signatures
for Course Expectations |
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Week
Two - September 4 - 8 (No School
on the 4th)
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Sept 4 |
Labor
Day - No School |
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Tuesday, Sept 5 |
(See
Sept 1)
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Wednesday, Sept 6 |
Discuss
IB Programme
Books & CD/Note cards
Share resources
Chapter 1 - History, Perspectives and Fields
An Abbreviated History of Psychology
Introduction to Psychologists and Perspectives
IB
Perspectives - print out and put in notebook
(Marie, John and Billy)
Tiger Woods
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Santrock
Chapter 1 - History, Perspectives and Fields
Study
Guide
HOMEWORK: Santrock Ch 1 Questions Determine
color codes
IB
Perspective (page 13 of IB Programme)- print
out and put in notebook
Evolution
of Psychological Theory
Psychological
Perspectives
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Thursday, Sept 7 |
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Friday, Sept 8 |
Human
Experience: 42: Psychological Principles - Perspectives
Create questions from each perspective
Methods of Investigation
Scientific Method
Triangulation
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Santrock
Chapter 2 - Scientific Methods Study
Guide
Print
out Triangulation
handout
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Resources:
Perspectives in Psychology Chapters on Statistics:
Ch 1-Inquiry, Ch 2 - Design, Ch 3 - Data Analysis,
Statistical Tests, Ethics |
Week
Three - September 11 - 15
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Week
Four - September 18 - 22
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Class
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Homework
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Assignments
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Monday, Sept 18 |
Applying
Research Methods
Learning: Key Concepts and Assumptions
Digital
Media #6. Pavlov's Classical Conditioning |
Print
out and add to notebook
* "The Learning Perspective" pages 18
and 19 of IB Programme
* Basic
Assumptions of Behaviorism
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Tuesday, Sept 19 |
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Wednesday, Sept 20 |
Open
Note Test -
History of Psychology, Research Methods, Introductory
Statistics |
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Santrock
Chapter 2 - Research Methods |
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Thursday, Sept 21 |
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Friday, Sept 22 |
Library
Lab - Sniffy
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Learning
Influenced by Environment |
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Week
Five - September 25 - 29
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Monday, Sept 25 |
Library
Lab - Sniffy |
Sniffy
Lab Report
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Tuesday, Sept 26 |
Key
Concepts and Assumptions (in notebook)
Debrief "Sniffy"
Learning Influenced by the Environment
Video: Learning
What is classical conditioning? Operant?
Digital Media Archive
#7. Watson's Little Albert
#8. Thorndike's Puzzle Box
#9. B.F. Skinner Interview
The Human Experience:
#11. Operant Conditioning |
Read
Whatever
Happened to Little Albert
and respond to questions
Review Learning
Theory and Development of Social Behavior
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Sniffy
Lab Report |
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Wednesday, Sept 27 |
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Thursday, Sept 28 |
Learning
About Learning
Practical Problem Solving - Powerful Consequences
(Positive and Negative Reinforcers)
Reinforcement Schedules
Negative and Positive Reinforcement Quiz
The Hijacked Brain
Review Overview of Behaviorism |
Learning
Theory and Development of Social Behavior (behaviorist) |
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Friday, Sept 29 |
Week
Six - October 2 - 6 (No School on the 2nd)
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Week
Seven- October 9 - 13
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Week
Eight - October 16 - 20
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Monday, Oct 16 |
See Friday
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Tuesday, Oct 17 |
Self
Efficacy: Toward Behavioral Change
Lorenz - Imprinting
Media Archive #12 Harlow - Attachment
Harlow PPT
Notebooks
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Summarize
or Highlight: Cognitive
Learning Styles
Read and solve: The
Cognitive Approach (problem solving);
Complete three online inventories and print
out results: Project
Implicit
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Wednesday, Oct 18 |
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Thursday, Oct 19 |
Discuss
Project Implicit
The Brain Series:
#16 - The Locus of Learning and Memory
# 17 - Learning as Synaptic Change
SAF #27 Teaching Computers to Think
Review Learning Perspective
Sex Differences in the Brain |
Summarize
or Highlight:Sex
Differences in the Brain
Review
Learning
Perspective
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Friday, Oct 20 |
Week
Nine - October 23 - 27
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Monday, Oct 23 |
Finish
Learning
TEST-Learning (IB Essay)
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Notebook |
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Tuesday, Oct 24 |
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Wednesday, Oct 25 |
TEST-Learning
(MC)
Evaluate IB Test |
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Notebook |
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Thursday, Oct 26 |
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Friday, Oct 27 |
Brain
Pretest/Discussion
Video – The Brain: The Incredible Machine |
Santrock
Chapter 3
Brain diagrams lobes,
areas,
functions
and synapse |
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Week
Ten - October 30 - November 3
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