The Senses

The senses

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Sleep and Dreams PowerPoint

Altered states of consciousness

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Stages of Sleep

What we did in class on Thursday, April 21:

PowerPoint:  Filled in sleep disorder graphic organizer with information from book and PowerPoint
After PowerPoint we completed an activity using information on the stages of sleep.  Once we figured out which information went with which sleep stage we copied the information to our worksheet table.  A great study tool!

Parts of the Brain

Parts of the brain

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Video links on gender roles and media

Codes of Gender:   http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=238

Tough Guise:  http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=21

Kohlberg podcast

Here is the link to listen to the podcast on Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development.  Make sure you go to podcast 26 which is moral development.

http://web.mac.com/todddaniel/Professor_Todd/Great_Ideas_in_Psychology_Podcast/rss.xml

Very interesting!!!!!

 

Jeopardy review for tomorrow's test

Here is the link to help study for the test tomorrow!  Good Luck


http://jeopardylabs.com/play/development55

Freud

Sigmund freud psychosexual

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Parenting styles

Parenting styles

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Cognitive and Emotional Development PowerPoint

Cognitive and emotional development

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Chapter 2 Test in Psychology on Thursday!

Here is the link for the jeopardy review if you missed it because you were absent or you just want to do some extra studying.

 http://jeopardylabs.com/play/psychological-research-methods-and-statistics2

Happy Studying!

Jeopardy review for last test of the semester!!!

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/psychological-disorders15

jeopardy review

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/memory-and-thought2

Test Tomorrow

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/learningprinciples-and-applications

Above is the link to the jeopardy review

jeopardy link....Study! Study! Study!

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/sensation-and-perception9

Sensation and Perception

Sensation and perception

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Last week in psychology

This last week we have been studying sensation and perception.  Sensation is what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor.  We learned about the 5 basic and 2 additional senses, the receptors used, and the stimuli for each.  We took a look at thresholds, absolute and difference, and memorized what the absolute thresholds are for the five senses.  We completed an experiment that related to signal detection theory more specifically the stroop effect.  In table groups the classes created posters of the seven senses that showed and explained the pathways of stimuli. 

Assignments that were due included:

1. Notes and vocab for 8.1 and 8.2...8.3 is due on Monday
2. Graphic organizer for the seven senses
3. Sense Poster in table groups if you were in class  - on your own if you were absent 

Test Tomorrow!

Review your textbook.  Read both sections over and play the online jeopardy game.  You need to know your stages of sleep and what is happening in your brain (hint: brainwaves) and also what is happening physically.  http://jeopardylabs.com/play/altered-states-of-consciousness 

Test on Thursday!

Make sure you take your online test before Thursday's test.   Go to the Understanding Psychology link at the right of the page.  Go to quizzes and it would be under chapter 6.  Remember to email me the results!  Here is the link for the online jeopardy game that we used as a review on Wednesday.  http://jeopardylabs.com/play/body-and-behavior1

Nervous system PowerPoint

The nervous system

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TEST ON MONDAY!!!!

Remember to study for your test this weekend.  Check out the interactive tutor for chapter 2 from the textbook website.  Also don't forget to take the online quiz and email the results to kwasko@isd381.k12.mn.us.

Here is the jeopardy review game.  http://jeopardylabs.com/play/psychological-research-methods-and-statistics2

Research Methods

This week we took a look at different research methods that pscyhologists use and the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.  We created an experiment to see if eating candy improves fine motor skills and we looked at the design, making sure we understood the parts of the experiment; control and experiment groups, independent and dependent variables, hypothesis.  We also took a look at ethics in psychology and how psychologists have standards set by the APA that they are required to follow.  Experiments that are famous in the history of psychology include the Stanford Prison Experiment and the Milgram Experiment.  Did the psychologist in this go to far?  Was harm done to the participants?  What standards were compromised?

Assignments that were completed this week include:
Graphic organizer on research methods
 Correlation Review
Independent and Dependent variable worksheet


Assigned this week but due September 29th.  Partners create an experiment and write up the experiment design: Include question, hypothesis, how you will set up the experiment group and control group, what are the dependent and independent variables.  (Use the experiment design that was on the overhead that you took notes on last week to help you out)

Next week we are learning statistics!

TEST on THURSDAY

Make sure you are studying for your test tonight.  There are some fun puzzles to study for vocabulary on our book website (links to learn to the right...then Understanding Psychology)  Also here is the website for the Jeopardy game we played in class today.  See how many points you can earn yourself!  http://jeopardylabs.com/play/psych-chapter-1 

Thursday PowerPoint: History of Psychology

E:\History Of Psychology

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Wednesday Class

Today in class I introduced our new vocabulary words for section one.  The class wrote the definitions in their own words and created a graphic representation of the word.  We talked about psychology being a science and how psychologists use the scientific method so errors and biases are minimized.  We did an activity looking at behaviors both observable (actions) and unobservable (thoughts and feelings).  The assignment was a worksheet:  Application Activity 1 - The study of behavior.  Read the scenario, list behaviors of Michelle and John.  Identify one behavior and form a hypothesis for that behavior.  This is due on Thursday.

Ms.Wasko Introduction

E:\psychology opening day

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Welcome!

Welcome back to school!  I hope everyone had a great summer and that you are ready to learn about behavior and mental processes.  By studying psychology we can better understand ourselves and our relationships.  This is going to be a great semester and we will have a lot of fun.  The psychology blog is a new piece I am bringing to the classroom.  I will be trying to post all of the PowerPoints and the assignments. I am also going to see if we can get the textbook online.  If we can get the text online, you won't have to carry that heavy book around.  Just hop on the computer when you get home.  Get ready for an exciting semester!!!

-Ms. Wasko