Psychology+Winter-Spring+2013

June 6 Here are the powerpoints for chapters 34 and 35. I have the video links in this one. Note that I did not teach attraction (first 1/3 of chapter 35) or minority influence (chapter 34), BUT they will be covered in a few multiple choice questions, so check out the text and the powerpoints.

If you did not see Jane Elliot's video - A Class Divided / The Blue Eyed CHildren, here it is: you can find it on Frontline.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/

May 28

Here is the exam review. I realize some of it is premature as we haven't covered chapters 34 or 35 yet, but we will only have a day of review, so thought some of you might like to start working on some of it. May 27 Reminder that the wellness challenge is due by the end of the week. The final project (documentary) is due next Wed, June 5.

If you are having trouble finding legitimate internet sources for your producer / director section, check out this link:

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm

May 14

If you have not done so already, c heck out this list of documentaries, for your final assignment. See me to make a selection (and come with 3-4 choices as you might not get your first choice). Watch the doc by May 23 and take point form notes on the form as you watch.



May 5 Test day is Tuesday: Stress, Wellness & Sleep There will be multiple choice (practice with the questions on Thinking About Psychology 2E website), matching without the word choices (see the practice questions in the textbook) and short response (questions from the videos and questions such as "What are the possible consequences of sleeping with a tv or computer on in your room? Explain what is happening in your brain and how this affects your body and your mood").

April 28

I MADE A CHANGE TO THE WELLNESS CHALLENGE: we all have to do 21 days (it's the minimum required to "make a habit stick"). If you choose to do an extra week, I will still give between 3-5 bonus marks on the test of your choice. April 23 If the links do not work on your computers for the prezi, wordle or animation videos, simply google the format and you should be able to see samples. Also google "how to create a prezi", "how to make a wordle", "how to make an animation video". You could also first spend your time finding the information you will need for your assignment and check out the format from your computer at home, or on your phone.

April 22

April 18 Here is the Nature of Things handout you need if you missed the class or lost your sheet.

April 9 Computer activity. Work in partners and open the document to try each of the 3 activities. Do them in order so if one gets left, it's the third one. Hand in your chart.

April 5

Here are more complete powerpoints for the brain and nervous system; the diagram-based ones are a few days below.



April 2 Here is the midterm review. Please bring your text to class as well, as there will be time to do some reading. March 28

Have a happy, safe break! For those of you doing a little work, remember the following: complete your comments on FB, finish your graphic organizer for chapter 4, email me your survey.



Possible survey topics, if you are stuck.

March 21 The **test will still be tomorrow.** Period 1, I will quickly review independent and dependent variable sheet with you before the test. The test will take about 25 minutes, and then we will start our surveys, but in the classroom, with one computer day on Monday.


 * Period 3, the test is still tomorrow and will take 25 minutes. We will meet in the library**, log on to the computers and one partner at a time will come to the other room (other side of the library) to write the test and then return to the computer.


 * Please have something to hand in tomorrow for your naturalistic observation**. I will photocopy them onto overheads and we will **see them on Monday**. The two groups who have to get into a few classrooms can do the obervations on Monday and report on Tuesday.


 * SURVEYS: Work with a partner. If there are three in a group, you will need to write 25 questions rather than 15.**


 * Open this document and **skim**to ensure you are writing good questions.
 * Come up with a **unique idea.**If you struggle with an idea, see me and I will give suggestions, but you will receive a lesser mark if you rely on me.
 * Be sure to have an **introduction, body and end**(see Survey Monkey, pages 16-20).
 * Type up your **survey questions**(15): ensure it looks professional and attractive and is easy to read and complete.
 * On a second page, provide the following: names of your group members, your hypothesis, your population, your suggestion for distributing the survery to ensure it's "fair" and random, how many people you feel it should be distributed to, what kind of questions your chose to use (section two of survey monkey guidelines) and why.
 * **Assessement:** interesting? relevance of questions? wording style? quick to answer? brief, objective and simple questions? survey layout: introduction? body? end? professional?



March 18 Here is the powerpoint for chapter 4. The test is on Friday. If you know you will miss it, please write it on THURSDAY AT NOON IN ROOM 201. If you miss for an unexcused reason, you will lose 10%.

March 17 Hi, I have set up the FB page to replace the disfunctional chat here, on the wiki. Please look for me, through FB, I have two accounts, the one you want is the one with the pic of MHS as my profile picture. Please request friend membership. The first question is there; go ahead and begin. If you can, suggest membership to others who are taking the class, to speed up the process. If you are not on FB, we will set up a mini chat session through email with those of you who feel similarly.

March 15 Here are the questions for the wiki chat. Email me your responses if you have yet to do so.

Chapters One and Two Chats. March 14 Your assignment is due tomorrow. See all the tips, below.
 * Make a comment (20-75 works in length) to each prompt. It might be that you agree with the prompt and why. You can share personal experiences or understanding of the chapter. You might make a comment about a class discussion we had, a video we watched or a group assignment we did.
 * Respond to 2-3 comments that others have made (you may have to come back another time if you were one of the first people to post a comment). You might consider asking the author of a comment a question, or you might consider supporting an idea someone has with your own ideas/experiences/understanding, or you might consider (very respectfully, disagreeing with a comment and explaining why).
 * You have until Feb 17th to do so.
 * 1) Which type of psychologist from chapter one most appeals to you and why?
 * 2) Consider each of the following statements about some of the psychological perspectives. Comment on the one that most makes sense to you. Comment on the one that seems most unlikely to you.
 * Watson's experiments with Baby Albert supported his belief that all babies are born "as a blank slate" and that any child can be formed by the experiences he has. Albert was conditioned to be fearful of all soft things, for example, because Watson paired the showing of various soft things with a loud clanging noise that started him.
 * Skinner was also a behavorist. He did experiments with pigeons, teaching them how to play ping-pong through rewards. He believed that children can also be taught through rewards and punishments, and also through observing others' behavior.
 * Freud believed that all abnormal/disfunctional behavior is because of our deep, hidden, unconscious fears and insecurities and conflicts. He traced most problems back to one's childhood (and often to the mama).

I will be compiling the following assignments for a mark of 6 on the progress report. If you have not done each of them, please do so before Tuesday of next week: graphic organizer, wiki response 1, wiki response 2, The Nature of Things questions on babies, Bringing Up Monkey sheet, Podcast 1, Podcast 2. Also, I will be starting a facebook page to replace the wiki chat. Please check it out this week and contribute to the conversation by Sunday at 9pm.

March 12 The due date for the assignment has been moved to Friday. I encourage you to bring me a rough copy and / or to come see me in room 201 if you are struggling with it.

The article was written in 1998. Number the pages starting with page one. With respect to how to cite it on your reference page, use the following information: orginally published in "Life Magazine", George Howe Colt (author), accessed through the following website: [|http://www.trussvillecityschools.com] on April 20, 2012

So, when you go to citationmachine.org, use this information to create the citation for your reference page.

Here is a sample. DO NOT borrow from it; simply use it as a frame of reference as you work.



March 1

If you want to work on your assignment over the break, here are a few tips:


 * Go to the websites that you will reference in the second part of the paper, so that you can search for the things you need to make the citation. I recommend using citationmachine.org or Owl Purdue when you create the internal citation and the citation for the reference page.
 * Go to Scientific American Frontiers website, and use it for the source of "Bringing Up Monkey"
 * Go to Learn Genetics (University of Utah) to find the things we looked at for epigenetics.
 * Go to The Nature of Things and use it for the "Babies" video.
 * Go to Youtube and find the Williams's Syndrome video if you want to cite it.
 * Cite the text book and try to reference it a few times (maybe definitions).
 * Come with a rough copy and I will look at it and give you good feedback before the final paper is due on Wednesday.

Have a great March Break. Be safe and have fun.
 * Welcome!

Please use this site often. You will find my teaching powerpoints, feedback and assignments. If you want to contact me, please use heather.gunn@nbed.nb.ca



February 10 Your assignment this week is to request permission to belong to this wiki. When permission is granted, check out the Project tab at the top of this page. Click on it, and find the chat page for your class (either Period One or Period Three). There are two questions to respond to this week. Be sure to do so by February 19th.