Psychology S2 - Period 4 (MG-F)-4 (MG-F) Assignments

Acquiring language is an innate ability that all humans possess, however some interaction with others is needed to acquire language. 


READ the "Case Study" on p69, then DO questions 1-3.

READ chapter 3 section 1, pgs61-68. DO questions 1-4, p68.

* Please develop the "flowchart" for #2, the 3 "answers" are SIGNS, MEANINGS, and GRAMMAR. I would like you to expand upon those answers in the organizer. Also, I would like you to include as part of your #2 answer a "summary" of Figure 3.8, "The Flowering of Language" p68.

https://thebookssite.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/glencoe-understanding-psychology-mcgraw-2003.pdf

Attached is the test on Ch6 and The Brain, you may NOT use your notes/work for this assessment. Good luck!

The assignment is to READ the attached article, "Your Brain on Digital". There are 5 topics from the article that you need to summarize on a google doc.

1) One's FOCUS? Neuroplasticity / new wiring / rewiring / adapt / malleable
2) "Effects of Stimulation"
3) "Multitasking"
4) "Benefits" (of changes...)
5) "Redefining Humanness" / The most powerful mind-altering technology...

You will have 15 minutes to get this multiple-guessing quickie quiz done. 
Good luck!

A copy of the video sheet is attached, please answer the questions during or after the video. To receive full credit for this assignment, the student worksheet must be submitted soon after the conclusion of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=FGaz_fHLHNU

There are 2 assignments:
1. READ pgs160-168, DO questions 1-4, p168. PLEASE take a look at the NOTES (previously posted), which are associated with this section

2. Case Studies: One Person...Two Brains? - READ p169, DO questions 1-3.


https://thebookssite.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/glencoe-understanding-psychology-mcgraw-2003.pdf

READ pgs155-159, DO questions 1-4, p159. As explained in class, for #1 draw "two communicating neurons" and label their "parts", p157; for #2, please expand upon the graphic organizer on the nervous system. 

https://thebookssite.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/glencoe-understanding-psychology-mcgraw-2003.pdf

During or after the video, please answer questions or provide descriptions. You will submit your work at the end of the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK4NhmY5bK0

Here is the quiz on our quickie "unit" on experiments in psychology. You may NOT use your notes for this, let's see how much information you really have retained.

Good luck!

This assignment consists of 3 different assignments related to psychological research. These experiments include The Stanford County Prison, the Milgram Obedience to Authority, and 1 of your choice. This assignment counts as 3 classwork assignments.

Please put all your work on the SAME DOCUMENT. Identify the experiment (put a title BEFORE your work). 


Then for each experiment:
1) state the hypothesis 2) identify the independent variable (cause) 3) identify the dependent variable (effect?)
4) describe experiment 5) what were the results? please explain 6) any ethical issues? please explain

We will watch a video on the Stanford County Prison experiment in class

A link to a video on the Milgram experiment is attached
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTX42lVDwA4

Finally, you should CHOOSE an experiment that you might be interested in studying and answer 1-6 (above)

Attached is the quiz,  I'll be walking around the room.

The assignment for today is the worksheet on Phineas Gage. 


Please READ the attached worksheet and then answer the qs on a Google Doc. 


ALSO, add an answer to the following, "How does the case of Phineas Gage relate to the first article you read in this class, "Personality: Genes or Learned Behavior?"

*Please date your work AND add an appropriate "title" to it as needed.

Here are the notes for chapter 1. After we go over the notes in class, you need to provide information for the items in the notes that are in RED FONT. Please look over (read) Ch1, pgs6-24, and as you READ add your information to the notes.


One resource we will be using this semester is the textbook. Here is the link to the textbook!

https://thebookssite.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/glencoe-understanding-psychology-mcgraw-2003.pdf

The first part of this assignment is to READ the ProJo article entitled, "Personality: Is it in our genes or learned behavior..." You will need to briefly SUMMARIZE the article AND DO the following:

Vocabulary terms: 1)neurologist 2)colloquium 3)Tay-Sachs disease 4)genetic predisposition 5)Jesuits 6)*malleability 7)mutation 8)autism 9)cortex

EXPLAIN the main idea of the following PARAGRAPHS: #7 "The Jesuits...",
#13 "Those conditions...", #18 "Experience shapes..."

Find a current article on the topic "Nature-Nurture and Behavior". Briefly summarize the article by making a connection to the topic "Nature and Nurture". Please provide a link to your article.

Try your best to complete the survey; you have a voice, use it! 
THANKS