Friday, February 28, 2020

Unit 12 - Human Development - How we change over our lifespan.

Chapter 12: Human Development   

Notes Due Monday, March 9
Flashcards Due Tuesday, March 10
Concept Map due Wednesday, March 11
Unit Quiz Thursday, March 12

Bernstein Text Chapter 12 Pp. 450-505 (55 pages in 7 days = Average 8 pages/day)
Read and take Cornell Notes – make them MEANINGFUL!!!! – Diagrams, Charts…

Key Ideas: Nurture vs Nature – John Locke vs. Jean Jacques Rosseau, Prenatal development, Teratogens; Newborn Senses, Reflexes & Motor Skills; Piaget’s Theory – Piaget’s Stages of Development, Childhood Development, Maturation, Object Permanence, Social & Emotional Development, Temperament, Harlow’s Monkeys, Attachment, Erik Erikson’s Theory – Erikson’s stages of development, Parenting styles, Adolescence, Adulthood, Kohlberg’s Theories of Moral Development



Hank and the Crash Course about Piaget and more...


The animation showing Piaget's concepts of assimilation and accommodation can be seen at http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Piaget%27s_Stages

Video about Piaget's stages can be seen below or at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRF27F2bn-A


The Flash Animation showing the Piagetian concepts of assimilation and accommodation is at 


Here is a longer video that will help you with some mnemonics to remember Piaget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXd5nxrBVrs 

Hank talks about Harlow's monkeys, Ainsworth's attachment theory, parenting styles, and Kohlberg's theory of Moral Development.


Here is a short video about parenting styles- Authoritarian, Permissive and Authoritative.



Erikson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development. 



And a more in-depth one... about 6 minutes
http://youtu.be/vapEpQmz86o



And, of course, Hank has a lot to say about adolescence and Erikson's theory of psychosocial development... #BreakfastClub....#Identity....#RoleConfusion


Laurence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Good video about the Heinz Dilemma... what stage of moral development are you in?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxJ07klMhr0


More stages... Elizabeth Kubler Ross's 5 stages of grief.
When the giraffe sees that the end is near...

And by the Simpsons, but one of the stages in the Simpsons clip doesn't match what we learned in class... which is it? Simpsons Kubler-Ross' Phases of Grief on Vimeo. One of the stages is missing... which is it?

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Unit 11 - Motivation and Emotion!

Notes                          DUE Thursday 2/20
Flash Cards                 DUE Monday 2/24
Concept Map             DUE Wednesday 2/26
QUIZ                          *** Friday 2/28

Do you understand the KEY IDEAS? Theories of Motivation, Instinct, Drives, Homeostasis, Arousal, Hunger & Food Motivations, Sex Motivations, Achievement Motivations, Autonomic Nervous System, Eating Disorders, Role of parts of hypothalamus (ventromedial and lateral)


TIME TO GET YOUR AP REVIEW BOOK!!! You may be able to snag one at a Chicago Public Library, or get one from a friend who took the class last year. Otherwise you can get one on Amazon or another bookstore. You don't need the most recent edition... getting one that's one or two years old can save you a bunch money. We will have new books this year for you to scan out, but it's crucial that you DON'T write in them! 

Use these resources to understand the basics of motivation and emotion. 

The power of MOTIVATION! 


...and Hank on EMOTION and over-sharing... Kanye, we're talking to you...

...and Hank on EMOTIONS and STRESS!
...and Hank discusses the psychology of sexuality

What's the difference between sex and gender? What about sexual orientation, and gender expression? This info-graphic is helpful.




What Motivated Mike?
Here is a great Nike spot with Michael Jordan talking about how failure has helped him to succeed. Thanks for reminding me of this one, Mr. Niebuhr.



If the above play button does not appear or work you can try the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GuXZFQKKF7A

If the video won't play, here is the quote that Michael Jordan states during the commercial. Base your answer on this quote.

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
-- Michael Jordan

What do you think motivated Michael Jordan become the greatest basketball player of his era and one of the greatest in the history of the game?

 
Anorexia, Bulimia and other Eating Disorders... The PBS NOVA video, Dying to Be Thin is a powerful examination of anorexia. You can watch the full video here.  *** PBS has switched to a paid subscription model, so you may not be able to see this clip.****

Here is an interesting article about the distinction between eating disorders and disordered eating: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/contemporary-psychoanalysis-in-action/201402/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder-what-s-the


There is a support group for people with eating disorders called ANAD- The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Their website has resources on eating disorders.

Monday, February 3, 2020

Unit 10 - Ch 10 Intelligence and Testing

Notes:              Fri 2/7/20
Flash Cards:    Mon 2/10/20
Concept Map:  Wed 2/12/20
Unit QUIZ:        Thurs 2/13/20    



Key Ideas: Intelligence, IQ Tests, Reliability and Validity (in general as well as how reliability and validity specifically relate to IQ tests), Models of Intelligence, Ethnic and Socioeconomic issues around the concept of intelligence, Are IQ tests fair?, Stereotype Threat, Multiple Intelligences.


Hank on Intelligence

The controversy...


Brains and bias...


Here is the LINK to the video about the Australian Aboriginal children and their superior intelligence about the natural world.

With many caveats... here is a sample IQ test. Remember, this is not a valid test. It is only to give you an idea of the types of questions which appear on some IQ tests.