Ch 2 learning Links and activities

http://tr008.k12.sd.us/New%20Folder/Psychology/Learning/Learning%20experiments.htm

Learning/Teaching Journal writing

Recall a situation in which you taught another person a skill or how to do a task.  Write a brief account about it.  Make sure to include a description of the strategy you used for teaching this person and any steps/organization you needed to accomplish the teaching of the skill/task.

Scientific Analysis Assignment

Use this link for the assignment:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Use the Mind and Brain tab to find articles

Assignment:  Read four articles and answer the following set of questions for each article.

1- In one sentence, what was the research about?

 

2- How many subjects were used in the experiment?

 

3- Was there a control group?

 

4- How were the subjects chosen?

 

5- What did the experimenters do to the subjects?

 

6- How did the subjects react?

 

7- Did the subjects act the way the experimenters expected?

Psychology Chapter 1 experiments

 

Use the following link above for the online activities before.

QUIPS & QUOTES (select Quips & Quotes)

Define the different perspectives utilized by psychologists.

 

Using a teenager as your subject, give an example of each perspective.

 

 

RATE THE CELEBRITIES (select Rate the Celebrities)

Define correlation coefficient. What happens to variables in a positive correlation coefficient. Negative coefficient?

 

How strong was the correlation coefficient between attractiveness and success? Why do the results say about you

 

The Body Beautiful

How did your results compare to those of the study of undergraduate?

 

What cultural factors might be contributing to the tendency of women to show more dissatisfaction with their physiques than men?

 

Why do you think both men and women misjudge the opposite sex with respect to preferred body types?

 

 

Anagrams

What was your score?    ____/10

List the words you got.correct-

 

What Provokes you?-this is 61 questions and will take awhile.

Print off final answer page and attach.

 

Find Eliza the online therapist-you will have to google Eliza online therapist to find a link.  Talk to Eliza, the Rogerian therapist,  and write down in 100 words your thoughts about this.  Did you know this was actually a computer based model used in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Psychology Blogging

So welcome back from Christmas Break.  We will be blogging in this semester of Psychology.  To introduce us to Psychology I have a few questions I would like you to answer and a short journal writing I would like you to do.  Please answer the following below and respond to the journal entry I have posted.

What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What one thing do you like about your life?
What one thing do you not like about your life?
What profession would you like to attempt?
What profession would you never attempt?
What 3 words describe you?

Journal writing:
Think about your personal reasons for studying psychology.  Write an entry of at least 200 words describing what you hope to gain from this class and what you would like to gain from the experience of having me as your teacher.

Writing a Thesis

So we are going to be writing an analytical research paper.  While we are at it we are going to learn how to write a thesis for a research paper.  I have included the video below which touches on some important aspects of what we want to accomplish with our thesis for this paper.

And below is a link with examples of proficient thesis. 
http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/tips/thesis/

Wildlife and Globalization

Choose a human-wildlife conflict to study in detail from any prairie habitat in the world (prairies in other parts of the world may be referred to as grasslands, savannah, pampas, plains, or steppe). 
Once you have chosen a conflict,  research on the Web and/or in the library to learn as much as you can about it. Encourage them to contact organizations that support both sides of the conflict to learn more. They should be able to answer at least the following questions:

	What is the animal's range?
	What does it prey upon, and what preys upon it?
	In what ways does it affect other populations (wildlife and human)?
	How did the conflict(s) evolve?
	What is being done to solve the conflict?
	Who are the main groups involved in the conflict?
	What are the main arguments of the groups on each side of the conflict?

Each group use a blank outline map from the Xpeditions atlas to show the area of the world where the conflict they have chosen is taking place.
      
Each group will create a presentation about the conflict it studied. The presentation could be multimedia-based, if resources are available (e.g., a Web site or a PowerPoint slide show); an oral report with a visual component, such as photographs or illustrations; or any other creative way they feel they can demonstrate what they have learned.

 

     

      Each of you will write a position paper as if you planned to send it to a legislator or government official. You should explain what they have learned and how they feel about the conflict you studied in your small group. The paper should include at least one possible solution to the conflict, stumbling blocks to this possible solution, and how to address them.