Mrs. Bernick: 1st Hour 2013
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3 Quarter Psychology Agenda
Unit I
Module 1: Discovering Psychology
1/22
Handout 1.1: Psychology Quiz
A. Definition & Goals
B. Modern Approaches
C. Historical Approaches
D. Cultural Diversity: Early Discrimination
1/23
Reading Day
1/24
E. Research Focus: Taking Class Notes
F. Careers in Psychology
G. Research Areas
H. Application: Study Skills
Handout 1.7: Research Areas
Handout 1.9: Crossword Puzzle
Module 2: Psychology and Science
1/25
1/28
A. Answering Questions
B. Surveys
C. Case Study
D. Cultural Diversity: Use of Placebos
Handout 2.2: Correlating or Experimental (30 Minutes)
E. Correlation
1/29
Handout 2.1: Finding the Scientific Method (45 Minutes)
1/30
Handout 2.3: In-Class Experiment (30 Minutes)
F. Decisions about Doing Research
G. Scientific Method: Experiment
1/31
Handout 2.4: Designing a Scientific Experiment (50 Minutes)
(Folder with direction in file cabinet.)
2/1
Activity: Observation walk around the school, inside & outside. You pick
items to give a test on once in the classroom (15 Minutes).
H. Research Focus: ADHD Controversies
I. Application: Research Concerns
2/4
Study Day/Reading Day
2/5
Unit I Test: Modules 1 & 2
Unit II
Module 3: Brain’s Building Blocks
2/6
YouTube: Inside the Brain: Unraveling the Mystery of Alzheimer’s
Disease (4:22) and What is Alzheimer’s Disease (3:15)
Handout 3.4: The Neuron (worksheet for notes)
A. Overview: Human Brain
B. Neurons: Structure & Function
C. Neurons vs. Nerves
Handout 3.2: Neural Damage Analysis (40 Minutes)
D. Sending Information
E. Transmitters
F. Reflex Responses
2/7
You Tube: Treating Phantom Limb Pain with Mirror Therapy (2:32)
You Tube: Phantom Limb Video
G. Research Focus: What is a Phantom Limb?
H. Cultural Diversity: Plants & Drugs
I. Application: Experimental Treatments
2/8
DVD: Anatomy (26 Minutes)
Reading/Blog Time (COW Lab)
Module 4: Incredible Nervous System
2/11
A. Genes & Evolution
B. Studying the Living Brain
2/12
Power Point Lecture: Read in Groups
You Tube: How the body works: The Regions of the Brain
C. Organization of the brain
D. Control Center: Four Lobes
2/13
Handout 4.1: Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex
Handout 4.5: Make Clay Models of Brain
Handout 4.2: Brain Game
2/14
You Tube: (7:22)
EXCLUSIVE: Michael J. Fox Talks To Katie Couric re Rush L
Michael J. Fox: Living with Parkinson’s/ By Chris McIntosh (2:13)
E. Limbic System: Old Brain
F. Endocrine System
2/15
Early Release Day
Reading Day (COW Lab)
2/18
G. Research Focus: Sex Differences in the Brain?
H. Cultural Diversity: Brain Size & Racial Myth
YouTube: A Quick Left-Right Brain Quick Test (0:44)
YouTube: Split brain behavior experiments (4:36)
I. Application: Split Brain
Assign: Handout 4.4: Handedness: Absolute or Continuum
2/19
Study Day/Reading Day (COW Lab)
2/20
Unit II Test (COW Lab)
2/21
P/T Conferences 12-8pm, No School
2/22
No School
2/25
(COW) Lab-Blog Day & Reading Day
Book 1 Report Due
Unit III
Module 5: Sensation
2/26
Handout 5.1: If Your Eyes Could Talk (10 Minutes)
A. Eye: Vision (Handout 5.5: The Eye)
Handout 5.2: Finding Your Blind Spot ( 15 Minutes)
2/27
B. Ear: Audition
Handout: 5.5: The Ear (For notes)
C. Vestibular System: Balance
2/28
Handout 5.7: The Power of Taste & Smell (15 Minutes)
D. Chemical Senses
E. Touch
3/1
Find a Clip from “Youtube” of Fear Factor-gross food
F. Cultural Diversity: Disgust
G. Research Focus: Mind Over Body
H. Pain
I. Application: Artificial Senses
Module 6: Perception
3/4
A. Perceptual Thresholds
B. Sensation vs. Perception
Handout 6.1: Sensation or Perception (25 Minutes)
3/5
“Optical Illusion Book” Images
C. Rules of Organization
D. Perceptual Constancy
3/6
Handout 6.6: Binocular Vision (15 Minutes)
E. Depth Perception
Assign: Handout 6.7: Drawing Molecular Cues
3/7
More “Optical Illusion Book” Images
F. Illusions
G.Research Focus: Subliminal Perception
H. Cultural Diversity: Influence on Perception
J. Application: Creating Perceptions
Handout 6.5: Movement Dectectors (15 Minutes)
3/8
Study Day/Reading Day (COW Lab)
Unit IV
Module 7: Sleep & Dreams
3/11
DVD: Your Mind Asleep & Awake (30 Minutes)
A. Continuum of Consciousness
B. Rhythms of Sleeping & Waking
3/12
Half Day of School-Teacher Inservice
Reading Day (COW Lab)
3/13
Handout 7.1: The Dream Interpreter (30 Minutes)
C. World of Sleep
Handout 7.2: The Sleep Quiz (10 Minutes)
D. Research Focus: Circadian Preference
3/14
Share Dream Theories from: “The Complete Dream Book”
E. Questions About Sleep
F. Cultural Diversity: Incidence of SAD
3/15
G. World of Dreams
H. Application: Sleep Problems & Treatments
Share Dream Theories from: “The Complete Dream Book”
Module 8: Hypnosis & Drug
3/18
Power Point A. Hypnosis & B. Drug: Overview
Handout 8.2: Hypnotic Susceptibility (40 Minutes)
3/19-3/20
DVD: Ecstasy (20 Minutes)
CD-ROM: C. Stimulants, D. Opiates, & E. Hallucinogens
3/21
Power Point/Read as Class
F. Alcohol, G. Cultural Diversity: Alcoholism Rates,
H. Marijuana, I. Research Focus: Drug Prevention, &
I. Application: Treatment for Drug Abuse
Assign: Handout 8.1: Drugs, Brain, & Behavior
3/22
Study Day/Reading Day (COW Lab)
3/25
Unit IV Test (COW Lab)