Ms. Taaffe

March 27 - May 1: Mental Disorders

April 27th - Assign Disorders Projects.  Students will work in pairs to complete a PowerPoint presentation on the disorder of their choice.

Discuss mental disorders and how treatment of the mentally ill has changed throughout history.  Homework:  Read 524 - 530

April 28th - LAPTOPS.  Research assigned disorder and work on PowerPoint presentation.  Homework:  Read 533 - 542

April 29th - LAPTOPS.  Continue working on projects.  I will save projects to my hard drive as they are finished.     Homework:  Read 542 - 551.

April 30th - LAPTOPS.  Complete PP Projects.  Work on the Dushkin packet on mental disorders.  Turn in as finished.  Completed packets due MONDAY.

May 1st - Film:  Discovering Psychology - Psychopathology.  Complete film notes.  BE SURE YOU HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK READING!  Complete Dushkin Packets.  PowerPoint Presentations on Monday.

April 20 - 22: Social Psychology

April 20 - PowerPoint Review of Social Psychology - Part 2.  Crossword reviews turned in.  Homework:  Read 638 - 646

April 21 - The Wave - watch the film and take a quiz on it;  Discuss the "just world" phenomenon - story of the husband/wife/ferryboat captain/highwayman.   Homework:  647-655

April 22 - Scapegoating - Kitty Genovese story

April 23 - Buzzer Review of Social Psychology.  TEST - Module 32-33

April 24 - TWELVE ANGRY MEN - how a minority can sway a majority if the minority stands firm in its conviction.  Film Questions turned in after the film.

April 13-23: Social Psychology

April 13: Social Thinking - attitudes:  Class Reading of Social Psychology 613 - 620.Discovering Psychology - Episode 19 - www. learner.org - Discovering Psych #19.  Homework:  613 - 620

 

April 14:  Social Influence:  Social Psychology Online:  www. duschkin.com/connectext/psy Chapter 15.  Take Completion Exercise and two multiple choice tests at bottom of page.

Homework:  Read pp. 620 - 625

 

April 15:  Zimbardo Prison Study - Quiet Rage.  Watch film.  Complete in-class writing assignment.

 

April 16:  Cults.  Define cults.  Two handouts on Cult Characteristics.  Begin watching Justice Files:  Cults.  Students will take notes which will be used on a film quiz tomorrow.

Homework:  Read pp. 625 - 634.

 

April 17:  Complete film (Justice Files).  Take film quiz using notes.  Watch Discovering Psychology, Episode #20 (either in class if time permits, or at home).  Complete film sheet.

Homework:  Read pp. 635 - 638.

 

April 20: PowerPoint Review of Social Psychology: Download Module32-2.  Two Crossword Puzzle Reviews.  Homework:  Read 638 - 646

 

April 21:  The Wave - watch it and take a quiz.  Blaming the Victim story.  Homework:  Read 647 - 655.

 

April 22:  The Lottery - Scapegoating.

 

April 23:  TEST - Modules 32-33 plus films

March 30 - Hypnosis

Relaxation exercise - there are many scripts for relaxation available online. Find one you like, print it out, and read it into a recorder so that you can play it for yourself.

Return tests from Friday and Projects - Stress.

Complete the film:  Which Brain do YOU want?

March 23 - 27 Altered States of Consciousness

March 23 - Film:  Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - discuss the altered state of Peyton Farquar

Online Computer work - Periods 1 and 4 (no 2nd period due to altered schedule).  Dushkin online text work (Chapter 5) and Neuroscience for Kids work - Sleep and Dreams.  2 packets to complete for Quiz on Wednesday.

HW:  Read 384 - 388.

March 24 - Continue Computer work from yesterday.  No 1st period today due to altered schedule.

HW:  Study for quiz on two online packets.

March 25 - PowerPoint review of Sleep and Dreams.  25 question test based on work done online Monday and Tuesday.  No 4th period today due to altered schedule.  4th period will take quiz on Thursday.

March 26 - Online work on Drugs - Neuroscience for Kids web site - complete as much of the packet as possible.  Study for TEST tomorrow on Module 20.

March 27 - PowerPoint review of material in Module 20. 

TEST - Altered States of Consciousness

Film:  Whose Brain do YOU want?  Watch 25 minutes - to be completed on Monday.

HW:  Read Module 22 (Hypnosis) pp. 396 - 401.

March 23 - Online work - Sleep and Dreams

1st period was 3 hours this morning, so we had time to complete two online assignments - Dushkin Connectext Chapter 5 and Neuroscience for Kids worsheet on sleep.  Both were submitted for grades.  On Wednesday, we're having a 25 question quiz on the information from the module on sleep and dreams and the two packets done online.  Period 2 will get the packets tomorrow during a long period;  4th period will finish.

"Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - watch the video and discuss elements of altered consciousness.

March 16 - 20 STRESS

March 16 - Stress Project - due Friday

What causes you stress?  Think/Pair/Share

Film:  Ten Stress

HW: Read 258 - 267

March 17:  Relaxation exercise;  Cultural Coping

HW:  Read 268 - 277

March 18:PowerPoint - Stress:  Download Chapter 14 - Stress, Health  -

Tomorrow:  NO TECH DAY!  No I-pods, cell phones, texting, internet, games

March 19:  Stress Management Video;  positive psychology

HW:  Read 377 - 383  Body Rhythms

March 20:  Projects due

March 10: PowerPoint Reviews of Perceptual Cues & ESP

Extrasensory Perception Terms:  Download ESP Terms

March 9: Online Perception Activities

March 6: Motion Perception and Constancies

PowerPoint - finish segment on stroboscopic vision and phi phenomenon

Film:  Confessions of a Psychic - with Film Notes.    Download Film - Confessions of a Psychic

HW:  Read pp. 197 - 204  (Complete the Module).  TEST Thursday