Online Textbook

Welcome back to the 2012-2013 School Year!

This year students will have a new opportunity for Psychology 1 and Psychology 2 - Online Textbook access! I am thrilled to have found this resource and hope that students utilize the online text.

Here is the login information:
1. Go to http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/ose/national.html
2. User Name: PSYCH
    Password: 9rABaPh2uA
3. Open the text and get to work!

Please let me know well in advance if you run into any problems with the online textbook.

Thanks :)

Mrs. H.

Mouse Party!

In our States of Consciousness unit Psych 2 students explore the effects of substances. See http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html to learn more!

Significant Contributors Research

Wilhelm Wundt, Leipzig Germany

This week Psychology 1 students are researching "Significant Contributors" to the various fields of Psychology. Monday and Tuesday students should be researching their assigned psychologist and preparing an informational poster about that individual. Tuesday (January 10) the poster should be complete and will be on display in the Psych classroom for our "Walk Through Psychology History".


Below are some sites that could be used to research information for your informational poster.

Wiki's list of Famous Experiments - scroll down to find the Psychology Section
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_experiments

Classics in the History of Psychology - search the site for various articles
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm

Psychologist Biographies
http://allpsych.com/biographies/index.html

History and People of Psychology - Psychology Encyclopedia
http://www.psychology.org/links/People_and_History/

Reminder that the poster is worth 20 points - 5 extra credit if - it is typed, colorful and has a picture of the psychologist! See your handout from class for more information.



Psychology 2 - Disorders Project

Your Disorders Project is due on Tuesday, January 10 - BE PREPARED TO PRESENT!!!
1. Your group needs to be prepared to "teach" your category of disorders in 10-15 minutes.
Requirements:

• 10 -15 minutes in length (3 points)
• Film clip (less than 3 minutes) OR skit presented about the disorder (2 points)
• 4 sources used (not including textbook, 1 must NOT be internet) (3 points)
• Definition of the disorder (4 points)
• Sample case study (4 points)
• 5 items – books, movies, songs about the disorder (ie – Beautiful Mind for Schizophrenia) (4 points)
• Symptoms of the disorder (4 points)
• Potential causes of the disorder (4 points)
• Disorder effects on the brain (4 points) (Specific neurotransmitters/brain parts)
• Treatment (4 points)
     o Medications? How do the affect neurotransmitters/brain?
     o Non-medical treatment (types of therapy)
     o Effectiveness of treatments
• Two multiple choice quiz questions (4 points)
2. Give Mrs. H your Bibliography. Use http://www.bibme.org/ to create your annotated bibliography in APA format.

Your presentation should include the previous topics, websites that may be useful are linked below. Please note that these are not the ONLY sites you may use, just a starting point.

• All Psych Online: The Virtual Psychology Classroom
• Discovering Psychology:The History of Psychology
• Psy Web Mental Health Site: Mental Disorders 
• Abnormal Psychology
• Types of Psychological Treatments:
* Psychological Treatments:
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Health 24-Mind, Living with Mental Illness
• Living with the Stigma of Mental Illness



**Note** Keep in mind that information you find for your subtopic might overlap with that needed by one of your team members. Keep track of what you find where, so that you can help one another out.

Here are a few additional sites that might be beneficial to all:
• A Beginner's Guide to Abnormal Psychology
• National Mental Health Association
• American Psychological Association:

Genie

Psych 1 started the Nova documentary today "The Wild Child," which reflects on the story of "Genie" aka Susan Wiley. Genie was discovered at the age of 13 when her mother escaped the abusive father. Read more about Genie here: http://www.feralchildren.com/en/showchild.php?ch=genie

Here is a transcript of the video http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html

Story and pictures of Genie's brother, as well as more recent pictures of Genie http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4873347&page=1


Remember that while Genie was able to grow physically and develop relationships, full communication still evades her

Cognitive Development Stages - Piaget

Jean Piaget, the Swiss Cognitive Psychologist, helps us to understand the developmental stages of children related to cognitive tasks. Here are some video clips that illustrate these concepts.

Stage 1 - Sensorimotor Stage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8y-JVhjS0&feature=related

Stage 2 - Preoperational Stage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLj0IZFLKvg&feature=related

Stage 3 - Concerte Operations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA04ew6Oi9M&feature=related

Stage 4 - Formal Operations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJdcXA1KH8&feature=related

These clips were used in our lesson today!

Intelligence Test Project Resources

While working on your project try to stay true to your belief about intelligence. When creating your definition keep in mind that your end result is to assess your definition. This assessment should evaluate each individual taking the test to determine intelligence. Your test might include questions looking at different areas. The following websites have resources that may be helpful to you. You may use these as a reference:







http://www.intelligencetest.com/questions/index.htm
http://www.mensa.org/workout.php
http://www.quizrocket.com/intelligence-quiz
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=44&menu_id=793


Multiple Intelligences:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm
http://www.howardgardner.com/FAQ/FREQUENTLY%20ASKED%20QUESTIONS%20Updated%20March%2009.pdf