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3/29/12 - Thursday - With your term 3 project completed I have linked all your Social Psychology Concept Pages to the Unit 6 Page. You should use the pages as your "text book" for this unit. Complete the review page (handed out and class and included below) and study the terms to prepare yourself for our last term 3 assessment. This will be a major quest (worth 80 points) in class on Thursday, April 4th. The quest will be a matching in format. Please ask questions if you need any help.



3/12/12 - Tuesday - Log on to the wiki, go to the Motivation and Emotion Study Guide page, add the brainstorm details your group worked on in the lab or in class. BE SURE TO PUT IN s your groups first names and last initials.

3/7/12 - Wednesday - Log on to the wiki, go to the Motivation and Emotion Study Guide page, add one key term/concept to the page including an accurate and clear definition.

3/5/12 - Monday - Read and mark up the article (attached below) The Science of Happiness. Bring to our next class and be prepared to discuss. :)

2/16/12 - Thursday - Read the notice below that was copied from the NHS homepage regarding available scholarships. Consider at least one applying for one scholarship!

__**Class of 2012 Scholarship Book Now Available!!**__ The Class of 2012 Scholarship is available at the link below. The link to the scholarship application will be online shortly. Applications for the Rotary and Exchange Club Scholarships are due Friday, March 2, and all local scholarships are due on Friday, March 16. Please contact Mrs. Mora MacDonald in the Main Office is you have any questions or concerns.

 2/9/12 - Thursday - **Reaction Paper # 5** __Motivation and Emotion__: Review your notes of motivation, class handouts, articles and discussion notes to consider the prompt below. In Semester 2 you last one in high school seek to develop your own original insights that you can support with evidence from the knowledge gained in this course.

Consider the impact that culture and society have on an individual's motivation (you may want consider you own as part of your preparations). Based on the link between cultural values and motivation //__what changes would you recommend__// to American, New England, Needham, or NHS culture in order to produce a more healthy, productive and beneficial motives.

HINT: To develop the best insights you should begin by reviewing what you know and writing down the most important examples and terms related to the prompt. By reflecting on multiple examples and pieces of evidence at the same time and connecting them to the prompt you should be able to develop sharp, critical insights to use for the main points or topics of your paper

Due date for this assignment is __Thursday, February 16, 2012__

2/7/12 - Tuesday - Complete Handouts 26-3 and 26-4 for next class.

2/3/12 - Friday- Read and take notes on pages 126 - 128 begin with the section on Emotions and continue to the end of the page on 128.

2/1/12 - Wednesday - Complete the 2011-2012 Mid-Year Student Survey. When have submitted your results there will be a page thanking you for completing the survey. Print this page, write you name at the top and hand this in for a 5 point homework assignment for term 3. To begin the survey @click here.

1/31/12 - Tuesday -Read and take notes on pages 110 -112 stopping at The Hypothalamus

=**TERM 3 Begins above!!!**= 1/11/12 - Wednesday - TERM 2 PROJECT: @The Back-up Players Show 'N Tell - Continue on your research from today's class and begin to consider ideas for artifacts. Remember the project is due on Wednesday 11/18/12 and is worth a TEST grade.

1/6/12 - Friday -Read and mark-up Psych. Today article __What Do Your Dreams Say About Who You Are?__

1/4/12 - Tuesday - Textbook notes page 138 start at Chronobiology and Unseen Forces and continue to page 142 The Nature of Sleep

12/13/11 - Tuesday - **Unit 3 Sensation and Perception Test Date is set for Thursday 12/22/11.**

12/9/11 - Complete the Our Senses Pod cast Project chart and be sure it is included in your binder.

12/8/11 -**Reaction Paper # 3** __Sensation and Perception__: Review the Perception Trail Guide particularly from the bottom of page 3 starting with "perceptual set" to the end along with what you have learned about the senses then address the prompt below:

Gestalt psychologist searched for rules by which the brain organized fragments of sensory data into //gestalts//, or meaningful forms. They showed that we constantly filter information and infer perceptions in ways that make sense to us. In short, they believed that our perceptions "are more than the sum of its parts."

The Gestalt principles stated above make a lot of sense when we consider how we process the various stimuli through our senses. What about at a higher psychological level like our social interactions? //__To what extent do Gestalt principles apply to social interactions__?// Be sure to use specific terms from the Trail Guide, your class notes, and information from class readings to support your points.

Due date for this assignment is __Wednesday, December, 14, 2011__ ** DUE DATE has been extended to Monday 12/19/11 !!!! **

12/7/11 - Read and mark-up the article: Why We Cannot Perceive the World Objectively from Psychology Today (this was handed out in class). Be sure to include it in your binder.

11/15/11 - Tuesday - Read the textbook and take notes from page 80 starting with the section on "//Vision//" and continue to page 83 stoping when you get to the section that says: **Receptors in the Retina**.

Term 2 Begins above this text!
10/31/11 - Monday - Test on Unit 2 Brain-Bio and your final binder check will be on __Wednesday, November 9, 2011__

10/25/11 - Tuesday - **Reaction Paper # 2** The Brain and the Biological Basis of Behavior: Consider all the class work from unit 2 and homework assignments and reading to this point and create a well crafted analytic 1 page response to the following prompt:

Describe a memorable scene from a book, movie or TV show. Reflect on how the scene relates to the following topics:


 * Unit Theme: Biology influence our behavior and then behavior influences our biology
 * Specialization and Integration: How does the brain perform specialized functions and then how does it work as an integrated whole.
 * The specific functions of neurons or specific brain functions

This assignment is due on Halloween (oooooohhhhhh scary!) Monday, October 31, 2011

10/21/11 - Friday - The due date for the __Term 1 Project: Whose Brain is That Anyway?__ is Friday 11/4/11. There will be other assignment between now and that date so if you would like to you can start the project now by collecting the rest of your pics.

10/20/11 - Thursday - Read over the assignment sheet for your Term 1 Project: Whose Brain is That Anyway? Make sure you do not have any questions and spend 15 minutes gathering pictures to use for you poster.

10/18/11 - Tuesday - Read and mark up article 'Net Surfing Is Good for the Brain...at Any Age" have for next class.

10/17/11 - Monday -Read and take notes on the textbook pages 54 - 57 stopping at Tasks of the Hemispheres heading on pg. 57. These notes will be checked next class :)

10/13/11 - Thursday - Read and take notes on the textbook pages 50 - 53. Use an outline method or some other logical structure to you notes. These notes will be collected next class.

10/3/11 - Monday - Check the Unit 1 Review page on our wikispace and see what you could add!! Time to start making sure your prepared Unit 1 TEST is scheduled for Tuesday 10/11/11.

9/30/11 - Friday - Read and mark-up Article on Body Decorations (class handout) for class on Wednesday 10/5/11.

9/22/11 - Thursday -
 * Reaction Paper # 1 Approaches and Methods:** Consider all the classwork and homework assignments and reading to this point and create a well crafted analytic 1 page response to the following prompt: You are interested in developing a scientific study of the influence of a student's sense of fashion and their academic success. //What would your most significant concerns and considerations be in undergoing this study?// Due Wednesday, September 28, 2011

9/19/11 - Monday - For class on Thurs. complete the Chapter 1 The Field of Psychology Reteaching Worksheet.

9/15/11 - Thursday - 1. Read the text book pgs. 18 - 20 and take notes (HINT: Use the **bold headings** as a guide to creating an outline format. 2. Review the **Key Words and Concepts** section on pg. 22. write out a list of the terms and concepts that you feel you need to know more about. Due for class on Monday, 9/19/11.

9/14/11 -Wednesday - Watch the brief video on the Approaches to Psychology page (on the wiki. HINT: You can always use the search window in the wiki if you cannot find something) Be prepared to identify at least 3 examples of where you demonstrate personal bias in making your observations. Due for class on Thursday, 9/15/11.

9/13/11 - Tuesday - Read and mark-up handout readings on clothes and their message. Due on Wednesday, 9/14/11.

9/9/11 - Friday - Read the class handout: __Guidelines for the use of Human Participants in Research or Demonstrations Conducted by High School Students__ and reduce it to 4 or 5 main points. Due in class on Monday 9/12/11

9/8/11 - Thursday - Please get a 3-ring binder and some filler paper for class on Monday 9/12/11