WEEKLY SCHEDULE
This includes weekly in-class assignments, projects, and discussions as well as any homework required.
WEEK 19 (5/22/17)
Tuesday
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Discussion
Teenage Brain
Return Psychology Books to Library
Alzheimer's Disease TED talk
Alzheimer's Article
Discussion
If time: Start Still Alice
Thursday
Go over presentation outlines
Watch Still Alice
See you next week for finals:
3A: 8am-10am, Tuesday, May 30
1A: 8am-10am, Thursday, June 1
_______________________
WEEK 18 (5/15/17)
Monday
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Discussion
Share your parent's childhood story
In partners: Make a list of positive and negative factors that influence child development
Discuss
Read Article: American Incarceration
Watch short video on mental illness
If time: The Teenage Brain
Wednesday
Computer Lab to work on Research Presentations—meet in class first
If you do not need to work in the lab, please bring other work for presentation.
Friday
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Parents and Old People videos
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WEEK 17 (5/8/17)
Tuesday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Write a letter to your parent(s):
Describe your general feeling about your life and values and try to asses your parents' influence on you.
Describe 3 strengths and 1 weakness of your parent(s).
Choose one or two areas of development—intellectual, moral, personality, social—in which your parent(s) had the most influence and explain how and why.
Thank your parent(s) for something special.
Discuss: Was this letter easier or harder than the letter to your future child? Why?
Erik Erikson psycho social stages
Thursday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Share a childhood story
Discuss
Review Piaget and Erikson
Partner up for Decades of Life worksheet
Discuss
Finish up video Beginning of Life
Homework: Learn a childhood story from one of your parents, preferably a parent you know less about.
_______________________
WEEK 16 (5/1/17)
Monday
On a separate sheet of paper:
When you think about the "doors" in your life, what do they represent? Why?
Discuss
True/False & Agree or Disagree worksheets for Developing Through the Life Span
Discuss
Wednesday
Research Presentations Rubric & APA references format
Computer Lab to work on Research Presentations
Friday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Write a letter to your child. Include when you had the child, your hopes and dreams for him/her, what qualities you have that will make you a good parent, and qualities that you hope your child will have.
Video: Beginning of Life
_______________________
WEEK 15 (4/25/17)
Tuesday
On a separate sheet of paper:
When you think about the field of psychology, what topic interests you? Why?
Discuss
Read Article: A psychologist identifies 7 signs it's time to let go of a friendship
APA Transgender
Continue Transgender Video
Thursday
Rhetoric and Psychology
TED Talk
Developmental Psychology & Piaget
Crash Course
_______________________
WEEK 14 (4/17/17)
Wednesday
Write 3-paragraph response:
Has there ever been a time that you felt like you were treated differently or you were expected to behave a certain way because of your gender?
Discuss
Discuss: How do parental, peer, and social expectations influence gender roles?
Nature/nurture: how do they work together?
Sex/gender: is there a difference?
Friday
Transgender Videos
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WEEK 13 (4/10/17)
Tuesday
Equation for Happiness Video
Discussion
Nature & Nurture Discussion
Family Trait Tree (in-class assignment)
Discussion
Epigenetics Video
Thursday
Why do we study twins?
Watch twin videos
Discussion
Read Gender Article
Discussion
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WEEK 12 (4/3/17)
Monday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Do you think hallucinogens (discussed in the article) should be legalized for medicinal use only (under the supervision of a trained psychotherapist and only after the patient has been thoroughly vetted)? Yes or no. Why?
Discussion
Finish reading Psychedelic Miracle
Wednesday
On a separate sheet of paper:
What makes you happy?
Discussion
Consciousness Article
Discussion
Marijuana video
Discussion
Friday
Video: Happy
_______________________
WEEK 11 (3/27/17)
Tuesday
Welcome Back from Spring Break Check-in
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff & Grateful Letter Activity
PPT Hypnosis Review
PPT Drugs
Read the Psychedelic Miracle
Thursday
On a separate sheet of paper:
If you were given a do-over to use today would you use it? Yes or no. Why?
What if you were given a year to use the do-over once? What if you could use the do-over once in your lifetime?
Discussion
Continue PPT Drugs
Continue to read Psychedelic Miracle
_______________________
WEEK 10 (3/13/17)
Monday
Share a moment
5-minute meditation
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Finish Posters & Present
PPT
Wednesday
5-minute meditation
Finish Presenting Posters
Hypnosis Reading
Crash Course
Friday
What daily or weekly rituals do you have? Why are they important to you?
Discuss Rituals
Self-Hypnosis
Video (Grey's Anatomy, Season 11, Episode 11—think about the different forms of consciousness presented
_______________________
WEEK 9 (3/7/17)
Tuesday
Share a moment
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
5-minute meditation
Read page 97
Movie Poster Project
Thursday
5-minute meditation
Complete Movie Poster Project (to be presented on Monday)
_______________________
WEEK 8 (2/27/17)
Monday
5-minute meditation
Read & discuss Meditation Article
Sleep Review PPT
Wednesday
5-minute meditation
TEDed video and discussion
Crash Course & quiz discussion
_______________________
WEEK 7 (2/21/17)
Tuesday
Review Consciousness
Distribute Articles for team share:
1. Summary
2. What does the author state or suggest about consciousness?
3. What is the most intriguing or enlightening part of this article to you?
Answer questions regarding article and present findings
Homework: Sleep Diary
Thursday
5-minute meditation
Quote discussion:
"Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin." -Ivan Pavlov
Sleep Quizzes and discussion
Due: Sleep Diary
_______________________
WEEK 6 (2/14/17)
Tuesday
Happy Valentine's Day
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: Partners/Friends can't read your mind
Video "Voice-off" on Empathy and Compassion
Discussion
Milgram Experiment Intro & Video
Thursday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Do you think the Milgram experiment results would be similar or different if this test was performed on 18-25 year olds today?
Why? Please provide three points of explanation.
Discuss
What is consciousness? discussion
Read the Intro to Consciousness in Chapter 3
Awareness Video
Consciousness Crash Course
_______________________
WEEK 5 (2/7/17)
Tuesday
"Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function."
-Maynard James Keenan
Knowing what you know about the brain now, do you agree, disagree, sort of agree? Explain on a separate piece of paper.
Crash Course: Meet Your Master (1st period only)
Brain Plasticity and the Split Brain
Final Section of Brain Book
HOMEWORK: Bring unpeeled orange to class Thursday
Thursday
Brain Surgery on an Orange
Prepare Final Brain Book to Turn In
IF TIME: Stanley Milgram article
DUE: One unpeeled orange
_______________________
WEEK 4 (1/30/17)
Monday
Crash Course: The Peripheral Nervous System
Read from Brain Book
Next Section of Brain Book
Finish Neuron section of Brain Book
Watch Awakenings
Wednesday
The Divided Brain & Discussion
Questions to consider:
At last, I understand. . . (aha! moment)
I still don't understand. . .
What I'd like to think about/discuss more is . . .
PPT Review Older Brain Structures
Crash Course: Meet Your Master
Friday
Guided Visualization
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Finish Awakenings
Sympathy vs. Empathy & Discussion
_______________________
WEEK 3 (1/24/17)
Tuesday
"I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense."
-Daniel H. Pink
Right/Left Brain Quiz
PPT Review
Crash Course: The Nervous System—Synapse!
Watch Awakenings
Thursday
Crash Course: The Peripheral Nervous System
PPT Nervous System
Work on Brain Pages
_______________________
WEEK 2 (1/16/17)
Wednesday
"No one, from pontiffs to professors, has a monopoly on the truth. In the end, we are all just travelers—not scientists or mystics or any one brand of thinker. By nature, we are scientists and mystics, reductionists and holists, left-brained and right-brained, mixed up creatures trying to catch an occasional glimpse of the truth."
-David Darling
Review syllabus
Watch Neuron video
Read from Brain Book
Start Children's Brain Book
Friday
Alan Watts Video: No Wrong Feelings
Video discussion
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Proprioceptive Writing
Awakenings Movie
_______________________
WEEK 1 (1/9/17)
Monday
Questions about course
What motivates you?
New Year's Resolutions article and discussion
10 Things to Give Up article and discussion
Wednesday
"American born since WWII have grown in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines appreciation for technique with skepticism about motives. We respond to ads with at least as much rhetorical intelligence as we apply to any other form of persuasion."
-Virginia Postrel
Penny activity
How to Lie with Statistics, Chapter 3 (The Little Figures That Are Not There)
Advertising Activity
HOMEWORK: Propaganda Worksheet
Friday
Review first week
Proprioceptive writing
DUE: Propaganda Worksheet
Tuesday
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Discussion
Teenage Brain
Return Psychology Books to Library
Alzheimer's Disease TED talk
Alzheimer's Article
Discussion
If time: Start Still Alice
Thursday
Go over presentation outlines
Watch Still Alice
See you next week for finals:
3A: 8am-10am, Tuesday, May 30
1A: 8am-10am, Thursday, June 1
_______________________
WEEK 18 (5/15/17)
Monday
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Discussion
Share your parent's childhood story
In partners: Make a list of positive and negative factors that influence child development
Discuss
Read Article: American Incarceration
Watch short video on mental illness
If time: The Teenage Brain
Wednesday
Computer Lab to work on Research Presentations—meet in class first
If you do not need to work in the lab, please bring other work for presentation.
Friday
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Parents and Old People videos
_______________________
WEEK 17 (5/8/17)
Tuesday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Write a letter to your parent(s):
Describe your general feeling about your life and values and try to asses your parents' influence on you.
Describe 3 strengths and 1 weakness of your parent(s).
Choose one or two areas of development—intellectual, moral, personality, social—in which your parent(s) had the most influence and explain how and why.
Thank your parent(s) for something special.
Discuss: Was this letter easier or harder than the letter to your future child? Why?
Erik Erikson psycho social stages
Thursday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Share a childhood story
Discuss
Review Piaget and Erikson
Partner up for Decades of Life worksheet
Discuss
Finish up video Beginning of Life
Homework: Learn a childhood story from one of your parents, preferably a parent you know less about.
_______________________
WEEK 16 (5/1/17)
Monday
On a separate sheet of paper:
When you think about the "doors" in your life, what do they represent? Why?
Discuss
True/False & Agree or Disagree worksheets for Developing Through the Life Span
Discuss
Wednesday
Research Presentations Rubric & APA references format
Computer Lab to work on Research Presentations
Friday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Write a letter to your child. Include when you had the child, your hopes and dreams for him/her, what qualities you have that will make you a good parent, and qualities that you hope your child will have.
Video: Beginning of Life
_______________________
WEEK 15 (4/25/17)
Tuesday
On a separate sheet of paper:
When you think about the field of psychology, what topic interests you? Why?
Discuss
Read Article: A psychologist identifies 7 signs it's time to let go of a friendship
APA Transgender
Continue Transgender Video
Thursday
Rhetoric and Psychology
TED Talk
Developmental Psychology & Piaget
Crash Course
_______________________
WEEK 14 (4/17/17)
Wednesday
Write 3-paragraph response:
Has there ever been a time that you felt like you were treated differently or you were expected to behave a certain way because of your gender?
Discuss
Discuss: How do parental, peer, and social expectations influence gender roles?
Nature/nurture: how do they work together?
Sex/gender: is there a difference?
Friday
Transgender Videos
_______________________
WEEK 13 (4/10/17)
Tuesday
Equation for Happiness Video
Discussion
Nature & Nurture Discussion
Family Trait Tree (in-class assignment)
Discussion
Epigenetics Video
Thursday
Why do we study twins?
Watch twin videos
Discussion
Read Gender Article
Discussion
_______________________
WEEK 12 (4/3/17)
Monday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Do you think hallucinogens (discussed in the article) should be legalized for medicinal use only (under the supervision of a trained psychotherapist and only after the patient has been thoroughly vetted)? Yes or no. Why?
Discussion
Finish reading Psychedelic Miracle
Wednesday
On a separate sheet of paper:
What makes you happy?
Discussion
Consciousness Article
Discussion
Marijuana video
Discussion
Friday
Video: Happy
_______________________
WEEK 11 (3/27/17)
Tuesday
Welcome Back from Spring Break Check-in
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff & Grateful Letter Activity
PPT Hypnosis Review
PPT Drugs
Read the Psychedelic Miracle
Thursday
On a separate sheet of paper:
If you were given a do-over to use today would you use it? Yes or no. Why?
What if you were given a year to use the do-over once? What if you could use the do-over once in your lifetime?
Discussion
Continue PPT Drugs
Continue to read Psychedelic Miracle
_______________________
WEEK 10 (3/13/17)
Monday
Share a moment
5-minute meditation
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Finish Posters & Present
PPT
Wednesday
5-minute meditation
Finish Presenting Posters
Hypnosis Reading
Crash Course
Friday
What daily or weekly rituals do you have? Why are they important to you?
Discuss Rituals
Self-Hypnosis
Video (Grey's Anatomy, Season 11, Episode 11—think about the different forms of consciousness presented
_______________________
WEEK 9 (3/7/17)
Tuesday
Share a moment
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
5-minute meditation
Read page 97
Movie Poster Project
Thursday
5-minute meditation
Complete Movie Poster Project (to be presented on Monday)
_______________________
WEEK 8 (2/27/17)
Monday
5-minute meditation
Read & discuss Meditation Article
Sleep Review PPT
Wednesday
5-minute meditation
TEDed video and discussion
Crash Course & quiz discussion
_______________________
WEEK 7 (2/21/17)
Tuesday
Review Consciousness
Distribute Articles for team share:
1. Summary
2. What does the author state or suggest about consciousness?
3. What is the most intriguing or enlightening part of this article to you?
Answer questions regarding article and present findings
Homework: Sleep Diary
Thursday
5-minute meditation
Quote discussion:
"Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin." -Ivan Pavlov
Sleep Quizzes and discussion
Due: Sleep Diary
_______________________
WEEK 6 (2/14/17)
Tuesday
Happy Valentine's Day
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: Partners/Friends can't read your mind
Video "Voice-off" on Empathy and Compassion
Discussion
Milgram Experiment Intro & Video
Thursday
On a separate sheet of paper:
Do you think the Milgram experiment results would be similar or different if this test was performed on 18-25 year olds today?
Why? Please provide three points of explanation.
Discuss
What is consciousness? discussion
Read the Intro to Consciousness in Chapter 3
Awareness Video
Consciousness Crash Course
_______________________
WEEK 5 (2/7/17)
Tuesday
"Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function."
-Maynard James Keenan
Knowing what you know about the brain now, do you agree, disagree, sort of agree? Explain on a separate piece of paper.
Crash Course: Meet Your Master (1st period only)
Brain Plasticity and the Split Brain
Final Section of Brain Book
HOMEWORK: Bring unpeeled orange to class Thursday
Thursday
Brain Surgery on an Orange
Prepare Final Brain Book to Turn In
IF TIME: Stanley Milgram article
DUE: One unpeeled orange
_______________________
WEEK 4 (1/30/17)
Monday
Crash Course: The Peripheral Nervous System
Read from Brain Book
Next Section of Brain Book
Finish Neuron section of Brain Book
Watch Awakenings
Wednesday
The Divided Brain & Discussion
Questions to consider:
At last, I understand. . . (aha! moment)
I still don't understand. . .
What I'd like to think about/discuss more is . . .
PPT Review Older Brain Structures
Crash Course: Meet Your Master
Friday
Guided Visualization
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Finish Awakenings
Sympathy vs. Empathy & Discussion
_______________________
WEEK 3 (1/24/17)
Tuesday
"I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense."
-Daniel H. Pink
Right/Left Brain Quiz
PPT Review
Crash Course: The Nervous System—Synapse!
Watch Awakenings
Thursday
Crash Course: The Peripheral Nervous System
PPT Nervous System
Work on Brain Pages
_______________________
WEEK 2 (1/16/17)
Wednesday
"No one, from pontiffs to professors, has a monopoly on the truth. In the end, we are all just travelers—not scientists or mystics or any one brand of thinker. By nature, we are scientists and mystics, reductionists and holists, left-brained and right-brained, mixed up creatures trying to catch an occasional glimpse of the truth."
-David Darling
Review syllabus
Watch Neuron video
Read from Brain Book
Start Children's Brain Book
Friday
Alan Watts Video: No Wrong Feelings
Video discussion
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Proprioceptive Writing
Awakenings Movie
_______________________
WEEK 1 (1/9/17)
Monday
Questions about course
What motivates you?
New Year's Resolutions article and discussion
10 Things to Give Up article and discussion
Wednesday
"American born since WWII have grown in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines appreciation for technique with skepticism about motives. We respond to ads with at least as much rhetorical intelligence as we apply to any other form of persuasion."
-Virginia Postrel
Penny activity
How to Lie with Statistics, Chapter 3 (The Little Figures That Are Not There)
Advertising Activity
HOMEWORK: Propaganda Worksheet
Friday
Review first week
Proprioceptive writing
DUE: Propaganda Worksheet