Journal #1 At this time you need to take your observations and findings on the other person out and answer the following items. 3 conclusions about your

Journal #1 At this time you need to take your observations and findings on the other person out and answer the following items. 3 conclusions about your person based on observable behavior. What type of person you would guess they are according to Myers/Briggs (E/I, S/N, T/F, J/P) The recording should NOT be simply a listing of observations, but conclusions based on those observations.

#2 Listen to the story There have been six characters: Husband, Wife, Lover #1, Lover #2. Ferryboat Captain, and Highwayman List, in descending order of responsibility for this womans death all of the characters. The one most responsible is listed first.

Cont Cognitive Bias Just World Bias - The fallacy is that this implies (often unintentionally) the existence of cosmic justice, destiny, divine providence, stability, or order, and may also serve to rationalize people's misfortune on the grounds that they deserve it.

#2 What if the wife is a widow, but the highwaymans actions stay the same? Tendency to blame the victim and the fundamental attribution error. Psychology is a science, but because it is done with people, many factors come into play. Bias Background Environment vs. Genetics

#3 Common Sense or Fact Read the statement and determine if the statement is true or false. Write a letter T in the space provided if you believe the statement is true and a letter F in the space provided if you believe the statement is false. 1. _____People dream on average around five to six times a night. 2. _____Dogs dream. 3. _____Psychiatrists attend medical school just like your family physician or a surgeon. 4. _____Psychology stemmed from the area of biology. 5. _____You are more likely to receive help if there are two people around rather than if there are twenty people around. 6. _____You would value receiving ten dollars for helping a neighbor clean out their garage versus getting ten dollars for doing nothing. 7. _____Adults in their sixties' interest in sex starts to decline. 8. _____Psychology is all about making people feel better. 9. _____Living together before marriage will result in a better marriage. 10. _____Intelligence is inherited.

1. __T__People dream on average around five to six times a night. 2. __T__Dogs dream. 3. __T__Psychiatrists attend medical school just like your family physician or a surgeon. 4. __F__Psychology stemmed from the area of biology. 5. __T__You are more likely to receive help if there are two people around rather than if there are twenty people around. 6. __T__You would value receiving ten dollars for helping a neighbor clean out their garage versus getting ten dollars for doing nothing. 7. __F__Adults in their sixties' interest in sex starts to decline. 8. __F__Psychology is all about making people feel better. 9. __F__Living together before marriage will result in a better marriage. 10. __F__Intelligence is inherited. [NOTE: some aspects are heritable but environment is a critical element.]

#4 Free-Write Choose one of the following topics and write a minimum of a paragraph over it. School culture School expectations School limitations Other topic that references psych connections to the educational setting

#5 What was the psychological wonder drug of the 1880s and 1890s? What connection can you make to a problematic issue in our current society?

#6 We are going to be taking a 15 minute walk around the school grounds. You can go by the trees or stadium but cannot pass the grove or the end of the stadium. You need to make 5 observations that show how humans interfere with nature. Your observations need to be specific and support Gandhis quote "Earth has enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."

#7 To Be Extinct or Not: Exploring Evolutionary Theory Go online and find two animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. Answer the following questions regarding the endangered animals. Endangered Animal #1 _______________________________________ Endangered Animal #2 _______________________________________ Question: Why do you believe the animals are close to becoming extinct? What characteristics do the animals not possess for survival? Example: Giraffes with short necks cannot reach food high in trees, therefore only giraffes with long necks survive.

#8 If we are as transient as Dr. Gilbert suggested, how do we plan for the future? Especially when the current self is so bent on consumption?

#9 You be the researcher! Research Question: Does sleep affect mood? Hypothesis: __________________________ Experimental design: Independent variable: _______________ Operationalized IV: __________________ Dependent variable: _________________ Operationalized DV: _________________ Any ethical concerns?

#9 Research Question: Does abstinence-only sex education affect teen pregnancy rates? Hypothesis: __________________________ Experimental design: Independent variable: _______________ Operationalized IV: __________________ Dependent variable: _________________ Operationalized DV: _________________ Any ethical concerns?

#10 You are a part of a human metrics department at a major technology company. Your task is to improve digital communication. Create a new emoticon, app, or other idea that improves how we communicate.

#11 Free-Write Friday

#12 Who brings more bias into the classroom, teachers or students? Try to explain using an eclectic combination of the cognitive and socio-cultural approaches.

#13 How do Heuristics affect our decision making and thought processes? A rule of thumb/ principle that generally can be used to make a judgment or solve a problem. It is fast, but is Prone to errors Two major types of heuristics Availability Representative

#13 How do Heuristics affect our decision making and thought processes? Judging the likelihood of things or objects in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, a particular prototype. If I tell you that Sonia Dara is a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, you would make certain quick judgments (heuristics) about herlike about her interests or intelligence. She is an economics major at Harvard University. Who went to Harvard?

Availability Heuristic Mental Shortcut If you can think of it, it must be important Judging a situation based on examples of similar situations that initially come to mind. Vivid examples in the news often cause an availability heuristic. Which place would you be more scared of getting mugged or even murdered? The Bronx, NY Gary, IN Big Bang Algorithms

21 Heuristics can lead to Overconfidence A tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments. Belief Perseverance- maintaining a belief even after it has been proven wrong. Belief Bias- People will tend to accept any and all conclusions that fit in with their systems of belief, without challenge or any deep consideration of what they are actually agreeing with.

Heuristic vs Algorithm Here is an algorithm for driving to someones house: Take Highway 167 south to Cardington. Take the South Hill Mall exit and drive 4.5 miles up the hill. Turn right at the light by the grocery store, and then take the first left. Turn into the driveway of the large tan house on the left, at 714 North Cedar. Not subject to chance. Heres a heuristic for getting to someones house: Find the last letter we mailed you. Drive to the town in the return address. When you get to town, ask someone where our house is. Everyone knows ussomeone will be glad to help you. If you cant find anyone, call us from a public phone, and well come get you.

#14 Cognition Applications Concepts (Schema)-- Mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people Create a schematic hierarchy for a Bengal Tiger

#15 Memory I am going to read a list of words to you. You are to write down as many words as you can remember when I am finished reading and say, "Go!" The words can be in any order. Primacy Effect (Bed) Recency (Drowsy) Sleep (False Memory)

#15 Eyewitness http://www.youramazingbrain.org.uk/testyourself/eyewitnes s.htm# http://www.youramazingbrain.org.uk/testyourself/eyewitnes s.htm# Write your answers to the 4 questions after watching the video. How d0es this relate to false memories?

#16 Using auditory system for memory Chunking pairing, clustering, grouping, or association of different items into larger units i.e., Try putting the numbers together. So if you hear 2, 4, 8, 3, 6,9think 248, 369. Come Up With Your Own Chunking Mechanism for Content in One of Your Classes.

#16 method of Loci AKA The Memory Palace 2006 World Memory Champion, Clemens Mayer from Germany, used a 300-point-long journey through his house for his world record in "number half marathon", memorizing 1040 random digits in a half hour. Gary Shang has used the method of loci to memorize pi to over 65,536 digits.

#17 Write about a particular song that has a significant emotional/memory based/ or thought provoking connection to you: UC Davis: Mapping the brain activity where memories are retrieved but also connects to emotions Had aided in the use of music to elicit strong reponses in Alzheimers patients Medial Prefrontal Cortex Region Music serves as a personal soundtrack for a mental movie of our history. Music has been proven a trigger for memory retrieval One of the main parts of the brain that's tracking the music is the same part of the brain that's responding overall to how autobiographically salient the music is Music based therapy

#18Free-Write

#19 London Cab DriversLondon Cab Drivers Why is the Hippocampus of London cab drivers so special? How will this knowledge help individuals with Parkinson's Disease?

#20 Get on the class webpage and scroll to the link about the top Neuroscience discoveries of 2013. Scroll to topic one, and discuss the potential understandings of human nature we can get from brain to brain interface!

#21 The psychologist G. Stanley Hall linked adolescence to all sorts of social problems. Little seems to have changed in over 100 yearscurrent newspapers and magazines are constantly bombarding us with information about the terrible nature of adolescents. They tell us that teenagers all over the world are violent, stressed, too focused on instant gratification, and/or immoral. Steinberg and Scott (2003) argue that adolescents should not be held responsible for murder or other similar infractions, as their brains have not yet reached maturity. Others posit that the relative immaturity of the adolescent is not the causal factor in such crimes. They mention factors such as parental levels of morality, the rise of mental health issues like depression, and community violence. Use the critical thinking approach to answer: why do you think we are pumping kids full of drugs? In thinking critically, you need to answer the following questions: What am I being asked to believe or accept? What evidence is there to support the assertion? Are there alternative ways of interpreting the evidence? What additional evidence would help to evaluate the alternatives? What conclusions are most reasonable?

#22 The Neural Impulse Explain the function of each of the following parts of the neural impulse in relation to the forthcoming scenario Pre-synaptic Neuron Post Synaptic Neuron Neurotransmitters Synaptic Vesicles Receptor Sites Action Potential Axon Dendrite On a cool, dark night, a man was walking home through the woods when he heard the howl of a wolf. Before he knew it, he had goose bumps on his skin, a pacing heart, labored breathing, and the urge to flee.

#23 After Video: Discuss how alcohol is related to GABA and Glutamate

#24 After watching the video What are Mirror neurons (you need to know this) What would you expect to see in the mirror neuron system of people with Autism?

#25 Please get an Ipad and read The History of the Lobotomy that is located on the class webpage under unit 3. When finished, answer and be ready to discuss the following question: In your perspective, what is the key factor that makes the lobotomy an unethical procedure?

#26 Think of two emotional experiences in your life. The experiences do not necessarily have to be sad ones; they can be something that brings about good memories. Explain the situations and then think about what specific sensations reminds you of that situation. Use your knowledge of memory and biology.

#27 Susie sets up the VCR to tape her favorite television show. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Melissas mom is showing Rebecca how to make the family favorite of molasses cookies. She walks Rebecca through the recipe stepbystep. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Tim decides he is going to start a business of putting bicycles together. He reads the instructions carefully and follows them very closely. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Its been two years and Tims bicycle business is doing very well. He can now go through five to eight bicycles a day without looking at any instructions. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Jeremy is in his first year of algebra and finds the algebra problems very confusing. He finds that he needs to keep going back to the textbook and seeing what steps are next. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP

#27 - Susie sets up the VCR to tape her favorite television show. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Melissas mom is showing Rebecca how to make the family favorite of molasses cookies. She walks Rebecca through the recipe stepbystep. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Tim decides he is going to start a business of putting bicycles together. He reads the instructions carefully and follows them very closely. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Its been two years and Tims bicycle business is doing very well. He can now go through five to eight bicycles a day without looking at any instructions. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP Jeremy is in his first year of algebra and finds the algebra problems very confusing. He finds that he needs to keep going back to the textbook and seeing what steps are next. TOP-DOWN or BOTTOM-UP

#28 Perception -Is the rabbit hole as deep as you think it is? Please grab a slip of paper out of the chalice that is sitting on the table. Hold onto this slip of paper. Do not share what group you are in.

In the picture was there.. 1. A man? 2. A woman? 3. A child? 4. An animal? 5. A whip? 6. A sword? 7. A mans hat? 8. A ball? 9. A fish?

How good are you at Figure/Ground? Field Independent 8+ Field Dependent 7-

CLOSURE

#29 Discussion Points The first step in perception is _____________(??) We sense 11,000,000 bits of information per second. We consciously only process about 40 bits of this What is the influence of top-down processes (interpretation, second step)on what we perceive? Go beyond the sensory information to try to make meaning out of ambiguity in your world. What you expect (your experiences and your perceptual set) drives this process Today we will see what expectations we all have in common.

1.We organize the visual field into objects (figures) that stand out from their surroundings (ground). 2. After distinguishing the figure from the ground, our perception needs to organize the figure into a meaningful form using GROUPING rules. Closure #19 What is the two step process to figure- ground

What happens when there arent enough clues? Ambiguous figures proof of perception You cant hold two different perceptions at the same time.

#29 Cross Model Processing We are going to watch two videos, use these to come up with an explanation for Cross Model Processing Rubber Hand McGurk Effect: Auditory Cue: ba (sound) Visual Cue: ga (mouth movement) Brain Senses: da

#29 John Watson believed that individuals are born without mental content when it comes to personality, social and emotional behavior, and intelligence. This blank slate approach states that all we are comes from experience and perception. With that in mind, answer these questions. How much can people be changed? Can we be molded so easily? Where should society (government) stand on the nature/nurture debate? Does behaviorism show us that criminals/bad students/low ethics can be changed or do you think this behavior is ingrained?

#30 Conditioning in The Office US? Do you want an Altoid? UR? Outstretched hand CS? Computer bing CR? Outstretched hand

#31 The state of Connecticut recently forced a 17 year old girl to undergo chemo treatments, despite her refusal and her mothers acceptance of her refusal. The girl has Hodgkins lymphoma, and was first forced by the Dept. of Children and Families. Your thoughts?

#32 (1) You are on a boat that overturns. It contains your 5-year-old and 1-year-old children (of the same sex). The boat sinks and you can save only one. Whom do you choose to save? Choose only one. (2) That same boat (you are slow to learn lessons) contains your 40-year-old and 20-year-old children (both of the same sex). Neither can swim. As the boat sinks, whom do you choose to save? Choose only one: (3) Would you rather marry someone older or younger than yourself? Choose only one: (4) Of the following six, which three are most important in the selection of your mate? Choose only three *good financial prospects *good looks *a caring and responsible personality *physical attractiveness *ambition and industriousness *an exciting personality (5) You and your spouse are the proud parents of a new child. The grandparents are ecstatic. Who do you think will be kinder to the child? Choose only one: the mother of the mother the mother of the father (6) Who will mourn more at the death of a child? Choose one answer in each pair: a. Father/mother b. parents of the father/parents of the mother c. younger parents/older parents (7) Which will elicit more grief? Choose one answer in each pair: a. death of a son/death of a daughter b. death of an unhealthy child/death of a healthy child

#33 Identify the emotions on the following pictures

Sadness

DISGUST

SURPRISE

CONTEMPT

NEUTRAL

Cont How could you use an understanding of Ekmans microexpressions in your daily life? How could you use an understanding of Ekmans microexpressions in your daily life?

#34 Adaptations for people who had lost the use of their hands. Going to assess whether the unpleasantness or difficult of these tasks affect your attentional abilities and responsiveness. For each picture, rate it on a scale of -9 (very negative emotions) to +9 (very positive emotions)

#34 Continued Fritz Strack (1988) muscles that control smiling cause happiness Zajonc (89) long e - smile and long u pouty Each, eager, eagle, ear, ease, east, Easter, eat, eaves, eel, evil Flu, flute, hue, glue, mule, rule, tulip, tune, use, you, yule

#35 Free Write Friday

#36 Yerkes Dodson 1. What was your arousal level on your midterm exams? If you were very nervous, your arousal level would be considered high. If you were excited and engaged but not too worried, it would be in the medium range. If you were feeling sluggish, your arousal level would be low. 2. How did you actually do on that test? 3. In many professions, individuals are forced to perform under conditions of very high arousal. These include EMTs, professional athletes, lifeguards, and emergency room medical professionals. How might such individuals train themselves to perform even under conditions of extreme arousal?

#37 At this point, which do you think is more important in the development of a person, nature or nurture?

#38 What stance should Psychology take in regards to When does life begin debate?

#39 AP PSYCH FREE WRITE FRIDAY!

#26 Why dont French kids have ADHD Which viewpoint is correct in regards to adolescents with ADHD? Explain. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the- children/201203/why-french-kids-dont-have-adhd http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the- children/201203/why-french-kids-dont-have-adhd

#40 Two young men, brothers, had got into serious trouble. They were secretly leaving town in a hurry and needed money. Karl, the older one, broke into a store and stole a thousand dollars. Bob, the younger one, went to a retired old man who was known to help people in town. He told the man that he was very sick and that he needed a thousand dollars to pay for an operation. Bob asked the old man to lend him the money and promised that he would pay him back when he recovered. Really Bob wasn't sick at all, and he had no intention of paying the man back. Although the old man didn't know Bob very well, he lent him the money. So Bob and Karl skipped town, each with a thousand dollars.

#40 Cont 1. Which is worse, stealing like Karl or cheating like Bob? Why is that worse? 2. What do you think is the worst thing about cheating the old man? Why is that the worst thing? 3. Is it important to keep a promise to someone you don't know well or will never see again? Why or why not? 4. Should people do everything they can to obey the law? Why or why not? 5. Was the old man being irresponsible by lending Bob the money? Why or why not?

#41 Would you rather your child be less attractive and extremely intelligent or extremely attractive and less intelligent? If you had a friend who spoke to you the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend? What are you currently procrastinating on? Why?

#42 Judy was a twelve-year-old girl. Her mother promised her that she could go to a special music concert coming to their town if she saved up from baby-sitting and lunch money to buy a ticket to the concert. She managed to save up the 50 dollars the ticket cost plus another 25 dollars. But then her mother changed her mind and told Judy that she had to spend the money on new clothes for school. Judy was disappointed and decided to go to the concert anyway. She bought a ticket and told her mother that she had only been able to save 25 dollars. That Saturday she went to the performance and told her mother that she was spending the day with a friend. A week passed without her mother finding out. Judy then told her older sister, Louise, that she had gone to the performance and had lied to her mother about it. Louise wonders whether to tell their mother what Judy did.

#42 Cont Answer 2 of the 9 1. Should Louise, the older sister, tell their mother that Judy lied about the money or should she keep quiet? Why? 2. In wondering whether to tell, Louise thinks of the fact that Judy is her sister. Should that make a difference in Louise's decision? 3. Does telling have anything to do with being a good daughter? Why or why not? 4. Is the fact that Judy earned the money herself important in this situation? Why or why not? 5. The mother promised Judy she could go to the concert if she earned the money. Is the fact that the mother promised the most important thing in the situation? Why or why not? 6. What do you think is the most important thing a mother should be concerned about in her relationship to her daughter? Why is that the most important thing? 7. In general, what should be the authority of a mother over her daughter? Why? 8. What do you think is the most important thing a daughter should be concerned about in her relationship to her mother? Why is that the most important thing? 9. In thinking back over the dilemma, what would you say is the most responsible thing for Louise to do in this situation? Why?

Kohlberg Critiques of Kohlberg: Arguments include that it emphasizes justice to the exclusion of other moral values, such as caring Overlap between stages so should be regarded as separate domains Kohlberg, created a new field within psychology 16 th most cited Psychologist and 30 th most eminent Kohlberg's scale is about how people justify behaviors and his stages are not a method of ranking how moral someone's behavior is. There should however be a correlation between how someone scores on the scale and how they behave, and the general hypothesis is that moral behavior is more responsible, consistent and predictable from people at higher levels.

#43 Play Judge, how would you rule in this case?

#44 Heinz Dilemma: What would you do?

#45 - A love test (If youve had me before use today as a free-write) 1. You are walking to your boy/girlfriend's house. There are two roads to get there. One is a straight path to take you there quickly, but is very plain and boring. The other is significantly longer but is full of wonderful sights and interesting things. Which one do you take to get your significant other's house, short or long? 2. On the way you see 2 rose bushes. One is full of red roses, the other full of white. You decide to pick 20 roses for your boy/girlfriend, of any color combination. What number of white and red do you pick? (you can pick all of one or any combo of the two). 3. You finally get to their house. A family member answers the door. You can have them get your boy/girlfriend or go get them yourself. Which do you do? 4. You go up to you boy/girlfriend's room, but nobody is there. You decide to leave the roses. Do you leave them by the windowsill or on the bed? 5. Later, it's time for bed. You and your boy/girlfriend go to sleep in separate rooms. In the morning when its time to wake up you go in their room and check on them. When you arrive, are they awake or asleep? 6. Now it's time to go back home. Do you take the short, plain road or the longer, more interesting road?

#45 Cont 1. The road represents your attitude towards falling in love. If you take the short road, you fall in love quickly and easily. If you take the long road, you take your time and do not fall in love as easily. 2. The number of red roses represents how much you give in a relationship, while the number of white represents what you expect in return. For example, if you chose 18 red and 2 white, you give 90% and expect 10% in return. 3. This question represents your attitude towards handling relationship problems. If you asked the family member to get your significant other, then you like to avoid problems and hope that they will solve themselves. If you went to get them yourself, then you are a more direct person and like to work out problems immediately. 4. The placement of roses determines how much you like to see your boy/girlfriend. Placing them on the bed means you like to see them a lot, while placing them on the windowsill means that you are alright with not seeing them as much. 5. This is representative of your attitude towards their personality. If you find them asleep, you love your boy/girlfriend the way they are. If you find them awake, you expect them to change for you. 6. The road to home tells how long you stay in love with someone. If you chose the short road, you fall out of love easily. If you chose the longer one, you will tend to stay in love for a long time.

#46 Numerous psychologists have stated that experiences early in life are systematically linked to how people think, feel, and behave in their adult lives. Explain how each of the following psychologists would explain how current teenagers pursue romantic relationships. (What is the key formation during adolescence?) * Skinner, Freud, Maslow, Piaget, Erikson

#47 Please tell as dramatic a story as you can for the picture presented, including the following: what has led up to the event shown what is happening at the moment what the characters are feeling and thinking what the outcome of the story was

Thematic Apperception Test Purpose The TAT is often administered to individuals as part of a battery, or group, of tests intended to evaluate personality. It is considered to be effective in eliciting information about a person's view of the world and his or her attitudes toward the self and others. Usually there are multiple story cards Stories reveal expectations of relationships with peers, parents or other authority figures, subordinates, and possible romantic partners. Examiner also evaluates the subject's demeanor (tone, posture, hesitations, emotional responses) Example: comments about the artistic style of the picture, or remark that he or she does not like the picture; this is a way of avoiding telling a story about it. Used in assessment of candidates who need skill in dealing with other people and/or ability to cope with high levels of psychological stress such as law enforcement, military leadership positions, religious ministry, education, diplomatic service, etc. Although the TAT should not be used in the differential diagnosis of mental disorders, it is often administered to individuals who have already received a diagnosis in order to match them with the type of psychotherapy best suited to their personalities. Lastly, the TAT is sometimes used for forensic purposes in evaluating the motivations and general attitudes of persons accused of violent crimes. For example, the TAT was recently administered to a 24-year-old man in prison for a series of sexual murders. The results indicated that his attitudes toward other people are not only outside normal limits but are similar to those of other persons found guilty of the same type of crime. The TAT can be given repeatedly to an individual as a way of measuring progress in psychotherapy or, in some cases, to help the therapist understand why the treatment seems to be stalled or blocked.

TAT Research TAT is frequently used for research into specific aspects of human personality, most often needs for achievement, fears of failure, hostility and aggression, and interpersonal object relations. "Object relations" is a phrase used in psychiatry and psychology to refer to the ways people internalize their relationships with others and the emotional tone of their relationships. Research into object relations using the TAT investigates a variety of different topics, including the extent to which people are emotionally involved in relationships with others; their ability to understand the complexities of human relationships; their ability to distinguish between their viewpoint on a situation and the perspectives of others involved; their ability to control aggressive impulses; self-esteem issues; and issues of personal identity. For example, one recent study compared responses to the TAT from a group of psychiatric inpatients diagnosed with dissociative disorders with responses from a group of non-dissociative inpatients, in order to investigate some of the controversies about dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder).

"Think of someone you know whom you don't like very much. Maybe you even hate this person. On a piece of paper, write down a description of that person. Write down what it is about this individual's personality that you don't like. Be as specific as you can."

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Journal #1 At this time you need to take your observations and findings on the other person out and answer the following items. 3 conclusions about your