1. Measuring the speed of thought
A journey back to Wilhelm Wundt’s laboratory…
Teacher leads students outside/to cafeteria for this experiment.
Follow instructions for “Chain Reaction Time: Measuring the Speed of Thought” on pages 5-6 of Favorite Activities for the Teaching of Psychology

2. AGENDA February 22, 2012 Today’s topics: Taking care of each other
Schools of Psychological Thought
Biological
Glossary terms: Peer review / STAMPS
Chapter 2: Psychological Research
Preview Psychological Professions
Homework:
Due Feb Psychology as a profession “Help Wanted” ad

3. The Road Ahead…
Feb 24 Mobile Lab: Psychological Professions Feb. 29 Psychological Professions presentations Test review March 2 Unit 1 Test
For your planners…

4. Take Care of Each Other Copies of notes? CR-Economics
[in addition to building community, this routine functions as a review]
Copies of notes?

5. Humanistic Psychology
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
Established as a reaction to behaviorism
Humanism: Person is in control
REVIEW
Established as a reaction to behaviorism: Environment and other outside forces are only background to personal growth
At a time when most psychologists thought motivation was driven by a need to make up for some physical or psychological deficit, Maslow introduces a very optimistic view of human motivation.

6. Humanistic Psychology
REVIEW
Humanists believe free will and potential for personal growth guide mental processes and behavior
View of behavior: Individual or self-directed choices influence our behavior

7. Cognitive Psychology I need a volunteer… Video: Conservation
What’s going on?
Jean Piaget
REVIEW
Teacher asks for volunteer for experiment.
Teacher replicates CONSERVATION experiment: Pour equal amount of dyed water in two cups, ask volunteer if they think they are the same amount [YES].
Pour water from one cup into tall, skinny vase; ask “Do you think this glass has more water, this glass has more water, or that they have the same amount?” [SAME]
Having seen me pour it, do you think it’s obvious they have the same amount of water?
How would you characterize someone who saw that experiment and said one was greater than the other? [expect “crazy”, “blind” etc.]
Do you think it might be hard to relate, about certain things, with someone who processed information so differently from the way you process information?
What would you say if I told you that you and everyone in this room used to think there was more water in the vase?
Hmmmm… I have a video that may help us understand. [play video]
What’s going on? [click]
Jean Piaget noticed that small children had thoughts and perceptions strikingly different from those of adults.
They seemed to process information differently.
He started to investigate and eventually would describe 4 stages of cognitive development

8. Cognitive Psychology Four Stages of Cognitive Development
REVIEW

9. Cognitive Psychology
View of behavior: How we process, store and retrieve information influences our behavior. NOTE: “Behavior” includes thoughts, feelings and state of consciousness.
REVIEW
Teacher reads info
Cognitive psychologists emphasize the importance of receiving, storing and processing information; of thinking and reasoning; and of language to understanding human behavior.
How is this different from Behavioral Psychologists?

10. Sociocultural Psychology
What would you say…
…if I came to your house for dinner and make loud slurping noises as I ate?
Video:
Sociocultural Psychology
REVIEW
Teacher leads discussion.
Would you think I was rude? --OR-- Would you think I was paying you a compliment?
In Japan, slurping your food is a compliment to the cook. [click]
If I was Japanese, or raised in Japan, or had spent the last several years there, perhaps it would be meant as a compliment.
[watch video]

11. Sociocultural Psychology
View of behavior: Ethnicity, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status influence our behavior.
REVIEW
As international travel became more common in the second half of the 20th century, psychologists began to recognize that people from different cultures interpret gestures, body language and spoken language differently from one another.

12. Biological Psychology
Article: Teens and Decision Making: What Brain Science Reveals
Phineas Gage
Video #1
Video #2
NEW MATERIAL BEGINS HERE
Teacher distributes article/guided notes; Directs students to read article.
Use reading time to load videos
Teacher has students watch videos, then answer questions
Video #1 – first 2:30 minutes
Video #2 – all (8:49 minutes)

13. Biological Psychology
View of behavior: Biological factors influence our behavior.
Psychobiologists study how genetics, hormones, the nervous system and the brain influence behavior.
Technology has enabled scientists to examine how complex chemical and biological processes within the nervous and endocrine systems are related to the behavior of humans (and other organisms)
Many biological psychologists think that the mind is what the brain does.

14. Stamps: Glossary Peer Review Work with someone you don’t know well
Term &
Page #
Symbol
In my words
Book definition
Peer Review
Work with someone you don’t know well
Pick who will be Partner A & B
Take turns:
Only one person talking at a time.
Other partner is listening & writing notes.
Teacher distributes Peer Review sheets; directs students to do Peer Review of Glossary terms.
Teacher STAMPS Glossary terms as students work through Peer Review
Teacher collects Peer Reviews at end of class

15. Psychological Research: Popsicle Sticks
Difference between longitudinal studies and cross-sectional studies?
Correlation vs. Causation
Single-Blind vs. Double-Blind
Random sample vs. Stratified sample
Teacher uses popsicle sticks to pull random student for 1st 2 questions. For second two questions, make sure there is proportional representation of males and females. Tie into Ques#4 re: random vs. stratified samples.
Longitudinal = same group over a long period of time; Cross-sectional = random sampling of groups based on age
Correlation = relationship between 2 variables/data; Causation = one thing causes another to happen
Single-blind = experimenter aware of which patients received treatment; Double-blind = neither experimenter nor participants know which patients received treatment
Random sample = each individual has an equal chance of being represented; Stratified sample = subgroups in the population are represented proportionately in the sample

16. Partner or Group Work Take turns
Use a quiet voice and make an honest effort to communicate
At desk or assigned place
Materials are out and task is being actively worked on
For preview work on Psychology Professions

17. Psychology as a profession
Pick a psychological specialty that interests you
Partner with someone who has the same specialty
Mobile Lab: Research your chosen specialty and write a Help Wanted ad to hire someone for that job. The ad must include:
Qualifications (Required education/degree, work experience, etc.)
Basic job description & responsibilities
Salary range
Appropriate School(s) of Psychological Thought for this position
Use PowerPoint. Make it attractive. Be prepared to present your ad to the class.
We will go over this is detail next class
As we discuss the different Schools of Psychological Thought, keep this assignment in mind

18. Psychological Professions
Clinical psychologist
Community psychologist
Counseling psychologist
Developmental psychologist
Educational psychologist
Engineering psychologist
Experimental psychologist
Forensic psychologist
Health psychologist
Industrial/Organizational psychologist
Neuropsychologist
Personality psychologist
Rehabilitation psychologist
School psychologist
Social psychologist
Sports psychologist

19. Homework Before you leave Pick up your belongings and any trash
CR-Economics
Homework
Before you leave
Pick up your belongings and any trash
Straighten desks
Homework
Due Feb Psychology as a profession “Help Wanted” ad