1. IB Psych 9/7/17 Today’s Agenda: Syllabus Questions so far…
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Today’s Learning Objectives:
I can understand the design of the course.
Today’s Agenda:
Syllabus Questions so far…
Our first discussion
HW:
Both Due: Monday 9/11/17
Syllabus
Online Survey

2. A few thoughts on Discussion
Let’s keep it “academic” Let’s challenge ideas, not the people presenting those ideas We don’t have to agree on everything…

3. Question?
What do you believe is the most significant invention of human history? Why? How has it improved humanity?

4. Invention Significance
Railroads/Boats
Plumbing—indoor
Language—written/pencil
Money
The creation of settlements/farming agriculture…
The computer
Phones
fax/printer
Vaccines
Bank
Film/TV/News
Guns
Laws
Connecting crops/country/goods/people
Sanitary conditions & spread of disease
Allows us to communicate with each other
Motivation to countless peoples to do things…
Allowed for specialization of labor
Foundation of interaction with the world in a more efficient manner
More efficient form of personal communication
Send docs faster and through mail…
Preventing spread of mass disease
Money…storage/theft/work
Entertainment/escapism/jobs
Influence of war/force/political
Uniform code of behaviors

5. Invention
Significance
Writing
Printing press
Record thoughts and allowed for development of future technology
Allowed for the rapid spread of ideas
Language
Communicate feelings/thoughts
Fire/electricity
Warmth/cooking/etc.
Transportation/powering of just about everything
Government
Employment
Educational system
Creation of structure/divide of politics
Organizes finances
Need an educated population
Time
Money
Schedules/uniform
Places values on items
Gunpowder
Drones
A.I.—automation?
Basis of slaughters
Improves warfare without risk of human cost/plus packages (Amazon…)
Medicine
Prevented the spread of disease
Internet & improvement of communication
Allowing ease of communication without proximity
Organized religion
Chemistry
Role in communities/politics/society
Improved upon the field of medicine/weapons/etc

6. Invention
Significance
Vaccination
Improve life span…over-population…the world is going to *ell
The wheel
Agriculture improvement/specialization/surplus/transportation/modern world
Electricity
Man-made utilization of most things
Record-keeping
Internet
Culture and civilization to communicate with each other
Time-keeping device
Organize civilizations…
Modes of transportation—planes…
Moving people/goods/etc faster
Currency
Measure trade/ownership/value
Cellular devices
Communicate without proximity—improvement of communication
Assembly line
Time reduced in production…automation/jobs
Copy/paste
Cotton gin
Social impact still with us…
Guns
Warfare/violence
Paper
Improvement of communication…

7. Agree or Disagree?
Gambling should be allowed for any and all people? Why?
Narcotics should be available to anyone for purchase?
Alcohol should not have any types of restrictions for purchase?

8. Would you…
Knowingly allow your thinking to be impaired consistently in a school setting?
Knowingly disrupt your sleep patterns for a brief feeling of joy that would diminish over a period of continued experience?
Knowingly put yourself at risk of becoming one of the 50% of people between that feel a lack of control over this specific aspect of their daily life?

9. Would you…
Be surprised if I told you the average American engages in the behavior on average 221 times per day?
Believe me if I told you approximately 2.3 billion people have the delivery device?
Believe me if I told you approximately 10% of people could be classified as addicted?

10. Agree or Disagree?

11. Have you ever experienced this???