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Forum 2.4 - Conditioning at any Age?

7/14/2021

Guiding Thought Question: At what age range do you think that conditioning new behaviors is most effective? How should that affect the targeted age group for materials trying to promote environmentally friendly behaviors? Explain

Guiding Inquiry: How has research in the field of psychology helped shape our understanding of learned behaviors?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the principles of operant conditioning, which they will demonstrate by correctly incorporating it into the end of unit assessment.

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Forum 2.3 - Conditioning Conservation?

7/14/2021

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Guiding Thought Question: To what degree is a conservation mindset a series of learned behaviors? Explain.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about how conditioning is used in animal training to get the animals to perform desired behaviors, students will demonstrate their understanding of conditioning by incorporating the concept into their short story as part of the unit assessment.

Guiding Inquiry: How can the processes used to teach "correct" behaviors be utilized to promote conservation?

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Forum 2.1 - What Drives You?

7/9/2021

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Guiding Thought Question: How do you get yourself to do something you need to when you're not really motivated to? How might you have utilized rewards or just internal encouragement?

Guiding Inquiry: What is motivation, and what impact can it have in driving people to do what they do?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the ideas of drive and motivation, and be able to use principles about them in the development of their end of unit assessment

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Forum 1.7 - Research for the Sake of It?

7/9/2021

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Guiding Thought Question: What is the purpose of research beyond increasing our knowledge?

Guiding Inquiry: How does research get shared out so it can be useful after it is completed?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the different ways that academic work is shared and be able to make a decision on appropriate mediums to share based on goals.

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Forum 1.8 - Q/C/C/C/CofO

7/9/2021

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Guiding Thought Question: What final questions, comments, concerns, compliments, or cries of outrage do you have about the materials covered this unit before the test?

Guiding Inquiry: How is research conducted in the social sciences and what special considerations need to be made?

Today's Learning Objective Students will apply their knowledge from the unit to complete an end of unit assessment

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Forum 1.4 - Working the Front End

7/8/2021

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Guiding Thought Question: Why does it make sense that a lot of the work in a research study would take place before the actual study or data collection takes place?

Guiding Inquiry: How does the research process in the social sciences compare to the physical sciences?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will discuss the steps of social research and practice them at each stage in order to become more familiar with the inquiry process to the point they are able to utilize the process to conduct research of their own

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Behavioral Science Course Forum

Welcome to the Forum! Here is where you will be answering your daily warm-up questions. Please do not enter your last name for privacy reasons, and you may use a nickname if you would like (Just make sure Mr. Tredinnick is aware of the nickname you are using). Write out thoughtful responses to the forums on the days they are assigned. If you miss a day please take it upon yourself to complete the Forum you missed. Each Forum has the targeted Learning Objective(s) there so you can see what the focus of the day's class will be.

Forum 2.4 - Conditioning at any Age?

Forum 2.3 - Conditioning Conservation?

Forum 2.1 - What Drives You?

Forum 1.7 - Research for the Sake of It?

Forum 1.8 - Q/C/C/C/CofO

Forum 1.4 - Working the Front End

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