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Forum 4.3 - Changes in Identity

10/31/2017

Guiding Thought Question: Predict how an individual's perception of their identity changes as they mature physically, emotionally, and cognitively. Use examples from your own observations and experiences to support your answer.

Today's Learning Objectives: Students will be able to describe the principles of the developmental theories of Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson. Students will take notes on both theories and then answer thought questions relating to the two theories.

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Forum 4.2 - Focusing on School

10/26/2017

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Guiding Thought Questions: Explain three things that can happen in your life that would make it difficult for you to focus on school.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain the concepts of Maslow's hierarchy and how they are connected to the ideas of motivation, learning, and development of identity. Students will take notes and watch a video on Maslow's hierarchy and answer thought questions relating to the subject.

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Forum 4.1 - Experiences in Development

10/24/2017

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Guiding Thought Question: What factors do you think have most influenced your identity of who you are? Explain the top two factors.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to describe the psychological perspective of development and describe the process that impact the development of self and identity.

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Forum 3.7 - What Motivates You?

10/17/2017

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Guiding Thought Question: List 5 things that motivate you when it comes to school, chores, activities, etc...

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain the psychological principles of motivation. Students will answer thought questions about the principles and be responsible for today's materials on the unit test.

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Forum 3.6 - Educational Psychology

10/12/2017

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Guiding Thought Question: Why would the study of psychology and learning be so important in the designing of learning activities?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain the ideas of Bloom's Taxonomy and how they connect to the ideas of learning. Students will read critical thinking questions and make questions of their own using the principles of educational psychology.

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Forum 3.5 - A Beautiful Mind

10/10/2017

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Guiding Thought Question: Watch the two videos below about Stephen Wiltshire and explain how Human memory is complicated and can even sometimes be enhanced.
CBS - Wiltshire's NYC Matches Up
UBS - Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC for UBS

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain the psychological principles of memory and the methods of encoding, storing, and retrieving information. Students will take notes on the subject and answer questions on an assignment dealing with the concepts of the day's lesson.

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Forum 3.4 - Animal Training

10/5/2017

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Guiding Thought Question: Using the ideas from last class on Operant Conditioning come up with an example of how you can/have use Operant Conditioning to train a specific behavior in an animal. Talk specifically about the behavior you were trying to teach and how you used either reinforcement or punishment (No animal cruelty).

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain how operant conditioning is used in real world situations. Students will examine case studies of operant conditioning and answer thought questions about them.

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Forum 3.3 - Beginning Operant Conditioning

10/3/2017

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Guiding Thought Question: Watch the video clip from the Big Bang Theory and based off what you can observe from the clip describe what Operant Conditioning is and how it is different than Classical Conditioning.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the principles and theories related to Operant Conditioning. Students will take notes related to the theories of Operant conditioning and then answer thought questions related to the ideas of today's lesson.

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Psychology Class 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.

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