Wednesday, March 4

Awakenings  - with Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams- true or not?

See:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNum0dTYalk

Oliver Sacks has written a few interesting books on his work:

Anthropologist From Mars
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
Awakenings

and more........

We will finish the discussion questions on the ethics and impacts on patients in the movie.  Please have  your response to me before spring break.  (:

Research Experiment Project - in groups of 2-3.  Please have proposal to me before spring break.  Assignment will not be due until after spring break in case you want to use your break to conduct a ground-breaking, original and innovative experiment! 

....for ideas,  please look at the websites below.....

Monday, monday....la la la lala.....

Monday, monday....la la la lala.....

Quiz will be tomorrow....postponed you lucky ducks!

Films & psychology-  we will muse in class.

Looking forward:  Design an experiment- learning to create a hypothesis and
                                         carry out an experiment  

Read in class and discuss

Some inspiration & ideas: 

http://psychology.about.com/od/researchmethods/a/psychology-fair-project-ideas.htm


http://www.education.com/science-fair/psychology-and-sociology/

https://www.socialpsychology.org/expts.htm

http://list25.com/25-intriguing-psychology-experiments/

 For tomorrow:  Bring a question and we will challenge Auburn University

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1vt6oh/    

Ethics and Psychology

The Milgram and Standford prison experiment fueled controversy and added to the debate over ethical boundaries in psychology.
Today you will watch a small documentary on the Standford experiment.  Reflect on ethical boundaries-  where did you feel a line had been crossed?  How did you know?  Was it a gut reaction, similar to the visiting psychologist or a cognitive, rational judgement?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=760lwYmpXbc#t=423

Have an excellent weekend!  
ps...you have a quiz on Monday  

Wednesday, February 19- Quick Review

Be ready to present your findings on love:
Create a title and a possible hypothesis that you might have had
Intructions:  explain what was done and why
Noteworthy comments-  Were you suprised by your findings?
                                  - Can you group/ organize information
Participants-  anonymous, students , teachers?
Further research-  what kind of questions do you have? 

Class reading :  35- 41
   * know the vocabulary
   *understand ethics.....more tomorrow....


Quiz on Monday.  Please know the following:  

Vocabulary pg. 7- 13
physiological
cognitive
psychology
hypothesis
theory
scientific method fig 1.4, page 12

Goals of psychology pg.  10- 11

The chart on pg. 21-  6 Contemporary Approaches to Psychology  
For more depth,  read back pages 17- 21 

Tuesday, February 18

Course selection in the multi-purpose room for grade eleven. 

Final presentation at the end of class.  Remember that you are responsible to answer all reflective questions, for all presentations. 

link here .....

Monday, February 17

Almost done and over with love...but not quite!  

Harlow ....we need to finish the video and articulate his research question. 

Ok...write up five questions and be ready to ask your questions in the wider community.

How many people would you like to question?  Students?  Teachers?
10-15

Before you start,  is there a burning question that you want to understand at a deeper level?  Think about the Halo Effect, scent and love and Harlow's experiment.

This would be your hypothesis and you are organising a small survey for your research....more later!                           10 marks for complete survey

Valentine's Day

To love or not to love.  That is the question.

We will watch two clips  on love, or rather,  the attraction factor that might lead to love.

As you watch,  note down any questions that you might have or any aspect of the clips that incite your curiosity.

Our goal is to write five questions to ask our school community today,  Valentine's Day.

And to clarify the difference between qualitative research and quantitative research.

Ask yourself,  how can you best learn about the psychology of love:
through qualitative or quantitative research?