Thursday, January 29, 2015

1/29 Sensation--Inside Out

Inside Out Video on Sensation and Note taking.


1/28 Module 16

Module 16 Lecture.

Review Wkst. and FRQ Practice:

Marisol is planning a ski trip for spring break.  Define absolute threshold and difference threshold, and explain how each one might play a role in her perception of the winter weather she will experience.

1/27 Intro to Sensation and Perception

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

1/21-23 FINAL EXAM

This FRQ may be done before coming to class for the Final EXAM.  There will be one more FRQ on the EXAM.

Professor Dement believes that different states of consciousness are each associated with increased levels of activity in specific, different parts of the brain. Develop at least one possible hypothesis Professor Dement might want to study to test this belief and design an experiment to test the hypothesis. Use the following terms correctly in your response.
• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Operational definition
• fMRI
• Psychoactive drugs
• REM sleep
• Hypnosis


Review for the Final EXAM.

30 questions from Unit 7--mod. 22-25 (Consciousness)

20 questions from Unit 1-6
1. History Modules 1-3
2. Research  Mod. 4-8
3. Learning and Memory Mod. 26-34
4. Development --Cognition and Language Mod. 34-36, Mod. 45-54
5. Motivation/Emotion Mod. 37-44
6. Neuroscience Mod. 9-15
7. Consciousness Mod. 22-25

2 FRQ's

1/16-20 Sleep Handouts

Sleep Handouts

Review for Final EXAM

1/14-15 Jigsaw--Mod 25

Mod 25 --Psychoactive Drugs and Consciousness

Break into 4 major groups.  Become experts.  Then teach each other on the your area.

Psychology of Addiction
Stimulants
Depressants
Hallucinogens

1/12-13 Mod. 24 Cornell Notes + Handout

Handout--The Light at the end of the Tunnel, and Mod. 24 Cornell Notes with Summary.

Friday, January 9, 2015

1/9 Mod. 24 FRQ Practice

Mod. 24
Practice FRQ's ---
Name and briefly describe 3 stages of sleep when rapid eye movements are not occurring.


Sleep serves many functions for us.  Briefly explain how sleep can:
a. provide protection
b. promote physical growth
c. promote memory growth

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

1/7-8 Consciousness

The Following work on Consciousness will be completed in the library on 1/7, and 8. The work is due on 1/9--Friday. If a website is listed, use it as a starting point to answer the question. If a website is not listed, search the internet to find the answer.

Answer sheets may be electronically submitted or turned in by hand on 1/9--Friday

Consciousness                      
Please use the Internet to explore the world of dream analysis.   

PART ONE:              DREAM RESEARCHERS

Briefly describe the contributions made to dream research by the following individuals.    Make sure to read all of the pages on each individual.


1.    Sigmund Freud:



2.    Milton Kramer:


3.    Rosalind Cartwright:


4.    Carl Jung:



5.    Calvin Hall:
Make sure you check the Theory section of this site:

  
PART TWO:  SLEEP STAGES and SLEEP FOR TEENS  
Using the following website, http://www.dreammoods.com/ click on the sleep cycle and describe the following:

1.    What are the NonREM stages of sleep?
  2.    What is REM?
  3.    When do we dream?
  4.    Does everyone dream?  Why do some people claim that they don’t?


5.    Using the following website: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleeping-angels/201001/do-later-bedtimes-increase-risk-teenage-depression-suicidal-thought  explain what the latest study about sleeping and teenagers claims.
  
  
  
8.    What are the five major theories of why we sleep: http://psychology.about.com/od/statesofconsciousness/p/TheoriesofSleep.htm

9.  Describe what the article says about teen and sleep, especially with school start times.

10.  What does Mary Carskadon’s research show about sleep and grades?


Part 3: Dreams

  1. Explain what Freud felt about the content of dreams with manifest and latent content.
  2. Explain the research that Dement and Wolpert did in 1958 on dreaming content.

3. What does Domhoff’s work say about the probability of negative emotions in dreams?

4. How does our daily activity come into our dream contents?

5. Explain Dream Theories.


1/5-6 Module 22 and 23

Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness

Hypnosis

Sleep Stages