IB Psychology

What we are doing

IB Psychology SL

Second semester

January

February: Internal Assessment

March: Mock exam

April: Review

May: IB exam

First semester

August

September

October

November

December

Quiz: Experimental design

Demonstrations

Read Cognitive development: Essay question on Tuesday: Know the key concepts

Take the cognitive chapter self-review test

In class essay: Cognitive perspective

Review for mock:

Learning

Review for mock:

Biological

Friday, March 4

Review for mock:

Cognitive

Review Glassman:

Chapter 4

Glassman: Chapter 5

Commentary on Freud

Dream Assignment

Handout: Town that Skinner Built

Handout: Pigeons

overview of ethics in psychological testing and

Multiple intelligences

extra reading: Bobo

Watch some VANAS

introduction to the brain

quiz on the brain

more on the localization of the brain

Research on drug or disorder

Read the Olivar Saks' The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat

Read interview with Paul Eckman

Answer questions

Emotions and the brain:

emotional brainstorming

physiological connection

Discussion on eyes

reading the mind in the eye's test

Autism: AQ

Bonus: http://growe.homeip.net/BaronCohen/MaleFemale.asp

Group presentation preparation

emotions and sex brain

Group presentation preparation

The strange case of Phenious Gage

Presenations

split brain procedure and handedness

meet David Whitman

Read Whitman's letter

Read the Amygdala and the Brain

Quiz on the readings

The Mind of a killer --see this powerpoint for key details near the end

More on Serial killers

Aggression

We will have a quiz:

Compare two theories of aggression

Explain factors contributing to the mind of a killer

what do certain chemicals and structures of the brain have to with aggression.

Intro: Sex on the brain

Sex-roles and brain development.

Homework:

Due: Wednesday, December 1

I will post links on our class website tonight or go to:

http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/Human%20Nature%20S%201999/gender_and_the_brain.htm

Pick one article (note, not all links above work).

Read the article.

Summarize the key points. (this should be brief)

Write a reaction to the article

--what it’s implications are for psychology

--what you think

--Etc.

send me an eMail with your response. This is brief, but take care to write in sentences and observe normal conventions.

Quiz on Aggression, the mind of a killer, and related brain structures and chemicals

Sex on the brain

Good Luck on your exam!

The two review powerpoints can be found here:

biological

learning (with comparison to biological)

Remember: you need to know some theorists and researchers for each perspective. You will be asked to compare the two theories.

Introduction to the cognitive perspective

Overview of essay writing for IB Exams

In class essay: Know the key concepts.

Lecture: We will start back at the begining. We will be looking at Memory, problem solving, perception and language development; we will be paying extra special attention to experiments that lend themselves to the Internal assessment.

The cognitive perspective: Memory

See the powerpoint for various activities we tried. Keep in midn we are getting ready for our internal assessment.

The cognitive perspective: Memory

Read Loftus article and Interview

Write on paragraph on the impact of Loftus' work for society. Explicitly use the TEFAC model.

The cognitive perspective: False memories/Eyewitness testimonies

We will look at Elizabeth Loftus in some detail.

Plus what is it like to have no short term memory?

Internal assessment:

You must read this page and pick one study (you may choose one from the text or from the powerpoints on memory or false memory). Present the following in writing:

• Which study
• name of the researcher
• Ethical considerations
• Informed consent document
• Sampling method

Due Monday!

Working on Internal Assessments

Report to room 400.

You may work in library.

You must have this sheet, the IA Proposal, completed for Friday, February 18. The more complete you make it, the stronger it will be.

You will want to start creating your document.

You may not start the actual research until I return!

Dysfunctional research project.

Report to room 400. Biology students away, but still responsible for this project.

See attached project description. Take a look at our dysfunctional pa ge..

Guest Speaker

Report to room 400. If speaker is not available, continue to work on IA.

Working on Internal Assessments

We are preparing for the internal assessments

You need to have your method approced by me.

Working on Internal Assessments

Conducting your experiements

Good luck.

Reviewing for Mock Exams --see exam prep page

The mock exam is an replica of the exam you will be taking in may. It is broken down into two papers.

• Paper 1: two hours. Two essays on perspectives. You have six questions to choose from.
• 
  Paper 2: one hour. One essay on one of the topics that we have covered in detail. Theoretically you can choose one of eight areas, but we have studied for two: Dysfunctional psychology, and psychodynamic perspective.

Today:

Exam overview

Learning perspective--Powerpoint on applications, therapies and evaluations

Reviewing for Mock Exams --see exam prep page

The mock exam is an replica of the exam you will be taking in may. It is broken down into two papers.

• Paper 1: two hours. Two essays on perspectives. You have six questions to choose from.
• 
  Paper 2: one hour. One essay on one of the topics that we have covered in detail. Theoretically you can choose one of eight areas, but we have studied for two: Dysfunctional psychology, and psychodynamic perspective.

Today:

Biological Perspective

Reviewing for Mock Exams --see exam prep page

The mock exam is an replica of the exam you will be taking in may. It is broken down into two papers.

• Paper 1: two hours. Two essays on perspectives. You have six questions to choose from.
• 
  Paper 2: one hour. One essay on one of the topics that we have covered in detail. Theoretically you can choose one of eight areas, but we have studied for two: Dysfunctional psychology, and psychodynamic perspective.

Today:

Cognitive Perspective --see powerpoint

Reviewing for Mock Exams --see exam prep page

The mock exam is an replica of the exam you will be taking in may. It is broken down into two papers.

• Paper 1: two hours. Two essays on perspectives. You have six questions to choose from.
• 
  Paper 2: one hour. One essay on one of the topics that we have covered in detail. Theoretically you can choose one of eight areas, but we have studied for two: Dysfunctional psychology, and psychodynamic perspective.

Today:

Review of key studies

Reviewing for Mock Exams --see exam prep page

The mock exam is an replica of the exam you will be taking in may. It is broken down into two papers.

• Paper 1: two hours. Two essays on perspectives. You have six questions to choose from.
• 
  Paper 2: one hour. One essay on one of the topics that we have covered in detail. Theoretically you can choose one of eight areas, but we have studied for two: Dysfunctional psychology, and psychodynamic perspective.

Today:

Dysfunctional Presentations

Dysfunctional Psychology

• Defining a normalcy
• History of treatment methods
• Diagnosing methodology
• Review paper 2

view powerpoint on dysfunctional psychology

Dysfunctional Psychology

• Cultural bound syndromes
• Case studies

view powerpoint on dysfunctional psychology

Dysfunctional Psychology

• student presentations

view powerpoint on dysfunctional psychology

Dysfunctional Psychology

• student presentations

view powerpoint on dysfunctional psychology

Dysfunctional Psychology

• student presentations

view powerpoint on dysfunctional psychology

Dysfunctional Psychology

• quiz

view powerpoints on dysfunctional psychology done by students

Review

• Paper one

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Review

• Paper one

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Review paper one

• paper one

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review

• paper two

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