Motivation

Study Lance Armstrong

Adolescence

Study Adolescence by having students look inward.  Write autobiographies (read autobiographies...)

Classical and Operant Conditioning

See Psych 20 page.

After this - into language aquisition perhaps?

http://www.drury.edu/multinl/story.cfm?ID=2435&NLID=166

Video List:

http://cnx.org/content/m19526/latest/

Baby Book Project

http://www.saskschools.ca/~psychportal/Psych30/babybookproject/baby_book_project.htm

Your task is to create a "baby book". The book will cover the time period of physical, emotional, social and cognitive development from prenatal to the end of the first year. On a weekly basis you will be given "issue cards" which will pose a problem or situation that you must deal with. Your task will be to research these problems and give three possible solutions to each problem.  You will then choose one of these and tell why you chose that solution. 


You will research these problems and give three possible solutions to each problem.  You will then choose one of these and tell why you would choose that solution.  You should also have a list of characteristics of this age.  You may get some of these from books or from material in the Psychology 30: Human Development course as we go through infancy.  The Baby Book Project covers human development from early prenatal development to 13 months of age.  

BABY BOOK CHECKLIST    

1.      Pregnancy-1 card that tells of problem or situation.  Entry may require research or it may be a diary type; depending on the problem.  

2.      Birth announcement.  What you had and how much baby weighed.  

3.      Birth.  The type of birth you had and any birth problem the child has.  

4.      Birth certificate.  You are responsible for making your own.   

5.      Newborn.  Two sets of problems.  You need to offer three possible solutions or explanations for each and choose one then explain why you chose that solution.  

6.      4-6 weeks.  Two sets of problems.  Same as above.  

7.      10-14 weeks.  Two sets of problems.  Same procedure.  

8.      4-5 months.  Two sets of problems.  

9.      6-7 months.  Two sets of problems.  

10.  9-10 months.  Two sets of problems.  

11.  12-13 months.  Two sets of problems.  

12.  For each of these age categories you should have a list of characteristics.  

13.  Poems:  “Children Learn What They Live”, “Children are Like Kites”, and “Toddlers’ Creed”.  

14.  Baby’s First time line chart.  Also, select three of the firsts and write a diary entry on each.  This should be about one paragraph in length for each.  

15.  All the age groups should include an age appropriate picture; be it your own (preferably scanned if it is from your baby book at home) or one from an outside source.  

16.  Quiz.  These are your own answers to the questions

BABY BOOK QUIZ  

1.      What was your reaction to “giving birth”?  Were you happy with your baby or did you have different expectations?  

2.      In solving your problems, whom did you ask for help?  Tell whether you agreed with the advice given and why.  

3.      What are three different things you learned from guest speakers?   

4.      In what ways was the baby book realistic?  What ways was it unrealistic?  

5.      Before doing the baby book what were your attitudes and expectations toward parenting?  How did they change?  

6.    How would you prepare differently for the birth of a second child?

Psychologist Research Project #1

1. 
   
   Who are they?
   Include relevant or interesting biographical information
2. 
   
   What is their contribution to the field of psychology?
3. 
   
   Why are they important today? Where can their influence be seen

William Wundt – Founder of Psychology as a Scientific Field

William James – Functionalism

Francis Galton – Inheritable Traits

Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, Kurt Koffka – Gestalt Psychology

Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalytical Psychology

Ivan Pavlov – Behavioural Psychology

Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May – Humanistic Psychology

Jean Piaget, Noam Chomsky, Leon Festinger – Cognitive Psychology

Hugo Munsterberg – Industrial Psychology

Jacques Lacan -

Carl Jung -

BF Skinner -

Maria Montessori – Child Psychology

Hippocrates – The Four Humours

Aristotle –

Biological Psychology

Sociocultural Psychology

2 presentation comedy pieces
1 powerpoint about making powerpoints

Ecological Model

Brainstorm ways we are uniquely Canadian then unique characteristics of Saskatchewan people.

Can we place them in within the concentric circles of the ecological model?

Read the 'ages and stages' article.

     - what are the examples given in this article?
     - write a summary including 'purpose, topic, conclusion'

Show the .... video

Week 4

Surely it must be time to teach the actual stages of development!

NOTE - YOU NEED TO FIND THE PRESENTATION RUBRIC!

Week 3

Journal/Book of Refections

Consider opinion questions based on developmental stages


Presentation Project

Watch 10 -20 - 30 Video
          Note:  This is what we are working towards

Watch powerpoint 2010 stand up

Project is to create a 5 minute   5 slide   30 point presentation using either prezi or PPT telling us the following about a particular psychologist (see list file)

Students will answer the following questions:

Who are they?

What contributions did they make to the field of psychology?

Why are they still relevant today?  Where can we see their work?

Unit 1 - Page 25 - (check on Word to see if graphics work)

Definitions

Developmental psychology is the branch of psychology that studies measurable changes that individuals undergo as they traverse the lifespan.

Developmental psychologists examine

patterns of growth, change, and stability in human behaviour throughout each stage of life.