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AP Psychology. 1 st six weeks journal. Lessons of the Day 8/27. Journal Prompt (Values Clarifications) Values Walks Textbooks Mini-Bio project. Ivan Pavlov, Nobel Prize Winner Source: Wikimedia Commons. Journal 8/27. Content Standards: Students are able to
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AP Psychology 1st six weeks journal
Lessons of the Day 8/27 • Journal Prompt • (Values Clarifications) • Values Walks • Textbooks • Mini-Bio project Ivan Pavlov, Nobel Prize Winner Source: Wikimedia Commons
Journal 8/27 Content Standards: • Students are able to • 1.1 Define psychology as a discipline and identify its goals as a science • 1.2 Describe the emergence of psychology as a scientific discipline • Journal Entry Respond to the “Values Clarification” Questions after the Values Walk. One of Pavlov’s dogs Source: Wikimedia Commons
Values Walk Questions • Using animals for psychological research is inhumane and should be severely limited. • Spanking and other forms of physical punishment help develop “good” children. • I would rather inherit a fortune than receive the Nobel Prize. • Insanity as a legal defense should be abolished. • If I had my life to live over, I would come back as the other sex.
VALUES CLARIFICATION I learned that: I was surprised that: I was disappointed that: I was pleased that:
VALUES CLARIFICATION I learned that: I was surprised that: I was disappointed that: I was pleased that:
AP Psychology 9/3 • Journal entry: naturalistic observation • Video: Observation and Experimentation • Notes Scientific Method • Turn in posters on Friday
AP Psychology 9/3 Learning Objectives 1.2 Describe and compare a variety of quantitative (e.g., surveys, correlations, experiments) and qualitative (e.g., interviews, narratives, focus groups) research methods 1.3 Define systematic procedures used to improve the validity of research findings. • P. 24-25 Prompt: What are the advantages of the naturalistic observation method for studying children? Image source: www-hss.tp.edu.sg
How We Study Children: Observation and Experimentation • 1) Researcher’s goals • 2) Methods of observation of children: • 3) Findings of observations of children: • 4) Methods of experimentation: • What was the hypothesis in the experiment (Hint: interaction with students with different ideas leads to greater…) • How did the researchers measure the results of the experiments? • 5). How did the researchers avoid experimenter bias?
AP Psychology Journal 9/5 • Journal Prompt: Scientific Method • Turn in posters. • Check Psych Sim Homework: What's Wrong with this Study? • Notes: Scientific Method in Psychology • Empirical approach • Critical thinking • Methods • Descriptive • Correlational • Experimental • Class Activity: Creating a research design EXAM ONE WED. 9/17
Journal Prompt 9/5 • 1.2 Describe and compare a variety of quantitative (e.g., surveys, correlations, experiments) and qualitative (e.g., interviews, narratives, focus groups) research methods. • Prompt: Why, when testing a new drug to control blood pressure, would we learn more about its effectiveness from giving it to half of the participants in a group of 1000 than to all 1000 participants?
AP PsychologyCreating a research design Students apply the scientific method by testing proverbs. In small groups: • Identify the theory underlying the proverb. • Generate a testable hypothesis. • Suggest a possible design (descriptive, correlational, or experimental). • Specify operational definitions. • If experimental, identify independent and dependent variables.
“A letter takes three times as long to write as it does to say.” • “The more languages you know, the easier it is for you to learn a new one.” • “Wearing dark clothes on the bottom and light clothes on the top is usually more visually appealing than the reverse.” • “It takes four hours to come down from your last cup of coffee.” • “As family income rises, the ratio of women’s shoes to men’s shoes increases accordingly.” • “The self-employed are more likely to live to a ripe old age than those who work for others.” • “The shorter a word, the more meanings it has.” • “Don’t change your first guess on a multiple choice test when checking over your answers.”