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Introduction to IB Psychology

Introduction to IB Psychology. Higher Level. Focus Questions. What does the IB Psychology course look like? What is psychology? What is psychology not? Is it nature or nurture which determines our behavior?

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Introduction to IB Psychology

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  1. Introduction to IB Psychology Higher Level

  2. Focus Questions • What does the IB Psychology course look like? • What is psychology? • What is psychology not? • Is it nature or nurture which determines our behavior? • How have changes in thinking in different historical eras influenced psychology? • How do psychologists gather and use data in order to explain human behavior?

  3. Introductions • Get those neural connections (???) working • Memory activity • One thing in common

  4. Practical matters • Units – where is IB Psych ‘stuff’? • First day letter • IB Syllabus • Unit Plan • Text book • Assigned tasks- submission policy • Notebook/handouts/scans • Computers • Questions

  5. What is psychology? • Write down what you think psychology is. • Write down three facts about human behavior. • Explain how you know what you know about psychology.

  6. Task • Look up the word parapsychology, write a definition in your own words and give an example • Collect text book /obtain notebook • Read syllabus pages 6-19

  7. Lesson 2 • Reactions to syllabus /questions • Parapsychology – share • Read Parapsychology…. • Answer- Is telepathy a valid phenomenon? Use data to support your answer • Task : Complete paragraph. Write your own definition of psychology

  8. Lesson 3 • Scavenger hunt. • Review first definition • Text book definition of psychology • History of Psychology

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