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Intro to Psychology - Week of 11/27 - 12/1

Hey Folks!

This week, Ms. Blinne is teaching about disorders and syndromes. You will also be given time to work on your end of the semester projects.  

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Objectives: Discuss the impact of different mood disorders. Explain the risk factors of bipolar. Identify the causes of schizophrenia. Discuss the three different personality disorder clusters. Explain the symptoms and causes of Dissociative Disorders.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 5.4 Mood Related Disorders and Schizophrenia
  2. Topic 5.5 Personality and Dis-associative Disorders

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 5.3 Anxiety Disorder and OCD
  2. Topic 5.2 Aggression

Intro to Psychology - Week of 9/11 - 9/15

Hey Folks!

This week we will have Ms. Charlie and Ms. Blinne co-teaching about Environmental Psychology.

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Describe climate change's mental health impacts. 

Examine the role of race and ethnicity when it comes to nature and mental health.

Create an educational infomercial utilizing information about effective climate change messaging.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Environmental Psych Infomercial
  2. Environmental Psych Assignment 2

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 1.3 – Behaviorism
  2. Topic 1.4 – Historical Figures in Psychology
 

Intro to Psychology - Week of 9/5 - 9/8

Hey Folks, 
 
This week we are working on our Topic 1 Projects. The Projects are due next Monday. Please find the prompt in Teams and turn the assignment in on Teams as well. 
 
Have a great week!

Intro to Psych Week of 8/28- 9/1

Hey Folks, 
This week we are discussing Behaviorism and Ms. Blinne has a cool activity for us planned around behaviorism and its critics. 
Have a great Week!

Learning Objectives

Topic 1.3 – Behaviorism

Objectives: Describe the different founders of behaviorism. Compare and contrast classical and operant conditioning.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 1.3 – Behaviorism
  2. Topic 1.4 – Historical Figures in Psychology

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 1.2 - Structuralism and its Critics
  2. Gestalt Theory Activity

Intro to Psych - Week of 8/21 - 8/25

Hey Folks, 
This week we are talking about Briggs-Meyer Tests and beginning Topic 1 The History of Psychology. 
Learning Objectives
Topic 1.1 Freud
Understand the contributions of Sigmund Freud's work in the creation of Psychology.
 
This Weeks Assignments
1. The Mind Explained Viewing Questions
2. Topic 1.1 Feud
3. Topic 1.1 Elements of Personality