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AP Psychology @ RIS: March 2006
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Monday, March 27, 2006. 1 Know all the various types of variables present in an experiment. 2 How is correlation depicted? Can you draw a scattergram? 3 What are percentiles? What does it mean to obtain a percentile rank of 60 on a test? 4 What are the features of the experimental method? 5 What does significance means in experimental psychology? 6 What is variance and its relationship to Standard Deviation? 1 What is the difference between a habit, an instinct and an adaptation?
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AP Psychology @ RIS: December 2005
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Friday, December 02, 2005. Unit 8 Motivation: Hunger. The Physiology of Hunger. Primarily a homeostatic system that maintains a genetically determined set point of body weight. Hunger regulated by stomach contractions and body chemistry that reflects energy levels. The hypothalamus is the key regulating organ. Changing body weight can trigger changes in the metabolic rates i.e. a resting rate of energy expenditure. Other tastes are conditioned and culturally specific. Units 12 and 13.
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AP Psychology @ RIS: November 2006
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Saturday, November 18, 2006. Unit 7 Lecture Notes on Cognitive Processes. Definition: a study of the way we process, understand and communicate information. Definition: A framework that organizes and interprets information. Schemas are continually being utilized and redesigned through the dual processes of assimilation and accommodation. Sees new experiences organized with similar material e.g. a child learns the word doggie and then calls a cow a doggie when he first sees one. Menta...
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AP Psychology @ RIS: October 2005
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Friday, October 14, 2005. Unit 5 Writing Assignment. Define consciousness and explain how dreams are an altered state of consciousness. Briefly outline the principal theories of dreams. Discuss at least 3 of your dreams and link this analysis to the theories your have outlined above. Reach a conclusion about which theory(ies) makes most sense to you in the light of your dreams. Length: Max. 600 - 750 words (Works Cited Required). Due Date: 20 October. Tuesday, October 11, 2005. Naps ...
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AP Psychology @ RIS: December 2006
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Sunday, December 10, 2006. Unit 8: Motivation and Emotions. 1 Evaluate the various theories of motivation. 2 Understanding Hunger, Sexual Motivation and Achievement Motivation. 3 Identify the range of emotions and their expression. 4 Evaluate the various theories of emotional arousal. 5 Understand how stress affects behaviour and health. 1) What motivates us? 2) Buried Alive Reading and discussion. 2 Theories of Motivation. 1) Lecture: Overview of the Theories. 1) Reading and Survey.
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AP Psychology @ RIS: November 2005
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Tuesday, November 29, 2005. Semester Exam Revision Guide. What are the functions of the Reticular formation? What are the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems? What is the purpose of the double-blind control? What part of the brain is considered specialized for speech? What is the function of the frontal lobe? Which brain imaging technique gives the most details? What is meant by the term significant difference? What do the bones of the middle ear do?
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AP Psychology @ RIS: September 2006
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Friday, September 22, 2006. Understand the concept of threshold. Understand how the sensory systems function. Explain the processes of perception. Assess the influence of experience and learning on perception. 1 Information Processing Models. 2 Sensing the World : Basic Principles. Body Position and Movement. Lecture: Making sense of our senses. Video Sense and Perception. Draw a diagram of how you think we take in and process information about the world. Wednesday, September 20, 2006.
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AP Psychology @ RIS: August 2005
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Biological Bases of Behavior. Everything psychological is simultaneously biological. We are organized into systems, subsystems, sub-sub systems. The human brain is considered the most complex entity in the known universe. This complexity is built from simplicity as the whole exceeds the sum of the individual parts. The mind is what the brain does. Our brain excels as it employs parallel processing of information. Research continues to show that genes have ...
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AP Psychology @ RIS: January 2006
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AP Psychology @ RIS. Friday, January 20, 2006. Questions for "Fertile Minds" Time 1997. 1 What does it mean to say that the infant’s brain is plastic? 2 What would happen to a child deprived of a stimulating environment? 3 While genes control the unfolding of the physical development of the brain, what else is needed? Why is this so? 4 What advantages are provided by the brain’s profusion of connections? 5 What are windows of opportunity? Posted by Peter Anthony @ SAS at 12:07 PM. Question 1 Model Answer.
