Fri Feb 28

Are your notes up-to-date? We will have an open book quiz on Mon March 3. Be ready!
Today we'll practice applying the stage theories to real world scenarios. 
You may want to watch these videos again to clarify your understanding of Piaget's stages.






Thurs Feb 27

We will use our textbooks today to complete this task on stage theorists.  Use your time effectively because I'll be checking binders tomorrow for completion & organization!
:)

Wed Feb 26

Yesterday we began discussing some OTHER factors that may lead to insecure attachment (parent's marital status, genetic factors).
We will discuss cultural differences in attachment patterns today.

Tues Feb 25

We will look at this brief article on attachment styles.  Next, we will continue to discuss the concept of attachment, along with how it effects later development.

Mon Feb 24

Today we will begin to discuss Attachment theories  which offer explanations for emotional (and social) development in infants and children





Homework: 
  • print off notes from presentations last week
  • complete the 'case of genie' thinking task





Fri Feb 21

We'll finish watching the documentary we began yesterday, then complete the critical thinking exercise on the Genie case.
Note that both the case of Genie (page 69) and the Wild Boy (page 5) are described in your textbook.  You may wish to review these pages to confirm your understanding of each of these unique case studies.
To wrap up the week we will discuss imprinting (page 75).

Thurs Feb 20

After finishing up the last presentation today, we'll watch a video; a case study that exemplifies the concept of a critical period ~ the case of Genie



Wed Feb 19
Presentations begin today!
Every student is responsible for taking their own notes on the presentations &/or printing copies of the slides for an upcoming open book quiz
Tues Feb 18
After attendance is taken we will proceed to the library to continue researching physical development in infants and children.
Presentation begin tomorrow.  Be ready!
Fri Feb 14
After today's quiz on unit 1 we will continue to research physical development from prenatal-late childhood.
If you need something quiet to do, try this puzzle:

Thurs Feb 13 - Unit 2


Today we will start Unit 2: Infancy & Childhood (start a new section of your binder or insert a divider in your notes to place mark the start of this new unit.


  • We will begin with physical developments that occur from prenatal through to childhood.
  • You will work in a group to research & prepare a group presentation (to be saved in Halton Cloud).
  • Each group will be assigned ONE of the following age groups:
  • Use the resources provided to gather information on physical development of your assigned age group
  • Add YOUR research contributions to the shared ppt saved on halton cloud
  • Be ready to present beginning Wed Feb 19
  • You will be assigned individual marks on your knowledge and your communication skills



 Wed Feb 12
We will do some review today to prepare for Friday's quiz (using cellphones).  We'll also play bingo to reinforce key terms from the unit :) 


 Tues Feb 11
Recap of yesterday:
main ideas - ethical standards, self-fulfilling prophecy, single blind experiment, double blind experiment, placebo effect, Milgram experiment

 Coming up:
Fri Feb 14 - QUIZ on material covered to date

 Today:
we will define variable, independent variable & dependent variable (page 40). 

  Next we'll look at Correlations (page 39, page 52)
Homework: Complete the Practice Exercise on the price of water and the distance from the Air Canada Center


Monday Feb 10
Pop Quiz
  1. Give an example of real life data that would be useful to know the mean, median, & mode
  2. Make an Objective observation about WOSS
  3. List 3 different types of methods that psychologists use
  4. Explain how social scientists arrive at a theory

Today we will discuss ETHICS, and evaluate whether a famous study, the Milgram Experiment was ethical

Thurs Feb 6


Today we'll take a note on the difference between objective and subjective Observations.
Next, we'll define 3 Measures of Central Tendency (pg. 51)

  • mean
  • median
  • mode

Please bring a calculator to tomorrow's class.  We will be looking at baseball stats. 

Wed Feb 5


  • Reminder: your paragraph on how Psychology will be useful to you is NOW due!
  • Today we'll take a brief note on the 4 goals of Psychology (page 10-11). 
  • We'll continue talking about the scientific method, including 7 different METHODS of research that Psychologists use.  (see page 37-39).



Tues Feb 4

Today we will discuss the types of development we will explore in this course. Click here for a copy of the definitions. We'll look at what a theory is, and we will discuss how Psychology utilizes the scientific method to arrive at conclusions about human development. Click here for the handouts.
You'll be assigned a course textbook, and will complete a textbook exercise.Please submit your paragraph to Mrs. Burgie tomorrow morning (Q#3 on the text exercise handout).
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