Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Thanksgiving Break! Perception Posters and Sleep Log/ Dream Journal

Hi AP Psychers,
Hope you are enjoying your break! I am thankful for you... you are really making this a great school year!

Here is the poster assignment for Unit 4: 

Poster #1 Find and label an image to illustrate each of the Gestalt Principles of Perception:
-Figure ground
-Continuity
-Connectedness
-Closure
-Similarity
-Proximity

Poster #2 Find and label an image to illustrate each of the Monocular Cues for Depth Perception
(really? do i have to list them? just look at them in your book on page one forty something)


Here is the Sleep Log and Dream Journal for Unit 5: 

You will need to keep track of at least three nights of data and one dream. You may use an old dream if you can't capture one this weekend. Due in class on Wednesday!

1. Sleep Log: Create a CHART and record the following data for at least THREE (3) nights (be sure to record data from at least one non-school night where you can get up whenever you want in the morning)... 

or print this one :) Printable Sleep Log

  1. Time you fall asleep
  2. Time you woke up
  3. Number of hours you slept total
  4. Number of times you woke up during the night and why
  5. Amount of caffeine in the hours before bed, and at what time(s) (one cola, etc.)
  6. How you woke up: on your own or by alarm/other person
  7. If you remember having any dreams on this night

2. Dream Journal: Be sure to write down at least ONE dream from this weekend in detail. Include illustrations if you'd like. 

Even people who claim they never dream will recall a dream if awakened during the REM sleep stage. Everyone dreams every night. You may have greater success remembering your dreams if you use these tips:

  • Keep a pen and paper next to your bed
  • At night before bed, tell yourself that you'll remember and write your dream in the morning
  • When you wake up, stay laying down with your eyes closed(remember context-dependent memory!) and think about what you were just dreaming
  • With the lights still dim, write whatever pieces of your dream you are remembering on the paper you have next to your bed
  • If you try the above one night and it doesn't work, try setting you alarm for ten minutes before you normally wake up the next day. You might be able to catch yourself in a the REM (dream) stage that way.


Sweet dreams!




Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Sensation and Perception Unit 4 Info

Home Reading Schedule

Friday 11/13: Basics p. 115-125
Monday 11/16: The Eye p. 126-133
Tuesday 11/17: The Ear p. 133-140
Wednesday 11/18: Other senses p.141-150
Thursday 11/19: Perception p. 151-160
Friday 11/20: Perception p. 161-170
Monday: Online quizzes and review your cards!!!

TEST TUESDAY 11/24

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Unit 9 Development

Thursday PSD Classwork


Print and complete this handy chart about Piaget's Theory of cognitive development: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4xdTlrmZTl3TlBleWxnLW55NnM/view?usp=sharing

Reading Schedule Unit 9


Thursday 11/5: p. 434-444 (nature and nurture of gender development; parent vs. peer influence)

Friday 11/6: p. 445-454 (teens; social development)

Monday: p. 455-464

Tuesday: p. 465-473