PFA Intro to Psych

INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY Homework Assignment 10/30 ·        In-class: o    Finish Sensation and Perception Lecture o    Motivation and Emotion lecture and discussions ·        Due Thursday: o    Listen to “The Power of a Made-up Mind” podcast by Brian Buffini: https://podcast.brianbuffini.com/episode-025-power-made-mind/ o    Answer the 2 questions he posed during the broadcast: §   Where do you need to make up your mind today? §   When have you made up your mind in the past, and what were the benefits of it? §   And describe how this applies to motivation in psychology. o    As with the last podcast homework, can be answered on paper or on a 3x5 card.   BRING TO CLASS to share at least the last two answers with your classmates. 11/1 ·        In-class: o    Discuss “The Power of a Made-up Mind” homework. o    Review Chapters 5 & 6 Test, to be taken next Tuesday. o    Abraham Maslow §   Hierarchy of Needs ·        Due Tuesday: o    Watch this TED

INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY                                                                         Homework Assignment 10/23 ·        In-class: o    Discuss brain phenomena papers o    Sensation and Perception lecture and discussion o    Go over Open-Book test on Unit 4 (Rice Text), to be taken in class on Thursday. ·        Due Thursday: o    Study for Open-Book test on Unit 4 (Rice text) 10/25 ·        In-class: o    Sensation and Perception lecture and discussion ·        Due Tuesday: o    For each of the 5 senses, locate at least 1 disease or disorder associated with a malfunctioning of that sense. Give a name and a brief description for each. Please bring in a hard-copy to class. This may be typed or handwritten if your handwriting is neat and clean.

INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY Homework Assignment 10/16 & 10/18 ·        In-Class (Spread out over the course of two days): o    You teach the class! (Brain structure assignment)- 10/16 only. o    Brain Phenomena: to be covered over Tuesday and Thursday §   Change blindness §   Face blindness (Prosopagnosia) §   Spatial neglect: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1136474-overview §   Aphasia: https://www.asha.org/public/ speech /disorders/Aphasia/ ·        Wernicke’s Aphasia ·        Broca’s Aphasia §   Amnesia ·        Retrograde ·        Anterograde §   Cerebral Palsy: http://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-disorders/diseases-a-to-z-from-ninds/cerebral-palsy/ §   Alzheimer’s Disease: https://www.healthline.com/health/alzheimers-disease-overview#overview1 §   Dyscalculia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPFv_EDnvY §   Epilepsy: http://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-disorders/diseases-a-to-z-from-ninds/epilepsy/ ·        Due Tuesday 10/23 (Nothing due

INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY Homework Assignment 10/9: ·        In-Class: Parasympathetic NS o    Stress Reaction Discussion §   Stressors §   Anti-stressors §   Breathing techniques o    The Brain: History of Neuroscience §   Timeline creation ·        Due Thursday: o    Read from “Brain Imaging” on pg. 42 through pg, 48 in the Rice text. 10/11: ·        In-Class: The Structure of the Brain o    Amygdala exercise o    Shower-cap exercise o    Review of chapter 4 in Rice text questions. o    Assign brain structures for homework. ·        Due Tuesday: o    You will be assigned a specific structure in the brain. You must find the answers to the following questions for your structure: §   What function does this brain structure serve when healthy? §   How/in what way would this structure get damaged? §   What function is affected if it is damaged? §   What, if any, specific diseases or disorders are associated with the damaged structure? o    You

INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY Homework Assignment Oct 2 nd ·        In-Class: Neurotransmitters and neuronal functioning ·        Review Buffini Podcast questions ·        Due Thursday: o    Read pg. 39 of Rice text up to “The Brain”. ·        Read from the following link: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/human-biology/neuron-nervous-system/a/overview-of-neuron-structure-and-function o    Then, draw out and label a neuron by hand.   It may be on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of blank white paper or on a small poster board. It should include the following labels: §   Dendrites §   Axon §   Terminal Buttons §   Soma §   Myelin Sheath §   Nucleus §   The action potential o    Draw out and label the transmission of neurochemicals between cells, as seen in the website listed above. This may be on the back of the same paper, on another sheet of blank paper, or on another part of your poster board, depending on which medium you choose. Label the following aspects: §