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...

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 ·   ...

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...

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 ...

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....