IB Psychology

Development and Cultural Contexts

• Historical background Lecture: Overview PP

• The incredible story of Gage

• Reading and discussion “The Boy without…” article. and latest update of David’s tragic life
  
  

• Glassman pp. 42-46

• Handout: Historical and cultural factors…”
• Table of Development and Cultural Contexts

Key Concepts, Assumptions, Methods and Applications

Myers PP

Concepts & Assumption: See Hill handout and new text

Compare and contrast assumptions

Ethical use of animals in research

See APA Guidelines

Reading: Myers The Brain

The Human Body Video

Brain Localization

Sperry PP

Evolutionary Psychology

Powerpoint Lecture

Extended Reading : Infidelity in the Genes

Applications and Special Focus

The Great Debates in Psychology: Free Will Versus Determinism and Reductionism versus Holism PowerPoint Lecture

Aggression: The Major Perspectives

Human and Non-human Animal Research

Seminar: Biology is Destiny

Visit this outstanding website on the brain.

Readings

What makes teens tick.

A New Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder

Darwin: Our Greatest Genius

Unit assessment

IB Writing

Seminar contribution

Group Presentation

Blog entries.

Critical Analysis of various articles

Chapter test

Focus:

After reading the article “The Boy without. . .”, what is your reaction to the thought that biology is destiny.

1. What is the relationship between memory and self-hood?
2. What new discovery about memory do you find most interesting?
3. How can some memories become indelible?
4. How can amnesia and repression be explained?
5. Explain the following statement: “Memory is more reconstructive than reproductive.”
6. What new paradigm of memory is now emerging?
7. After reading this article, what conclusions can you make about memory?

1. What are the types of amnesia that EP suffers from and how do they effect his memory?
2. How is memory defined?
3. What did you find most tragic about EP’s fate?
4. How did HM add weight to theories concerning the way we organize our memories?
5. How can HM’s ability to more quickly learn the star task be explained?
6. What do you think is meant by the statement: “To think is to forget.”

Development and cultural contexts
Reading Glassman pp. 150-154
Article: The birth of cognitive science
IB Review Guide p. 27-29
Information Processing Model and the key assumptions of CP

Power Point Presentation: H and C and Assumptions

Framework
Key Concepts
Reading
1. Myers Chapter 9
2. Glassman pp. 155-174
3. New IB Text
PowerPoint Presentation
Flow Chart using Inspiration or Visio

Models of Memory

Key Study: Craik and Lockhart (1972)

Activities and Weblog Write-ups

First Memories
Meaning Enhances Recall Activity
All Purpose Memory Demonstration
Active Learning Experience 6.3 Memory Strategies
Constructive Memory: The Rumor Chain
Retroactive and Proactive Interference

Extended Reading 1 “It’s Magical It’s Memory”

See Questions

Extended Reading 2 “Memory: Why We Remember and , Why We Forget”

See Questions

Methodologies

Methodology: The Quantitative Versus Qualitative Debate

HM Case Study 

Strengths and Limitations

Application

Gregorc Style Delinator

Effectiveness and Application of theories and findings

Review: IB Review Guide pp 27-43

 

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Study Guide

1. Development and Cultural context
Lecture: The Historical and Cultural context of Behavioralism (Thorndike and Watson) See Study Guide

PP Lecture

Experimentation

2. Framework
Assumptions

1) Evaluation of assumptions

2) Issue: Free will and determinism See “Free Will and Determinism - a philosophical debate in psychology”

Key Concepts and Theoretical Explanations of Behavior

1) Classical Conditioning Lecture: Pavlov and his dogs
Worksheet: Classical Conditioning
Reading pp. 287-294 Little Hans v. Little Albert

3. Operant Conditioning

B.F. Skinner Life and Work
Types of Reinforcers
Schedules of Reinforcement

Negative Reinforcement and Punishment
Reading pp. 301-313 Worksheet: Operant Conditioning
4. Cognitive and Biological Updates to the Learning Perspective
pp. 295-299 and 307-309
5. Modeling Bandura and the Bobo doll
Reading pp. 313-315
5. Learned Helplessness Lecture: Learned Helplessness and Learned
Optimism
Test Your Optimism
My ABCDEs

Methodologies
Strengths and limitation of experiments, observation and case studies
Ethics and the use of human and non-human participants in research

Application
Effectiveness of the perspective in explaining psychological questions e.g aggression
Review:
Video Discovering Psychology: Learning
Focus
Write about a time when you taught someone a particular skill or some information. Describe your method and evaluate your success.

Resources:
Crane Overview
Hepper Handout
Myers Support Material

Assumptions and Concepts PP 

 Student Presentations

Tolman

Bandura

Seligman

Concepts and Models of Dysfunctional Behavior

What’s abnormal?
Lecture and Class Discussion

Judging Abnormal Behavior Worksheet
Contending Definitions of Abnormal Behavior Worksheet

Extension Article: Is Everybody Crazy?

Dysfunctional Behavior, An Historical Perspective: PP Presentation 
The Dangers of Labeling Worksheet

Models and Explanations of Dysfunctional Behaviour PP Presentation

Diagnosis and classificatory systems

3. Classifying Psychological Disorders
Chart making and student PowerPoint Presentation
See Myers to download Chapter 15 PP Presentation
Video: The DSM-IV
History of the DSM.
Video: Psychopathology
Reading Glassman pp. 328-331
Explanations of Dysfunctional Behavior PP Presentation
Case Study Schizophrenia

Treatments and therapies

4. Psychotherapy
Lecture: Overview
Reading Glassman pp. 331-343
See Myers to download Chapter 16 PP Presentation
Treatments in Asia: Hidden Away
5. Treatments in Action
Video: “One Flew Over …”
Video: Psychotherapy
Reading Glassman pp.343-346

Discussion Questions:

List behaviors, traits and symptoms that you associate with insanity?

Friends and family member are usually the first to seek help when they believe that someone is mentally ill.

What behaviors would prompt you to seek help for someone close to you who maybe experiencing mental problems?
How should society treat the mentally ill?

Links

John Crane’s Dysfunctional Behavior Website

Evaluating Perspectives.

Topic and Activities
1. Qualitative Methods: An Overview Lecture

2. Review: Predictions, Sampling and Ethics
Reading Handout
3. Natural Observation
Reading Handout

Playground Observation Activity

4. Interviews, Questionnaires and Surveys

Interview Activity
Critically evaluating online surveys and questionnaires
5. Case Studies, Content Analysis and other methods

Collecting and reading case studies
Content Analyis Activity: Gender bias in children’s books
6. Issues in Qualitative Research
Class Notes
Triangulation

Handout
Triangulation and the IA Activity
7. Descriptive Statistics

Drawing tables and graphs
Handout
End of Chapter Activities

Assessment:
Trial IB Exam Paper 3

a) Outline two neo-Freudian theories.

b) Evaluate the contribution of one of the theories described in(a) to the understanding of human behavior.
Guidelines

1. Ensure that you answer the questions: unless otherwise stipulated give parted questions the same time allocation. In addition if you are asked to describe and evaluate, equal weight should be given to both. Evaluate implies both the strengths and weaknesses of a theory or study.
2. Contribution to the understanding human behavior raises many issues. For example, a theory can deepen understanding by … A theory may refine understanding of previous theories by … A theory can propose new understandings and provide new insights into human behavior by …. A theory may widen our understanding by explaining previously neglected aspects of human behavior… Conversely a theory may not contribute a great deal because it is unscientific as it …… A theory may be too vague and general to contribute a great deal because it ….. A theory may be too narrow in its understanding of human behavior because ….. A theory may be too broad because it …. A theory may rest on faulty assumptions about human behavior …
3. After your introduction, provide a general paragraph on the major themes of psychoanalysis and how the neo-Freudians departed from Freud . This provides a good structure for your essay.
4. Aim to include some references to culture, ethics, gender and methodology is possible.