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Lesson 1  – Thank you for handing in your home work 🙂

I handed back the RM work sheet you completed for homework last week  – it was evident that writing hypotheses still needs practice. Also, marks were lost as many of you are failing to  read the question carefully 😦

This lesson was about consolidating your understanding of correlation and practising how to look up critical values and work out whether results are significant or not.

Lesson 2/3 – Today’s starter was checking your understanding of statement of significance and what significant results mean.

We then looked at  >>> infradian and ultradian 2018   you completed an A3 worksheet on Infradian Rhythms using your text books. Finish for homework 

You completed a crossword and a mix and match evaluation activity.

 

As we start exploring the first of the options for Paper 3, just a gentle reminder that there may be some content that can be distressing or hard to explore. However, this comes with the nature of the subject of Psychology and needs to be looked at in order to 1) pass the exam and 2) understand how psychology can help real issues in the world.

If there are any concerns as to what we will be looking at please look ahead in your text books and read over the spec.

Also can we please all remember, the psychology classroom is a safe place where we should feel we can ask questions and share our views and opinions without being judged or ridiculed. We must also consider the view and opinion we are giving before sharing taking into account other peoples and their beliefs, experiences etc.

Ultimately my message is: please feel you can speak openly but take into account your fellow peers.

Additionally, I know I don’t need to say this, but please act in a mature way with no inappropriate comments that could offend or upset your peers – remember, we are not here to “joke” about sensitive materials

Lesson 4  –  Biological glossary and Research methods key terms assessment take 2 🙂

Lesson 5 – Introduction to Forensic Psychology  – we started by considering how difficult it is to define what we mean by Crime!  See power point >>>>  Forensic 1

Prep

Please complete exercise 3.12 ‘Using Critical Values’ and Exercise 3.14  ‘Spearman and Pearson’ by next Monday.    You may need to read about these concepts in your digital text book.

You have 2 examination questions (Jan 2012 and Jan 2013) to complete for next Wednesday

We are moving onto to the Forensic Unit next  – it’s time to start reading ahead. Your goal should be to stay one double page spread ahead of me at all time 🙂

Complete the first page of your Forensic Pack whilst the inofrmation is still freash in your mind.

Take a look at the T2U Forensic Course Companion which I have emailed to you. Do you think you would like this printed?

REMEMBER: I will be checking your folders next week – please hand in your organised folder next Wednesday – you can collect it from the classroom at the end of the day 🙂

 

 

Lesson 1 – We spent some time handing in, and having returned various preps 🙂

Remember to bring in a USB stick next Monday so you can go on to the shared drive to collect useful information – like all the answers to the questions in the GHG revision guide 

We will be having another go at the Bio and RM glossary tests next Wednesday  – so get revising. You should all be able to achieve 80% in these assessments – especially as you now have the answers to revise from 🙂

We recapped the sign test and meaning of significance. You were given a diagram of a normal distribution curve for your files – you have been asked to draw and a positive and negative skewed distribution curve on the back of it – I will check these on Wednesday.

You wrote a statement of significance.  P<0.05 and explained what it means.

Here is the introduction to Biological Rhythms >>  1 intro to rhythms ppt

Lesson 2 and 3 ->>>>>> 2 circadian rhythm

You were given time to complete some worksheets and gap fills that helped you to make sense of the Circadian Rhythm – you used your text books to look up research and develop your knowledge of key terms.

I assessed your understanding of the Research Methods terminology we have been looking at in relation to descriptive and inferential tests.

Prep:

Don’t forget to keep your sleep diaries and bring in your data for Wednesday 

Lesson 4- 5  – This lesson was about correlation – hopefully this method of analysis is now clearer to you. See this power point >>> 1-correlations-2018

This works out the Spearman’s Rho correlation coefficient for you >> works out correlations for you

Prep:

1. You have a standard deviation work sheet to complete for next Monday
2. I will want to see your negative and positive skewed distributions too.
3. Bring a USB stick to lesson on Monday as we will be in the computer room
4. You have another Research methods and Bio Psychology assessment next Wednesday
5. Pre-read the section on Infradian and Ultradian rhythms from your digital text books
6. Consolidate your understanding of circadian rhythms – Have you looked at the answers to the Apply it questions? Have you completed the quiz? “Do the work to get the grade”
7. Write up your correlation research  – see last slide of the correlation power point above. I am looking for the traditional format.
8. You have a few more pages to complete in your PHG Bio Psychology pack – do your best to complete the pack.
9. Start reading ahead ………………………….Forensic Psychology Next 🙂

Below is a link to  help you revise Biological Psychology

All the Tutor2U Bio Psych resources

Welcome back – as you know we now have a lesson on Monday afternoon in room 28 the computer room 🙂

Our first lesson back was basically a paper swapping exercise. You handed me piles of prep and also work that what not handed in before we broke up for 1/2 term, and I handed you various activities to get your brain going again.

• You had to label a brain and a neuron from memory
• You did a ‘find the right word activity’ for brain lateralisation
• You completed a massive Sperry multiple choice test

Liv showed us that the poster on brain scanning really did reveal hidden videos – she was the only person who managed to get it to work – well done LIV  🙂

Mini prep – you have a recap activity to do on brain plasticity for tomorrow 

Lesson 2/3

We started with a RM examination question in which you had to analyse some data and write a null hypothesis.

We consolidated our understanding of ways of investigating the brain >>>> Scanning 2018

Please start a sleep diary from tonight onward – make a note of how many hours sleep you get each night. We will need this data next Wednesday 🙂  sleep diary correlation

You took the quiz >>> owls quiz

One to ones are focusing on Research Methods and ensuring you are confident with the year 1 material

Lesson 4  – You started with a Case Study gap fill, followed by a research methods glossary test and a bio psych glossary test.

Lesson 5  –  We started to consider the nature of descriptive and inferential statistical tests. We recapped levels of measurement, and measures of central tendency. We also learned about why we conduct inferential statistical tests. We then conducted a sign test. See todays PPT >>> Statistics

P<0.05 is known as a STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE. It means “The probability of the results being due to chance is less than 5%”  If you see this written in a journal article it means the results were significant and the null hypothesis has been rejected.

Prep:

Read the GHG digi text book from pages 190-197 in order to check your understanding of basic arithmetic and associated terminology.

learn more about standard deviation and measures of central tendency  >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/maths_ii/statistics/

Here is a fascinating magazine to read about your brain – it’s an easy fun read Brain magasine

Don’t forget to watch the Horizon programme about sleep currently available on the BBC IPlayer 

You have a RM work sheet to complete for MONDAY  – it requires that you conduct a sign test 🙂

We will be looking at Biological rhythms next 

Before we get into split brain research you would be well advised to work through this power point  – remember to use full screen and slideshow function to benefit from the power point’s features >>>>>  sperry-research-for-blog

It is essential that you are pre-reading your digital text book, and coming to lessons with your new schema already starting to establish.  The lessons are designed to help you make sense of this new material, and to answer the questions that arise as a consequence of learning new concepts relating to this and other topics.

Lesson 1 

I handed out your 1/2 term prep – sorry ! >>>Half term prep

Once we finally got the computer and screen working we started to consider the split brain research of Sperry. >>>  Sperry lesson 1 

You have a lateralisation of the brain stapled worksheet to read and some questions to answer – ideally this should be done by tomorrow – if it isn’t you will be forgiven. I will need to see it after 1/2 term though- so you had better add it to the 1/2 term homework list.

Today you told me there was a school VLE – my job is to learn how to use it 🙂

Lesson 2  

We continued learning about Sperry’s experiment >> Sperry lesson 2 and you completed a grid Sperry grid to consolidate your understanding, and then you did a stepping stone activity.

More info on Sperry >>> Sperry detailed info

For another interactive brain see below 🙂

http://www.brainfacts.org/3D-Brain#focus=Brain-basal_ganglia-putamen

 

October Half term ….yaaaaay…….thank you lovely year 13 for making me feel welcome and for working so hard since September. You have been amazing 🙂

Here is some information to give you a head start on tomorrow’s lesson

brain abnormalities

Additional information Brain Structure

Do ensure you have pre-read the section in the PHG digital text book on Brain localisation p38-39    There are lots of links to click 

We will also be looking at Plasticity and functional recovery  p40-41

Your consolidation reading should have included p 34-35 and p 36-37

Tuesday Lessons 

The lesson started with a repeat of the bio questions which were in the baseline test, – once I had a quick look at your answers I saw that most of you were making the same mistakes, and I was still not seeing evidence of AO1 knowledge – even though we had covered these topics last week!  This tells me that the consolidation work is not happening – once something makes sense you need to learn it.

The baseline test answers can be found in your shared area. I will test you again next Tuesday !

You were given the PHG Bio Psych pack  and we completed page 1 – ‘Are you sympathetic’.

Then after we played some games,  we further developed our knowledge of specific areas of the brain >>>3 Identifying brain areas

The tasks you were asked to complete can be found on the last slide of the power point >>> 3 Identifying brain areas

Wednesday Lesson 

Today we learnt about neural plasticity and functional recovery after trauma >>>> 1 neuroplasticity and recovery from trauma

Maguire taxi driver study was evidence for plasticity 

Here is some additional material you may find useful  >> A3 info sheet neuroplasticity and recovery from trauma

Extension >>> Valk et al (2017) Structural plasticity

Prep:     All prep work is due next Tuesday. 

1. You have two essays to read both with examiners comments. Hi-light AO1 in one colour and AO3 in another. I will ask to see this on Tuesday.
2. You have questions to answer from PHG revision guide – see power point above.
3. You have additional questions to answer on your ‘localisation of the brain worksheet’
4. Fill in your brain function revision cards –I will ask to see these on Tuesday.
5. Complete the Phineas Gage  (exercise 2.5), this is page 2 in your PHG Bio Psych pack. Remember in order to access the hyperlink you will need to look at the e-version of the pack in your shared area. You will find it in the PHG materials folder, or the Bio folder.
6. Additionally – you should be checking your understanding by trying the ‘Apply it’ questions from the Bio psych pages covered thus far. Always check the model answers in the digital text book.
7. It is always necessary to read ahead – think about the next topic – try to be ready for it. If you read ahead you will make more sense of the lesson 🙂
8. Over the weekend start thinking about how you would like to turn your weaker Research Methods areas into strengths.                 What kind of remedial work would you like to do over the 1/2 term to make this happen? I can give you exercises to do, information to read, past questions to practice. I can provide power points ? Direct you to YouTube clips? You could work through a work pack, you could make your own notes/revision cards – the choice is yours. 

             IF YOU DON’T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LEARNING WHO WILL?

 

Lesson 1 – We started the lesson by recapping the features of science, then you completed an examination question under timed conditions.

Science uses the empirical method, it is OBJECTIVE,  theories are testable and therefore FALSIFIABLE and research should be REPLICABLE.

You were given the double bubble sheet – this is to help you plan comparison essays. It is always better to plan in advance as it makes writing the essay so much easier. The Venn diagram helps you work out the similarities and and the differences.

Lesson 2  – We started to recap the biological approach from 6.1. We revisited the CNS and PNS, you drew neurons and synapses, we acted out neurotransmission and you made brain caps to learn about the lobes of the brain. The power point I used, together with the films and lesson materials can be found in the bio folder in your shared area.

Take the time to work through the materials again if you are unsure of anything we covered.

Ensure you have also revised the endocrine system and the flight, fight, flee or freeze response – there was no time to cover this again in class.

    You need to learn the key terms – there will be a glossary test after 1/2 term.

Lesson 3  – We developed our understanding of the localisation and Lateralisation of the brain. You made an edible brain and we sang a song to help us learn about some of the key areas of the brain.

Prep: Complete the worksheet used to construct the edible brain. I will take it in next Tuesday.

Read ahead about the 6.2 Bio Approach  – brain areas, functions and split brain research.

Lesson 4 and 5 – No lesson due to Black wood farm

Lesson 1  – This lesson we revisited the assessment objectives and the command words used in the exam. I hope you found it useful to practice the skills of describing, comparing and evaluating – if not I hope you liked the lollipops! 1 Command words

Lesson 2- We revisited the concepts of reliability and validity. These are key terms and it is essential you use them regularly and appropriately. Remember you can find out more about these concepts on pages 66-69 in  the GHG digi book . 

We then finished off our history of psychology lesson. Read pages 8-9 in the GHG digi book .

Lesson 3  – This lesson focused on what we mean by ‘science’. We need to know the key features of science. We also need to consider at what point psychology emerged as a science subject.

Prep

Use the internet/ textbooks to summarise the origins of Psychology in no more that 250 words.  Your summary will be assessed for your level of literacy, effective use of grammar and for plagiarism.  They must be your own words! Due next Wednesday 

By now you should have worked through the chapter of the text book on the approaches, pages 10-21 in the GHG digi book. This will have helped you create your revision cards. Please check you have attempted the quizzes on each double page spread.       If you haven’t, do it NOW.

Additionally check you have read the section in your text book on the Comparison of Approaches pages 22-23 in the GHG digi book .

Have you looked at the summaries on pages 26-27?

Have you looked at the model answers on pages 28-29?

You are now ready to complete the multiple choice questions on pages 30-31 and check your answers (page 31).

Finally —— print off the Idiographic vs Nomothetic essay for your file 

Lesson 4  – Whilst you completed an Approaches check list with key terms, theories, psychologists etc – I handed back your Paper 1 and paper 2 assessments.

All of you are welcome to attend 6.1 lessons on Monday period 2, 3 and 6  and on Tuesday period 1 and Wednesday period 1.

Lesson 5  –  We continued examining the features of science >>> 1 Moho ppt, in so doing we revisited all the different research methods 🙂  Do look at the power point again to ensure you have grasped the key terms. Ensure you read the relevant section of the PHG digital text book pages 82-83

You have some questions to answer >>> Is psychology a science  and a grid to complete, and an essay to write all for Tuesday 2nd October

Describe the contributions to society of the cognitive and psychodynamic approaches, and compare the two approaches in terms of their scientific status (16)

Lesson 1 –  gap fill key term starter then I handed back work from last week, and we revisited measures of central tendency (M M M) and measures of dispersion (range and SD). We considered how marks could be lost if graphs are not properly labelled and given a descriptive title.

Remember to calculate the range it’s the highest score – lowest score (+1)

Wow did we ever get through a tree !- you ended up with a massive pile of handouts designed to help you with evaluation.

GRAVEE – for evaluating a study

CASTLES – for Evaluating a theory or concept

Bridge/Grenade – for remembering the Issues and Debates

KEEP ALL THESE SHEETS IN THE FOLDER YOU BRING TO LESSON

We even got as far as evaluating Monotropic Theory in relation to the Learning Theory of Attachment. In other words, Bowlby vs Dollard and Miller’s Cupboard Love Theory. We used Harlow as our supporting evidence!

RECAP:  Monotropic Theory =  ASCMI =  Adapted behaviour>> Social Releasers>>Critical period>>>Monotropy>>Internal working Model for relationships 🙂

Then we had a fire alarm 😦

Lesson 2 – Sorry – Baseline assessment 2.

You were encouraged to read the Psychology Review magazine if you finished early.

Lesson 3  – We learned about >>> Idio v nomo appraoches in psychology. You completed a number of activities to ensure you understood this concept.

REMINDER: In the psychology shared area you will find Tutor2U folders for the ‘Approaches’ and another one for the ‘issues and debates’. Print off the Idiographic/Nomothetic essay for your folder. 

Prep: You have a doubled sided worksheet to complete for tomorrow’s lesson. Also, I will be checking you have looked at the ‘Apply It’ questions in the PHG digibook (Nomothetic/Idiographic page).

Lesson 4 and 5 – you answered the ‘Apply it’ question we talked about yesterday. This type of question flags up your basic Maths competency. If you struggle with graphs etc you will need to invest some additional time exploring the relevant sections of the GHG and PHG text book. It’s all there – you just have to look for it.

We also spoke very briefly about the key concepts of reliability and validity. 

We then went on to examine the Origin of Psychology with a view to creating a time line so that it makes sense to you. We got 1/2 way through the power point which you will find in the shared area. We had a go at introspecting and that wasn’t easy was it?

Prep:              

Are you doing at least 5 hours of Psychology prep every week? 

Ensure you have ‘banked’ your understanding of the Approaches in Psychology.

Check you are happy with your knowledge. Have you honestly worked through the chapter in the PHG book?    If you don’t do this work now………..when do you expect to find the time to do it?      There are GHG and PHG resources available to help you in the Psychology shared area. There are also Tutor2U essays on all the approaches in a folder too.

Your revision cards are due in next week.

Read pages 66-69 in the PHG digi book about reliability and validity. Remember to click the ‘L’ for key terms; click the ‘E’ and ‘W’ too for fun stuff and ALWAYS take the QUIZ               >>>>>>>>>>>>     There will be an assessment the week after next.

Read pages 8-9 on the Origins of Psychology – remember to click the ‘L’ for key terms; click the ‘E’ and ‘W’ too for fun stuff and ALWAYS take the QUIZ

Moving ahead: We are going on to ask if Psychology is a science?  Then we will move into the 6.2 Biological psychology Unit. I suggest you plan some time to dig out and revisit your 6.1 Bio Approach notes. We need to build on what you did last year 🙂 

Once we have covered the Bio unit we will look at the Reductionism and Holism debate as well as Nature vs Nurture and Freewill and Determinism.