Period4-2022-S1 Assignments

The Good, The Bad and Just Plain Knowles

So, as we come to a close of another semester, we are left with just the few memories that carried us through the year (ok scarred for life), memories of personal, public, other just absurd.

With this question, I'm not looking for pandering (gratifying) comments for my ego. Who is or was your best teacher (I usually aske for one, but I decided to make it easier) in your entire educational career (K through whatever)? Please be detailed in the qualities you most enjoyed and admired about those teachers. And please give me the school(s) were they have taught if you know. 

Without naming names (please, please, PLEASE!!!), describe the qualities you most frown upon with the one or two teachers you had difficulties with in your academic career.  

For those of you that are a point and some change away from your grading going up or down, please pay heed to these parameters and exceeding these in number and/or creativity will be well received.

In other words, put more effort into this the better grade you get.

Good Luck,

Coach Knowles

Your assignment: Create a game that teaches but yet is fun and interactive. A tall order I know. You may use one or more of the topics we've talked about in class (States of consciousness, research methods and/or psychological disorders, and/or development. or social psychology....you get it)

Your group: You have as little as one and up to four people in a group.

Your stake in this endeavor (effort): This will be test grade possibly 2, if I’m feeling froggy OR YOUR FINALS GRADE (20% of your grade)

You will grade each other’s games through game play.

Your effort: I will be monitoring your group’s progress. Please choose your group wisely (friends aren’t always the best group partners). I am not a big fan of people allow others to do all the work (Social Loafing/ Ringlemann Effect/Squid Games). I will adjust your grade accordingly based on your efforts.

Your parameters: No root beer or any type of “Pong” like activity. It can get truly gross. It can be a board game, card game or even an outdoor game, etc. Please ask for clarification.

               The game must be at least 20 minutes long and include 4 or more people for game play.

               Must be challenging and not too simple, but not excruciatingly difficult

               You will need to include the following:

No less than 25 canned questions (can be definitions and vocabulary)
Example: When the subjects are unaware about whether they received the sleep drug or a placebo, this is called: Single blind study
No less than 15 application questions (describe a situation)
Example: You are being evaluated for mental health services. The evaluator shows you a picture and asks you to describe what you think is going on in this picture. You say this is a woman secretly picking the scab off her knee….gross. This an example of: Thematic Apperception Test
No less than 10 movement activities (please gear most activities to the material being presented)
Example: Lay on the floor and perform the Moro reflex for 7 seconds.
                 Make a tik tok with Coach Knowles
                 Karaoke 
                 Whatever
You may throw in some appropriate pop culture questions and activities (Example: JJ Ice Fish voice singing Mary had a little Lamb, you get the picture)
Use your notes and handouts to create your questions and answers.




Topics
Research Methods
History and occupations
States of Consciousness
Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology

One of my favorite assignments. You can be as light hearted or as serious as you feel. This stays between us. 
A few parameters: If you write about current harm to self or other or things that are deemed outside the boundaries of the law, I am compelled by law to report. So you may want to keep this in mind.

With that being said, Enjoy!! I look forward to reading them.

This will be 35% of your test grade



With a group of no more than four, you
will come with dialogue and scenarios for



a.       8
the defense mechanisms


b.       4
stages of Piaget’s cognitive development (add egocentrism),


c.       Erickson’s
8 psychosocial stages, and


d.       20
in all


2. You will
video 10 of them.
3. The more creative and inspiring you rvideos are the more your grade will be. Mehhh effort probably gets a Mehhh grade.
4. And yes if you do more than ten, you can get extra extra points depending on the quality.
5. Submit video to Google classroom. Each should be more than 15 seconds long with a clear explanation.

The second page. You are attempting to figure out what stage they may have a social conflict

You can take a picture of your tangible funsheet or complete it on this computerized funsheet. Your choice.

If you made a 100, submit a statement saying so and move on to the next task.
This is required by ALL.

Using
the concepts we have discuss. I will explain the process of how one could go
from young child who plays with everyone at school to an adult who performs
discriminatory acts. 

Please take note: You need to explain these concepts to me like I have no idea what you are talking about and in some of these cults or extremists groups, I do not have a vast knowledge or for some any. Please educate me. PICTURES and/or videos are a MUST.

Choose a cult or extremist group (no overt graphic references, i.e. must be school appropriate)
Please include in your work product
1. Origin (give a short history of how this religion came to be) no less than 6 sentences
2. Membership Demographics (social class, ethnicity, location, race, and so forth): An explanation to why certain people are attracted or drawn to this group
3. 3 or more fundamental beliefs (purpose in life, after life, or agenda.)
4. Important Rituals or Ceremonies (do they have a text or "Bible", do they have a manifesto, handshakes, language, holidays or days they recognize as important)
5. Internal Social changes that occured over time (how and why did they change as the years went on)
6. Any events that they have done to impact society. 

Please use visuals and video to accentuate your work.

Social Psychologists Power point

Lone Wolf or Duo  research project

Powerpoint or other platform of presentation that is teacher approved

Research these 2 of these 4  psychologists. If you are in a pair, you need to do 3 of the 4.

1. Solomon Asch, 2. Phillip Zimbardo, 3. Stanley Milgram, 4. Fritz Heider

Then pick one from this website (pick 2 if you are in a pair)

https://www.socialpsychology.org/social-figures.htm

You must be creative and efficient at the same time.

History (Birth Date, where he or she is from, childhood, education, famous psychologists or others they collaborated with, etc)

Research they conducted or theories they created. Be detail oriented.

When where and why was this study conducted. Results and conclusion.
Add 3 facts that you think your classmates may not know.

Add pictures, video clips and/or music ( http://flashmedia.glynn.k12.ga.us/Glynn.cfm?subpage=21240 ).

 

You should have at least 2 slides per psychologist.

You have three days to complete this assignment.

You may not cut and paste facts. These will be graded by both your peers and your teacher.


Examples below

Give
and rationalize 5 real life (preferably personal) examples in which the 8
topics we discussed.

If you made a 100, submit a statement saying so and move on to the next task.
This is required by ALL.

1. List and or describe the 4 of the 5 reasons why someone would blindly follow authority. This needs to be detailed.

Since Halloween is approaching, you may to give it that thematic emphasis. 
This could and should be entertaining and informative.
The more people (you and your classmates) involved in your story, the higher the expectations.....which are already high.
The example I have given you was pretty lengthy so it does not have to be AS descriptive, but still needs to be detailed.

Credo - a statement of the beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions.
If you have more than 3 in a group, you'll need to add 2 more killers.
Please include a behavior chart in your presentation

READ CAREFULLY

This assignment is to be a solo activity.

Pick 1 from the list below

Each of these categories has several subset categories 

                 (Ex: #5 Anxiety Disorders has 1. General Anxiety disorder, 2. Panic disorder, 3. Specific Phobias, etc. in this category)

Please do one of the subset categories
       
1.      Neurodevelopmental disorders

2.      Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

3.      Bipolar and related disorders

4.      Depressive disorders

5.      Anxiety disorders

6.      Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

7.      Trauma- and stressor-related disorders (Example: PTSD)

8.      Dissociative disorders (Example: Dissociative Identity Disorder used to be known as multiple personality disorder)

9.      Somatic symptom and related disorders

10.  Feeding and eating disorders

11.  Sleep–wake disorders

12.  Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders

13.  Neurocognitive disorders

14.  Personality disorders





This is to be a powerpoint, prezi presentation, or a pamphlet, but I need to be informed if it will not be a powerpoint.

·         A pamphlet would have all sides covered. You may do slide per question, but don't cram the information on one slide

·         Be creative. Pictures, gifs, animations, transitions will help accentuate you final product.

·         To be submitted in Google classroom




Please make sure this is in YOUR words. Taking out a couple of "the's" and "and's" or some adjectives of a sentence does not make it yours. 





Research the following questions related to these mental health issues.

1.      Causes

2.      What parts of the brain or central nervous system are affected and what is happening to those structures during this disorder?

3.      Risk Factors (Example: Genetics). How prone is one to acquiring this disorder?

4.      Symptoms

5.      What is this history of this mental health issue (i.e., what did they think was going on in the good old days)?

6.      How was it treated back in the day

7.      How is it currently being treated (list at least three treatments)?

 approach)      Please describe treatments in your own words and please list the person or doctor from which they started. (Example: (Example: Freud - started psychoanalytical

           a.       Medical (medicine, electroconvulsive therapy, etc)

           b.      Psychological 

           c.       Support groups

8.      What research is currently being conducted to improve treatment?

9.      Case study (look for someone who has suffered from the disease you chose and summarize their story)

           a. Please offer how they were treated and how did they respond to treatment

 

· ·         DO NOT CUT AND PASTE.

Remember:

Please include a case study explaining the symptoms and how they have impacted the life of an individual. You may pick actors, actresses, musician, etc.

Again, this is a powerpoint assignment first, unless you provide another preferred method of presentation for approval.

If you are doing a pamphlet, you will need to print it out. 

Pictures, videos, graphics, and other accentuations that would enhance and draw attention to the viewer are a must.

If you made a 100, submit a statement saying so and move on to the next task.
This is required by all.

I will:


3. List and briefly explain the different
diagnostic tools used to evaluate mental health issues

I will:


1.  List
and describe one example to address each of the elements (Deviant, Distressful
& Dysfunctional) in diagnosing psychological disorders.


2.  Give
two contrasting examples that could show differences whether one is deemed to
have mental health difficulties.

Simply you are to summarize in a concise (short and sweet) way the information you've learned into this organizer. I recommend being thorough but brief. Visual could very helpful.


Mind map directions and examples on Attachment

#9 
I will
describe how two of the neurotransmitters works and how hallucinogens
impair
or enhance its functioning.

#7 I
will describe
how
one of the neurotransmitters works and how the depressant impairs or enhances
its functioning (one for alcohol and one for opiates)

I
will give an example of each of the 2 hypnosis
theories. (You can use the examples given in class)

I will:


5.
Give one valid (effective) reason for
each dream theory (why
it makes sense) and how
that applies to me

If you made a 100, submit a statement saying so and move on to the next task.
This is required by all.

I will:


4. Identify the sleep stage of 4 of 5 of
sleep disorders

I will:


2. List the brain waves in each stages of
sleep


3. List and describe one important
function of each stage

I will:
List one real life example of a SOC 
or 

How could each SOC helps or hinder me in

my daily life.
Pick 4 of the 6 to do. 

Examples
1.Sleep: I got 9 hours of sleep 2 nights
ago and I felt amazing.
6.  PSychoactive Drugs: If I don’t drink my 2 cups of coffee, I feel a little sluggish

Individual project (this will be under test category so make it good)

Due in the near future

The instructions are the 1st attachment (Instructions are also listed below)
2nd attachment: Gives explanation on experimental method
3rd - 5th attachments are examples of past students 




Please research 3 unethical psychological studies that you have never heard of (that means none I have lectured on).

Ways to present

Powerpoint or prezi: At least 2 slide per experiment, but you'll probably need more. (Please include pictures, video, and or music to accentuate your project.)
Artistic Rendering or diorama (you only have to do 2 experiments)
Dramatic presentation, such as live act or video reenactment (you only have to do 2 experiments and you can have a group of three)


Things to add 

1. Researcher(s) and the year(s) it was performed.
2. Give one major historical event that was going on at the time
3. Please describe the experiment in four to five sentences
4. Also in your description, use the terminology from research methods.
Small Tutorial on Experimental Terminology http://flashmedia.glynn.k12.ga.us/webpages/jknowles/index.cfm?subpage=80086
          a.  Who or what are the subjects

          b. What was their hypothesis or theory they were testing?

          c.  What is the independent variable?

           d. What is the dependent variable?

5. What were the results of the experiment?
6. How many and what of the four basic ethics where broken (This can be done last after I discuss)?
. Ethics (Four simple rules)
1. NO harm (Physical and/or emotional)
2. Full Disclosure (This is what we’re doing)
3. Confidentiality (Not putting your business in the streets)
4. Debriefing (This is what we did and what we are looking for. Any questions?)

7. Aftermath What became of subjects and/or researcher, if appropriate.
8. Your opinion of experiment and what it meant to you or us as a society (4 entences

Pick any 5.
So read each case.
Search for similar cases (example type in: Cases similar to Phineas gage)
Do not cut and paste. Just summarize what happened (there is an example attached) 
Can be done on Slides, powerpoint, word or docs
add some color, pictures and or video.

You do not have to do the TURNITIN.COM step
See attachments
You may will have to present one of these to the class. So make it shine.

This is optional, but highly suggested you complete. You will get points for completing

You can do this on a word or Google Docs or PPT or slides.

See attachment (This will be a working document, so do not submit until I ask)
On 8/10, Online reaction time test, the reaction time test, and personality tree by free association.
You may use the Wundt's up player Part 1 form to record the results


I just added. Try some of these games. https://humanbenchmark.com/