Psychology I Chapters 3-5 and 11 Ms. Bors

Candy Friday! Will your class qualify? Milestone Chart HW/ Coming up: How We Think and How Language Develops homework due Wednesday! Read Chapters 3 and 11 (section 2 only) by Friday! Goal(s): Be able to identify how each individual’s life progresses in stages and how everyone grows in different spheres of their being. 1.Get started on the bell work right away. To Do As You Walk In:

* Work on it with a partner, but everyone will have his/her own copy!!! * Be able to share your answers about 10 minutes to the end of class.

* Let’s go over it!

Hold on to your charts.

What would you say is the most important milestone in a person’s life? Explain. * 8 th period- please place chairs on top of desks

1. How Language Is Acquired Notes 2. Work on How We Think and How Language Develops HW HW/ Coming up: How We Think and How Language Develops homework due tomorrow! Read Chapters 3 and 11 (section 2 only) by Friday! Milestone Chart due Friday! Goal(s): Be able to identify influences on language acquisition. 1.Get started on the bell work right away. To Do As You Walk In:

* Critical period- a time during which something needs to be learned

Language- a means of communication 1. Learn signs 2. Learn meaning of signs

3. Learn grammar- rules of a language -difference between you’re and your * Syntax: the order of words in a language Is this the White House or the House White?

B.F. Skinner from the Behaviorist School Baby may imitate a parent. If they are reinforced they keep saying the word. If they are punished, they stop saying the word.

* We learn language too quickly for it to be through reinforcement and punishment. * Inborn universal language acquisition device

* Passing work out… * Also getting called up to talk about your grades individually!

* Personal evaluation of grades and progress with Ms. Bors * Work on the How We Think and Language Develops handout as other students are called up to talk about grades. Due tomorrow at the beginning of class!

How can you improve your grade in this class? If you are getting an A, what do you think makes you successful? * 8 th period- please place chairs on top of desks

Kendall County Homeless Shelters 1. Interview about your development assignment 2. Human Development * Reflexes * Language acquisition questions * Start watching Genie, the Secret of the Wild Child, Documentary HW/ Coming up: Read Chapter 3 and Chapter 11, Section 2 by Friday! Milestone Chart due Friday! Interview about your development assignment due next Thursday! Goal(s): Be able to describe newborns’ reflexes. 1.Place How We Think/How Language Develops on the turn in table. 2.Get started on the bell work right away. To Do As You Walk In:

* Have your parents/guardians help you in answering all the questions on the handout. * Answer questions on the handout itself. * Write your name on it now! * Have fun!

* Haven’t taken it yet? * Come up to see me right now please. * The rest of you- read the instructions on the handout (your homework assignment) you are given.

* Pupillary response

Stimulus ex. Wind blowing particles near your eye Rapid, automatic response Ex. You blink

Rooting reflex

Grasping reflex

* Any other reflexes you can think of that we have?

* What’s the purpose of reflexes?

* Individually, answer the language acquisition questions. Be sure to write your name on it! * Answers go on the handout itself. * Wait to pass up!!! * 5 minutes

* Let’s go over these!

* Answer the questions provided on the back of the handout Language Acquisition handout; these are about Genie, what this documentary is about. * Hold on to these until tomorrow after we’re done watching the movie. *

What should a parent do if his/her child is not “on schedule” of physical maturation? Ex. They aren’t crawling by the time they are two years old. * 8 th period- please place chairs on top of desks

1. Kendall County Homeless Shelters 2. Genie, Secrets of the Wild Child, Documentary * Finish watching it HW/ Coming up: Read Chapter 3 and Chapter 11, Section 2 by tomorrow! Milestone Chart due tomorrow! Interview about your development assignment due next Thursday! Goal(s): To be able to explain the effect of the critical period on language acquisition/development. 1.Get started on the bell work right away. To Do As You Walk In:

* Answer the questions provided on the handout. * Hold on to these until later. * JQi4QA

* Let’s go over the Qs * Pass up the questions handout!

1. What did you learn about the acquisition of language, while watching the documentary about Genie? 2. What surprised you the most about her, or Victor’s, case? * 8 th period- please place chairs on top of desks

Candy Friday! Does your class qualify? Developmental Psychology WebQuest HW/ Coming up: Developmental Psychology WebQuest due… Interview about your development due next Thursday! Goal(s): To be able to explain different developmental theories in psychology. 1.Place the Milestone Chart on the turn in table. 2.Get started on the bell work right away. To Do As You Walk In:

* Pass up your bell works and place on the turn in table.

* Complete it individually in the computer lab. * You can listen to music, but it needs to be on your headphones and quiet so no one else hears it. * Go to our class website * Type in sd308.org in your browser * Go to the search box and put in bors * Click on psychology 1 * Click on human development folder * Click and open the Developmental Psychology Web Quest word document file * You only have today so make sure to get started as soon as your computer loads. * Right click your mouse to open the website addresses for each set of questions (right click on the links on the word document and enter open hyperlink). * You can type in your answers on the sheet (be sure to keep saving it often) or print it out and write in your answers as you go through this (would probably be easier). * This is due … TBD.

1. What are your plans for the weekend? * 8 th period- please place chairs on top of desks