Calendar of Assignments (Scroll down for Earlier weeks)

Week 11    Mar 16 - 22

Read chapters 13 and 15 and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned to answer discussion questions

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Social Psychology assignment due by FRIDAY,10 pm Cancelled for lack fo time in the quarter. Focus on the personality assignment and the learning objectives, which I hope to have up tonight.

Week 12     Mar 23-25

Continue to Read chapters 13 and 15 and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned to answer discussion questions

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FINAL EXAM, covering ch's the rest of chapter 15, 13, will be available this week, and is due before by 5pm, March 25th.

Week 1     Jan 5 - 11

Update 2pm Jan 7th

First assignment, Discussion #1: First Part due by Saturday, 10pm, 2nd part Due by Tuesday, 10pm

Lots to do. Review the following:

  1. Online Course Guidelines--General guidelines for online work.
  2. Grade Flow Chart--Where the points are!
  3. Syllabus--General information about the class.
  4. WebCTtutorial--A very bare bones description of some key components on WEBCT. If you haven't used WEBCT this will help some (created by your instructor).
  5. WebCT Tutorial from NSCC--more detailed tutorial created by various contributors at NSCC
  6. Read this post to set up your North Seatle email account and Google Documents
  7. Email me for the password for the protected material
  8. Become acquainted with WebCt, Syllabus, and Learning objective guidelines
  9. Reply to the Introduction thread and post a bit about yourself.

Take Chapter Quizzes in WebCT

Learning objectives

Week 2     Jan 12 - 18

If you haven't done so, you should sign up for exam dates here.

The first week was mostly about getting up to speed about with google documents and using webct; now we should be focusing on the material.

Here are the Learning Objecitves for the first unit which will cover Chapter 1, 2 and 3

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I'll update this calendar if there is another short assignment. Right now we should really be focussing on using the book to learn the material.

No Assignment this week. Get caught up in chapters 1-3. Exam is next week.


Week 3     Jan 19 - 25

Monday is Martin L. King Jr. Day.

Continue preparing for exam

First Exam, covering ch's 1-3, will be due this week.

After finishing Exam, Begin Chapters 6 and 7, use Learning objectives to guide reading.

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Asignment #2, Due by Sunday, 10pm. Read the following article: Five ways Brain-Scans Mislead us

  1. In a northseattle.edu document, summarize the main points of the articles.
  2. Then, compare this article with the section in your book that covers brain scans and note any differences or similarities.
  3. Lastly, indicate if and what you learned about brain scans from these two sources.
  4. Once done, share document with me at bholt@northseattle
  5. Be sure to make the document look like you want it to look as if you were sumbitting it in person.

 

Week 4     Jan 26 - Feb 1

Continue reading Chapters 6 and 7 for next exam (next week).

Next Unit will cover chapters 8 and 10, use the Learning objectives to guide your reading.

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Assignment #3, due by Sunday, 10pm: Read the following article: Memory Training...

Update: You may have to register to login with the NYTimes. I recommend that you do, but in the short term, try this:
Login: whatever123456
Pass: whatever12345

  1. In a Northseattle Document, Identify the main points of the article
  2. Compare the information in this article with what is covered on memory in your text and list the differences or similarities.
  3. Indicate what you learned from these two sources on memory
  4. Once done, share document with me at bholt@northseattle
  5. Be sure to make the document look like you want it to look as if you were sumbitting it in person.

Week 5     Feb 2 - 8

Second Exam, covering ch's 6 and 7 , will be available this week.

Continue reading chapters 8 6, 7 and begin chapter 10, and use Learning objectives to guide your reading.

Fourth Assignment (10 pts; due Sunday, 10pm):

  1. Create a Google document, give it a meaninful file name, put your name and date at the top of it, and share it with me as a collaborator bholt@northseattle.edu.
  2. Use your text (probabably a bit in Chapter 8) or other references online to answer the following in your own words. Be sure to cite your sourcces:
  3. What is the difference between Deductive Logic and Inductive Logic?
  4. What are the benefits or costs to using these two forms of logic?
  5. Define the following:
    • Availability Heuristic
    • Anchoring Heuristic
    • Representativeness Heuristic

  6. Update In addition to sharing your assignment with me as a collaborator, I'd like for you to post your assignment in the discussion board. You can do this either by copying and pasting your work into a discussion post, or you may want to post a link to the work by selecting "publish as webpage" in your "share" function of Northseattle google docs. That will create a lilnk that you can copy and then paste into the discussion board.

EXTRA CREDIT (10 pts; due Sunday, 10pm):

  1. Create a Google document, give it a meaninful file name, put your name and date at the top of it, and share it with me as a collaborator bholt@northseattle.edu.
  2. Read the following:
  3. NYtimes article about Free Will
  4. Wikipedia entry related to NYTimes article (just read the section titled neuroscience to the next section).
  5. Do the following:
    • Answer the question: "What does the Monkey and the Tiger represent?"
    • Answer the question: "What is meant by having "Veto Power"?"
    • Answer the question: "What is the definition of determinism?"
    • List any words for which you did not know the definition, and then provide the definition.

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Week 6     Feb 9 - 15

Read chapter 10 and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned to answer discussion questions

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Extra Credit Assginment (10points)

Assignment:If adolescents have the ability of formal operations, do they use it like adults? If not, what do they do differently? Look up "Post-Formal thought" online. In your answer, let me know the source for obtaining this information.
You may want to watch the following movies (Login: psych206 Password:develop):

Balancing #1
Balancing #2
Balancing #3
Formal Operations #1
Formal Operations #2

Please create your document using NorthSeattle.edu, and be sure to give your file a meaningful name, with your name at the top, just as you would if you were submitting this in person. Share it with me, as a collaborator, at bholt@northseattle.edu. No group work this week.

Update, 2/14/09:

Some movies to watch as a way to 'see' what Piaget is talking about. Use the same login pass (psych206 develop). This isn't an assignment as much as it is a visual aid.

General Theory (Equilibrium maintained through Assimilation and Accommodation)

Sensorimotor stage is about defining the world through action and sensation. Consistent object permanence is attained by the end of this stage

Preoperational stage is about assimilating the world using ideas and symbols, but not in a logical, or rule bound way. Most of my movies don't show what these children are doing, so you have to look at the next stage to see what is attained. But one set of movies I do have, that isn't apart of Piaget's theory yet occurs during this stage is the attainment of "Theory of Mind."

Concrete operations: Learning is fun but has rules. Kids spend as much time learning the rules for playing games than actually playing, for example. They still assimilate (we always can assimilate) but now they understand that there can be rules for using ideas. These logical abilities are concrete. That is, they have to be tangible, in front of them, or simple.

Formal Operations. Here we have logic that can be applied to abstract ideas. Prediction is possible. Interpreting outcomes of prediction in a systematic way is possible. Thinking about Thinking about Thinking is possible. Although the Great Apes have language, you don't see them writing about verbs. Or writing a poem about writing about verbs. In these movies, notice how the kids explain how they answer the problem. Notice who is systematic and who isn't.

Week 7    Feb 16 - 22

Third Exam, covering ch's 10, perhaps chapter 14 , will be available this week, Due by Sunday, 10pm.

Read chapters 14 - 15 and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned toanswer discussion questions.

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Week 8     Feb 23 - Mar 1

Read chapters 14 on Personality and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned to answer discussion questions

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Fourth Discussion Due Friday, 10pm This was an error, but it couldn't have hurt to look at it.

The Personality Assignment can be found in the Discussion Area under PersonalityAssignment. It will be worth 10 points, but you could also get an additional 10 points of extra credit. This will be Due March 8th, 10pm

Week 9     Mar 2 - 8

Forth Exam, covering ch's 14 and 15 Psychological Disorders, will be available this week, Due by Sunday, 10pm.

Read chapters 14, 15 and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned to answer discussion questions

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The personality assignment is getting extended. You can find the assignment in the Discusison section of WEBCT, under "personality assignment." The difficulty is that students are not signing up as I had planned in a timely fashion. Nonetheless, it will be done, even if we have to postpone the due date some. I don't think it's reasonable to have it do this week, so I'll make it do next week.

Week 10     Mar 9 - 15

Read chapters 15 and 13 and Learning objectives
Other readings may be assigned to answer discussion questions

Personality Assignment, as described in WEBCT in the Discussion area, due Thursday, March 12

The Personality assignment has a new due date: Thursday, March 19th. We are now moving forward, and instructions will be provided in WebCT in the Discussion area.

Psychotherapy article and assignment, Due Sunday, March 15th

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