Mr. Kirkman
email: jkirkman@rivervalleyschools.org
Phone: 756-9541, extension 1118
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Psychology
The science of psychology
- Theories within psychology such as behaviorism, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive
- Areas and jobs within psychology
Developmental Psychology
- The newborn
- Cognitive Development- Piaget’s Stages
- Social and Emotional Development
- Lab and report- set up, measure, and write about the stage of cognitive development of children brought to class.
Learning
- Classical and Operant Conditioning
- Factors that affect learning
- Cognitive learning
Memory
- Sensory registers, short term memory, long term memory
- The brain and memory
- Assignment on long term memory
Social Psychology
- Social Perception – impression, Attribution
- Social Influence – conformity, compliance, deindividuation
- Group Process
- Paper Analyzing Group interaction
States of Consciousness
- Consciousness
- Altered states of consciousness such as sleep, dreaming, and hypnosis
Research
- Plan, set up, conduct and experiment and write a lab report over it
Requirements:
- There will be one test and two quizzes per topic area above, 2 review sheets will be given before each test and you may make 1 3”x5” note card of information to be used on the test.
- Written application assignments and other assignments to understand the concepts better
- Summaries of articles, movies, tapes, etc
- Experiment and written report
- Discussion and small group work
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Psychology Assignments
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8th Grade History
There will be work following every section. There will be a test at the end of every chapter.
- Tests are worth a max of 100 pts.
- Quizzes will be worth a max of 50 pts..
- There will be a research project worth a total of 400 pts.
- Daily work and homework will count as 10 points each.
There will be a participation grade added as well. In order to receive 100% of the participation points you must contribute to class on a regular basis and turn in 100% of your work. For each assignment that you are missing I will take 20 pts away from your participation points. In simplest terms… do all of your work and turn it in. Late work is unprofessional, unacceptable, and should not be expected to be taken with credit.
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8th Grade History Assignments
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9th Grade History
There will be work following every section. There will be a test at the end of every chapter.
- Tests are worth a max of 100 pts.
- Quizzes will be worth a max of 50 pts.
- There will be a research project worth a total of 400 pts.
- Daily work and homework will count as 10 points each.
There will be a participation grade added as well. In order to receive 100% of the participation points you must contribute to class on a regular basis and turn in 100% of your work. For each assignment that you are missing I will take 20 pts away from your participation points. In simplest terms… do all of your work and turn it in. Late work is unprofessional, unacceptable, and should not be expected to be taken with credit.
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9th Grade History Assignments
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