2020-2021 - IB Psychology-Period 3 Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Matthew Cole
- Term
- 2020-21 School Year
- Department
- Social Studies
- Description
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The IB Diploma standard level psychology course aims to develop an awareness of how research findings can be applied to better understand human behavior and how ethical practices are upheld in psychological inquiry. Students learn to understand the biological, cognitive and sociocultural influences on human behavior and explore alternative explanations of behavior. They also understand and use diverse methods of psychological inquiry.
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Past Assignments
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Study for Final Exam - Asynchronous
Final Exam - Thursday, June 3
Answer three of the following short-answer questions:
Explain social identity theory with reference to ONE study.
Explain social cognitive theory with reference to ONE study.
Explain the formation of stereotypes with reference to ONE study.
Examine how conformity influences individual behavior with reference to ONE study.
Examine how compliance may be used to influence individual behavior with reference to ONE study.
Answer three of the following short-answer questions:
Explain social identity theory with reference to ONE study.
Explain social cognitive theory with reference to ONE study.
Explain the formation of stereotypes with reference to ONE study.
Examine how conformity influences individual behavior with reference to ONE study.
Examine how compliance may be used to influence individual behavior with reference to ONE study.
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Social Psychology Presentations - Asynchronous
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Compliance - Asynchronous
Asynchronous
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Conformity - Asynchronous
Asynchronous
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Stereotypes and Stereotypes Effects - Asynchronous
Asynchronous
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Social Cognitive Theory and Observational Learning - Asynchronous
Asynchronous
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Minimal Group Paradigm - Asynchronous
Asynchronous
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Social Identity Theory - Asynchronous
Asynchronous
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Final Draft Internal Assessment
Please submit the Google Doc of your Internal Assessment Final Draft to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - The Big Picture and Cultures Influence on Individuals Attitudes, Identifies, and Behavior - Asynchronous
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 202-207. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Evaluation
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 510-511. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kogntiy and Oxford Reading Assignment - IA Analysis
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 497-509. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kogntiy and Oxford Reading Assignment - IA Exploration
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 495-496. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kogntiy and Oxford Reading Assignment - IA Introduction
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 493-494. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Essay-Response Question - Reliability of Cognitive Processes
Directions - Write an ERQ essay in Google Docs to the prompt below. Once completing your essay upload it to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com.
Prompt: Discuss one cognitive bias.
Prompt: Discuss one cognitive bias.
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Short-Answer Question - Reliability of Cognitive Processes
Directions - Write an SAQ essay in Google Docs to the prompt below. Once completing your essay upload it to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com.
Prompt: Explain reconstructive memory with reference to ONE study.
Prompt: Explain reconstructive memory with reference to ONE study.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Flashbulb Memories
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 183-187. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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IA Psychology Group Sign-up Sheet
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Kognity Reading Assignment - The Amygdala and Memory
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 180-182. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Theory of the Emotional Brain
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 180-182. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Introduction to emotion
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Reading Assignment - Internal Assessment
Read pages 487-492 in your Oxford IB Psychology textbook.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Biases in Thinking and Decision Making
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 168-179. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Reflection on the Events of January 6, 2021
Complete the attached reflection as a preparation for a class discussion live in Parlay.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - The Big Picture and Reconstructive Memory
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 160-167. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Essay-Response Question - Cognitive Processing
Directions - Select one of the prompts below and write an essay in Google Docs. Once completing your essay upload it to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com.
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- Discuss schema theory.
- Discuss one model of thinking and decision making.
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- Discuss schema theory.
- Discuss one model of thinking and decision making.
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Key Studies - Rational Thinking - Alter et al. (2007) – Activating System 2
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Rational Thinking
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Intuitive Thinking
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 168-178. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Studies - Thinking and Decision Making
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Models of Thinking and Decision-Making
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Practice Essay-Response Question - The Cognitive Approach to Understanding Behavior
Prompt: Discuss the multi-store model of memory.
Directions - Upload your essay as a Google Doc and also submit it to Turnitin.com.
Directions - Upload your essay as a Google Doc and also submit it to Turnitin.com.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Thinking and Decision Making
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 149-159. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Study - Schema Theory - Bartlett (1932)
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment Schema Theory
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and Oxford textbook pages 141-148. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Studies - The Working Memory Model
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Working Memory Model
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 137-140 in the Oxford textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Studies - Multi-Store Model of Memory
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Concepts and Principles of the Cognitive Approach and The Multi-Store Model of Memory
Read pages 123-137 in the Oxford textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Key Concepts and the Multi-Store Model of Memory
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
This assignment will count as part of attendance for this Friday 11/6 which is a minimum day. If you do not complete the assignment and mark it as done by Sunday 11/8, you will be marked absent for Friday 11/6.
This assignment will count as part of attendance for this Friday 11/6 which is a minimum day. If you do not complete the assignment and mark it as done by Sunday 11/8, you will be marked absent for Friday 11/6.
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Unit Test - The Biological Approach to Understanding Behavior
Directions - Answer three of the Short-Answer Questions from the list below. You have 60 minutes to respond to the three questions. Marks will be awarded for focused answers demonstrating accurate knowledge and understanding of research. When finished turn in your Doc to Google Classroom and also submit a copy to Turnitin.com.
Short-Answer Questions
1. Describe the effect of one neurotransmitter on behavior with reference to one relevant study.
2. Describe the effect of one hormone on behavior with reference to one relevant study.
3. Describe how pheromones may influence one human behavior with reference to one relevant study.
4. Describe how epigenetics may influence one human behavior with reference to one relevant study.
5. Describe localization with reference to one relevant study.
Short-Answer Questions
1. Describe the effect of one neurotransmitter on behavior with reference to one relevant study.
2. Describe the effect of one hormone on behavior with reference to one relevant study.
3. Describe how pheromones may influence one human behavior with reference to one relevant study.
4. Describe how epigenetics may influence one human behavior with reference to one relevant study.
5. Describe localization with reference to one relevant study.
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Key Studies - Evolution and Disgust
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Evolutionary Explanations for Behavior
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 108-114 in the Oxford textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Studies - Genetic Similarities
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Kognity and Oxford - Reading Assignment Genetic Similarities
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 96-106 in the Oxford textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Factors Affecting Gene Expression
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Nearpod - Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying
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Parlay Online Discussion - Smart Drugs
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Kognity Reading Assignment - The Nature of the Gene and Gene Expression and Regulation
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Practice Short-Answer Question - The Biological Approach to Understanding Behavior
Prompt: Explain ONE technique used to study the brain in relation to behavior.
Directions - Upload your essay as a Google Doc and also submit it to Turnitin.com.
Class ID: 26919123
Class Enrollment Key: raiders
This writing assignment will count as attendance for this Friday which is a minimum day. If you do not complete the assignment by Sunday 10/18, you will be marked absent for Friday 10/16.
Directions - Upload your essay as a Google Doc and also submit it to Turnitin.com.
Class ID: 26919123
Class Enrollment Key: raiders
This writing assignment will count as attendance for this Friday which is a minimum day. If you do not complete the assignment by Sunday 10/18, you will be marked absent for Friday 10/16.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Pheromones and Behaviour
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 87-93 in the Oxford IB Psychology textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Digital Citizenship Lesson - Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Hormones and Behavior
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 78-86 in the Oxford IB Psychology textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Studies - Neurotransmitters and their Effect on Behaviour
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Key Studies - Neuroplasticity
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Neurotransmitters and Behavior
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 64-71 in the Oxford IB Psychology textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Can Media Be Addictive
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Neuroplasticity
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 56-63 in the Oxford IB Psychology textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Key Studies - Localization of Brain Function
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - Localization of Brain Function
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 46-55 out of the Oxford IB Psychology textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment - A Map of the Brain and Techniques and Methods used Study the Brain
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment and pages 72-77 out of the Oxford IB Psychology textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Unit Test: IB Introduction to Psychology and Approaches to Research
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Go to illuminate.online and enter: 4BRSRCU
Go to illuminate.online and enter: 4BRSRCU
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Short-Answer Questions - Approaches to Researching Behavior
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SAQ Practice - IB Stress
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Naturalistic Observations, Interviews, and Case Studies
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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SAQ Practice - Exercise and Long-Term Memory Study
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Kognity Reading Assignment - The Nature of Qualitative Research
Read the attached Kognity reading assignment. Remember to take notes on the assigned topics in your spiral notebook.
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Quantitative Research: Other Types of Experiments
Read the attached Kognity reading and pages 20-23 in your IB Psychology Oxford textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned pages in your spiral notebook.
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Simple Experiment Practice Assignment
You have been asked to create an experiment to determine whether listening to music while studying will improve learning . On the attached handout define each underlined term and provide an example for each component of the experiment.
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignment
Read the attached Kognity reading and pages 9-19 in your IB Psychology Oxford textbook. Remember to take notes on the assigned pages in your spiral notebook. The Koginty reading assignment will count as attendance for this Friday which is a minimum day. If you do not complete the reading by Monday 9/7, you will be marked absent for Friday 9/4.
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Flipgrid - Subfields of Psychology
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Kognity and Oxford Reading Assignments - Ethics in Psychological Research
Read the attached Kognity reading and pages 37-42 in your IB Psychology Oxford textbook.
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Hypothesis Practice Chart
For each of the research questions, fill in the following chart to identify the independent variable, dependent variable, research hypothesis and null hypothesis. Be sure to operationalize your variables.
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Concept Application Question - Approaches to Psychology
Respond to the attached concept application and upload your response to Google Classroom.
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Kognity Reading Assignment - Research Designs and Standardization & Control
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Kognity Reading Assignment: Elements of Researching Behaviour (Sections 0-2)
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Application Practice - The Case of Andrea Yates
Read the following case study and think about how each of the following approaches to psychology would try to explain the behavior of Andrea Yates. This will help prepare you for our class discussion on Thursday.
- The Behavioral (the environment, learning, reward and punishment)
- Biological (nervous system, hormones, neurotransmitters)
- The Cognitive (thoughts, perceptions, ideas, and beliefs)
- The Humanistic (unique potential and positive self-concept)
- Psychodynamic (irrational desires and fears in the unconscious mind. Childhood experiences are central to shaping our behavior)
- The Sociocultural (social and cultural expectations, beliefs, values, and norms)
- The Behavioral (the environment, learning, reward and punishment)
- Biological (nervous system, hormones, neurotransmitters)
- The Cognitive (thoughts, perceptions, ideas, and beliefs)
- The Humanistic (unique potential and positive self-concept)
- Psychodynamic (irrational desires and fears in the unconscious mind. Childhood experiences are central to shaping our behavior)
- The Sociocultural (social and cultural expectations, beliefs, values, and norms)
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Psychological Approaches - Andrea Yates
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IB Psychology Syllabus
Review the attached IB Psychology Syllabus with your parent(s) or guardian(s) and complete the attached Google Form together by 8/17.
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Note-Taking Assignment - IB Psychology
Complete the attached student paced Nearpod on note-taking to prepare for readings and discussion in IB Psychology.
Join Code: NRVUS
Join Code: NRVUS
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How does Pfungst's investigation illustrate the concepts of empirical evidence, falsification, and replication.
Read pages 1-8 in the Oxford IB Psychology textbook and answer the question above.