Children and Antipsychotics

Read the following article and please respond in 15 lines.

Welcome Back - Stigma

Good Morning. Back to the grind for a half hour. I would like for you to write 15 lines answering the following prompt: "LABEL JARS, NOT PEOPLE" is a rallying cry for those people with mental disabilities. What does it mean to be called your illness? Have you ever used the words "crazy", "retarded", or "insane"? What are the differences between these words and more ethnic oriented slurs?

Personality Disorders

Are personality disorders more a function of nature or nurture?

Maladaptive Behaviors

"Don't judge a book by it's cover" is an old proverb...what does it mean? Give examples. Be as specific as possible.

Personality Disorders

What is your definition of normal? Abnormal? Revisit the question, does life happen to you or are you in control of your life?

Learning

What are negative consequences? What are positive consequences? What is secondary gain?

Learning

Why and how do you learn?

Are we too sensitive?

Read this article and remember...15 line responses please.

"Textracted" Driving

Read the following story from the NY Times and this one from the AdCouncil .Also watch the two videos. Which type of tactic works better? Why or why not? What could be done differently to make the message more effective?

Race and small kids

Yesterday we looked at the construct of the personality and then added some question of race and when the recognition of it occurs and why. Read this article and see if your opinion changes as to when babies are able to discriminate distinctions in skin color.

A Girl like Me

After viewing the video, "A Girl Like Me", add your reaction to the societal pressures of being a young person in today's world. Using the various personality theories that you have learned, which ones carry the most weight/ have the largest impact?

Birth Order

Read this article and compare to your own understanding of birth order

Summary

Personality

Why a fish?

Why children?

Weekend Review

Welcome back! Looking back at your Labor Day weekend, review the events as they unfolded for you and deliniate the differences in id, super ego and ego as they pertain to an event that occured

Personality

How would you describe your personality? What characteristics make up your typical pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting?

summary

freud lesson

Sigmund Freud

Answer the following questions:

How old were you when you learned about "the birds and the bees"?
How do you think your relationship with your parents molds you as a young adult?
Are these two things connected?

No need to be graphic.

Privacy

Read this article and think about how YOUR privacy is not private.

Follow up to Friday's activity

Normally one of the things that is a concluding piece to an "experiment" like we conducted on Friday (watching people at Strawberry Square) is the write up of the lab. Follow these guidlines:

1. Paragraph One:
   • In your own words describe the purpose of the experiment.
2. Paragraph Two:
   
   • Summarize the procedure.
   • Explain the setup of the lab.
3. Paragraph Three
   • Describe the outcome of the experiment and how it supports or rejects your hypothesis.
   • BE VERY SPECIFIC!
   • From your analysis, point out certain trends or patterns that support your conclusion.  
     

Body Language

What is Body Language? Give five examples of what you think describes body language.

So what is it?

We have discussed the beginnings of psychology through some introductory exercises. Be discussing the phrase "misery loves company" explain what you think this expression means in psychological terms.

Your choice!

This morning you may write about whatever you wish. Remember it should have a focus that deals with psychology in some way. You will want to explain this connection if it is not apparent. Thanks.

Research

Good Morning,

Read the article contained within this post and answer the questions from the bottom for your blog entry today.

Is a Baby smarter than you?

Read this article describing several different types of psychological observations, measurements and outcomes.

What types of psychology were being used?
Which of the experiments do you feel was most valid?
Are babies smarter than adults?

Questions

In paragraph form, answer the following questions:

Do humans have any control over their own fate?
Which has a larger influence over our lives, "Nature" or "Nurture"?
Can an old dog learn new tricks?
How have you changed since kindergarten v. others who seem to be "stuck in their ways"?
Can you make yourself sick?

Have a good safe weekend.

Mr. V.

Basic Human Needs

List at least ten things you cannot live without and three reasons why you cannot live without them.

Daily Rant

Good Morning Scholars,

This and every morning you will produce 15 lines of text (some days I will produce a topic that you will write about...other times you will write whatever you want...as long as it pertains to something psychological. This morning I would like you to read this story, you may need to look up some back story if you are not familiar with the crime. What do you think of the school's decision in these hard economic times? Have a good day!