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

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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?

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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.