due Friday 12/9 and unit 10 reading due dates

Due Friday 12/9:  typed paragraph-long reflection on the advice you chose to follow from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.  Did you find that it had an impact?  Incorporate three relevant, thoughtfully chosen terms (at least one from unit 8 itself) in your response.  (10 points for term 2)

Also, read p. 479-84 (unit 10/personality is next).
484-93 due Monday 12/12
493-503 due Tuesday 12/13 (G), Wednesday 12/14 (F)
503-10 due Wednesday 12/14 (G), Thursday 12/15 (F)
511-18 due Friday 12/16
Unit 10 test:  Wednesday 12/21

Personality tests (to be taken in class):

1. The Big Five http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/

2. Kiersey Temperament sorter:  http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx (you can get a free "mini-report" at the end - look for the link on the site)
Also, here's a link to an explanation of the sixteen possible four letter personality types.

3 and 4: Brief strengths test and optimism test, from http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

Extra credit (5 points and due before break): Create a collage of images or create a profile (a front/side view of a head) based on your personal results. Each test above should be represented. Include a brief explanation of the image(s) chosen on the reverse. As always, cite any images used that are not your original images on a works cited page (also can be included on the reverse of the page)

unit 8 due dates

327-35 due Thursday 11/17 (for F block)
335-42 due Friday 11/18 (F)
342-48 due Monday 11/21 (F)

327-35 due Friday 11/18 (for G block)
335-42 due Monday 11/21 (G)

The rest is up to you - aim to finish 8A this week (before break), be into 8B next week, and be done (have read through p. 407) for Monday 12/5.

Bring in old magazines (that you don't mind having ripped apart) for Monday 11/28.  Glossy fashion magazines or girls'/women's magazines (Cosmo, Glamour, Seventeen, etc.) work best, but bring what you have.

Bizarre food bazaar is Friday 12/2.

Link to sites for class - open in class when directed (Monday for F block, Tuesday for G).

unit 7 due dates

255-65 due Monday 10/31
265-74 due Wednesday 11/2
274-84 due Thursday 11/3 (F block), Friday 11/4 (G block)
Behavior project due Friday 11/4
285-94 due Monday 11/7
298-307 due Wednesday 11/9
308-318 due Thursday 11/10 for F block, Monday 11/14 for G
Finish the chapter (both classes) for Monday 11/14
Unit 7 test is Wednesday 11/16

unit 6 due dates

215-222 due Monday 10/17
(Link to Monday's class activity)
223-28 due Tuesday (G)
223-35 due Thursday (F)
235-42 due Friday (F), 228-35 due Friday (G) - start tracking your chosen behavior for your behavior modification project (see here for description)
235-42 due Monday 10/24 (G)
242-9 due Monday 10/24 (F), Tuesday 10/25 (G)
"Opening Skinner's Box" responses due Tuesday 10/25 (G), Thursday 10/27 (F)
Unit 6 test is Friday 10/28
Behavior modification project is due Wednesday 11/2

unit 3 reading assignments and links

Be sure you are checking the correct class below, as assignments vary slightly.  Be prepared for a reading quiz on the pages assigned on any of the dates below.  As a reminder, you are welcome to use your own, original, handwritten notes on any reading quiz this year.

F block:
Due Friday 9/23:  p. 51-58.
Due Monday 9/26:  p. 59-66 and 66-68
Due Thursday 9/29:  p. 69-79
Due Tuesday 10/4:  80-83
Due Wednesday 10/5:  p. 83-91
Due Friday 10/7:  94-103
Due Thursday 10/13:  103-111 "picturing the human brain" project 
Unit 3 test is Friday 10/14

G block:
Due Friday 9/23:  p. 51-58.
Due Monday 9/26:  p. 59-66 and 66-68
Due Tuesday:  p. 69-73
Due Wednesday 9/28:  p. 74-83
Due Wednesday 10/5:  p. 83-91
Due Friday 10/7:  94-103
Due Tuesday 10/11:  103-110
Due Thursday 10/13:  "picturing the human brain" project
Unit 3 test is Friday 10/14

Click here for the link to Wednesday's in-class activity.

Here is the RSA Animate Ted Talk on the divided brain mentioned in class.

units 1 and 2 important dates

Naturalistic study is due next week - Monday 9/19 for F block and Tuesday 9/20 for G block.  Please read the assignment description here.

Reminder that your unit 1 and 2 test is scheduled for Wednesday 9/21.  This date (and all test dates) are outlined on the syllabus.

Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year!

Here is a link to the course syllabus, which includes the sequence of units and test dates.

Please note that any part of the summer assignment can be turned in late for part credit one day late.

Please return the completed signature and information sheet (the half sheet of paper given out in class, also available electronically in the document linked above) by Friday 9/9.