Don’t give me attitude!!! I seem to be always telling people not to give me attitude. I tell my wife about once a week, my kids about once a day, and my students about once a minute. When I say attitude, I am trying to tell people to show respect. In reality an attitude is … Continue reading “Don”
Perception is the way we interpret the information we sense. The way we interpret the world in many ways dictates our sense of reality. Even if our senses are keen (like superman on crack), if our perception is skewed we will not understand the information we sense. Lets first go over some basic definitions and … Continue reading “Perception”
Research Methods and Statistics General Resources: Research Methods Knowledge Base Methods in Behavioral Research (textbook with links) Research Methods Tutorials (from Cornell University) Action Research Resources (megasite on action research) Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet Psychological Methods (APA journal) Getting Started Researching on the Web: Web Tools for Research in Psychology Library Research in … Continue reading “Neuroscience and the Brain”
Me and my gang. Throughout my life I have noticed that I act differently around different groups of people. Around my old fraternity friends I am swear and talk about beer and women, but around my fellow teachers I talk about curriculum and differentiating instruction. In other words, the people around us affect the way … Continue reading “Me and my gang”
Most of you reading this (taking an AP class) probably consider yourselves intelligent (don’t worry, I am sure you are- even if you are not- I still like you). But how do you really know if you are? Well you could take an intelligent type test; and the two most popular are the Stanford-Binet and … Continue reading “What is Intelligence?”
I love you…no wait. I hate you. I am not sure, but you are hot. Throughout your life (and in particular high school) you will feel alot of powerful emotions towards others. Three of the big ones will be love, hate and attraction. Aggression and Antisocial Behavior Coming from a law enforcement background and even … Continue reading “I love you”
Language There was a time when I was younger that I would go clubbing and show off my dancing skills. When I first walked into the club I would get my mack on and talk to girls by the bar. When I took the action to the dance floor the music was so loud as … Continue reading “Language”
Cognitive psychology is the most popular school of psychology today. Cognitive psychologists focus on our thinking patterns. They are concerned with how our mind processing information and the schemas we form (see Piaget). Unlike other schools of psychology, cognitive psychologists use the scientific method to analyze thought patterns. If you break up with your significant … Continue reading “Cognitive School”
B Babbling stage Beginning at 3 to 4 months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language Barbiturates Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment Basal metabolic rate The body’s resting rate of … Continue reading “Babbling stage”
Motivation Achievement motivation a desire for significant accomplishment: mastery of things, people, or ideas, for attaining a high standard Anorexia nervosa an eating disorder in which a normal-weight person (usually an adolescent female) diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve Basal metabolic rate the body’s resting rate of energy expenditure … Continue reading “Motivation”
