FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Choose our Test Takers for Today's Test!

AGENDA:

• M.C. TEST TODAY OVER MODULES 4.5a-4.6c:
  • PERSONALITY FINAL TEST - TAKEN IN QUIA
• Work on completing your Test Corrections - 1/4 point for each question correction
  • Instructions for finding your test results in Quia
  • Test Correction Worksheet - please print off and write out your corrections (do not type)
  • Complete your Improving My Test Performance Sheet if you earned below an 80%.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & Take Notes on Module 4.7a: Motivational Concepts (pg. 579-586) Due TOMORROW.
• Work on your Personality EBQ Essay in your MyAP College Board Classroom - due TOMORROW.
  • Review how to do this with Mr. Sinn's video on Justifying Psychological Claims

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Review Quiz over Modules 1.4a-1.4c: Parts of the Brain (pg. 63-85) - WEDNESDAY.
• Read & Take Notes on Module 4.7b Affiliation & Achievement (pg. 587-599) for WEDNESDAY.

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Why are you motivated to get good grades? As we discuss the various motivational theories today, see which one explains your motivations.

Review what you've read with Crash Course #17: Power of Motivation

• 0:00  Story of Aron Ralston - story of motivation
• 1:07  Definition of Motivation
• 1:43  Evolutionary Perspective - Instinct Theory
• 2:38  Drive-Reduction Theory
• 3:10  Incentive Theory
• 3:40  Arousal Theory
• 4:40  Maslow Hierarchy of Needs

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Define Motivation and give the 3 characteristics associated with it.
• Define each theory of motivation and give an example for each.
• Know an advantage & disadvantage for each of the theories of motivation.
• Describe and provide an example for each of Maslow's level in the Hierarchy of Needs
• How does the Yerkes Dodson Law explain optimal levels of arousal?

AGENDA:

• Module 4.7a: Motivational Concepts PP Notes (Virtual Lecture)
  • Go over each Theory focusing on their advantages (which types of behaviors they explain well) and disadvantages (behaviors they can't explain the motives for).
  • As we go over each kind of Motivation Theory quickly together, complete the Motivational Theories Def. & Examples sheet in our Google Classroom to further your understanding.
  • Optimal Arousal Theory explains why people do this.
  • Yerkes-Dodson Law & Arousal - How it applies to sports (4 min)
  • The Curiousity Motive: What happens when we're told to NOT do something? Derren Brown's power of negative suggestion (3 min)
    • Which theory would best explain this kind of behavior?
      
      
• REVIEW WHAT YOU KNOW...
• Mr. Sinn Videos:
  • Theories of Motivation
  • BioPsychSocial Motivational Factors (Hunger, Social Factors)
• The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - a 10 minute animated review.
• Review many of the major Motivational Theories using these sites:
  • Flip It! video review: Theories of Motivation (5 min)
  • Textbook Website Flashcards for Module 37
  • SparkNotes Review of Motivation
  • Boundless Psychology's Explanation of each Theory of Motivation

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Review Quiz over Modules 1.4a-1.4c: Parts of the Brain (pg. 63-85) - TOMORROW.
  • Study: methods of studying the brain, lower level brain parts, lobes of the brain, split-brain studies, plasticity.
• Read & Take Notes on Module 4.7b Affiliation & Achievement (pg. 587-599) for TOMORROW.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & take notes on Module 4.7c: Hunger Motivation (pg. 599-607) - DUE THURSDAY.
  

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Match the theory to the definition or behavior – Quizlet Live activity (Want to study these on your own? Click HERE) - To use these you must "join" our class using this LINK.

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What evidence is there that we have a need for affiliation or a need to belong?
• Explain how social networking influences us.
• Describe achievement motivation and identify ways to encourage achievement.

AGENDA:

• Review Quiz over Parts of the Brain (covers Modules 1.4a-1.4c)
  
  
• Module 4.7b: Affiliation & Achievement (Virtual Lecture):
  • As we go over more types of Motivation Theories together, complete the Motivational Theories Def. & Examples sheet in our Google Classroom to further your understanding.
  • What is self-determination theory and what factors influence us?
  • How does our need to be with others motivate us? How has social media affected that?

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & take notes on Module 4.7c: Hunger Motivation (pg. 599-607) - DUE TOMORROW.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & Take Notes on Module 4.8a: Theories of Emotion (pg. 608-612) for MONDAY AFTER BREAK.
  

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: How do our eating habits affect us? Quick overview of Supersize movie

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Describe how homeostasis works and the difference between positive and negative energy balances.
• Identify the various hormones that influence hunger and satiety.
• Explain the process that occurs biologically to make us hungry and full.
• Explain the role of the lateral and ventromedial hypothalamus as it pertains to hunger.
• Compare & contrast set point and settling point theories of body weight regulation
• Discuss the factors that influence becoming overweight including evolutionary influences.
• What happens to fat cells when you lose weight?
• Explain how environment, psychological & evolutionary influences affect weight gain (social facilitation, unit bias, cafeteria diet effect)

AGENDA:

• Module 4.7c: Hunger Motivation PP Notes: (Virtual Lecture)
  • Complete your Hunger Chart (completed version) handout as you review your notes & the PP notes.
    • Know the difference between BMR & BMI.
    • Want to calculate your own Body Mass Index?  Click here to try.
  • Watch parts of SuperSize Me: Watch end segment to see the results of a 30 day fast-food "diet" - Click here for a quick overview of the whole movie
    • Consider this question you as you watch these segments: Whose responsibility should it be to keep America healthy?
      • Watch Chapter 7 at 19:20 mark for the evolution of sizes - Watch a similar version of this and how American eating habits have changed HERE.
      • Watch Chapter 35 for the final results of his 30 day McDonald's binge (start at 5:20)
      • If time allows: Watch the bonus features and check out the segment on French Fries - The Smoking Fry (5 min).
    • How the World Eats – A comparison of the average family’s diet around the world
  • Create mnemonics to help yourself remember ther hormones associated with Satiety (feeling full) and Hunger. (+1 extra credit)
    
    
• Missed class or need more explanation? Watch these lectures & notes of Hunger:
  • Flip It! Hormones of Hunger (3 min)
  • Detailed Lecture & PP on Hunger Motivation (12 min)
  • Crash Course #17: Power of Motivation
    • 6:33  Hunger Motivation
    • 6:50  Physiology of Hunger
    • 8:05  Minnesota Hunger Experiment - psychological, social and physical effects of starvation
    • 9:35  Need for Socialization
  • Mr. Sinn Videos:
    • BioPsychSocial Motivational Factors (Hunger, Social Factors)
  • Quizlet Live review of Hunger Motivation. Review on your own at Quizlet.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & Take Notes on Module 4.8a: Theories of Emotion (pg. 608-612) for MONDAY AFTER BREAK.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Create mnemonics to help yourself remember ther hormones associated with Satiety (feeling full) and Hunger. (+1 extra credit)