This week your sq3r notes are due for chapter 11. please turn them in by thursday.
Today in class i passed out an article to all students. If you were not in class please see me to obtain a copy.
Homework:
I would like you to read the article and take notes. Provide a one page summary of the article. Include in your summary a comparison to the corresponding section in chapter 11 from your text. Also include your own ideas or analysis of this article. This should be typed and at lease one full page.
see me with questions.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Final Exam
Wednesday at 10:10 is your final for the first semester. I want to tell you that the final will be very difficult and I expect that you will need to study quite a bit. Click here for review questions
In addition I will include your final essay question ahead of time and will allow you to spend time at home outlining the essay, answering the question, organizing your thoughts and then devise a memory mnemonic to help you remember it for your final. Here is the question.
Elio has a theory that regular exercise can improve thinking. Help him design an experiment evaluating this theory.
Remember to first make an outline to help organize your thoughts.......
Remember to include everything you know about experiment design like: independent and dependent variables, control, type of study, experimenter bias......
good luck!
In addition I will include your final essay question ahead of time and will allow you to spend time at home outlining the essay, answering the question, organizing your thoughts and then devise a memory mnemonic to help you remember it for your final. Here is the question.
Elio has a theory that regular exercise can improve thinking. Help him design an experiment evaluating this theory.
Remember to first make an outline to help organize your thoughts.......
Remember to include everything you know about experiment design like: independent and dependent variables, control, type of study, experimenter bias......
good luck!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Behavorial Modification Project Questions
Your project should be well under way at this point. I have received some questions regarding the best way to present the data that you have collected. Remember that you should have already collected data regarding the amount of times/day/hour....that you notice this behavior. You were also to understand the antecedents that occur prior to this behavior that you wish to change.
For example let's say I'm trying to quit swearing. I need to get a baseline or figure out how often I swear. I count the amount of times over two days that I swear. This information will be part of my data and will go on a graph. The third day I take a look at the antecedents or behavior that occurs prior to swearing. For example, on the third day I notice that I swear most often when I drive my car. This is an antecedent to the behavior that I would like to change. Over the next few days I would try to reduce my swearing by:
1) Knowing that every time i get behind the wheel I'm more likely to swear - so prepare ahead of time to say "shucks" or that "that person must be mentally challenged" instead of my usual cuss words.
2) Reward myself with 10 extra minutes in the swimming pool if I did not swear once in the car.
3) Observe this behavior over three days and get the data totals.
This data should be recorded and first put in a data table. I would then use the data from the table to display the results in a graphic form.
I would include all data on the graph using a separate color to display the first two days of observing my behavior, another color to show when I was observing the antecedents and finally a third color to show when I had my plan of using other words and reward system.
email me with specific questions
Happy New Year!
For example let's say I'm trying to quit swearing. I need to get a baseline or figure out how often I swear. I count the amount of times over two days that I swear. This information will be part of my data and will go on a graph. The third day I take a look at the antecedents or behavior that occurs prior to swearing. For example, on the third day I notice that I swear most often when I drive my car. This is an antecedent to the behavior that I would like to change. Over the next few days I would try to reduce my swearing by:
1) Knowing that every time i get behind the wheel I'm more likely to swear - so prepare ahead of time to say "shucks" or that "that person must be mentally challenged" instead of my usual cuss words.
2) Reward myself with 10 extra minutes in the swimming pool if I did not swear once in the car.
3) Observe this behavior over three days and get the data totals.
This data should be recorded and first put in a data table. I would then use the data from the table to display the results in a graphic form.
I would include all data on the graph using a separate color to display the first two days of observing my behavior, another color to show when I was observing the antecedents and finally a third color to show when I had my plan of using other words and reward system.
email me with specific questions
Happy New Year!
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