Introduction+to+Psychology


 * __Notes on Human Diversity and Psychology __**

__Directions: __ Read pages 18-21 in your textbook. Use Post-It notes to take notes on what you read and place these within the pages of your book. Write down questions, comments, connections, and any other thoughts you have as you read. See me if you need Post-It notes.

Use the following suggestions to guide you as you interact with the textbook:

 - What is culture?

Rules of behavior, values, common language.

 - What ways are humans alike?

Rules, religion, live in groups, taste.

 - What behaviors are shared? By men and women?

Death, worries, emotions.

What are sociocultural variables?

**Styles of communicating, aspects of behaviors **

 - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What roles are played by culture?

**<span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Encourages or discourages behavior of thinking. **

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Comment on the graph at the top of page 20 – compare/contrast individualists and collectivists

**<span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Individualists- focus on and value oneself from others. Separate from others, be unique, compete with others, success comes from personal effort. **

**<span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collectivists- think of themselves as a part of family or work groups. Family, work group, success is due to help from others. **

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What types of cultural values are shown in the chart at the bottom of page 20? <span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">Identify 1-10

<span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">She's got a style all her own.

<span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">A more exhilarating way to provide for your family.

<span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">we have a way of bringing people closer together.

<span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">celebrating a half century of partnership.

<span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;">how to protect the most personal part of the environment. <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What physical gestures are similar around the world? Different? Why? <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> The facial expression is the same. Hand gestures are different around the world.
 * Our family agrees with this selection of home furnishings.**
 * A leader among leaders.**
 * make your way through the crowd.**
 * Your business success: Harmonizing with (Company Name).**

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What is your culture? <span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">My culture is very strict on education and be kind and generous to people.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">How has your culture shaped who you are today?

<span style="color: #632423; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">My culture has shaped me by on how to act and present myself to people.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">How does your cultural background influence your behavior? My cultural background has influenced my by on how I act and talk to others.

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Opener: __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> What are some ways in which teens think differently from adults? Describe and share an example from your experiences.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Teens are immature in the brain compared to the adults. Teens think that there will not be a bad consequence or any other consequence in the future.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Share your response with a partner. Add their thoughts in another color.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">They are less exposed to the society and does not tend to judge.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Go to the website: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[]

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 1 //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">: Read the “Introduction” section. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- What is the purpose of this report from PBS? What do they hope to prove? The purpose of this report is to study the mind of the cvommon adolescent and their behaviors.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- What are some of the new developments in adolescent brain research? they have disvoered that sleep deprivation can lead to the inablility to obtain abstrafct info.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- What parts of this report interest you the most? Explain. the parts of this report that interested me the most was that sleep depirvation one as we live thorught stages now.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 2: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Click on “The Teen Brain is a Work in Progress” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Pick either the interview with Jay Giedd or Deborah Yurgelun-Todd to read. Summarize their main points on the teenage brain. What do you think about their research? This is accurate for the teenage brain. it is very similar.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Pick one other article on this page to read. Explain why you chose this one, and summarize the article. The article has similar ways i think of the teenage brain how we are not experienced at times.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 3: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Click on “How much can science tell us?” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Pick one interview to read. Summarize their argument, and share your thoughts on what they want to prove. **Why is Phineas Gage’s story important to the study of the brain in psychology?**   it is because it helps the study of the brain psychologoy. **- How did Phineas Gage change after the accident?** **He became violent and started to use unnessarry words like cuss words.**

it was changed because it was different from the understanding of the brain.
 * - How did Phineas Gage’s accident change scientists’ understanding of the brain?**
 * - Recalling what you have learned regarding the frontal lobe, what possible problems or abnormalities may **
 * Gage have presented with subsequent to this type of injury (remember the precise location of the rod through **
 * his brain)? **