Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
Read the article by Stephen Marche from the Atlantic titled, “Is facebook making us lonely?” linked below: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/ Reflect on some key quotes below: “We know intuitively that loneliness and being alone are not the same thing. Solitude can be lovely. Crowded parties can be …
There are a variety of theories regarding stereotype formation. Your job is to understand them all and decide which one, based on research and your own analysis of course, is the most valid. Stereotypes are defined as a social perception of an individual in terms …
This was the question driving Stanley Milgrim as he sat down in his office at Yale in the early 1960s. Milgrim would go on to develop and carry out the most famous series of social psychology experiments in the history of the discipline. Read about …
http://www.christinecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nature_vs_nurture_iStock_000018726634long.jpg My article on Nature vs. Nurture below…it discusses in detail the twin study, and gives (i think) great insight into some learning outcomes from bio level of analysis! Urban Fam Winter 10-11
Flash Bulb Memories: One of the effects of emotion on cognition that we’ll study is the phenomena of “Flash Bulb Memories” The idea was first put forth by Brown and Kulik in 1977. Download the PDF below to better understand Flash Bulb Memories and …
ISIS is horrible. Evil. Terrible and Destructive. But no one debates this fact. What they do debate is what to do about it? Will putting troops on the ground and initiating a massive offensive against the group and the land they hold be akin to …
Download the Learning Helper below and use the articles linked below to facilitate your understanding of the ways in which culture can affect our cognition: Sociocultural_Effects_on_Cognition University of Michigan research on the perceptual differences of Americans and Japanese: http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/080800hth-behavior-culture.html Research on how language can affect …
Opening the Door to Editing Memories: New research at the BLOA may one day give us the option! Read the excellent article below that contains within it excellent research and background information regarding the role of biological processes in memory formation (interaction between physiology and …
In order to address this learning outcome, we’ll look at studies by Richard Davidson of the AMAZING UW-Madison. This one from 2004 in which he analyzed the brain waves of monks versus non meditating indivuduals and found that Monks produced more gamma waves which contribute to …