Portfolio Information
Understanding Data Portfolio:
- Create a powerpoint presentation/google slides presentation.
- Compare two types of data. For example, how many people went to burger king vs mcdonalds in 2020. Or graduation rates in 1992 between Latinos and Asian Americans.
- Answer these questions:
- What did you figure out from the data?
- Are these statistics important? Yes or No, and explain why.
- What did you figure out from the data?
Hormones, Heredity, and Environment Portfolio
- Create a powerpoint presentation/google slides
- Go to https://www.apa.org/monitor/apr04/herit.html and read it.
- Answer the questions:
- Why are twin studies important in behavioral genetics research?
- What does the research say about the effect of the environment on IQ scores in poor homes versus affluent homes(wealthy)?
- What are your final thoughts on this article?
- Will these findings be useful to other people researching this? Yes or No and why?
Dreams Portfolio
- Use the worksheets located at the following links to record your sleep and dreams. Do this for 3-4 days, record your findings and answer the questions below.
- Access the Dream Journal to keep track of your dreams. Also, the Sleep Journal will help you track your sleep behavior.
- Some questions to keep in mind:
- Are your dreams in color?
- Do you have a "sense of time" in your dream?
- What emotions did you have during your dream?
- How many different dreams can you remember in one night?
- Do the same people, events, or places reoccur in different dreams?
- Do some events that happened during the day appear in your dreams?
- If you think about something before going to sleep, does this "something" appear in your dreams?
- Does watching a movie or a TV show influence what you dream about?
- Does eating certain food influence what you dream about?
- Does your mood affect what you dream about? If you are happy, do you dream about different things than if you were sad?
- Are dreams on weekdays different than on the weekends?
- Does the time of year influence what you dream about?
- Does the time you go to sleep influence what you dream about?
- Are nighttime dreams different from dreams you have if you take a nap (or if you fall asleep during class)?
- Are dreams different when you are sick?
- Are dreams different when you take medicine?
- Do you remember dreams you have had in the past? How long ago?
- Do you have the same dreams more than once?
- Are your dreams similar to the dreams of other people in the class?
- Can you remember your dreams better when you wake up by yourself or when you wake up with an alarm clock?
Perceptions Portfolio:
Complete the assignment. This is a portfolio item. When you are finished, please submit your answers to your teacher using the Drop Box below.
Complete the assignment. This is a portfolio item. When you are finished, please submit your answers to your teacher using the Drop Box below.
- Describe the structure of a neuron and explain the function of each of its major parts.
- Explain the interaction between the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.
- If the corpus callosum is severed, how might this affect the way that we perceive the world?
- How might modern brain imaging techniques be useful to psychologists?
- Explain at least one potential implication for the genetic diagnosis of traits such as intelligence and criminality.
- Briefly explain Freud's theory of dreams.
- Explain Gestalt theory, and cite an example.
- Explain the difference between absolute threshold and difference threshold.
- Explain, in detail, the process of vision.
- Describe the Gestalt principles of proximity, similarity, continuity, and closure.
Social Development Theory:
- Perform an Internet search on the most current research going on in developmental psychology.
- First, you should present your findings using these key points:
- Type of research
- The primary person/people involved in the research
- Next, write an approximately one to two paragraph assessment of this research.
- Do any of them seem more viable, compelling, or useful than the others?
- What distinguishes this research from past developmental research/theories?
- Do you see any possibilities for the future of developmental psychology that have not been explored?