"Things to Do" List (Challenge & Change)
Tues. Oct. 15 - EXPERIMENT - all data (spreadsheet) and a graph
Thurs. Oct. 17 - CHALLENGE --> use CBT to STOP any stereotyping thoughts for the next three weeks!!
Don't forget about the Open Project - due in January!
EVENT FYI - Wed. Oct. 16 - Coping with Climate Change - 7 pm - Causerie
EVENT FYI - Thurs Oct. 24 - Indigenous philosophy and climate change - 7 pm UW
FYI - University visits at KCI! --> Sign up a day in advance in guidance.
Thurs. Oct. 17 - CHALLENGE --> use CBT to STOP any stereotyping thoughts for the next three weeks!!
Don't forget about the Open Project - due in January!
EVENT FYI - Wed. Oct. 16 - Coping with Climate Change - 7 pm - Causerie
EVENT FYI - Thurs Oct. 24 - Indigenous philosophy and climate change - 7 pm UW
FYI - University visits at KCI! --> Sign up a day in advance in guidance.
What We Did Today
Fri. Oct. 11
- trends in prejudices - what's changed and why?
- Theodore Adorno's Authoritarian Scale
- Left/Right --> Radical Left / Alt Light/Alt Right (FYI - more info here and then more on gamergate here)
Thurs. Oct. 10
- stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination --> what are they
- mascots, statues, and school/street names; hallowe'en costumes
Wed. Oct. 9
- look at that study we did again --> DO your experiments!!
- take up the test (answers here)
Tues. Oct. 8
- Test!
Mon. Oct. 7
- review for the test --> here's the jeopardy game we played (and then some)
(FYI - thread of critical analysis of The Joker with spoilers)
Fri. Oct. 4
- finish conflict theory
- look at all theories together in a chart
Thurs. Oct. 3
- sociology: functionalism and conflict theory
Wed. Oct. 2
- look at that survey we did
- practice making graphs
Tues. Oct. 1
- effect of hormones on personality:
- OCD first-person experience (Button Poetry 3 min. video)
- OCD - David Sedaris (excerpt)
- Caster Semenya challenging gender in sports
Mon. Sept. 30
- CBT and AA (steps here)
- neuropsychology
- psychopath who diagnosed himself in a brain scan
- mirror neurons
- PTSD - The Bear's Embrace (excerpt with her in hospital) and aftermath
Fri. Sept. 27
- work period
Thurs. Sept. 26
- CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy
Wed. Sept. 25
- Experiment Pre Lab
- Jung's persona and shadow and collective unconscious
- bit more of behaviour conditioning
Tues. Sept. 24
- bit more on Jungian typology
- behavioural conditioning (and here's a bird doing tricks)
Mon. Sept. 23
- psych - Freud (id/ego/superego; transactional analysis) and Jung's typology
- FYI - Prodigal Son story and Freud in Ferris Bueller's Day Off --> Ferris (id), Jeanie (superego) and Charlie Sheen is in his ego
Thurs. Sept. 17
- go over research paragraph expectations
- psychology - Freud
Wed. Sept. 16
- work period on researching for the experiment
Mon. Sept. 14 - Tues. Sept. 15
- more on cultural anth and ritual work
Fri. Sept. 13
- discuss article #1 and breaking norms challenge
- cultural anth --> demographics - culture effects entire generations (Louis CK)
Thurs. Sept. 12
- a bit about the next Experiment section: researching write-ups
- physical anth: nature, instincts for survival, adaptations, alphas
(FYI - Alan Weisman got a new idea for how to slow population growth)
Wed. Sept. 11
- do a sample article assignment together
- time to do the first article assignment
Tues. Sept. 10
- finish discussing methodology quiz
- go over APA formatting
- overview of general Theories of Behaviour
- discuss on-going article assignment
Mon. Sept. 9
- challenges and changes you raised
- media reporting problems (more spurious correlations)
- methodology quiz
Fri. Sept. 6
- more on the scientific method
- how to compare claims in order to determine the more credible claim
- media reporting problems
Thurs. Sept. 5
- bit more about the experiment - any questions
- what is social science
- scientific method --> here's that journal ranking scale
Wed. Sept. 4
- experiment introduction --> discuss topics
(the movie I was talking about was Booksmart)
Tues. September 3
- course outline and discussion
- look at sample marksheet
- introduce the Open Project
- trends in prejudices - what's changed and why?
- Theodore Adorno's Authoritarian Scale
- Left/Right --> Radical Left / Alt Light/Alt Right (FYI - more info here and then more on gamergate here)
Thurs. Oct. 10
- stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination --> what are they
- mascots, statues, and school/street names; hallowe'en costumes
Wed. Oct. 9
- look at that study we did again --> DO your experiments!!
- take up the test (answers here)
Tues. Oct. 8
- Test!
Mon. Oct. 7
- review for the test --> here's the jeopardy game we played (and then some)
(FYI - thread of critical analysis of The Joker with spoilers)
Fri. Oct. 4
- finish conflict theory
- look at all theories together in a chart
Thurs. Oct. 3
- sociology: functionalism and conflict theory
Wed. Oct. 2
- look at that survey we did
- practice making graphs
Tues. Oct. 1
- effect of hormones on personality:
- OCD first-person experience (Button Poetry 3 min. video)
- OCD - David Sedaris (excerpt)
- Caster Semenya challenging gender in sports
Mon. Sept. 30
- CBT and AA (steps here)
- neuropsychology
- psychopath who diagnosed himself in a brain scan
- mirror neurons
- PTSD - The Bear's Embrace (excerpt with her in hospital) and aftermath
Fri. Sept. 27
- work period
Thurs. Sept. 26
- CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy
Wed. Sept. 25
- Experiment Pre Lab
- Jung's persona and shadow and collective unconscious
- bit more of behaviour conditioning
Tues. Sept. 24
- bit more on Jungian typology
- behavioural conditioning (and here's a bird doing tricks)
Mon. Sept. 23
- psych - Freud (id/ego/superego; transactional analysis) and Jung's typology
- FYI - Prodigal Son story and Freud in Ferris Bueller's Day Off --> Ferris (id), Jeanie (superego) and Charlie Sheen is in his ego
Thurs. Sept. 17
- go over research paragraph expectations
- psychology - Freud
Wed. Sept. 16
- work period on researching for the experiment
Mon. Sept. 14 - Tues. Sept. 15
- more on cultural anth and ritual work
Fri. Sept. 13
- discuss article #1 and breaking norms challenge
- cultural anth --> demographics - culture effects entire generations (Louis CK)
Thurs. Sept. 12
- a bit about the next Experiment section: researching write-ups
- physical anth: nature, instincts for survival, adaptations, alphas
(FYI - Alan Weisman got a new idea for how to slow population growth)
Wed. Sept. 11
- do a sample article assignment together
- time to do the first article assignment
Tues. Sept. 10
- finish discussing methodology quiz
- go over APA formatting
- overview of general Theories of Behaviour
- discuss on-going article assignment
Mon. Sept. 9
- challenges and changes you raised
- media reporting problems (more spurious correlations)
- methodology quiz
Fri. Sept. 6
- more on the scientific method
- how to compare claims in order to determine the more credible claim
- media reporting problems
Thurs. Sept. 5
- bit more about the experiment - any questions
- what is social science
- scientific method --> here's that journal ranking scale
Wed. Sept. 4
- experiment introduction --> discuss topics
(the movie I was talking about was Booksmart)
Tues. September 3
- course outline and discussion
- look at sample marksheet
- introduce the Open Project