Week+1+Introduction+to+IB+Psychology.


 * Week 1 **
 * Topic(s) **
 * Introduction to Psychology


 * Objective(s) **
 * **Students will be able to define Psychology as a biopsychosocial science **

- Students should be able to **identify** the elements that make Psychology a science - Students will be able to **identify** behaviour as the main object for study in Psychology - Students will be able to **differentiate** Psychology from Pop psych and Psychobabble

- Students will be able to **describe** how different disciplines (Biology, Anthropology, Sociology, and Philosophy) are related to Psychology. - Students will produce a time line where they’ll **explain** how Psychology was born and how it has evolved through time.
 * **Students will be able to outline how psychological knowledge is generated **


 * Activities / Strategies **


 * **Name ** || **Level/Type ** || **Description ** || **Handout/file/ Sources ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write your own definition of Psychology || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">S-L / Individual || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+ Before reading or discussing anything, students will write a definition of what they think Psychology is,

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> + Later they will compare it with other students and highlighting what they have in common.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+ Later the teacher will provide a definition that they will revise proposing improvements. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">APA Definition of Psychology ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Popular Myths in Psychology || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">S-L/Group, jigsaw || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+ In teams, students will be handed 1 popular myth in Psychology. They will have to come up with an idea on how to prove if it is true or false.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+ Students will form different groups where they will share the myth and proposal that they worked on in their previous teams. The present team will choose the myth with the best proposal, make the necessary improvements and present it to the rest of the class. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Translated version of the myths from the book “Mitos comunes en Psicología" ||
 * Research from Textbook || S-L / Individual || + Students will read the research in pages 8-9 of their textbook... ||  ||




 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Level Key ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">H . || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Higher achiever ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">S || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Standard achiever ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">L || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Lower achiever ||


 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Type Key ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Individual . || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Activity performed completely by the student himself. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Pairs || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Acitivty performed in pairs to either to share, check or generate results. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Group || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Activity performed in groups, strongly recommended in groups of 3 or 4 and assigned by the teacher. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Peer-Assess . || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Activity that will be marked by peers. mark scheme should be provided before hand and explained. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Self Assess . || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Activity that will be marked by one self. Mark scheme should be provided before hand and explained. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">JIgsaw . || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Activity performed in teams with one topic than than change to other teams with people from all topics ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Assessment **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Description ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Link / File ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mark scheme ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Example ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Definition of Psychology || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check individual definitions ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Set short term targets each week/month. Leave time to review targets. || Self-assess, this will help the students understand their own achievments ||  ||   ||   ||


 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Homework **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Objective ** || Students will understand what constitutes a science in order to analyze in class if Psychology is one or not. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Outcome ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Content information that will be used in class to analyze wether Psychology is a Science or not ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Instructions ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Research a definition of Science and the Scientific Method and bring it to class ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Example ** ||  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Link / File/source ** || You can use sources online as long as they have an **author and they are cited correctly** ||


 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Resources **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Description **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **/ Link** ||
 * Welcome to IB psychology! || [[file:Welcome to IB Psychology!.pptx]] ||


 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Cross- curricular links **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Subject ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Description ** ||
 * ToK || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Physiological psychology is often criticised for being ‘reductionist’- what does this mean? ||
 * ToK || How other subjects relate to Psychology ||