Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
Read this piece in the NYtimes on the prevalence of prescribed anti depressants and be ready to discuss! Consider the following questions/statements: What are the difficulties of treating depression amongst the “emerging adult” age group, 18-28? Why are anti depressants so readily prescribed? What neurotransmitter …
We’ve already discussed various questions that the Human Sciences concern themselves with. We discussed that many of these questions are “Normative” in nature…meaning they concern themselves with what humans OUGHT to do. Dilemmas of behavior that people face are referred to as MORAL DILEMMAS or …
Psychology is a science. It utilizes the following research methods in order to formulate, test, and refine hypotheses regarding human behavior: case study naturalistic observation survey correlational study Experiment In all the above, Psychological researchers are guided by the Ethics put forth by the American …
Read the incredible article, The Brain on Trial by neuroscientist David Eagelman director of the Baylor Laboratory of Behavior and Perception on the incredibly profound effects brain chemistry has on our behavior. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-brain-on-trial/308520/ The article brings up a number of questions including: 1. Do we have …
For our first option in year 2 psychology, we’ll be investigating Abnormal Psychology. A Learning outcome of the unit is, “Discuss the concepts of normality and abnormality” This learning activity will focus your understanding around this topic and see that “abnormal” is not a concept …
After we’ve read about Simulation Theory, Expansionary theory and now watched the incredible “Fabric of the Cosmos” by NOVA and Brian Greene, your mind is probably (and hopefully) spinning. If you began our math unit certain that the laws of physics and mathematics were “in …
Euclid’s Geometry seemed pretty immutable…that is until Riemann came along in the mid 19th century and created new axioms of geometry. They were as follows: A. Two points may determine more than one line B. All lines are finite in length but endless– i.e. circles …
“From Big Bang to Little Swish” Read this article and highlight via Diigo app! This is an intro to expansionary theory–the latest theory regarding the origins of the universe. We’ll delve much deeper into this topic later! But some important knowledge questions to consider are: …
LInk to “doodling in math part 2” How do these “natural patterns” that correspond to the Fibonacci sequence support or refute the Simulation Hypothesis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOIP_Z_-0Hs
Read the NYTimes article below: This brings up amazing ideas regarding the platonic nature of math, reason and math as a #wok and issues of creation and #cosmology For further information, listen to Nick Bostrom explain both his Simulation Argument and his Simulation Hypothesis …