Unit 6: Learning & Cognition
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Unit 6: Learning & Cognition
Unit Essential Questions:
Learning:How do we learn and how does learning affect our behaviors?
Cognition:
How do memory, thinking, and intelligence affect the details of everyday life?
How do we remember, but also forget?
How do we solve problems, and are we intelligent?
Corresponding Modules/Chapters in Text: (Thinking About Psychology Text)
Learning: Modules 14, 15, 16
Cognition: Modules 22, 23, 24, 25
Grades for the 3rd & 4th Quarter
Assessments:
- Test on the Learning part of the unit (~40 points, 4th Quarter)
- Cognition Stations Activity (15 points, 4th Quarter)
- How do we remember? Activity (5 points; 4th Quarter)
- Test on the Cognition part of the unit (~20 points, 4th Quarter)
- Teaching Activity: How Do We Teach to Learn? (26 points, 4th Quarter)
Practice:
- (Optional Grade) Classical Conditioning Practice (10 points, 3rd Quarter)
- HW # 1: Are you Intelligent? Response (10 points)