FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Do you suffer from sleep debt? Take this sleep survey - score yourself using the scoring system at the bottom.

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Module 1.5c : Sleep Loss, Disorders:
  • Explain what sleep deprivation studies show us.
  • Name and describe the main characteristics of the major sleep disorders.

AGENDA:

• Module 1.5c: Sleep Disorders PP: (Virtual Lecture)
  • Feel free to use the Sleep Disorder Chart in Google Classroom and fill it out using your notes for the text, PP Notes & online videos.
  • Sleep Disorders Video Examples:
    • Narcolepsy/Cateplexy:
      • Dogs with Narcolepsy:
        • Rusty The Narcoleptic Dog
        • Skeeter the Narcoleptic Poodle
        • Narcoleptic Dobermans
      • Humans with Narcolepsy:
        • Narcolepsy Explained (5 min) - Harvard Medical School
        • Living with Narcolepsy (3 min)
        • Cateplexy in children (2 min)
        • Living with Cateplexy (3 min)
    • Sleep Apnea (2 min)
    • Example of REM Sleep Disorder (2 min)
    • Bruxism - Teeth Grinding (2 min)
    • Night Terrors, Sleep Walking, REM Sleep Disorder (2 min)
    • Sleeping Beauty Syndrome - Ever feel like you could sleep for a week? This girl does! (2 min) - Scroll down to see video.
    • What happens when you are unable to sleep...ever?
      • Fatal Familial Insomnia (4 min)
  • Sleep Deprivation
• Can a person survive on naps alone? Watch Scientific American Frontiers “Catching Catnaps” (11:45) (Segment 13 on DVD or 34:35-46:45 on YouTube video clip)
  • Which stages of sleep are most important?
  • How does lack of sleep or “bonus” sleep affect mood?
• Know someone who works the night shift? 
  • Read Does Night Shift Cause the Metabolism to go Haywire?
    

ASSIGNMENTS:

• There will be a quiz WEDNESDAY over Modules 1.5a - 1.5c. Start Studying your notes!
• EXTRA CREDIT: Write a summary, explain how it relates to our class info and what you thought of it. +1 each, limit 2.
  • Did Covid Change the Way We Dream? (Podcast or Article) - You can create your own NY Times account using the school's access - Go to https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/digitalpass and using your school email, set up an account.
  • How to Know if You're Sleep Deprived - NY Times Article
  • Can Sleep Deprivation Cure Depression?
  • Wake-Up and Dream! Radio Lab Podcast on Lucid Dreaming.
  • Falling Asleep: Still Hanging On - Possible explanation for the hypnagogic jerk.
  • RadioLab - The Fix - Could we treat addiction as a medical problem and simply treat it with medication?

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• SLEEP PROBLEMS OF YOUR OWN?
• Questions about Teens & Sleep? Sleep Experts Answer Your Questions About Sleep
• Ask the Sleep expert Q & A:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/walker-sleep.html - Many common questions people have about sleep are answered here. Check it out!
• Need help getting a good night’s sleep?  Try these tips from the Mayo Clinic.
• Having issues with insomnia? Here is a slideshow that gives tips for get some more sleep.
• Like to read your phone or tablet before going to bed? The light can keep you up. Here's what the research say

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: What's the weirdest dream you've ever had? What do you think it means or why did you dream about this?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Module 1.5c : Dreams:
  • What purpose does dreaming serve?
  • Why don't we remember most of our dreams?

AGENDA:

• Module 1.5c: Dream Power Point Notes (Virtual Lecture)
  • Watch online “What’s in a Dream?” (13:00) from Scientific American Frontiers (Segment #14 from DVD or Episode 703: 30:25-43:55 online)
  • ASAP Science - Lucid Dreaming (2 min)
    
    
  • Interested in Learning More About Dreams? Try These Videos:
    • How do Blind People Dream? Tommy Edison explains (1 min)
    • Could we Record Our Dreams? - ASAP Science (4 min)
      
      
  • Review Dream Lesson:
    • Crash Course: Sleep
      • Dreams (6:12-7:25)
      • Why do we Dream? Dream Theories (7:25-10:00)
    • Flip It! - Why We Dream: Dream Theories (3 min)
    • The Science of Dreaming - Hank from Crash Course Explains (9 min)
    • Why do We Dream? - Vsauce (6 min) - Covers dream theories & how dreams aid in memory.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• There will be a quiz TOMORROW over Modules 1.5a - 1.5c. Start Studying your notes!
  • Sleep & Consciousness Practice Test (this contains some info that may not be in our current chapter).
• Read & Take Notes on Module 1.6a: Sensation Basics & Thresholds (pg. 115-120) for TOMORROW.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & Take Notes on Module 1.6a: Sensory Adaptation (pg. 120-123) for THURSDAY.

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Mr. Sinn - Bottom-Up, Top-Down Processing (3 min)

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Explain the difference between sensation & perception. Give an example for each.
• What is meant by bottom-up and top-down processing?
• What takes place in the process of transduction?

AGENDA:

• SLEEP QUIZ OVER MODULES 1.5A-C
  
  
• INTRODUCTION TO MODULE 1.6A: SENSATION: (Virtual Lecture 0:00-11:00)
• What is the difference between Sensation & Perception
  • Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Processing?  Backwards masking in songs. (Do this using the instructions found in our Module 16 PP notes above). 
    

Review this lesson on Sensation/Perception:

• Flip It! Video Review on Bottom-Up, Top-Down Processing (3 min)
• Psych in the Fastlane: Bottom-Up vs Top-Down Processing (3 min)

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & Take Notes on Module 1.6a: Sensory Adaptation (pg. 120-123) for TOMORROW.
• Sensation Unit Learning Targets - Use these to help guide your studying!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Which bottle weighs the same? An in-class Pill Bottle Demo of your power to perceive weight. – Write down which little pill bottle you think weighs the same as the big pill bottle? (We'll do this when I return)

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What is Transduction?
• Explain the difference between absolute threshold and just noticable difference/difference threshold?
• Explain the difference between Weber's Law & Signal Detection Theory
• Can we be influenced by subliminal messages?
• Why is it considered a good thing that sensory adaptation & selective attention prevents you noticing everything?

AGENDA:

• Module 1.6a: Threshold Theories & Sensory Adaptation PowerPoint: (Virtual Lecture)
  • A quick demo of the difference between Absolute and Difference Thresholds using volume - I need three volunteers.
  • Competition for Weber’s Law – The Signal Detection Theory considers stimulus variables + environmental variables + Organismic variables.  (Explain how this was used for military and/or doctor training).
    • Still need help understanding Thresholds & Weber's Law?
      • Review Sensation & Perception & todays notes using these slides
      • Try this Threshold & Signal Detection Theory - Mr. Schallhorn's online lecture (7 min)
      • Absolute vs Difference Thershold & Weber's Law: A Real World Example (3 min)
      • Watch this short review on Weber's Law (2 min)
      • Watch this Flip It! Video on Signal Detection Theory (4 min)

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & Take Notes on Module 1.6b: The Parts of Vision (pg. 124-128) for TOMORROW

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Need more review of Threshold, Weber's Law & Signal Detection Theory:

• Mr. Sinn's Review (watch 8:10-12:21)

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Explain the difference between hue and amplitude as it relates to vision.
• Describe the steps that light takes traveling through the eye.
• Explain the function of the parts of they eye and know the order in which they are used in vision.
• Explain how the blind spot shows an example of your brain's top-down processing.
• Describe the functions of the three layers of the retina
• Explain the two visual pathways of the brain and how blindsight demonstrates the dual processing nature of the visual system.

AGENDA:

• Module 1.6b - Vision PP Notes (VIRTUAL LECTURE)
  • Start to Color & Label our own eye diagram
  • Look into my eyes – See the incredible changing pupil
  • Review the last few lessons' topics using Crash Course #5 (7 min)
    
    
• Review Today's Lesson:
  • Quick Review of the Eye and it's parts (2 min)
  • Flip It! Video: Rods & Cones (4 min)
  • The Human Eye tutorial (6 min)
  • 2 Visual Pathways in the brain explained through the case study of Blind Sight (V.S. Ramachandran) - (Starts at 15:30-23:30) - We watched this when we learned about the brain's dual processing!

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Read & take notes on pages 128-134 on Color Processing & Feature Detection for MONDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• Vision Quiz next week - Study!
  • Try these Textbook Website Flashcards
• EXTRA CREDIT: complete the Extra Credit Summary Sheet (copies available in classroom handouts box). + 1 point.
  • Colors - Radio Lab episodes on our color perception - choose one of the three to listen to and write a short summary on what you learned and how it can be applied to the principles we learned about color vision. (+1)