1. The document discusses various topics related to human senses and perception including visual illusions, absolute thresholds for different senses, taste receptors, and perceptual constancies.
2. It provides links to videos about visual illusions and supertasters and poses discussion questions about evolutionary advantages of being a supertaster and factors influencing food preferences.
3. Activities are suggested including testing whether someone is a supertaster using blue food coloring, delivering a speech on salt and sugar needs, and conducting a blindfolded taste experiment.
The document discusses key concepts for preparing program budgets, including estimating expenses and income. It is best to overestimate expenses and underestimate income to allow for flexibility. Expenses can be fixed or variable. If costs exceed budgets, options include simplifying materials, reducing staff, or finding cheaper facilities. If income is lower, delivery costs could be reduced. The document also provides tips for increasing program participants through audience analysis, marketing, and constant program improvement.
This document provides an overview of 5 important psychologists: Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, and John B. Watson. It summarizes their key theories and contributions to the field of psychology.
Michael Jackson's behavior is analyzed through different psychological perspectives. From a psychodynamic view, his obsession with plastic surgery and alleged misbehavior with young boys suggests an id-driven personality. Behaviorally, his inappropriate actions continued to be rewarded with publicity, either positive or negative. From a sociocultural perspective, Jackson's extensive plastic surgery may have been an attempt to distance himself from African American features due to lower social esteem.
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Carl Jung had a lifelong interest in parapsychology and the occult. He conducted early experiments in telepathy and divination. Jung believed psychic phenomena were manifestations of the human unconscious mind and spirituality. While open-minded, Jung's views on parapsychology were ambiguous due to his scientific training and lack of clear evidence. He explored concepts like synchronicity, individuation, and alchemy through a psychological lens. Jung's fascination with parapsychology contrasted with Freud's skepticism and contributed to their eventual split.
The document discusses archetypes and comparative mythology. It provides examples of common archetypes like swastikas, pentagrams, and mandalas that have appeared independently in diverse cultures and religions. It also describes recurring mythical themes, like dying and resurrected deities who descend into the underworld (such as Osiris, Inanna, Persephone). The document suggests these common symbols and myths arise from the collective unconscious as described by Jung's theory of archetypes emerging from ancient, shared experiences ingrained in humanity.
The six schools of thought covered are biopsychology, sociocultural psychology, cognitive psychology, humanism, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism. Biopsychology examines biological factors like genes and brain chemistry. Socioc
This document provides information about language learning opportunities at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer, Alberta. It lists the languages offered which include French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. It then discusses reasons students learn a second language such as academic, personal interest/relationships, and career reasons. Finally, it outlines some of the benefits of being multilingual such as being more critical thinkers, creative problem solers, and having greater understanding and compassion for other cultures.
This document discusses reasons why students learn a second language at LindsayThurberComprehensiveHighSchool. It offers that students learn second languages for academic, personal, and career reasons. Some of the benefits listed include becoming more critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, understanding of other cultures and ways of seeing the world, and compassionate. The document advocates that learning a second language helps foster respect for others and promotes peace.
This document discusses reasons why students learn a second language at LindsayThurberComprehensiveHighSchool. It offers that students learn a second language for academic, personal, and career reasons, citing examples like enjoying learning the language, being good at it, speaking with family, and career usefulness. It emphasizes that learning a language opens windows to other cultures and makes students more critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, understanding of other people and ways of seeing the world. The document recommends learning a second language as it will not limit one to only English and makes one less dependent on others. It promotes language learning as a way to learn about and respect other cultures, and thereby hope for peace.
This document discusses the benefits of learning a second language. It notes that students study second languages for academic, personal, and career reasons. Learning another language provides a window into other cultures and makes one a more critical and compassionate thinker. Being monolingual limits one's flexibility and independence. The document quotes several sources emphasizing that language learning fosters cultural understanding and respect between all people, with the goal of greater peace.
The six schools of thought covered are biopsychology, sociocultural psychology, cognitive psychology, humanism, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism. Biopsychology examines biological factors like genes and brain chemistry. Socioc
This document provides information about language learning opportunities at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer, Alberta. It lists the languages offered which include French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. It then discusses reasons students learn a second language such as academic, personal interest/relationships, and career reasons. Finally, it outlines some of the benefits of being multilingual such as being more critical thinkers, creative problem solers, and having greater understanding and compassion for other cultures.
This document discusses reasons why students learn a second language at LindsayThurberComprehensiveHighSchool. It offers that students learn second languages for academic, personal, and career reasons. Some of the benefits listed include becoming more critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, understanding of other cultures and ways of seeing the world, and compassionate. The document advocates that learning a second language helps foster respect for others and promotes peace.
This document discusses reasons why students learn a second language at LindsayThurberComprehensiveHighSchool. It offers that students learn a second language for academic, personal, and career reasons, citing examples like enjoying learning the language, being good at it, speaking with family, and career usefulness. It emphasizes that learning a language opens windows to other cultures and makes students more critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, understanding of other people and ways of seeing the world. The document recommends learning a second language as it will not limit one to only English and makes one less dependent on others. It promotes language learning as a way to learn about and respect other cultures, and thereby hope for peace.
This document discusses the benefits of learning a second language. It notes that students study second languages for academic, personal, and career reasons. Learning another language provides a window into other cultures and makes one a more critical and compassionate thinker. Being monolingual limits one's flexibility and independence. The document quotes several sources emphasizing that language learning fosters cultural understanding and respect between all people, with the goal of greater peace.