Today, we continued with research and further discussed examples of types of research and their differences. Surveys, laboratories, subject selection, participation, consent, follow-up, and outcome... We discussed validity and test reliability.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
This session moved quickly with a lot of material covered. Abby provided examples and presented questions relevant to the topics.
Introduced the field of research in psychology... Defining values, facts, intuition, hindsight bias, and methodologies used... Discussed how research includes hypothesis, selection of participants, summaries, and follow up...
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Good session - Abby was engaged and raised questions appropriate to the material. We talked about Valentine's Day and how it relates to psychology.
Introduction to Maslow and his hierarchy of needs. Introduced vocabulary specific to Maslow and then discussed in detail each level of the pyramid.
Assignment
None assigned at this time.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Abby was energetic and engaged in the course material. She appeared to grasp the work of Maslow with ease and understanding. She was able to provide examples relevant to the hierarchy levels. Great work!
Today was Taylor's first official class. During the session we reviewed the content covered from the start of the term --hitting the highlights and material necessary to move forward. We discussed a long term plan for her attendance each Friday.
Assignment
None at this time
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
A pleasure to have Taylor join the session. She is engaged and displays a genuine interest in the material. She is able to provide examples and asks questions for clarification. Nice work!
This session had started with a second classmate. We briefly reviewed the previous sessions touching on the highlights. The second session, Abby and I completed all 8 stages of Erikson's theory.
Assignment
None assigned at this time.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Abby demonstrated her understanding of the course material thus far by summarizing for classmate a portion of the theories and content. Nice work!
We reviewed the first three stages of Erikson and continued with the remaining five. We worked through a mini version of the Social Behavioral Inventory.
Assignment
None at this time
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today's session moved quickly between the stages. Abby took notes and provided examples when prompted.
Reviewed the terms (personality, traits, disposition, attributes,), Erikson's theory, and covered the first three stages. Each stage we compared and contrasted to Freud's psychosexual stage.
Assignment
None assigned at this time.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Today's class was lively and filled with examples provided by Abby. Abby has started to display an increased level of competence with the subject through her examples and working to relate the material to her development. Nice work today!
Today we introduced Erik Erikson and the Psychosocial Theory.
Assignment
Reading the bio on Erikson and the 8 stages of development
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Abby was very engaged during the two hour session. She provided multiple examples relating to the material. She took notes, asked questions, and displayed a high level of interest in this theorist.
Nice Job!
Began session with a 10 question quiz. .. Abby completed the quiz with 100% accuracy. The first half of class a classmate joined the lecture where we reviewed the psychosexual stages of Freud... The second hour of class we spent discussing development from prenatal up to adult. This was a broad overview in preparation for the next session to begin with Erickson.
Assignment
None assigned at this time.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Abby was eager to complete the quiz, she displayed confidence in her answers and when reviewing the quiz she was able to explain in detail the material around each question. She was also accurate in her review/explanation for the pyschosexual stages. Good Work!
The lecture started by reviewing the id, ego, and superego, stages covered in the previous class, and moving into a discussion around frustration, overindulgence and fixation according to Freud. The second half of the class was spent discussing in detail the psychosexual stages.
Assignment
None at this time
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Excellent session with Abby. She was 100% engaged and contributed to the session consistently as we covered each stage. Nice work, Abby!
