Driving Question How can we create and develop a research experiment that would help you improve a behavior you experience in your life?
Supporting Questions Biological Pillar - How can you impact a specific part of the brain that is responsible for your chosen topic/behavior? Cognition Pillar - How do the Cognition Pillar topics (Cognition, Memory, Perception, Intelligence) impact your chosen behavior?
Project Description In this introduction to Psychology unit, students will begin to learn basic concepts and idea of psychology in order to make connections to their lives as teenagers. Students will read articles, watch videos and research to learn these concepts as well as chose a topic to investigate such as stress, disorders, memory, gender, personality, motivation and the like. Students will investigate and share their thinking on a variety of psychology scenarios to show individual understanding. They will used what they learn to create chapters for an anthology that will share information on their topics of choice and the application to teenagers including explanations for behaviors and strategies to support teenagers. Students will share this anthology with the adults in their lives.
Project Source: Shanghai American School
Public Product
A Digital Magazine Article created on Canva explaining the experiment and results