{"id":5607,"date":"2017-07-25T04:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2017-07-25T04:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:30:21","slug":"lesson-idea-the-language-of-generalizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/07\/25\/lesson-idea-the-language-of-generalizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Idea: The language of generalizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This activity works well with lesson (b) (Studying Individuals) in the first topic in the introduction in <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">IB Psychology: A Student&#8217;s Guide<\/span>. It will be part of the second lesson in my course.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Aim<\/h2>\n<p>One of the aims of this lesson is to introduce students to the idea of how psychological studies need to make generalizations across groups of people, but we have to be careful with the language we use when making these generalizations. (Examples are provided in the textbook on page 13).<\/p>\n<p>It also introduces part of a study and some ideas (the culture of honor) that will be taught in more detail later in the unit on criminology.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>As much as possible I like to use studies that will appear elsewhere in the course when teaching new concepts, as it helps to reinforce and build on learning.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Hook<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Think-pair-share: Why are people violent?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This can be made culturally relevant. 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Show me their acting when they think they can do it, so I can see they comprehend the study.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Step two: \u00a0Students answer the question about the study (in workbook &#8211; see link above).\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Teacher Note: One aim of this activity is to spot definitive statements and over-generalizations like: \u201cBecause they want to maintain their honor, when threatened southern Americans will react more violently than northerners.\u2019 It&#8217;s hoped by reading the examples of page 13 they will be able to self-assess their own language and see how to improve their answers.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Step three: Students read lesson (b) in the textbook (page 13 &#8211; 14). 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I introduce evaluative points of studies when individual students are ready for it. 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