Cognitive Process |
Sample Learning Outcome - Students will be able to… |
Sample Assessment |
Sample Instructional Activities/Learning Experiences |
Evaluate, apply |
Determine appropriate stress methodology to address a research question.
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- Lab report: requires students to reflect on specific elements of their “experiment”, including a comparison to the methods used by other groups. - Groups informally report on their experience to the class. |
-Lecture: instructor outlines basic principles of stress methodology -Group work: groups discuss pros and cons of experimental stressors -Stress lab: instructor divides class into groups with a “participant” and “experimenters”. Using methods discussed in class, experimenters expose participant to a stressor (e.g., scary video), and group monitors and records physiological and psychological responses. |
Understand |
Explain the opponent process theory of colour vision when asked. |
-iClicker quiz questions: Every 3-5 slides, class must respond in real time to short multiple-choice questions posed by instructor. |
-Video: introduces the topic, outlines the key issue, and outlines historical perspectives -Lecture: Instructor highlights key details, contrasts with competing theories (e.g., trichromatic theory), and situates topic in larger context (Vision). -Demonstration: Instructor demonstrates opponent process illusion effect using an image with opponent colours.
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