QR Challenge: Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. The two hemispheres of the brain are connected by what? | Corpus Callosum
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2. What are our emotional responses mostly regulated by? | Limbic System
| 3. What do we call the different functions of the two brain hemispheres | Localization
| 4. Where is the somatosensory cortex located? | Parietal lobe
| 5. What part of the neuron carries the electrical impulse away from the cell body | Axon
| 6. What is the third form of neuron together with motor and sensory neurons? | Relay
| 7. Where are neurotransmitters released from? | Vesicles
| 8. What is generally known to be the effect of serotonin in the CNS? | Inhibitory
| 9. What is the term for a drug's mimic effect of neurotransmitters? | Agonist
| 10. What do most drugs increase the release of? | Dopamine
| 11. Heroin withdrawal, craving and tolerance can be explained by what development? | Downregulation
| 12. The amygdala is part of which brain system? | Limbic
| 13. Which part of the brain is responsible for logical thinking and self control? | Frontal lobe
| 14. What is a peacock's tail a good example of? | Sexual selection
| 15. What part of the psychodynamic personality is influenced by the morality principle? | Superego
| 16. What is the earliest form of psychodynamic personality? | Id
| 17. A excess of this can explain aggression according to Freud? | Thanatos
| 18. Maladaptive responses to a lack of cathartic activity can lead to using what? | Defense Mechanisms
| 19. What is the name of the master gland? | Pituitary
| 20. Which hormone influences aggression? | Testosterone
| 21. What was the design of Raine et al (1997) study? | Matched pairs
| 22. Which area of the brain was discovered to be involved with aggression by Raine et al? | Cerebellum
| 23. What is a useful tool for investigating the interaction of nature and nurture? | concordance |
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_two_hemispheres_of_the_brain_are_connected_by_what?
Question 1 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_our_emotional_responses_mostly_regulated_by?
Question 2 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_do_we_call_the_different_functions_of_the_two_brain_hemispheres
Question 3 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_is_the_somatosensory_cortex_located?
Question 4 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_part_of_the_neuron_carries_the_electrical_impulse_away_from_the_cell_body
Question 5 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_third_form_of_neuron_together_with_motor_and_sensory_neurons?
Question 6 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Where_are_neurotransmitters_released_from?
Question 7 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_generally_known_to_be_the_effect_of_serotonin_in_the_CNS?
Question 8 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_term_for_a_drug's_mimic_effect_of_neurotransmitters?
Question 9 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_do_most_drugs_increase_the_release_of?
Question 10 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Heroin_withdrawal,_craving_and_tolerance_can_be_explained_by_what_development?
Question 11 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_amygdala_is_part_of_which_brain_system?
Question 12 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_part_of_the_brain_is_responsible_for_logical_thinking_and_self_control?
Question 13 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_peacock's_tail_a_good_example_of?
Question 14 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_part_of_the_psychodynamic_personality_is_influenced_by_the_morality_principle?
Question 15 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_earliest_form_of_psychodynamic_personality?
Question 16 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_excess_of_this_can_explain_aggression_according_to_Freud?
Question 17 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Maladaptive_responses_to_a_lack_of_cathartic_activity_can_lead_to_using_what?
Question 18 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_name_of_the_master_gland?
Question 19 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_hormone_influences_aggression?
Question 20 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_the_design_of_Raine_et_al_(1997)_study?
Question 21 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_area_of_the_brain_was_discovered_to_be_involved_with_aggression_by_Raine_et_al?
Question 22 (of 23)
Biological Psychology Treasure Hunt : QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_useful_tool_for_investigating_the_interaction_of_nature_and_nurture?
Question 23 (of 23)