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Spring 2016 AP Psychology

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Wed. 1/20/16

  • Introduction to Course
  • Unit #1: History
  • Team building activity
    • Silent Interviews (2nd pd.)
    • Mini-stories (3rd pd.)
    • KHSCD Bingo (4th pd.)
  • Review the handout and hand mnemonic device for remembering the Seven Perspectives
  • View the video on the Andrea Yates case and then, in your table groups, answer the following: How would psychologists from each of the 7 perspectives explain Andrea Yates' actions? Which aspects of the case would each of them be interested in? What questions might each of them ask? (Read here for an update on the case.)
  • Homework: Read pp. 1 - 13
 

Thur. 1/21/16

  • History of Psychology
  • Approaches to Psychology
  • Unit #1: History
  • Team building activity
    • What is courage? (2nd pd.)
    • Music Mashup (3rd pd.)
    • Social Contract writing (4th pd.)
  • Review group answers on Andrea Yates case and view the follow-up videos here and here about the case.
  • Flash research: each member of class researches an assigned psychologist then create a human timeline of psychology. Each person gets 30 seconds to tell the class about who their psychologist is and why they are important.
  • Homework: Read pp. A1 - A10 (appendix in back of book)

 

 

 

 
  • Content from pp. 1 - 13

Tues. 1/26/16

  • History of Psychology
  • Unit #1: History
  • Team building activity
    • Zones of comfort, risk & danger (2nd pd.)
    • Name switching (3rd pd.)
    • Biggest fan (4th pd.)
  • Student presentations on psychologists (from Thursday's research)
  • Distribute handout on Major Psychologists
  • Give out log-ins for Quia testing site 
  • Test #1: History & Perspectives (DUE BY midnight Sun. 1/31/16)
  • Homework: Read pp. 15 - middle of 25
  • Past, Present, & Promise video
  • Unraveling the Mysteries of the Mind video

 
  • Content from pp. A1 - A10 (in back of book)
  • Oral presentation on assigned psychologist

Wed. 1/27/16

  • Research Ethics
  • Positive Psychology

 
  • Unit #2: Research
  • Team building activity
    • Two truths and a lie (2nd pd.)
    • Social Contract writing (3rd pd.)
    • Winner/Loser (4th pd.)
  • Positive psychology: TED talk - The Three A's of Awesome 
  • Discussion: Why do we do "Good Things" activity every day?
  • Review the handout on Ethical Research guidelines 
  • Complete student analysis of examples of unethical research; jigsaw out in 9 small groups, each group reports out on their experiment and then explains why it would be considered unethical today.
  • (Optional) Individual work: design an experiment which violates at least three ethical requirements (the more extreme the examples, the better!) You will then swap with a neighbor and see if you can identify the ethics violations in each others proposals.
  • Homework: Read pp. middle of 25 - middle of 33 
  • Content from pp. 15 - middle of 25
  • Group presentations on case study ethics

Thur. 1/28/16

  • Correlation vs. Causation
  • Types of Research
  • Content from pp. middle of 25 - middle of 33

Fri. 1/29/16

  • Statistical Analysis
  • Unit #2: Research
  • Rapid review of mean, median, & mode (with handout)
  • Rapid review of bell curves and standard deviation (with handout)
  • Rapid review of scatter-plots and correlations (with handout)
  • In class lab: Does a single bag of M&Ms represent a random sample of all M&Ms in general? (For actual color distributions, check out this article)
  • Homework: Read pp. 47 - top of 60 
  • Content from pp. middle of 33 - 43
  • Statistics lab data
  • Test #1 due by midnight Sunday!

 

 

Mon. 2/1/16

  • Neural Structure and Function
  • Unit #3: Neurology
  • Practice: calculating averages and identifying correlations (worksheet)
  • Handout: Neurons
  • Neuron illustration and neural web illustration from the whiteboard
  • Review "How a Neuron Works" drawings
  • Mini-project: Build individual pipe-cleaner neuron models and then assemble into a neural web using all students' individual models
  • In class lab: Reaction Time Experiments
  • Test #2: Research Methods (Due by midnight Sun. 2/7/16)
  • Homework: Read pp. 60 - bottom of 73 

 
  • Content from pp. 47 - top of 60
  • Neuron models
  • Reaction time lab

Tues. 2/2/16

  • The Nervous Systems
  • Anatomy of the Brain
  • Unit #3: Neurology
  • Take the Neuron Structure and Function Quiz (Formative practice only)
  • Complete the Neuron Metaphors assignment (only 1 of 3 sections is required, the other two sections can be completed for bonus points) 
  • Review handout: The Nervous Systems
  • Handout: The Brain
  • Begin filling in the brain chart
  • Demonstrate the interactive brain map
  • Demonstrate Harvard brain animation
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 73 - 81
  • Content from pp. top of 60 - bottom of 73
  • Neuron metaphors

Wed. 2/3/16

  • Anatomy of the Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Unit #3: Neurology
  • Finish filling in the brain chart
  • Conduct an examination of real brain tumor patient's MRI
  • Handout on brain tumor statistics
  • Homework: Read pp. 85 - middle of 91 (Unit #4 reading)
  • Brain structures tutorial video
  • PowerPoint on Studying the Brain
  • TED talk on Neuro-Bunk
  • 60 Minutes report on advances in brain cancer treatment at Duke University
  • 60 Minutes: Update
  • Content from pp. bottom of 73 - 81
  • Completed brain charts

Thur. 2/4/16

  • Anatomy of the Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Content from pp. 85 - middle of 91
  • Brain hat
  • Brain Injury diagnoses

Fri. 2/5/16

  • The Divided Brain
  • Brain Plasticity
  • Content from pp. middle of 91 - middle of 103
  • Left Brain / Right Brain diagnostic
  • Test #2 due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 2/8/16

  • Attention

 

 
  • Content from pp. middle of 103 - bottom of 112
  • Article discussions

 

Tues. 2/9/16

  • Hypnosis
  • Unit #4: Consciousness
  • Can you be hypnotized? Let's find out with the finger test.
  • Hypnosis PowerPoint and handout
  • Video clip: Suicides tied to hypnosis? (Plus Washington Post article)
  • Video clip: Headline news hypnosis
  • Video clip: Debate over medical hypnosis
  • Video clip: Pain control hypnosis
  • Video clip: Disorientation hypnosis
  • Homework: Read pp. 133 - bottom of 143 (Unit 5 reading)
  • Lerner video: Hypnotic Pain Relief
  • Video: Derren Brown hypnotizes someone into becoming an assassin!
  • Crash Course Psychology - Altered States 

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 112 - 128

 

Wed. 2/10/16

  • Sleep
  • Unit #4: Consciousness
  • Sleep pre-test: What Do You Know About Sleep?
  • Flash Research: Why Do We Need Sleep? Identify the many theories about why we sleep.
  • Video clip: How Much Sleep Do We Need?
  • Handout: Sleep Hygiene and Sleep Stages
  • Review segments of the sleep PowerPoint 
  • Article on teens and sleep: Class Jigsaw activity
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 143 - 158 (Unit 5 reading)
  • Content from pp. 133 - bottom of 143
  • Sleep pre-test
  • Article jigsaw

Thur. 2/11/16

  • Sleep
  • Dreams
  • Unit #4: Consciousness
  • PowerPoint on Sleep Disorders
  • Video clip: What does narcolepsy look like?
  • Diagnoses: Sleeping Disorders activity
  • Dreams PowerPoint and handout
  • Homework: Read pp. 159 - 169 (Unit 5 reading)

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 143 - 158
  • Parasomnia diagnoses

Fri. 2/12/16 (Early Release)

  • Dreams
  • Psychoactive Drugs
  • Near Death Experiences
  • Unit #4: Consciousness
  • Activity: The Role of Prior Information in Dream Analysis
  • Test #4: Consciousness (due by midnight Sun. 2/21/16)
  • Naturalistic Observation report due Monday, 2/15/16

 
  • PowerPoint on Dream Theory
  • Video clip: Out of body experiences 
  • Video clip: Oprah interviews Amy Purdy about her near-death experience
  • Drugs & Near-Death Experiences PowerPoint
  • Near Death Experiences PowerPoint
  • Video clip: Science of Near-Death Experiences
  • Content from pp. 159 - 169
  • Test #3 due by midnight Sunday!
  • Naturalistic Observation report due Monday!

Tues. 2/16/16

  • Environmental Factors
  • Genetic Factors
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Gender Development
  • Unit #5: Nature or Nurture?
  • Determine class contract grader and ambassadors
  • Complete and explain the Evolutionary Psychology survey
  • Twin study video
  • Watch and discuss video clip on The Two Jims (separated twins study)
  • Twin studies and sexual orientation (Part 1 & Part 2)
  • Sex vs Gender Handout
  • TED talk: Poem on what it is like to be transgender 
  • Naturalistic Observation project
  • Evolutionary Psych Survey

Wed. 2/17/16

  • Gender Stereotyping
  • Peers, Parents, & Culture
  • Unit #5: Nature or Nurture?
  • What role do toys play in reinforcing gender roles?
  • Raising gender-free children video
  • Parenting styles: How would you respond?
  • Handout on parenting styles
  • Video: Examples of parenting styles
  • Activity: How would each parenting style respond?
  • Looking for gender stereotyping in children's books
  • Test #5: Nature vs. Nurture (due by Sunday, Feb. 21)
  • Homework: Read pp. 173 - bottom of 196 
  • Parenting-style self-assessment
  • Parenting-styles diagnoses

Thur. 2/18/16

  • Prenatal Development
  • Infancy
  • Freud

 
  • Unit #6: Development
  • What parenting style is at work in this picture?
  • Activity: Create a graphic representation that illustrates Freud's, Erikson's, Piaget's, Kohlberg's, Barrett's, and Shakespeare's theories of human development, then, using these theories as a basis, design your own amalgam theory of human development (All work on this project will be in-class) 
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 196 - bottom of 206
  • Content from pp. 173 - bottom of 196

 

Fri. 2/19/16

  • Childhood
  • Attachment
  • Jean Piaget
  • Erik Erikson
  • Unit #6: Development
  • Continuing activity: Create a graphic representation that illustrates Freud's, Erikson's, Piaget's, Kohlberg's, Barrett's, and Shakespeare's theories of human development, then, using these theories as a basis, design your own amalgam theory of human development (All work on this project will be in-class) DUE TUES. 10/6
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 206 - 225
  • Content from pp. bottom of 196 - bottom of 206
  • Tests #4 & #5 due by midnight Sunday!
  • Brain project due on Monday!

Mon. 2/22/16

  • Adolescence

 
  • Unit #6: Development
  • Finish activity: Create a graphic representation that illustrates Freud's, Erikson's, Piaget's, Kohlberg's, Barrett's, and Shakespeare's theories of human development, then, using these theories as a basis, design your own amalgam theory of human development (All work on this project will be in-class) DUE TUES. 10/6
  • Homework: Read pp. 229 - top of 245 (Unit #7 Reading)
  • Content from pp. bottom of 206 - 225

Tues. 2/23/16

  • Adulthood
  • Aging & Dying
  • Content from pp. 229 - top of 245
  • Developmental Psych posters
  • Heinz Dilemma Responses (in-class)

Wed. 2/24/16

  • Perception
  • Thresholds

 
  • Content from pp. top of 245 - top of 252
  • Introspection lab

 

Thur. 2/25/16

  • Hearing
  • Vision
  • Follow up videos on Ben Underwood: #1 & #2
  • Content from pp. top of 252 - middle of 263
  • Sensory Organ diagrams

 

Fri. 2/26/16

  • Vision
  • Content from pp. middle of 263 - bottom of 272
  • Violence Gene article response questions
  • Vision labs
  • Test #6 due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 2/29/16

  • Hearing
  • Touch
  • Taste & Smell
  • Unit #7: Perception
  • Review the PowerPoint on hearing
  • TED talk video on the deaf learning to speak
  • Review the PowerPoint on Other Senses
  • Candy lab: Sour Patch Kids - Sweet or Sour?
  • Mythbusters clip: Cinnamon Challenge
  • Pain
  • Video: Filipinos taste test American foods
  • Video: Americans taste test Mexican snacks
  • Handout: Sensation Study Chart
  • Homework: Read pp. 291 - middle of 304 (Unit 8 Reading)
  • Content from pp. bottom of 272 - 285
  • Taste lab

Tues. 3/1/16

  • Perceptual Organization
  • Perceptual Interpretation
  • Extra-Sensory Perception
  • Unit #7: Perception
  • Read the article "Humans Have a Lot More Than Five Senses" and complete the activities that follow.
  • Review PowerPoint on ESP 
  • Scene from Ghostbusters
  • Video: Coffee shop telekinesis 
  • Video: The Amazing Randi
  • Perception
  • Test #7: Sensation & Perception (due by midnight Sun. 3/6/16)
  • Homework: Read pp. middle of 304 - middle of 317
  • Content from pp. 291 - middle of 304

 

Wed. 3/2/16

  • Classical Conditioning

 
  • Unit #8: Learning
  • Assign the article "Humans Have a Lot More Than Five Senses" and complete the activities that follow.
  • Why Do Schools Use Bells? Read article and follow with discussion.
  • Video clip: The Office
  • PowerPoint on Classical Conditioning
  • Handout #1 Classical Conditioning
  • Handout #2 on Classical Conditioning
  • Classical Conditioning worksheet #1 and #2
  • Homework: Read pp. middle of 317 - 323

 
  • Content from pp. middle of 304 - middle of 317
  • Classical Conditioning Worksheet

Thur. 3/3/16

  • Operant Conditioning

 
  • Unit #8: Learning
  • TED lesson on difference between classical and operant conditioning
  • Operant Conditioning Handout
  • Reinforcement Handout
  • Video clip: The Big Bang Theory and The Big Bang Theory again
  • Video lesson on Schedules of Reinforcement
  • Operant Conditioning Worksheet #1, #2
  • Video clip: Using Positive Reinforcements in Parenting
  • What type of reinforcement or punishment is taking place here?
  • Homework: read pp. 327 - middle of 337
  • Content from pp. middle of 317 - 323
  • Operant Conditioning Worksheet

 

Fri. 3/4/16 (early Release)

  • Observational Learning
  • Worksheet on Classical Conditioning or Operant Conditioning?
  • Crash Course Psychology -The Bobo Beatdown
  • Lerner video: Learning
  • Online lab: Modeling aggression
  • Video clip: Pigeon problem solving skills
  • Content from pp. 327 - middle of 337
  • Test #7 and/or Sensory tasks due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 3/7/16

  • Mnemonic Devices
  • Memory Encoding

 
  • Unit #9: Memory
  • Mnemonic Devices PowerPoint
  • Number memorization demonstration on "chunking"
  • TED talk on Working Memory
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 345 - 355 
  • Extra credit project on memory
  • Crash Course Psychology -How We Make Memories
  • Online lab: Capacity of Short Term Memory
  • Online lab: Duration of Short Term Memory
  • Content from pp. middle of 337 - bottom of 345
  • More Than Five Senses article responses

Tues. 3/8/16

  • Memory Storage
  • Memory Retrieval

 
  • Unit #9: Memory
  • Warm up: Who remembers yesterday's number?
  • Childhood games: Memory - play and pay attention to strategies you use to remember tiles
  • Memory types handout
  • Diagram from board in class today
  • TED talk on Memory Feats
  • Homework: Read pp. 356 - 365
  • Content from pp. bottom of 345 - 355
  • Memory game lab

 

Wed. 3/9/16

  • Amnesia
  • Repressed Memories
  • Forgetting
  • Online lab: Long Term Memory
  • TED talk on The Fiction of Memory
  • Online lab: Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon
  • Online lab: Implicit Memories lab
  • Online lab: Primacy & Recency
  • Online lab: Incidental & Intentional Memory
  • Content from pp. 356 - 365

Thur. 3/10/16

  • Forgetting
  • Unit #9: Memory
  • Distribute Seven Sins of Memory handout
  • Students should create illustrations for each of the Seven Sins of Memory which could be used to explain memory failures to a pre-literate Kindergartener
  • Test #9: Memory (Due by midnight Sunday 3/20)
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 382 - middle of 391
  • Content from pp. 369 - bottom of 382

Fri. 3/11/16

  • Problem Solving
  • Unit #10: Cognition & Language
  • PowerPoint on Cognition & Bias
  • Video clip: Big Bang Theory Friendship Algorithm
  • Homework: Read pp. middle of 391 - 401

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 382 - middle of 391
  • Test #8 due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 3/14/16

  • Judgment
  • Language
  • Unit #10: Cognition & Language
  • PowerPoint on Cognition & Bias
  • Video clip on Confirmation Bias: Seinfeld
  • Video clip: Grumpy Old Men  What cognitive failures are at play in the scene?
  • Unit Project: Relationship mapping
  • RSAnimate video: Language As a Window Into Human Nature
  • Homework: Read pp. 405 - bottom of 415 (Unit 11 Reading)
  • Online lab: Decision Making
  • Lerner video: Judgment & Decision Making
  • TED talk on why we make poor decisions

 
  • Content from pp. middle of 391 - 401

 

Tues. 3/15/16

  • How Language Affects Thinking
  • Language & Thinking in Animals
  • Lerner video: Language Acquisition 
  • Online lab: Do Animals Use Language?  
  • Online lab: Studying Bilingualism
  • Crash Course Psychology:Language
  • Video: Advantages of bilingualism
  • Video: Stages of language development
  • Content from pp. 405 - bottom of 415

 

Wed. 3/16/16

  • Language Development
  • Unit #10: Cognition & Language
  • General Amnesty Day: Complete any missing work from the quarter (Units 1 -10)! Start of Unit 11 tomorrow will begin grades for 4th quarter.
  • Test #10: Language & Cognition (due by midnight Sunday, March 20)
  • Homework: Read pp. top of 427 - 439
  • Content from pp. bottom of 415 - top of 427

 

Thur. 3/17/16

  • What Is Intelligence?
  • Measuring Intelligence

 
  • Unit #11: Intelligence
  • Using the provided intelligence quotes as inspiration, define intelligence
  • PowerPoint on Theories of Intelligence
  • Take the  Multiple Intelligences Inventory
  • Handout on Multiple Intelligences
  • Video clip: Multiple Intelligences
  • Complete the MI Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich challenge:
    • Group Project
    • Create one set of directions on how to make a peanut butter & jelly sandwich for a person who only possesses:
      • Verbal-linguistic intelligence
      • Logical-mathematical intelligence
      • Visual-spatial intelligence
      • Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
      • Musical-rhythmic intelligence
      • Interpersonal intelligence
      • Intrapersonal intelligence
      • Naturalistic intelligence
      • +10 Bonus points: Existential or Spiritual Intelligences 
  • Homework: Read pp. 443 - bottom of 455 (Unit 12 reading)

 

 
  • Content from pp. top of 427 - 439
  • Multiple Intelligence PB&J instructions

 

Fri. 3/18/16

  • Factors Influencing Intelligence

 
  • Unit #11: Intelligence
  • PowerPoint on IQ Test Types
  • Practice calculating IQ scores
  • Stanford-Binet IQ scoring handout
  • PowerPoint on Bias in Testing
  • Online IQ test (Optional: submit a screen shot of your score to wphillips2@wcpss.net by Mon. 4/4 for a bonus test grade)
  • Test #11: Intelligence (Due by midnight, Sunday April 3)
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 455 - 464
  • Lerner video: Testing & Intelligence
  • Crash Course Psychology -Brains vs. Bias
  • TED talk: Why are you "smarter" than your grandparents?

 
  • Content from pp. 443 - bottom of 455
  • Tests #9  & 10 due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 3/21/16

  • Motivation
  • Unit #12: Motivation
  • Opening question: What motivates you to do the things you like? To do the things you don't like?
  • Video clip: Cheesy motivational video
  • Video clip: Office Space 
  • PowerPoints on Motivation (#1, #2)
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs handout and Activity
  • TED talk on self-motivation
  • Homework: Read pp. 465 - middle of 478

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 455 - 464
  • Maslow's Activity

 

Tues. 3/22/16

  • The Need to Belong
  • Why Do We Work?
  • Unit #12: Motivation
  • RSAnimate video: Daniel Pink - What motivates us?
  • Student motivation survey
  • Charting biological drives vs. social motives
  • Homework: Read pp. middle of 478 - 493
  • Content from pp. 465 - middle of 478
  • Drives vs. Motives chart

Wed. 3/23/16

  • Maslow's Hierarchy
  • Unit #12: Motivation
  • Maslow's Hierarchy Scenarios (United Nations / Women's Shelter)
  • Homework: Read pp. 497 - bottom of 507 (Unit 13 reading)
  • Article: Motivating Students Through PBL

 

 
  • Content from pp. middle of 478 - 493
  • Maslow Project

Thur. 3/24/16

  • Hunger
  • Obesity
  • Sexual Motivations
  • Unit #12: Motivation
  • Finish Maslow's Hierarchy Scenarios
  • Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation Planning
  • PowerPoint on Biological Drives
  • TED talk: Phillip Zimbardo
  • Test #12: Motivation
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 507 - top of 527
  • Content from pp. 497 - bottom of 507
  • Test #11 due by midnight Sunday, April 3!

Mon. 4/4/16

  • Emotional Expression
  • Unit #13: Emotions
  • Music #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
  • Music #6, #7,
  • Music #8, #9
  • Music #10
  • Activity: Categorizing emotions
  • Overview PowerPoint on Emotion (Just categorization slides)
  • Video clip: Microsoft has a program that can guess your emotion
  • Video: Good Mythical Morning: Feeling All the Feels (Follow along and participate in the same experiment) 
  • Homework: Read pp. top of 527 - 537

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 507 - top of 527
  • Categorizations

 

Tues. 4/5/16

  • Emotional Experience
  • Unit #13: Emotions
  • TED talk: The Politics of disgust
  • Read the article on how disgust affects our political leanings
  • Complete the Disgust scale survey
  • Take Political Spectrum placement quiz - where do you fall on the political spectrum?
  • Compare your Disgust Scale score to your Political Spectrum score. Do your results match the study's results from the TED talk & article?
  • Homework: Read pp. 538 - 549

 
  • Content from pp. top of 527 - 537
  • Article Response
  • Disgust survey
  • Political Spectrum survey

Wed. 4/6/16

  • Theories of Emotion

 

 
  • Content from pp. 538 - 549

 

Thur. 4/7/16

  • Stress
  • Helpful websites (#1, #2) for building a stress management plan
  • Online lab: Assessing Your Stress Level

 
  • Content from pp. 553 - bottom of 564

Fri. 4/8/16
  • Unit #14: Stress
  • Conditions worsened by stress: Tourette's Syndrome PowerPoint
  • Video: Tourettes - I Swear I Can't Help It
  • Test #14: Stress and Health (OPTIONAL) 
  • Homework: Read pp. bottom of 576 - 589
  •  
  • Content from pp. bottom of 564 - bottom of 576
  • Tests #11 & #12 due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 4/11/16

  • Freud's Theories
  • Neo-Freudians
  • Content from pp. bottom of 576 - 589

Tues. 4/12/16

  • Humanist Theories

 
  • Online lab: Learned Helplessness
  • Online lab: Self-Esteem
  • Lerner video: The Self

 
  • Content from pp. 593 - top of 608
  • Practice Writing

Wed. 4/13/16

  • Socio-Cultural Theories
  • TED talk on self-esteem
  • TED talk on self-image
  • TED talk on self-confidence
  • TED talk on Choosing to Be Happy

 
  • Content from pp. top of 608 - bottom of 611

Thur. 4/14/16

  • Anxiety Disorders

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 611 - bottom of 621

 

Fri. 4/15/16

  • Autism

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 621 - bottom of 628
  • Test #13 due by midnight Sunday!

Mon. 4/18/16

  • Mood Disorders
  • Somatoform Disorders

 
  • Content from pp. bottom of 628 - 633
Abnormal Psychology Project

Tues. 4/19/16

  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  

Wed. 4/20/16

  • Personality Disorders
  • Paraphilic Disorders
  • Unit #16: Disorders & Treatments
  • PowerPoint: Personality & Developmental Disorders (2nd half of PPT)
  • PowerPoint on Sexual, Gender, & Paraphilic Disorders
  • Continue with Disorders Diagnoses Scenarios
  • Homework: Read pp. top of 649 - top of 660
  • Content from pp. 637 - top of 649

Thur. 4/21/16

  • Treatment Options

 

 
  • Unit #16: Disorders & Treatments
  • Video clip: Bring Change 2 Mind  
  • PowerPoint: Therapies
  • Finish Disorders Diagnoses Scenarios
  • Homework: Read pp. top of 660 - 669
  • Content from pp. top of 649 - top of 660

Fri. 4/22/16

  • Mental Healthcare System
  • Unit #16: Disorders & Treatments
  • PBS Frontline: The New Asylums
  • Mental health care articles: (#1, #2, #3): Read the assigned article and then jigsaw out with your group
  • Test #16: Disorders & Treatments (due by Sun. May 1)
  • Homework: Read pp. 673 - 679
  • Online lab: Early Mental Treatment 
  • Content from pp. top of 660 - 669

Mon. 4/25/16

  • Asch Effect
  • Bystander Effect
  • Unit #17: Social Psychology
  • PowerPoint on conformity
  • Video clip: The Asch Effect
  • Video: Would You Fall For That? (Social Norms Conformity) 
  • PowerPoint on Group Behaviors (focus on Bystander Effect)
  • Video clip: Bystander Effect (Kitty Genovese) 
  • Video clip: Richmond California Case
  • Social Disorder videos (#1, #2)
  • Homework: Read pp. 680 - middle of 691
  • Content from pp. 673 - 679

Tues. 4/26/16

  • Social Influences
  • Obedience to Authority
  • Unit #17: Social Psychology
  • PowerPoint: Social Norms
  • Video: Milgram's Authority Experiment
  • PowerPoint on Milgram's Study
  • Video: Phillip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
  • PowerPoint on Zimbardo's Study
  • TED talk: Zimbardo's Lucifer Effect (Warning: GRAPHIC CONTENT)
  • Burger King video
  • Homework: Read pp. middle of 691 - 698
  • Content from pp. 680 - middle of 691

Wed. 4/27/16

  • Social Relations
  • Prejudice
  • Unit #17: Social Psychology
  • Video clip: Robber's Cave experiment
  • PowerPoint: Prejudice
  • Crash Course Psychology - Prejudice & Discrimination
  • Group Activity: Which foster children will you take?
  • Is this "slut-shaming" or not?
  • Read pp. middle of 691 - middle of 698
  • Test #15 due by midnight

Thur. 4/28/16

  • Aggression
  • Online lab: Is It Aggression?
  • Lerner video:

 
  • Read pp. middle of 698 - middle of 705

Fri. 4/29/16

  • Attraction
  • Love
  • Altruism
  • Unit #17: Social Psychology
  • PowerPoint: Attraction
  • Video: The Science of Attraction: Halo Effect
  • Video: The Science of Attraction: Profile Pictures
  • Video: The Science of Attraction: Sound of Attraction
  • Video: The Science of Attraction: Smell of Attraction
  • Video: The Science of Attraction: Familiar Faces
  • Video: The Science of Attraction: Dating Techniques
  • Handout: Types of Love
  • Handout: Psych-Soc Overview
  • PowerPoint: Other Soc-Psych Topics
  • Test #17: Social Psychology (due by Wed. 5/4/16)
  • Content from middle of 705 - 719

Mon. 5/2/16

  • AP Exam
    
Tues. 5/3/16
  • Bonus Unit #18: Serial Killers
  • Flash Research: Research the serial killers highlighted on your copy of the Famous Serial Killers list. Fill out a notecard for each of your highlighted killers, including basic biographical information and important details of their crimes. Tomorrow, you will give a one-minute or less summary of one of your killers (your choice). This will be a quick way to get the entire class up to speed on a large number of serial killers, making it easier for each person to make their choice for the larger research project.
  • Complete the Serial Killer Stereotypes assignment
    
Wed. 5/4/16
  • Bonus Unit #18: Serial Killers
  • Serial Killer Flash Research Presentations
  • Video: Jeffrey Dahmer documentary
  • Video: Why Was Dahmer Murdered in Prison?
 
Thur. 5/5/16

 

  
Fri. 5/6/16
  • Bonus Unit #18: Serial Killers
  • Continue categorization assignment from previous day
  • Video: The Beltway Snipers
   
Mon. 5/9/16
  • Video: The Tall-Tale Heart
 
Tues. 5/10/16
  • Bonus Unit #18: Serial Killers
  • Continue activities from Monday

 

  
Wed. 5/11/16
  • Bonus Unit #18: Serial Killers
  • Article Reading (online link), or Word document The Pros To Being a Psychopath
    • Written responses to following questions
      • What are three "positive traits" exhibited by psychopaths, according to the author?
      • How might each of these "positive traits" lead to potentially negative behaviors?
      • In your opinion, do the positive rewards of psychopathy outweigh the risks? Support with evidence.
  • Video: BTK Killer  
  • Article about the BTK Killer's daughter's struggle with learning what her father had done
  
Thur. 5/12/16
  • Bonus Unit #18: Serial Killers
  • Activity: Gather Information from these three articles (#1, #2, #3) describing the similarities and differences between psychopaths and sociopaths. Use the information you've gathered to create a psychopath vs. sociopath Venn diagram. 
  • Use laptops to continue research for serial killer project.
   
Fri. 5/13/16
  • Bonus Unit #19: Lying
  • PowerPoint: The Psychology of Lying
  • The 8 types of lying
  • TED talk: How To Spot a Liar
  • Two Truths and a Lie: Use the cues discussed in the PowerPoint and the TED talk to see if you can tell when your partner is lying.
  • Video: The Language of Lying
  • Video: The Science of Lying

 

 

  
Mon. 5/16/16
  • Bonus Unit #19: Lying
  • Use laptops to work on serial killer projects
 
Tues. 5/17/16
  • Bonus Unit #19: Lying
  • Use laptops to work on serial killer projects
   
Wed. 5/18/16
  • Bonus Unit #20: School Policy Making
  • Brainstorming: In small groups, come up with as many school policies or practices that need reform. We will take turns reporting out to the class and creating a compiled list.
   
Thur. 5/19/16
  • Bonus Unit #20: School Policy Making
  • Revision: Individually, look at the list compiled by the three classes yesterday and identify around 25 items that you believe could be realistically tackled. 
   
Fri. 5/20/16
  • Bonus Unit #20: School Policy Making
  • Documentary: Waiting for Superman
  • Update: Waiting for Superman
   
 
  • Unit #14: Stress (Revisited)
  • Video clip: TED talk - How Stress Affects Your Brain
  • Teen stressors (survey response)
  • Adult stressors (survey response)
  • Video clip: Kitten therapy
  • Video clip: Can training dogs reduce inmate stress?
  • Video clip: Ellen DeGeneres on stress management
  • TED talk: How to Make Stress Your Friend
  • TED talk: How to Stay Calm When You Know You'll Be Stressed
  • Stress PowerPoint
  • Stress management outline

 

 

  
 
  • Video: Darren Brown - Pushed to the Edge
  • Video: Derren Brown - Svengali
  • Video: Derren Brown - Enigma
  • Video: Derren Brown - Inside your Mind
  • Video: Derren Brown - The Great Art Robbery
   
 

 
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FINAL EXAM
  • Final Exam Scoring Rubric
  • Long-form Quia Exam (60 questions about entire course)
  • Short-form Quia Exam #1 (History, Research, Neuro-Biology)
  • Short-form Quia Exam #2 (Consciousness, Nature v. Nurture, Development)
  • Short-form Quia Exam #3 (Perception, Learning, Memory)
  • Short-form Quia Exam #4 (Cognition, Intelligence, Motivation)
  • Short-form Quia Exam #5 (Emotions, Stress, Personality)
  • Short-form Quia Exam #6 (Disorders, Treatments, Social Psychology)
   

 

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