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AP Psychology Fall 2014

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Date & Topic
 1st Period (Mixed AP & Honors)
3rd Period (Honors)
General Resources

Mon. 8/25/14

Introduction to Course
  • Warm up: 1) Define "psychology." 2) Give three examples of things you expect to learn about in this class. 3) Why did you elect to take this course? Once you have answered these questions, share out with your table group, then be prepared to discuss as a class.
  • Distribute course syllabus and parent letter then review course and classroom expectations
  • Seniors leave for Senior Breakfast; Question & Answer Session with Juniors & Sophomores

Tues. 8/26/14

History & Approaches

Wed. 8/27/14

History & Approaches

 

 

Thur. 8/28/14

History & Approaches

Fri. 8/29/14

Psychology as Science

Mon. 9/1/14
  •  Labor Day - No School!
  • Labor Day - No School!

Tues. 9/2/14

Case studies, surveys, naturalistic observation, and correlations

Wed. 9/3/14

Experimentation, Data, & Statistics

Thur. 9/4/14

Research Ethics

Fri. 9/5/14 (Early Release)

The Neural Network

Mon. 9/8/14

Nervous & Endocrine Systems

Tues. 9/9/14

The Human Brain
  • Warm up: Without looking at your notes or book, draw a neuron.
  • Neuron Quiz
  • Handout: The Nervous System
  • Handout: Neurons
  • Handout: The Brain
  • Review the Brain PowerPoints, Part 1 & Part 2
  • Homework: Read pp. 120 - 123 (Stop at "Differences Between the Brain's Two Hemispheres")

Wed. 9/10/14

The Human Brain

Thur. 9/11/14

The Hemispheres of the Brain

Fri. 9/12/14

Nature v Nurture - Genetics

 

Mon. 9/15/14

Evolutionary Psychology
  • Warm up: Explain process for signing up for Remind101
  • Review answers to the Brain Injury Review
  • Review answers to the Neuron Metaphors assignment
  • Watch and discuss video clip on The Two Jims (separated twins study) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw3S35wGgT8 
  • Design questionnaires that could be used to identify genetic similarities(but NOT coincidental information) between identical twins who had been separated at birth
  • Assign Biology of the Brain test in Quia
  • Read pp. 43 (Start at "Environment Matters") - 47

Tues. 9/16/14

Parents, Peers. & Culture
  • Warm up: Design questionnaires that could be used to identify genetic similarities(but NOT coincidental information) between identical twins who had been separated at birth
  • Survey: To what degree have your personal beliefs been shaped by your parents/family? To what degree have your personal beliefs been shaped by your friends/enemies? List specific examples.
  • How would you respond?
  • Handout on parenting styles
  • How would each parent type respond?
  • Homework: Read pp. 126 -137
  • Warm up: Design questionnaires that could be used to identify genetic similarities(but NOT coincidental information) between identical twins who had been separated at birth
  • Survey: To what degree have your personal beliefs been shaped by your parents/family? To what degree have your personal beliefs been shaped by your friends/enemies? List specific examples.
  • How would you respond?
  • Handout on parenting styles
  • How would each parent type respond?
  • No reading tonight!

Wed. 9/17/14

Gender Development

Thur. 9/18/14

Prenatal & Newborn Development

Fri. 9/19/14

Infancy & Childhood Development; Piaget

Mon. 9/22/14

Attachment & Moral Development

Tues. 9/23/14

Adolescent Development

Wed. 9/24/14

Adult Development
Thur. 9/25/14
  • Teacher Workday - No School!
  • Teacher Workday - No School!

Fri. 9/26/14

Adulthood, Death & Dying

Mon. 9/29/14

Sensory Thresholds
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 138 (Start at "The Visual System") - 145 (Stop at "Hearing")

Tues. 9/30/14

Vision
  • Warm up: 
  • Homework: Read pp. 145 (Start at "Hearing") - 148

Wed. 10/1/14

Hearing
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 149 - 153

Thur. 10/2/14

Touch, Taste, Smell, & the Vestibular System

Fri. 10/3/14

Perceptual Illusions

Mon. 10/6/14

Selective Attention & Perceptual Organization

Tues. 10/7/14

Perceptual Interpretation & Extrasensory Perception

Wed. 10/8/14

Sleep
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 474 (Start at "Sleep Disorders and Sleep Problems") - 477

Thur. 10/9/14

Sleep Disorders & Dreams

Fri. 10/10/14

Hypnosis & Near Death Experiences

Mon. 10/13/14

Drugs & Consciousness
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 365 - 381

Tues. 10/14/14

Classical Conditioning; Pavlov
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 385 - 404

Wed. 10/15/14

PSAT
  • Warm up:
  • No class held
  • Homework: Read pp. 341 - 347
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 409 - 415

Thur. 10/16/14

Operant Conditioning; Skinner

Fri. 10/17/14 (Early Release)

Learning by Observation; Bandura

Mon. 10/20/14

Encoding Memory
  • Warm up:
  • Number memorization demonstration on "chunking"  (two parts): 20 minutes
    • Students will need to work in pairs - see attachment #1
  • PowerPoint presentation on How Do We "Make" Memories? - Encoding
    • Pacing on this is quick, as it should be a review of the reading from the night before - main goal is to offer students a chance to get clarification on points they might not have understood – see handout #1
  • Demonstration: Auditory vs. Visually Encoded Information: 20 minutes
    • In this demo, different students have different instructions on what to listen for – see attachment #3
  • Homework: Read pp. 361 - 370
  • Project on memory
  • Short-term memory test at http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stm0.html 

Tues. 10/21/14

Storing Memory
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 437 (Start at "Retrieval") - 440

Wed. 10/22/14

Retrieving Memory

Thur. 10/23/14

Memory Problems & Improving Memory

Fri. 10/24/14

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Mon. 10/27/14

Language

Tues. 10/28/14

Thinking & Language
Wed. 10/29/14
  • Teacher Workday - No School!
  • Teacher Workday - No School!

Thur. 10/30/14

Intelligence
  • Warm up: 
  • Logic Puzzles
  • Review the PowerPoint on Intelligence
  • Homework: Read pp. 442 - 450
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 540 (Start at "Intelligence Testing") - 550 (Stop at "Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores")

Fri. 10/31/14

Assessing Intelligence

Mon. 11/3/14

Factors on Intelligence

  

Tues. 11/4/14

Group Differences in Intelligence

Wed. 11/5/14

Motivation; Maslow

Thur. 11/6/14

Hunger
  • Warm up:
  • Phenomenon - complete Lotus Diagrams
  • Homework: Read pp. 481 - 487
 

Fri. 11/7/14 (early Release)

Sex

Mon. 11/10/14

Sexual Orientation
Tues. 11/11/14
  • Veterans' Day - No School!
  • Veterans' Day - No School!

Wed. 11/12/14

Motivation at Work
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 512 - 523
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 202 - 211 (Stop at "The Expression of Emotion")

Thur. 11/13/14

Embodied Emotion

Fri. 11/14/14

Expressed Emotion

  

Mon. 11/17/14

Experienced Emotion

Tues. 11/18/14

Stress & Illness

Wed. 11/19/14

Coping with Stress
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 246 (Start at "overcoming Illness-Related Behaviors") - 252

Thur. 11/20/14

Smoking & Obesity

Fri. 11/21/14

Psychoanalytic Perspective on Personality; Freud

Mon. 11/24/14

Humanistic & Trait Perspectives on Personality
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 350 (Start at Social-Cognitive Perspective") - 358

Tues. 11/25/14

Social-Cognitive Perspective on Personality

Wed.-Fri.

11/26-28/14
  • Thanksgiving Break - No School!
  • Thanksgiving Break - No School!

Mon. 12/1/14

Self-Esteem

Tues. 12/2/14

Psychological Disorders

Wed. 12/3/14

Anxiety Disorders

Thur. 12/4/14

Mood Disorders
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 669 - 677
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 596 - 607 (Stop at "Personality Disorders")

Fri. 12/5/14

Schizophrenia
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 607 (Start at "Personality Disorders") - 609

Mon. 12/8/14

Personality Disorders

Tues. 12/9/14

Psychological Therapies

  

Wed. 12/10/14

Evaluating Psychotherapies

Thur. 12/11/14

Biomedical Therapies & Prevention
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 652 - 661 (Stop at "Social Influence")

Fri. 12/12/14

Social Thinking

Mon. 12/15/14

Conformity & Obedience
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: read pp. 684 (Start at "Prejudice") - 689 (Stop at "Aggression")

Tues. 12/16/14

Prejudice
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 689 (Start at "Aggression") - 693 (Stop at "Cooperation")

Wed. 12/17/14

Aggression & Conflict

Thur. 12/18/14

Attraction & Love
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 764 - 772
  • Warm up:
  • Homework: Read pp. 681 (Start at "Altruism") - 684 (Stop at "Prejudice"), 693 (Start at "Cooperation") - 694

Fri. 12/19/14

Altruistic & Cooperative Behavior

Mon. -Fri.

12/22/14 - 1/2/15
  • Winter Break - No school!
  • Winter Break - No school!

Mon. 1/5/15

Cultural Psychology

Tues. 1/6/15

Paranormal Psychology

    

Wed. 1/7/15

Paranormal Psychology

    

Thur. 1/8/15

Review

    

Fri. 1/9/15

Review

    

Mon. 1/12/15

Exams

    

Tues. 1/13/15

Exams

    

Wed. 1/14/15

Exams

    

Thur. 1/15/15

Exams

    

Fri. 1/16/15

Exams

    

 

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