Dec. 20/Jan. 2, 2018

Psychwrite: Explain the just-world-phenomenon in your own words.




1. Implicit Prejudice Activity




2. A Class Divided

Dec. 18/19, 2018

psychwrite: None. Lost at Sea Ranking Chart


1. Crucible Clips


2. Lost at Sea Groups


3. Group Influence

Dec. 14/17, 2018

Psychwrite: Lots of interesting studies in this module (and super famous too)! What did you find most interesting about these studies?


1. Big Four Social Researchers


2. Deindividuation Activity

Dec. 12/13, 2018

psychwrite:  What is the difference between central and peripheral routes of persuasion? Give an example of each.


1. Discuss Attribution
Practice




2. What is cognitive dissonance?
Discussion

Dec. 10/11, 2018

psychwrite: What has been the  most relevant unit so far? Explain the elements that held relevance for you.


1. Learning FRQ
Make up during tutorial or after school


2. Discuss Learning Quiz MC questions

Dec. 6/7, 2018

Psychwrite: With your house at the center, draw a map of your community.


1. Cognitive Mapping Activity
Latent Learning


2. Go Over OC and CC Packet


3. Baby Observation #2: Observational Learning

Dec. 4/5, 2018

psychwrite: After reading the self-improvement section, how might you increase your good behaviors (like doing your reading on time) and decrease your bad ones (like checking you phone while driving)?

1. Discuss Schedules of Reinforcement

2. OC and CC Practice Packet

Nov. 30/Dec. 3, 2018

Psychwrite: Have you ever trained a pet (or sibling or gf/bf)? What technique did you use? Reinforcement or punishment? Positive or negative?

1. Prediscussion Practice (Jane and Susie)
Did not turn in

2. Discuss Operant Principles

3. Operant Practice
Bring completed next time

Nov. 28/29, 2018

Psychwrite: In what ways are you reinforced at school? Work? Home? In extracurricular activities? In you relationships? Try to identify each of your examples as positive or negative.

1. Prediscussion Practice
See box, did not turn in

2. Classical vs Operant
Differences and Similarities

3. Classical Practice
Turn in next time (11/30 or 12/3)

Nov. 26/27, 2018

Psychwrite: Describe your favorite memory from Thanksgiving Break. Why is it your favorite?

1. Review and Discuss Multiple Choice from DEVELOPMENT quiz

*Turned in DEV Reading Guide and Timeline Project

November 19/20, 2018

Psychwrite: According to Erikson, what major crisis are you in the midst of? What things are you doing in order toe end up on the healthy side of this dilemma?

1. Finish Erikson Children's Book
Discuss Stages

2. Development Unit FRQ

November 15/16, 2018

Psychwrite:None

1. Heinz Dilemma
Discuss with peers

2. Erikson Children's Book

November 13/14, 2018

Psychwrite: What factors do you think have influenced your gender identity? In what ways do you fit your gender "roles?" In what ways do you not.

1. Gender Article

2. Gender Development Socratic Seminar

November 9/12, 2018

Psychwrite: Identify a famous movie/tv/fiction novel parent who exemplifies each of the three parenting styles.

1. Discuss Parenting Styles
Clips - Guess the Style

2. Attachment
Discussion
Attachment Slides

November 7/8, 2018

Psychwrite: After reading M47, what might you keep in mind in the future when parenting a child?

1. Piaget Poster

2. Discuss Piaget Stages
-Demo clips

3. Piaget and Santa
 Baby Observation #1 (Part B)

November 5/6, 2018

Psychwrite: As we follow the lifespan, is there more stability or change? Explain.

1. Discus Timeline Requirements

2. Prenatal Discussion
Discuss Teratogens

3. Infant - Brain and Body Development
Baby Observation #1 (Part A)

November 1/2, 2018

psychwrite: Do you know the following concepts? Define them.
synapse, dendrites, afferent vs efferent, opiates, operational definition, binocular cues, gate-control theory

1. Cumulative Exam

October 30/31, 2018

psychwrite: Explain what happens when a chainsaw dude pops out and scares Mrs. Guymon by using the following terms: Central NS, Autonomic NS, Sympathetic NS, Amygdala, norepinephrine and epinephrine.

1. Review Activity

Cumulative Test Next Time!

October 25/26, 2018

psychwrite: sleep survey (no make up required)

1. Consciousness Kahoot

2. Sleep 

October 23/24, 2018

Psychwrite: What did you accomplish in AP Psych this term that you are most proud of?  What do you plan to improve next term? Be specific.

1. Sensation and Perception FRQ Stations

Oct. 17/22, 2018

Psychwrite: What is sensory interaction? Give an example of experiencing it within the last 24 hours.

1. McGurk Effect

2. Sense Poster
If absent, pick a sense from Module 21

3. Sensation and Perception FRQ
See me to make up BEFORE FRIDAY, OCT. 26

October 15/16, 2018

Psychwrite: What are the two types of hearing loss? Describe both.

1. Auditory Process
What's happening in the ear? Hall Groups

2. Canvas Assignment - Monocular Cues and Disney
Due by Oct. 18

TAKE THE QUIZ!!

FREE RESPONSE TEST and READING GUIDE DUE WEDNESDAY (A DAY)
FREE RESPONSE TEST and READING GUIDE DUE MONDAY (B DAY)

October 11/12, 2018

Psychwrite: What might happen if you didn't have the ability to experience perceptual constancies (shape, size, color)?

1. Vision Process
Review in hall with groups

2. Gestalt - Form and Grouping

3. Form and Depth Perception

October 9/10, 2018

Psychwrite: In your own words, explain how the process of accommodation happens within the eyeball?

1. Attention and Sensory Adaptation

2. The Eye
Visual Process in the hall with groups
EYE/ear worksheet (Part 1, Part 3, and 1/2 of Part 4)

3. Color Theories

October 5/8, 2018

psychwrite: Explain the difference between sensation and perception in your own words.

1. Synesthesia
Questions


2.Sensation Perception Basics
Bottom-up, Top-down Worksheet
Turn in

3. Discuss Thresholds

October 3/4, 2018

Psychwrite: How many times did you take the Bio Quiz? Was that enough? How do you know? Make a goal to take the Sensation and Perception unit quiz one more time than your last quiz . Did you study for the FRQs? How?

1. Multiple Choice Group Discuss

2. Bio FRQ Discuss
FRQ Writing Strategies

October 1/2, 2018

psychwrite: why do researchers use twin and adoption studies?

1. Behavior Genetics

2. Bio FRQ
Make up or revise within 1 week

September 27/28, 2018

NO PSYCHWRITE


Group Stations:
1. Two-point Threshold - Somatosensory Cortex Labs
2. Canvas Assignment

September 25/26, 2018

psychwrite: What are association areas? What higher level mental functions do association areas process in: the frontal lobes, temporal lobes, parietal lobes, occipital lobes?


1. Brain Case Study - Buddy Practice

September 21/24, 2018

psychwrite: Which tool used to study the brain do you think yields the best/accurate/significant information?


1. Brain Tool Quiz


2. In-class Celebrity Brain work time

September 19/20, 2018

psychwrite: Explain reflexes and how they are processed in the spinal cord.


1. Nervous System Quizzie


2. Class Activity and Discussion
Neurotransmitters, agonists, antagonists

September 14/18, 2018

psychwrite: How do agnoists and antagonists affect neurotransmission?

1. Playdoh Neurons!

2. Celebrity Brain Project
Due A Day: Oct. 1, B Day: Oct. 2

3. Discuss Neurotransmission

September 12/13, 2018

Psychwrite: Refresh your memory... What was your why? Is it still your why? What could you do in order to achieve your why?


1. Partner Multiple Choice Discussions


2. Research Methods Free Response Discussions
All free response revisions must be completed and re-submitted within one week of receiving your original graded free response

September 10/11, 2018

Psychwrite: What ethical guidelines exist in psychological research that are meant to protect humans? Animals?


1. Discuss Statistics
Turn in packet for points


2. Research Methods Free Response
Make up during tutorial or after school

September 6/7, 2018

Psychwrite: What does it mean to say the results of an experiment have statistical significance?

1. Experiment
Class Practice and Discussion
Extra Independent and Dependent Variable Practice

2. Statistics
Complete the packet to the best of your ability
I will fill in the info you don't know next time!

Sept. 4/5, 2018

Psychwrite: Does correlation mean causation? Explain.

1. Operational Definition Practice

2. Correlation - Discuss and Practice

August 30/31, 2018

psychwrite: Why does wording matter when designing surveys?

1. Discuss Scientific Attitude

2. Operational Definition Discussion
Group work - Girls Smile More Than Boys
See me for a yearbook to use for this activity if absent (if you have a yearbook at home, you can easily do this assignment on your own)

3. Review and Discuss - Descriptive Methods

August 28/29, 2018

Psychwrite: What characteristics is a scientific attitude marked by? Why do you think these are important for studying psychology?


1. Review Disclosure, Quiz and Test info


2. Get to Know You Posters


3. Scientific Attitude Discussion

Aug. 24/27, 2018

Psychwrite: From your reading of the history of psychology, who do you feel deserves the award for "Most Significant Contributor?"


1. Disclosure
Disclosure Quizzie


2. Discuss Quiz/Tests Criterion and Dates


3. Discuss Reading Dates and Reading Guide Expectations


4. Psychology as a Science Discussion