AP Psychology Resources
HW Due Monday, October 28th:
  • Unit 4 Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1&2, Unit 3ABC, & Unit 9 Vocab, too
  • Unit 4 Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1&2, Unit 3ABC, & Unit 9 review questions, too

HW Due Thursday, October 24th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.5 p159-end
  • Unit 9.4 Activities Packet #1-13
  • Volleyball players must check in early with note taking and get the Activities packet

In Class Tuesday, October 22nd - Unit 4.4 Smell & Perceptual Organization:
  • Quiz
  • Unit 4.4 Activities packet
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.4
  • ​Visual cliff & depth perception video & discussion
  • Touching 2 pens from side to center, binocular vs. monocular demo & discussion
  • Finger sausage binocular vs. monocular demo & discussion
  • Hiding faces with your thumb - retinal disparity - demo & discussion
  • Playing catch with an eyepatch on, binocular vs. monocular demo & discussion

HW Due Tuesday, October 22nd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.4 p148-159

In Class Friday, October 18th - Unit 4.3 Hearing, Taste, Touch:
  • Sensory Interaction - taste & smell - demo & discussion
  • Sensory Interaction - kinesthetics & vision - demo & discussion
  • Unit 4.3 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.3
  • Share out some of our real world examples from the Activities sheet and our Brain Break discussions
  • Bone-conducted sound - demo & discussion
  • Audio localization - stereophonic hearing - demo & discussion
  • Cochlear implant simulation video & discussion
  • Rubber Hand Illusion, sensory interaction (vision & touch) illusion demo & discussion
  • Pain is social video & discussion
  • Supertaster testing strip demo & discussion
  • Exit Slip

HW Due Friday, October 18th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.3 p133-148

In Class Wednesday, October 16th - Unit 4.2 Vision:
  • Color blindness test (dichromatic and monochromatic vision) demo and discussion
  • Quiz
  • Absolute threshold, difference threshold, jnd, Weber's Law video & discussion
  • Weber's Law - coins in envelopes vs. coins in shoes demo & discussion
  • Unit 4.2 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.2
  • Rods, cones, peripheral vision student volunteer demo and discussion
  • Blind spot demo and discussion
  • Afterimage effect (Opponent-process theory) demo and discussion
  • Face Blindness video & discussion

HW Due Wednesday, October 16th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.2 p124-133

In Class Monday, October 14th - Unit 4.1 Selective Attention & Thresholds:
  • ​Intro to Sensation & Perception - shocking illusion celebrity faces video & discussion
  • Unit 4.1 Activities sheet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.1
  • Share out some of our real world examples from the Activities sheet and our Brain Break discussions
  • Inattentional Blindness - Monkey Business - video & discussion
  • Change Blindness person swap video & discussion
  • Volunteer performs ticking clock absolute threshold demo
  • Mosquito tone audio & discussion
  • Priming and subliminal messages Stairway to Heaven backwards audio & discussion​
  • Exit Slip

HW Due Monday, October 14th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.1 p115-124

In Class Thursday, October 10th - Unit 9 Test:
  • Share our Unit 9 Piaget Project Presentations in small groups
  • CHUG SODAS FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 9 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 9 Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback

HW Due Thursday, October 10th:
  • Unit 9 Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1&2, Unit 3ABC Vocab, too
  • Unit 9 Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1&2, Unit 3ABC review questions, too
  • Unit 9 Piaget Project Presentations

In Class Tuesday, October 8th - Unit 9 Review:
  • Go over Unit 9.1 through 9.3 Activities packets and make sure we understand all major concepts. Discuss any remaining questions students have
  • Directions for Unit 9.3 Piaget Project
  • Time to work on Piaget Project in our field trip groups
  • Review Erikson's stages through video, discussion, and filling in our Erikson chart on Unit 9.3 Activities packet​

HW Due Tuesday, October 8th:
  • Finish Unit 9.4 and Unit 9.5 Activity Packets
  • Bring back your photos, videos, paperwork, notes, list of procedures, methods, results, etc. of your Piaget Field Trips

In Class Friday, October 4th - Unit 9.5 Social Development of Adulthood & Reflections on Development:
  • Unit 9.5 Activities Brain Break discussions in assigned groups
  • Unit 9.5 Activities packets in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.5
  • Share out some of our real world examples from the Activities packet and our Brain Break discussions
  • Finish final Brain Break discussions
  • Review our tips and techniques for conducting our demonstrations today
  • Conduct Piaget demonstrations on ECC students and then 5th grade students
  • Come back to class and continue working on our Unit 9.5 Activities packets

HW Due Friday, October 4th:
  • All props, materials, items, liquids, etc. for Piaget Demonstration Field Trips
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.5 p465-end

In Class Wednesday, October 2nd - Unit 9.4 Adulthood:
  • Get into our Piaget Field Trip groups, cover first 2 Brain Break questions on Unit 9.4 Activities packet
  • Complete the rest of the Unit 9.4 Activities packets
  • Check preparation for Piaget demonstrations, consult with groups, move in the right direction
  • Share out some of our real world examples from the Activities packet and our Brain Break discussions
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.4
  • ​​Cover tips and techniques for conducting our demonstrations next class
  • Exit Slip

HW Due Wednesday, October 2nd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.4 p455-465
  • Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 1 Plan/List for the Preoperational Stage
  • Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 2 Plan/List for the Concrete Operational Stage

In Class Monday, September 30th - Unit 9.3 Parents & Peers, Adolescence:
  • Quiz
  • Trolly dillema image, Heinz' Dillema video, and Kohlberg's stages of moral development discussion
  • Unit 9.3 Activities Brain Break discussion questions in assigned groups and then share out
  • Unit 9.3 Activities packets in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.3
  • Marshmallow Test (delayed gratification) video & discussion
  • Intro to Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 1 Preoperational Stage and Field Trip 2 Concrete Operational Stage, discuss requirements for next class and then for the field trips, and then the presentation/project the class after next
  • Piaget Field Trip Review viewing of Piaget demonstrations video
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HW Due Monday, September 30th:
  • Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 1 Plan/List for the Preoperational Stage
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.3 p441-455

In Class Thursday, September 26th - Unit 9.2 Social & Gender Development
  • Quiz
  • The Strange Situation video & discussion of stranger anxiety and secure attachment
  • Harlow's Monkeys video & discussion of attachment and critical periods of social development
  • The Rouge Test video & discussion of self-concept
  • Unit 9.2 Activities Packet in assigned groups
  • Share out our Brain Break answers
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.2
  • Go over Project Corrections requirements

HW Due Thursday, September 26th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.2 p426-441
  • Unit 9.1 Activities Packet #1-14 only

In Class Tuesday, September 24th - Unit 9.1 Prenatal, Infant, & Child Development:
Quiz
  • Unit 9.1 Activities Packet in assigned pairs
  • Share out our Brain Break answers
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.1
  • Describe our first ever life memory and list our age, share in pairs, Q&A on our first ever life memories, the content of the memories, the age level, infantile amnesia, and view memory project memories while discussing
  • Assimilation Accommodation mnemonic device
  • Piaget demonstrations video & discussion

HW Due Tuesday, September 24th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.1 p411-426

In Class Friday, September 20th - Unit 3ABC Test:
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron
  • CHUG SODAS FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 3ABC Test
  • Check completion of Unit 3ABC Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback​
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron

HW Due Friday, September 20th:
  • Unit 3ABC Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1&2 Vocab, too
  • Unit 3ABC Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1&2 review questions, too

In Class Wednesday, September 18th - Unit 3C.3 Evolutionary Psychology, Nature vs. Nurture:
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron
  • Share our Celebrity Brain Projects
  • Unit 3C.3 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Share out some of our real world examples from the Activities packet and our Brain Break discussions
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3C.3
  • Get out all of our Unit 3 Activities packets and go over missing material, relearn key concepts, finish up all of Unit 3AB&C lectures and discussions, etc.
  • Girl Living with Half Her Brain video & discussion on plasticity and lateralization
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron

HW Due Wednesday, September 18th:
  • Unit 3B Celebrity Brain Project
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3C.3 p105-110
  • ​Bring back all Activities packets for all of Unit 3

In Class Monday, September 16th - Unit 3C.2 Heritability & Evolutionary Psychology:
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron
  • Quiz
  • Peer grade the last 2 quizzes we took on the brain as a review
  • Time to work on Unit 3B Celebrity Brain Projects​
  • Striking Similarities demo & discussion
  • Finish Unit 3B.3 & 3C.1 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Finish interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.3 & 3C.1
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron

HW Due Monday, September 16th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3C.2 p100-105
  • Character choice for Unit 3B Celebrity Brain Project
  • Materials for building Unit 3B Celebrity Brain Project 

In Class Wednesday, September 4th - Unit 3B.3 & Unit 3C.1 Consciousness & Behavior Genetics:
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron
  • Brain parts and functions quiz
  • Unit 3B.3 & Unit 3C.1 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.3 & 3C.1
  • Learn requirements for Unit 3B Celebrity Brain Projects​. View exemplar projects for creative inspiration
  • Time to work on Unit 3B Celebrity Brain Projects
  • Review of the split brain from Unit 3B.2:
    • Split brain demo: draw a square with the left hand and a circle with the right hand, then discuss the results
    • Joe the split brain patient video & discussion
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron

HW Due Wednesday, September 4th:
  • Closed-note quiz on Unit 3B, label & describe parts and functions of brain
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3B.3 p88-91 & Unit 3C.1 p94-100

​In Class Monday, September 2nd - Unit 3B.2 Cerebral Cortex & Divided Brain:
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron
  • Quiz
  • Unit 3B.2 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.2
  • Cerebral Cortex paper wrinkling demo & discussion
  • Monkey neural prosthetic video & discussion
  • Broca's aphasia video & discussion
  • Broca's aphasia recovery (plasticity & neurogenesis) video & discussion
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron

HW Due Monday, September 2nd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3B.2 p74-88

In Class Thursday, August 29th - Unit 3B.1 Methods of Studying the Brain & Older Brain Structures:
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron
  • Share the critical thinking questions from Unit 3A Activities Packet
  • Unit 3B.1 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • The Unfixed Brain video & discussion
  • Brain Break small group discussions then share out
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.1
  • Exit Slip
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron​

HW Due Thursday, August 29th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3B.1 p66-73

In Class Tuesday, August 27th - Unit 3A Neural Processing & The Endocrine System Day 2:
  • Neuron parts and functions quiz
  • Candy Neuron small group activity - directions & rubric given out in class
  • Candy Neuron Gallery Walk - go around, takes pictures, ask questions, enjoy our neurons
  • Continue interactive lecture, discussion, & Q&A on Unit 3A
  • Share mnemonic device for sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems​

HW Due Tuesday, August 27th:
  • Closed-note quiz on Unit 3A, label and describe parts and functions of neuron, nervous system, endocrine system
  • Bring a wide variety of many pieces of candy that resemble parts of the neuron (figures on p53 & p56) to build candy neurons 

In Class Friday, August 23rd - Unit 3A Neural Processing & The Endocrine System:
  • Quiz
  • Unit 3A Activities Packet in assigned pairs
  • Phrenology on a volunteer
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3A
  • Alyssa Axon & Dongeun Dendrite mnemonic device
  • Hand, shirt, sleeve, opposite elbow mnemonic device
  • Neuron conga line activity & discussion on sensory neurons, interneurons, motor neurons
  • Falling rule nervous demo & discussion on sensory neurons, interneurons, motor neurons
  • Neurons & toilets activity & discussion on neural activity
  • Remind students of HW - study for closed note label and function quiz on Unit 3A, and bring in wide variety of several different pieces of candy that resemble neuron vocab ​(figures on p53 & p56) to build candy neurons
  • Discuss Unit 1&2 Test Results
  • Learn requirements for Test Correction & Retake policy

HW Due Friday, August 23rd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3A p51-63

In Class Wednesday, August 21st - Unit 1&2 Test:
  • Go over FRQ Tips - CHUG SODAS
  • Take the Unit 1&2 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 1&2 Vocab & give individual feedback

HW Due Wednesday, August 21st:
  • Unit 1&2 Vocab​
  • Unit 1&2 Test

In Class Monday, August 19th - Unit 2.3 Statistics & Ethics:
  • Share critical thinking questions from our Activity Packets through Speed Dating
  • Unit 2.3 Activities Packet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 2.3
  • Teacher will move around the room and check for understanding and give feedback on the Activity Packets
  • Human standard deviation of height demo and discussion (line up based on height from shortest to tallest and discuss the deviation we witness)

HW Due Monday, August 19th:
  • Finish Unit 1, Unit 2.1, and Unit 2.2 Activities Packets (finish all the activities packets we have worked on in class)

In Class Wednesday, August 15th - Unit 2.2 Correlation & Experimentation
  • Quiz in assigned pairs
  • Review: peer grade the last quiz in assigned pairs
  • Unit 2.2 Activities packets in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 2.2
  • Chocolate memory experiment demo & discussion

HW Due Thursday, August 15th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 2.3 p37-end of unit

In Class Tuesday, August 13th - Unit 2.1 Research Methods & Descriptive Methods:
  • Continue Unit 1 Interactive lecture & discussion
  • Finish Unit 1 Activities sheet with new partner
  • 7 Approaches of Psychology hand drawing mnemonic and discussion
  • Unit 2.1 Activities sheet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 2.1
  • Operational Definition demo and discussion- Yearbook smiles - directions given out in class

HW Due Tuesday, August 13th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 2.2 p29-37

In Class Friday, August 9th - Unit 1 History & Approaches to Psychology:
  • Reminder of AP Exam date
  • Unit 1 Quiz
  • Unit 1 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 1
  • Predicting Student Behavior demo / experiment & discussion
  • Diagnostic test results

HW Due Friday, August 9th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 2.1 p19-29
  • Purchase Vocab Note Cards for the year
  • Signed student-parent syllabus form (last page of the syllabus)

​In Class Wednesday, August 7th - Course Intro:
  • Seating chart
  • Go the library for the text book
  • The summer assignment was reading, taking notes, and making Vocab Note Cards for Unit 1 p1-15. Students will take a diagnostic test on the reading
  • Fill out class questionnaire
  • Distribute Study Guides
  • Intro to Psychology True False Questionnaire with partner. Discuss results.
  • Discuss class routines, storage locations, room tour, nurse pass, art supplies, where to find the AP PSYCH Extras tray, etc.
  • Preview mrlipsky.com
  • Explain reading, note taking, and note cards
  • Distribute Syllabus, explain student-parent syllabus form