AP Psychology Resources
HW Due Everyday:
  • Bring the Myers Study Guide and your text book

HW Due Tuesday, February 19th:
  • Finish Unit 8A.3 Activities Packet (Harkness discussion questions)
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 8B.1 p366-376

​In Class Friday, February 15th - Unit 8A.3 Sexual Motivation & The Need to Belong:
  • Sexual Motivation survey. Discuss survey results in assigned small groups
  • Unit 8A.3 Harkness Table research activity. Research alone then conduct the Harkness Table in assigned groups
  • If needed: Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 8A.3 - if students have any questions, otherwise this is minimal today

HW Due Friday, February 15th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 8A.3 p352-end

In Class Friday, February 9th - Unit 8A.2 Obesity & Sexual Motivation:
  • Quiz
  • Finish the Unit 8A.1 Discussion questions from last class in assigned groups
  • Social effects of a day in a fat suit video & discussion
  • Biggest Loser Winners Re-gain Weight video & discussion
  • Unit 8A.2 Activities sheet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 8A.2
  • Unit 8A.2 Discussion questions in assigned groups

HW Due Wednesday, February 13th:
  • Complete the Unit 8A.1 Activities packet
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 8A.2 p340-352

In Class  Monday, February 11th - Unit 8A.1 Motivation Concepts & Hunger:
  • 127 Hours trailer video & discussion
  • Unit 8A.1 Activities sheet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 8A.1
  • Lateral and Ventromedial Hypothalamus mnemonic device - LH & VMH
  • Unit 8A.1 Discussion Questions in assigned groups

HW Due Monday, February 11th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 8A.1 p327-339

In Class Thursday, January 31st - Unit 10 Test:
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song
  • Perform Defense Mechanism Review Skits
  • Reminder of our FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 10 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 10 Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback​
  • Intro to Unit 8A Motivation - Read the letters to future AP Psych students that the students wrote to you from last year

HW Due Thursday, January 31st:
  • Defense Mechanisms Review Skit Performances (2 skits per group)
  • Unit 10 Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1-7B, 9, & 11 Vocab, too
  • Unit 7B & 11 Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1-7B, 9, & 11 review questions, too​

In Class Tuesday, January 29th - Unit 10.3 Social-Cognitive Theory of Personality & The Self:
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song
  • Reaction formation & projection defense mechanisms review - Boy Erased trailer and discussion
  • Quiz​
  • Unit 10.3 Activities sheet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 10.3​
  • Locus of control survey and discussion​
  • Self-concept / multiple selfs survey and discussion
  • Defense Mechanisms review skits - get started on planning these and we will preform them at the beginning of next class
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song

HW Due Tuesday, January 29th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 10.3 p503-end

In Class Tuesday January 30th - Unit 10.2 Humanistic & Trait Theories of Personality:
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song
  • Quiz​
  • Unit 10.2 Activities sheet, work on discussion questions alone then share in assigned groups and then work on text book questions together
  • Pig Drawing Personality Test, hand out results interpretation sheet then discuss results
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 10.2
  • Ideal vs. actual self humanistic theory demo questionnaire and discussion
  • Share Freud's psychosexual stages of development mnemonic devices for review: Only Adults Play Love Games & Old And Pale Large Guy
  • Unit 10.1 Defense Mechanisms review worksheet
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song

HW Due Friday, January 25th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 10.2 p490-503​

In Class Wednesday, January 23rd - Unit 10.1 Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality:
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song
  • Free Association with volunteer and then discuss results and conclusion
  • Unit 10.1 Activities sheet, work on discussion questions alone then share in assigned groups and then work on text book questions together
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 10.1
  • Freudian Slips video & discussion
  • Defense Mechanisms - Rationalization - social farter video & discussion
  • Defense Mechanisms - Projection & Reaction Formation - videos and discussion of Ted Haggard​
  • Rorschach Inkblot Tests demo & discussion
  • Dagnabbit Defense Mechanisms song

HW Due Wednesday, January 23rd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 10.1 p479-490

In Class Monday, January 21st - Unit 7B & 11 Test:
  • Reminder of our FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 7B & 11 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 7B & 11 Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback​

HW Due Monday, January 21st:
  • Unit 7B & 11 Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1-7A & 9 Vocab, too
  • Unit 7B & 11 Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1-7A & 9 review questions, too​

In Class Thursday, January 17th - Unit 11.3 Genetic & Environmental Influences on Education:
  • Genetic & Environmental Influences on Education demo - paper with statements are distributed to students, share our statements, then take our "test" - crumple paper into balls and throw into trash can near people with best statements. Then talk with our neighbors and determine why we did this demo, share out with class. More detailed instructions given out in class.
  • Unit 11.3 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 11.3
  • ​Review for test, split into new pairs and design FRQ questions on specific sections. When finished, trade with other pairs and answer their questions, then get feedback from original pairs

HW Due Thursday, January 17th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 11.3 p544-end

In Class Tuesday, January 15th - Unit 11.2 Assessing Intelligence:
  • Unit 11.2 Activities sheet, share out our answers to Brain Break questions and work on text book questions
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 11.2
  • Get in order of shortest to tallest and discuss the normal curve and percentiles
  • Time to take the WAIS test, multiple intelligences assessments, and more on the class website
  • Kim Peek video and discussion on savants and extremes of low and high intelligence
  • Time to work on practice test questions in the text book and in the study guide

HW Due Tuesday, January 15th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 11.2 p532-544

In Class Friday, January 11th - Unit 11.1 Intelligence:
  • Quiz
  • Unit 11.1 Activities sheet, share our answers to discussion questions
  • Discuss the people we placed into Gardner's Multiple Intelligences categories on our Activities sheet
  • Time to debate Brain Break questions at the end of the class
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 11.1
  • Time to work on practice test questions in the text book and in the study guide

HW Due Friday, January 11th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 11.1 p523-532

In Class Wednesday, January 9th - Unit 7B.3 Language & Thinking:
  • Quiz
  • Unit 7B.3 Activities sheet, share our answers to discussion questions
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7B.3
  • Twin babies babbling video & discussion
  • View many video examples of teacher's daughter in the various stages of language development
  • Finish the Genie the Wild Child video & discussion
  • The Benefits of a Bilingual Brain (TED Ed) video & discussion
  • How Language Shapes the Way We Think (TED Talk) video & discussion
  • Time to work on practice test questions in the text book and in the study guide

HW Due Wednesday, January 9th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7B.3 p313-end

In Class Monday, January 7th - Unit 7B.2 Making Decisions & Forming Judgments:
  • Unit 7B.2 Activities sheet, share our answers to discussion questions
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7B.2
  • ​Framing Effect survey, discuss results
  • Time to work on practice test questions in the text book and in the study guide
  • Intro to language development: Genie the Wild Child video & discussion

HW Due Monday, January 7th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7B.2 p303-312

In Class Thursday, December 13th - Unit 7B.1 Concepts & Problem Solving:
  • Check results of Midterm Exam
  • Quiz
  • Unit 7B.1 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7B.1
  • ​Intro to cognition: list as many uses as possible for a paper clip, pair up, share out
  • Brain teaser games
  • Heuristics vs. algorithm demos and discussions with brain teasers and math problems
  • Concepts vs. Prototypes Q&A, survey, and discussion
  • Time to work on practice test questions in the text book and in the study guide

HW Due Thursday, December 13th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7B.1 p298-303

In Class Tuesday, December 12th - Semester 1 Midterm Exam:
  • Reminder of our FRQ Tips
  • Take the Midterm Exam
  • Check completion of Unit 7A Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback

HW Due Tuesday, December 11th:
  • Unit 1-7A & Unit 9 Vocab in a box
  • Midterm Exam over Units 1-7A & Unit 9

In Class Friday, December 7th - Unit 7A.4 Memory Construction:
  • Quiz
  • Unit 7A.4 Memory Construction Telephone Game / Rumor Chain demo, free-write, pair, share discussion
  • Testing effect discussion - remind students to complete Myers Study Guide questions for each unit to study for tests (practice tests)
  • Share Unit 7A.3 final questions that we finished as HW through Speed Dating
  • Unit 7A.4 Activities sheet, discussion questions individually, speed dating activity to share, then share out
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7A.4
  • False eyewitness testimony video and discussion

HW Due Friday, December 7th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7A.4 p285-end
  • Finish the Unit 7A.3 Activities packet

In Class Wednesday December 5th - Unit 7A.3 Retrieval & Forgetting:
  • iPhone keyboard demo - implicit vs. explicit memory, recall, encoding vs. retreival failure, context cues, etc, discussion
  • Quiz
  • Unit 7A.3 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7A.3
  • Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs Recall vs. Recognition demo
  • ​Total Recall Jill Price memory video & discussion
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HW Due Wednesday, December 5th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7A.3 p274-284

In Class Monday, December 3rd - Unit 7A.2 Storage, Retaining Information:
  • List: our earliest life memories, and our age at the time. Share out. Find repeats and connections. View online collection of peoples' earliest memories. Discuss infantile amnesia, hippocampus, cerebellum, explicit and implicit memory. 
  • Unit 7A.2 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7A.2
  • Memory Capacity Demo 1: Flash images and gauge iconic memory. Discuss results.
  • Memory Capacity Demo 2: Teacher reads list of numbers, students write numbers. Grade, list results, discuss results, discuss the terms chunking, echoic memory, recall for digits is better than for random letters.
  • Memory Capacity Demo 3: List a number on the board, tell students to look at it and try to memorize it. Then test them. If they are good at chunking and finding patterns, they'll know the numbers just go up by 3 and 4 and 3 and 4, over and over and will actually be able to get the number. Discuss limits and advantages of working memory and chunking.​

HW Due Monday, December 3rd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7A.2 p265-274

In Class Thursday, November 29th - Unit 7A.1 Memory, Information Processing, Encoding:
  • Unit 7A.1 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 7A.1
  • All-purpose Memory Demo. Teacher reads a list of words, kids write from memory.
    • The following vocab terms will be discussed after: primacy effect, recency effect, false memory / memory construction, semantic distinctiveness, chunking​

HW Due Thursday, November 29th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 7A.1 p255-265

In Class Tuesday, November 27th - Unit 6 Review Activities & Unit 6 Test:
  • Review Classical Conditioning by sharing our Unit 6.1 Posters
  • Review Operant Conditioning by sharing our Unit 6.2 New School Rules Writing Activity
  • Reminder of our FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 6 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 6 Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback

HW Due Tuesday, November 27th:
  • Unit 6 Classical Conditioning Poster Project
  • Unit 6 Operant Conditioning School Rules Project
  • Unit 6 Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1-5 & 9 Vocab, too
  • Unit 6 Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1-5 & 9 review questions, too

In Class Wednesday, November 21st - Unit 6 Wrap-up, Review, & Exam Prep:
  • Conduct Q&A on any unclear concepts from Unit 6
  • Share all Unit 6 Brain Break responses with new partners we haven't worked with
  • Share answers to Unit 6.2 operant conditioning exercises / application questions with new partners
  • The Office Classical Conditioning video & discussion
  • Caddyshack Secondary Disgust video & discussion
  • Distribute operant conditioning examples of reinforcement, punishment, and schedules of reinforcement real world examples 
  • Intro to Unit 6 Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning short projects. Get started on those in class.

HW Due Wednesday, November 21st:
  • All Unit 6 Activity Packets

In Class Monday, November 19th - Unit 6.3 Learning By Observation:
  • Children See, Children Do video & discussion
  • Unit 6.3 Activities sheet in assigned groups.
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 6.3
  • Review major concepts from all of Unit 6 that we still need to cover, conduct Q&A on the major concepts
  • Work on Unit 6.2 & 6.1 Activities packets while we wrap up all major concepts from Unit 6
  • Bandura's Bobo Doll video & discussion
  • Pigeons playing pingpong video & discussion
  • Learned helplessness survey/demo & discussion

HW Due Monday, November 19th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 6.3 p242-end

In Class Thursday, November 15th - Unit 6.2 Operant Conditioning:
  • Operant conditioning activity with student volunteer - hot or cold game to train a student to perform an odd task
  • Quiz
  • Unit 6.2 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 6.2
  • Nana the Border Collie (shaping & successive approximations) video & discussion
  • Porter, the world's first driving dog (shaping & successive approximations) video & discussion
  • Intrinsic vs. extrinsic survey and discussion
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A on Unit 6.2
  • Unit 6.2 Operant Conditioning Worksheet in assigned pairs

HW Due Thursday, November 15th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 6.2 p228-241

In Class Tuesday, November 13th - Unit 6.1 Learning & Classical Conditioning:
  • Intro to Classical Conditioning: Jaws Theme Song - audio and discussion
  • Unit 6.1 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 6.1
  • Classically condition the class: US: lights off, UR: pupils dilate. NS: knock 3 times. CS: knock 3 times. CR: pupils dilate. Try it over and over until it works, then discuss the demo
  • Classical Conditioning CAN spray demo with student volunteer. Fill out worksheet while demo occurs, discuss responses
  • Exit Slip

HW Due Tuesday, November 13th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 6.1 p215-227

In Class Friday, November 9th - Unit 5 Test:
  • CHUG SODAS FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 5 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 5 Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback​​

HW Due Friday, November 9th:
  • Unit 5 Vocab
    • ​MUST bring back Unit 1-4, & Unit 9 Vocab, too
  • Unit 5 Test
    • ​There will be some Unit 1-4, & Unit 9 review questions, too

In Class Wednesday, November 7th - Unit 5 Wrap-up, Review, & Exam Prep:
  • Dream journal analysis & discussion in small groups, discuss manifest vs. latent content
  • Play Mouse Party in small groups
  • Sleep Debt Quiz from text p183, discuss our results
  • Wrap-up Unit 5.1 Activities packet with quick interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A
  • Skeeter the Narcoleptic Poodle video & discussion
  • Wrap-up Unit 5.2 Activities packet with quick interactive lecture, discussion, and Q&A
  • Buzzfeed extra hour of sleep video & discussion
  • Buzzfeed why we dream video & discussion
  • Buzzfeed tips for falling asleep easier video & discussion
  • Hypnosis scene from "Get Out" video & discussion
  • Hypnotic suggestion (lemons) demo & discussion
  • Share Unit 5.3 Brain Break discussion questions in assigned small groups

HW Due Wednesday, November 7th:
  • Unit 5.1, 5.2, &5.3 Activities Packets entirely completed.

In Class Monday, November 5th - Unit 5.3 Drugs & Influences on Drugs:
  • Quiz on all 3 sections of Unit 5
  • Unit 5.1 & Unit 5.2 Activities packet Brain Break and other critical thinking questions - share through Speed Dating activity
  • Unit 5.3 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • ​Q&A on Unit 5.3 - no interactive lecture, no PPT, just answer student questions as they will be able to hunt and peck for answers and play Mouse Party
  • View Mouse Party interactive drug demo website. Go over a few of the drugs, encourage students to try all the rest on their own later to study

HW Due Monday, November 5th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 5.3 p196-end 
  • All Activity packets that you do in class on Tuesday and Thursday are due Monday, the entire packets
  • Open note quiz on all 3 sections of Unit 5
  • Keep a dream journal each morning when you wake up

In Class Thursday, November 1st - Unit 5.2 Dreams & Hypnosis:
  • Unit 5.2 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Once finished, you may choose any of the following:
    • ​Watch the videos Unit 5 posted on the class website
    • Start reading and taking notes on the next day's reading
    • Continue making Vocab Note Cards for Unit 5

HW Due Thursday, November 1st:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 5.2 p187-196
  • Bring latpops, chargers, and earbuds
  • Keep a dream journal each morning when you wake up

In Class Tuesday, October 30th - Unit 5.1 Stages of Sleep, Sleep Disorders:
  • Unit 5.1 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Once finished, you may choose any of the following:
    • ​Watch the videos Unit 5 posted on the class website
    • Start reading and taking notes on the next day's reading
    • Continue making Vocab Note Cards for Unit 5

HW Due Tuesday, October 30th: 
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 5.1 p175-187
  • Bring laptops, chargers, and earbuds
  • Keep a dream journal each morning when you wake up

In Class Friday, October 26th - Unit 4 Test:
  • CHUG SODAS FRQ Tips
  • Take the Unit 4 Test
  • Check completion of Unit 4 Vocab, checking that students brought all old Vocab, & give individual feedback​
  • Review Unit 4: Face blindness video & discussion

HW Due Friday, October 26th:
  • 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

In Class Wednesday, October 24th - Unit 4.5 Perceptual Interpretation & ESP:
  • Quiz
  • Lightness & Color Constancy - teacher clothes - lights on and off - demo & discussion
  • Lightness Constancy illusion video & discussion
  • Color Constancy illusion video & discussion
  • What color is this dress? video & discussion
  • Unit 4.5 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.5
  • Inversion Goggles - perceptual interpretation - activity & discussion
  • ESP telepathy demo & discussion
  • Perceptual Set experiment & discussion
  • Go over Unit 4.1 through 4.4 Activities packets and make sure we understand all major concepts. Discuss any remaining questions students have
  • Absolute threshold, difference threshold, jnd, Weber's Law video & discussion
  • Weber's Law - coins in envelopes vs. coins in shoes demo & discussion
  • McGurk Effect - sensory interaction - video & discussion
  • Perceptual constancy - shape and size constancy & monocular cues - relative size, lack of linear perspective - spider attacking cop - video & discussion
  • Perceptual Constancy - Aimes Room - video & discussion

HW Due Wednesday, October 24th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.5 p159-end

In Class Monday, October 22nd - Unit 4.4 Smell & Perceptual Organization:
  • Share our Unit 4.3 Brain Break and critical thinking answers in assigned small group discussions
  • Go over Unit 4.3 Brain Break and critical thinking questions as a whole class to make sure we understand all major concepts. Discuss any remaining questions students have
  • Go over answers for Quiz 4.2 to make sure we understand all major concepts
  • Quiz
  • Unit 4.4 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.4
  • Rubber Hand Illusion, sensory interaction (vision & touch) illusion demo & discussion
  • Supertaster testing strip demo & discussion
  • Netflix Ask the Doctor - Sense - Smell - video & discussion
  • ​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
  • Playing catch with an eyepatch on, binocular vs. monocular demo & discussion


HW Due Monday, October 22nd:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.4 p148-159
  • Unit 4.3 Activities packet, numbers 22, 26, 33, 36, & 37

In Class Thursday, 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
  • Bone-conducted sound - demo & discussion
  • Audio localization - stereophonic hearing - demo & discussion
  • Cochlear implant simulation & discussion

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

In Class Tuesday, October 16th - Unit 4.2 Vision:
  • Color blindness test (dichromatic and monochromatic vision) demo and discussion
  • Quiz
  • Unit 4.2 Activities packet with assigned partner
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.2
  • Secondary Pupillary Response demo and discussion
  • Rods, cones, peripheral vision student volunteer demo and discussion
  • Blind spot demo and discussion
  • Afterimage effect (Opponent-process theory) demo and discussion

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

In Class Friday, October 12th - Unit 4.1 Selective Attention & Thresholds:
  • ​Intro to Sensation & Perception - shocking illusion celebrity faces video & discussion
  • Intro to Sensation & Perception - "this will really freak out you" color constancy illusion video & discussion
  • Unit 4.1 Activities sheet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 4.1
  • 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​

HW Due Friday, October 12th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 4.1 p115-124

In Class Wednesday, October 10th - Unit 9 Test:
  • 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​
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HW Due Wednesday 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 Erikson Review Project

In Class Monday, October 8th - Unit 9 Review:
  • Share our Unit 9.5 Brain Break and critical thinking answers through Speed Dating
  • Share our Unit 9.4 Brain Break and critical thinking answers with assigned partners, then share out
  • Go over Unit 9.1 through 9.3 Activities packets and make sure we understand all major concepts. Discuss any remaining questions students have
  • NPR Invisibilia - personality fixed - marshmallow test reflection video & discussion
  • Intro to Unit 9.3 Erikson Review Project
  • Time to work on Erikson Review Project in small groups

HW Due Monday, October 8th:
  • Unit 9.4 Activities packet, numbers 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 17, 18, & 19
  • Unit 9.5 Activities packet, numbers 2 & 13

In Class Thursday, October 4th - Unit 9.5 Social Development of Adulthood & Reflections on Development:
  • ​​Review our tips and techniques for conducting our demonstrations today
  • Go to the 5th grade classroom and conduct our Concrete Operational / Formal Operational stages Piaget demonstrations
  • Robot Chicken stages of grief video & discussion
  • Unit 9.5 Activities discussion questions in assigned pairs and then share out
  • Unit 9.5 Activities packets in assigned pairs
    • ​Connect our 2 drawings from last class to discussions of old age
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.5
  • Get out our Unit 9.4 Activities packet from last class and go over important items that will be due next class

HW Due Thursday, October 4th:
  • All props, materials, items, liquids, etc. for Piaget Demonstration Field Trips to t5th grade for the Concrete Operatonal Stage
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.5 p465-end

In Class Tuesday, October 2nd - Unit 9.4 Adulthood:
  • ​​Review our tips and techniques for conducting our demonstrations today
  • Go to the ECC and conduct our Preoperational stage Piaget demonstrations
  • Come back to our class and check preparation for Piaget Field Trip 2 for next class
  • Quiz
  • Unit 9.4 Activities discussion questions in assigned pairs and then share out
  • Unit 9.4 Activities packets in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.4
  • Share our 2 drawings (one is our's, one is an old person's) day in the life of an old person and share out connections we make during our conversations​

HW Due Tuesday, October 2nd:
  • All props, materials, items, liquids, etc. for Piaget Demonstration Field Trips to the ECC for the Preoperational stage
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.4 p455-465
  • Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 2 Plan/List for the Concrete Operational Stage
  • 2nd drawing: ask an old person to draw a scene or scenes from a day in their life
  • 1st drawing you started in class - your personal drawing of what you think a scene is like in the day of an old person

In Class Thursday, September 20th - Unit 9.3 Parents & Peers, Adolescence:
  • Trolly dillema image, Heinz' Dillema video, and Kohlberg's stages of moral development discussion
  • Check preparation for Piaget demonstrations
  • Draw a scene from the day in the life of an old person
  • Unit 9.3 Activities discussion questions in assigned pairs and then share out
  • Unit 9.3 Activities packets in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.3
  • Marshmallow Test (delayed gratification) video & discussion
  • Intro to Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 2 Concrete Operational Stage, discuss requirements for next class and then for the field trips
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HW Due Thursday, September 20th:
  • 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 Tuesday, September 18th - Unit 9.2 Social & Gender Development
  • 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 our Brain Break answers in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.2
  • Intro to Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 1 Preoperational Stage, discuss requirements for next class and then for the field trips
  • Piaget video and review discussion to prepare for the Piaget Demonstration Field Trip 1 Preoperational Stage

HW Due Tuesday, September 18th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.2 p426-441

In Class Friday, September 14th - Unit 9.1 Prenatal, Infant, & Child Development:
Quiz
  • Quiz
  • Unit 9.1 Activities Packet in assigned groups
  • Share our Brain Break answers in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 9.1
  • Q&A on our first ever life memories, the content of the memories, the age level, and infantile amnesia
  • Egocentrism Letter E forehead demo and discussion
  • Assimilation Accommodation mnemonic device
  • Piaget video & discussion
 
HW Due Friday, September 14th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 9.1 p411-426

In Class Wednesday, September 12th - 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 Wednesday, September 12th:
  • 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 Monday, September 10th - Unit 3C.3 Evolutionary Psychology, Nature vs. Nurture:
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron
  • Share our Br​ain Superhero Projects
  • Quiz
  • 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.
  • The Unfixed Brain video & discussion
  • Split corpus callosum video & discussion
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron

HW Due Monday, September 10th:
  • Unit 3B Brain Superhero 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 Thursday, September 6th - Unit 3C.2 Heritability & Evolutionary Psychology:
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron
  • Brain parts and functions quiz
  • Time to work on Unit 3B Br​ain Superhero Projects
  • Unit 3C.2 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3C.2
  • Twinsters movie trailer - review Unit 3C.1 twin and adoption studies with video and discussion - and complete more of the Activities packet from last class while discussing
  • Three Identical Strangers trailer - review Unit 3C.1 twin and adoption studies with video and discussion - and complete more of the Activities packet from last class while discussing
  • Heritability and height differences between the Koreas - discussion and fill out today's Activities packet
  • Brain Part Songs by Aaron

HW Due Thursday, September 6th:
  • Closed-note quiz - label & describe functions of parts of brain
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3C.2 p100-105
  • Materials for building Unit 3B Brain Superheroes Project 

In Class Tuesday, September 4th - Unit 3B.3 & Unit 3C.1 Consciousness & Behavior Genetics:
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron
  • Quiz 
  • Unit 3B.3 & Unit 3C.1 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • High Five Hustle to share our Unit 3C.1 Activities packet Brain Breaks
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.3 & 3C.1
  • Time to work on Unit 3B Brain Superhero Projects
  • Review parts & functions of the brain: draw concept maps of the brain, without any resources, in assigned groups. Once we can't label any more parts or functions, use the book or notes to help finish.
  • Review of language from Unit 3B.2:
    • Broca's aphasia video & discussion
    • Broca's aphasia recovery (plasticity & neurogenesis) video & discussion
    • Wernicke's aphasia video & discussion
  • 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 Tuesday, September 4th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3B.3 p88-91 & Unit 3C.1 p94-100
  • Materials for building Unit 3B Brain Superheroes Project 

​In Class Friday, August 31st - Unit 3B.2 Cerebral Cortex & Divided Brain:
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron
  • Quiz
  • Speed Dating: Share unique responses on Unit 3B.1 Activities Packet answer #7
  • Learn requirements for Unit 3B Brain Superheroes Project
  • Time to work on project alone or in pairs
  • Monkey neural prosthetic video & discussion
  • Unit 3B.2 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.2
  • Cerebral Cortex paper wrinkling demo & discussion
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron

HW Due Friday, August 31st:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 3B.2 p74-88
  • Unit 3B.1 Activities Packet answer #7

In Class Wednesday, August 29th - Unit 3B.1 Methods of Studying the Brain & Older Brain Structures:
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron
  • Peer grade the Unit 3A Neuron quiz from last class
  • Unit 3B.1 Activities packet in assigned pairs
  • Brain Breaks small group discussions then share out
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 3B.1
  • Exit Slip
  • Brain Parts Song by Aaron​

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

In Class Monday, 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
  • Neuron and nervous system Conga Line activity and discussion

HW Due Monday, August 27th:
  • Closed-note quiz - label & describe functions of nervous & endocrine system
  • Bring a wide variety of many pieces of candy that resemble neurons (p53 & p56) to build candy neurons

In Class Thursday, August 23rd - Unit 3A Neural Processing & The Endocrine System:
  • Learn requirements for Test Correction & Retake policy
  • Discuss Unit 1&2 Test Results
  • Unit 3A Activities Packet in assigned groups
  • Phrenology on a volunteer
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, & Q&A on Unit 3A
  • Ana Axon & David Dendrite mnemonic device
  • Hand, arm, shirt, sleeve, elbow, & hand neuron mnemonic device
  • Neurons & Toilets demo & discussion

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

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

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

In Class Friday, August 17th - Unit 2.3 Statistics & Ethics:
  • Check for completion and understanding of #11 on Unit 2.2 Activities Packet and give individual feedback while students are working on Unit 2.3 Activities Packet
  • Quiz
  • Unit 2.3 Activities Packet in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 2.3
  • Human standard deviation of height demo and discussion (line up based on height from shortest to tallest and discuss the deviation we witness)
  • Uni1 Review - 7 Approaches to Psychology mnemonic device

HW Due Friday, August 17th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 2.3 p37-end
  • #11 on Unit 2.2 Activities Packet

In Class Wednesday, August 15th - Unit 2.2 Correlation & Experimentation
  • Quiz
  • Unit 2.2 Activities packets in assigned groups
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 2.2
  • Chocolate memory experiment demo & discussion

HW Due Wednesday, August 15th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 2.2 p29-37

In Class Monday, August 13th - Unit 2.1 Research Methods & Descriptive Methods:
  • Unit 2.1 Activities sheet in assigned groups
  • Operational Definition demo and discussion- Yearbook smiles - directions given out in class
  • Random Sampling - coin flip demo & discussion
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 2.1
  • Continue Unit 1 Interactive lecture & discussion

HW Due Monday, August 13th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 2.1 p19-29

In Class Thursday, August 9th - Unit 1 History & Approaches to Psychology:
  • Finish going over Syllabus
  • Finish explaining requirements for reading, note taking, and note cards
  • Reminder of AP Exam date
  • Intro to Psychology True False Questionnaire with partner. Discuss results.
  • Unit 1 Quiz in assigned pairs
  • Unit 1 Activities sheet in assigned pairs
  • Interactive lecture, discussion, Q&A on Unit 1
  • Experiment demo and discussion on student conformity

HW Due Thursday, August 9th:
  • Read, take notes, and make Vocab Note Cards for Unit 1 p1-15​ ​

​In Class Tuesday, August 7th - Course Intro:
  • Questionnaire
  • Books
  • Emails
  • Syllabus
  • Preview mrlipsky.com
  • Explain reading, note taking, and note cards
  • AP Exam date
  • Intro to Psychology True False Questionnaire with partner. Discuss results.