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A.P. PSYCHOLOGY
2014-15 Calendar, Assignment Due Dates and Reading Log
Myers' Psychology for AP* Textbook - 1st Edition
2014-15 Calendar, Assignment Due Dates and Reading Log
Myers' Psychology for AP* Textbook - 1st Edition
Unit 1: Psychology's History and Approaches (p. 1-17)
Aug 20 Introduction to Class / Disclosure Document
Aug 22 p. 1-17 What is Psychology? / Contemporary Psychology / Psychology's Subfields
Unit 2: Research Methods - Thinking Critically With Psychological Science (p. 18 - 49)
Aug 26 p. 18-29 The Need for Psychological Science / The Scientific Method / Descritption
Quiz on Introduction / Disclosure
Aug 28 p 29-37 Correlation / Experimentation
Sep 2 p 42-49 Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology
Vocabulary Quiz
Sep 4 p. 37-42 Statistical Reasoning
Sep 6
Statistics Assignment Due!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Statistical Reasoning
UNIT 1-2 PACKET DUE
Unit 3: Biological Bases of Behavior - The Biology of Mind (p. 50-113)
Sep 10 p. 50-58 Neural Communication
Sep 12 p. 59-65 The Nervous System / The Endocrine System
Sep 16 p. 66-73 The Brain
Vocabulary Quiz
Sep 18 p. 74-89 The Cebral Cortex
Sep 22 p. 89-93 The Brain and Consciousness
Sep 24 p. 94-103 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Sep 26 p. 103-107 Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
Vocabulary Quiz
Sep 30 p. 108-110 Reflections on Nature and Nurture
Oct 2 Test #1 Units 1-3
UNIT 3 PACKET DUE
Unit 4: Sensation and Perception (p. 114-173)
Oct 6 p. 114-124 Sensing the World: Some Basic Principles
Oct 8 p. 124-133 Vision
Oct 10 p. 133-140 Hearing
Oct 14 p. 141-150 Other Important Senses
Oct 21 p. 151-159 Perceptual Organization
Oct 23 p. 159-165 Perceptual Interpretation
Vocabulary Quiz
Oct 27 p. 166-173 Is There Extrasensory Perception (ESP)?
Quiz on Unit 4
UNIT 4 PACKET DUE
Unit 5: States of Consciousness (p. 174-213)
Oct 29 p. 174-191 Sleep and Dreams
Oct 31 p. 192-196 Hypnosis
Nov 4 p. 197-213 Drugs and Consciousness
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 5
UNIT 5 PACKET DUE
Unit 6: Learning (p. 214-253)
Nov 6 p. 214-228 How Do We Learn / Classical Conditioning
Start working on Behavior Modification Assignment
Nov 10 p. 228-242 Operant Conditioning
Vocabulary Quiz
Nov 12 p. 242-253 Learning By Observation
Bring a jump drive to class next time.
Nov 14 Finish Unit 6 PPT.
Assign groups for Unit 7 Presentations.
Brainstorm ideas for presentation.
Nov 18 Students will have time to finalize plans for their upcoming Unit 7 Presentations
Quiz on Unit 6
Vocabulary Quiz
UNIT 6 READING PACKET DUE including VOCABULARY
Unit 7: Cognition - Memory, Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity & Language (p. 254-325)
Nov 20 p. 254-265 The Phenomenon of Memory / Encoding
Behavior Modification Assignment is due
Nov 24 p. 265-274 Storage: Retaining Information
Dec 1 p. 274-285 Retrieval: Getting Information Out / Forgetting
Vocabulary Quiz
Dec 3 p. 285-297 Memory Construction / Improving Memory
Dec 5 p. 298-312 Thinking / Problem Solving / Creativiy
Dec 9 p. 313-325 Language / Thinking & Language
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 7
UNIT 7 PACKET DUE
Unit 8: Motivation and Emotion (p. 326-409)
Dec 11 p. 326-348 Motivational Concepts / Hunger
Vocabulary Quiz
Dec 15 p. 359-365 The Need to Belong
Dec 17 p. 366-377 Theories of Emotion / Embodied Emotion
Dec 19 p. 377-396 Expressed Emotion / Experienced Emotion
Dec 22 - Jan 4 CHRISTMAS VACATION
This however should not be considered a vacation from reality. Keep absorbing that relevant psychology material as you enjoy a nice break from schoo. Happy Holidays!!!
Jan 6 p. 397-409 Stress Illness / Promoting Health
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 8
Jan 8 Make up day to be used at Mr. Barth's discretion
UNIT 8 PACKET DUE
Jan 12 Practice AP Test (1999 Test)
Unit 9: Developmental Psychology (p. 410-477)
Jan 14 p. 410-426 Prenatal Development & Newborn / Infancy & Childhood
Jan 16 p. 426-435 Social Development
Jan 21 p. 435-445 Gender Development / Parents and Peers
Jan 23 p. 445-455 Adolescence
Jan 27 p. 455-471 Adulthood
Vocabulary Quiz
Jan 29 p. 471-477 Reflections on Three Major Developmental Issues
Quiz on Unit 9
Feb 2 Test #3 Units 7-9
UNIT 9 PACKET DUE
Unit 10: Personality (p. 478-521)
Feb 4 p. 478-490 The Psychoanalytic Perspective
Feb 6 p. 490-493 The Humanistic Perspective
Feb 10 p. 493-503 The Trait Perspective
Feb 12 p. 503-521 The Social-Cognitive Perspective / Exploring The Self
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 10
UNIT 10 PACKET DUE
Unit 11: Testing and Individual Differences (p. 522-559)
Feb 17 p. 522-532 What is Intelligence?
Feb 19 p. 532-544 Assessing Intelligence / The Dynamic of Intelligence
Feb 23 p. 544-559 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 11
UNIT 11 PACKET DUE
Unit 12: Abnormal Psychology (p. 560-603)
Feb 25 p. 560-569 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
Feb 27 p. 569-577 Anxiety Disorders / Somatoform Disorders
Mar 3 p. 577-589 Dissociative Disorders / Mood Disorders
Mar 5 p. 589-596 Schizophrenia Disorders
Vocabulary Quiz
Mar 10 p. 596-603 Personality Disorders / Rates of Disorders
Quiz on Unit 12
Mar 12 Test #4 Units 10-12
UNIT 12 PACKET DUE
Unit 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders (p. 604-641)
Mar 16 p. 604-618 The Psychological Therapies
Mar 18 p. 619-628 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Vocabulary Quiz
Mar 20 p. 628-641 The Biomedical Therapies / Preventing Disorders
Quiz on Unit 13
UNIT 13 PACKET DUE
Unit 14: Social Psychology (p. 642-695)
Mar 24 p. 642-650 Social Thinking
Mar 26 p. 650-664 Social Influences
Mar 30 p. 664-677 Social Relations - Prejudice & Aggression
Vocabulary Quiz
Apr 1 p. 677-695 Social Relations - Attraction, Altruism, Conflict & Peacemaking
Apr 3 Test #5 Units 13-14
UNIT 14 PACKET DUE
Aug 20 Introduction to Class / Disclosure Document
Aug 22 p. 1-17 What is Psychology? / Contemporary Psychology / Psychology's Subfields
Unit 2: Research Methods - Thinking Critically With Psychological Science (p. 18 - 49)
Aug 26 p. 18-29 The Need for Psychological Science / The Scientific Method / Descritption
Quiz on Introduction / Disclosure
Aug 28 p 29-37 Correlation / Experimentation
Sep 2 p 42-49 Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology
Vocabulary Quiz
Sep 4 p. 37-42 Statistical Reasoning
Sep 6
Statistics Assignment Due!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Statistical Reasoning
UNIT 1-2 PACKET DUE
Unit 3: Biological Bases of Behavior - The Biology of Mind (p. 50-113)
Sep 10 p. 50-58 Neural Communication
Sep 12 p. 59-65 The Nervous System / The Endocrine System
Sep 16 p. 66-73 The Brain
Vocabulary Quiz
Sep 18 p. 74-89 The Cebral Cortex
Sep 22 p. 89-93 The Brain and Consciousness
Sep 24 p. 94-103 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Sep 26 p. 103-107 Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
Vocabulary Quiz
Sep 30 p. 108-110 Reflections on Nature and Nurture
Oct 2 Test #1 Units 1-3
UNIT 3 PACKET DUE
Unit 4: Sensation and Perception (p. 114-173)
Oct 6 p. 114-124 Sensing the World: Some Basic Principles
Oct 8 p. 124-133 Vision
Oct 10 p. 133-140 Hearing
Oct 14 p. 141-150 Other Important Senses
Oct 21 p. 151-159 Perceptual Organization
Oct 23 p. 159-165 Perceptual Interpretation
Vocabulary Quiz
Oct 27 p. 166-173 Is There Extrasensory Perception (ESP)?
Quiz on Unit 4
UNIT 4 PACKET DUE
Unit 5: States of Consciousness (p. 174-213)
Oct 29 p. 174-191 Sleep and Dreams
Oct 31 p. 192-196 Hypnosis
Nov 4 p. 197-213 Drugs and Consciousness
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 5
UNIT 5 PACKET DUE
Unit 6: Learning (p. 214-253)
Nov 6 p. 214-228 How Do We Learn / Classical Conditioning
Start working on Behavior Modification Assignment
Nov 10 p. 228-242 Operant Conditioning
Vocabulary Quiz
Nov 12 p. 242-253 Learning By Observation
Bring a jump drive to class next time.
Nov 14 Finish Unit 6 PPT.
Assign groups for Unit 7 Presentations.
Brainstorm ideas for presentation.
Nov 18 Students will have time to finalize plans for their upcoming Unit 7 Presentations
Quiz on Unit 6
Vocabulary Quiz
UNIT 6 READING PACKET DUE including VOCABULARY
Unit 7: Cognition - Memory, Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity & Language (p. 254-325)
Nov 20 p. 254-265 The Phenomenon of Memory / Encoding
Behavior Modification Assignment is due
Nov 24 p. 265-274 Storage: Retaining Information
Dec 1 p. 274-285 Retrieval: Getting Information Out / Forgetting
Vocabulary Quiz
Dec 3 p. 285-297 Memory Construction / Improving Memory
Dec 5 p. 298-312 Thinking / Problem Solving / Creativiy
Dec 9 p. 313-325 Language / Thinking & Language
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 7
UNIT 7 PACKET DUE
Unit 8: Motivation and Emotion (p. 326-409)
Dec 11 p. 326-348 Motivational Concepts / Hunger
Vocabulary Quiz
Dec 15 p. 359-365 The Need to Belong
Dec 17 p. 366-377 Theories of Emotion / Embodied Emotion
Dec 19 p. 377-396 Expressed Emotion / Experienced Emotion
Dec 22 - Jan 4 CHRISTMAS VACATION
This however should not be considered a vacation from reality. Keep absorbing that relevant psychology material as you enjoy a nice break from schoo. Happy Holidays!!!
Jan 6 p. 397-409 Stress Illness / Promoting Health
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 8
Jan 8 Make up day to be used at Mr. Barth's discretion
UNIT 8 PACKET DUE
Jan 12 Practice AP Test (1999 Test)
Unit 9: Developmental Psychology (p. 410-477)
Jan 14 p. 410-426 Prenatal Development & Newborn / Infancy & Childhood
Jan 16 p. 426-435 Social Development
Jan 21 p. 435-445 Gender Development / Parents and Peers
Jan 23 p. 445-455 Adolescence
Jan 27 p. 455-471 Adulthood
Vocabulary Quiz
Jan 29 p. 471-477 Reflections on Three Major Developmental Issues
Quiz on Unit 9
Feb 2 Test #3 Units 7-9
UNIT 9 PACKET DUE
Unit 10: Personality (p. 478-521)
Feb 4 p. 478-490 The Psychoanalytic Perspective
Feb 6 p. 490-493 The Humanistic Perspective
Feb 10 p. 493-503 The Trait Perspective
Feb 12 p. 503-521 The Social-Cognitive Perspective / Exploring The Self
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 10
UNIT 10 PACKET DUE
Unit 11: Testing and Individual Differences (p. 522-559)
Feb 17 p. 522-532 What is Intelligence?
Feb 19 p. 532-544 Assessing Intelligence / The Dynamic of Intelligence
Feb 23 p. 544-559 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on Unit 11
UNIT 11 PACKET DUE
Unit 12: Abnormal Psychology (p. 560-603)
Feb 25 p. 560-569 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
Feb 27 p. 569-577 Anxiety Disorders / Somatoform Disorders
Mar 3 p. 577-589 Dissociative Disorders / Mood Disorders
Mar 5 p. 589-596 Schizophrenia Disorders
Vocabulary Quiz
Mar 10 p. 596-603 Personality Disorders / Rates of Disorders
Quiz on Unit 12
Mar 12 Test #4 Units 10-12
UNIT 12 PACKET DUE
Unit 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders (p. 604-641)
Mar 16 p. 604-618 The Psychological Therapies
Mar 18 p. 619-628 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Vocabulary Quiz
Mar 20 p. 628-641 The Biomedical Therapies / Preventing Disorders
Quiz on Unit 13
UNIT 13 PACKET DUE
Unit 14: Social Psychology (p. 642-695)
Mar 24 p. 642-650 Social Thinking
Mar 26 p. 650-664 Social Influences
Mar 30 p. 664-677 Social Relations - Prejudice & Aggression
Vocabulary Quiz
Apr 1 p. 677-695 Social Relations - Attraction, Altruism, Conflict & Peacemaking
Apr 3 Test #5 Units 13-14
UNIT 14 PACKET DUE
Review Quizzes:
April 14 Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, 3
April 16 Chapters 4 and 5
April 20 Chapters 6 and 7
April 22 Chapters 8 and 9
April 24 Chapters 10 and 11
April 28 Chapters 12 and 13
April 30 Chapters 14, Famous Psychologists Quiz (on quizlet)
May 4 (B-Day) AP PSYCHOLOGY TEST 12:00
April 16 Chapters 4 and 5
April 20 Chapters 6 and 7
April 22 Chapters 8 and 9
April 24 Chapters 10 and 11
April 28 Chapters 12 and 13
April 30 Chapters 14, Famous Psychologists Quiz (on quizlet)
May 4 (B-Day) AP PSYCHOLOGY TEST 12:00
THESE QUIZZES MUST BE COMPLETED BY 12:00 May 4th!!!
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM UP AFTER THIS DATE.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM UP AFTER THIS DATE.