Check this site every day!!!!!
for Monday, September 8 (A block) and Tuesday, September 9 (F block), 2008 - 1) furiously finish your summer reading, 2) read through the course syllabus on the web CAREFULLY, 3) add the Myers website to your "favorites" list (by Googling "Myers 8e") and 4) read Myers pp. 1- 17 (the "prologue"). There, that ought to hold you for now.
What we did in class - discussed syllabus, defined psychology , introduced summer reading essay, due THURSDAY, 9/18
for Tuesday, September 9 (A block) and Wednesday, September 10 (F block) - start to work on your summer reading essays (assignment details reprinted below), and work through the Psychsim "Psychology's Timeline" (its in the Myers site - look at Psychsims at the bottom of the homepage and find the timeline... ); download and complete the accompanying worksheet to hand in next class. (actually, I gave you the download in class)
Background – Over the past decade or so, much has been written about the particular needs and experiences of girls or boys as they grow up, which make them unique and distinct from the other gender. Two classics in the field are the summer books assigned, Raising Cain and Reviving Ophelia. It is ultimately imperative for psychology (and education) to unravel the extent and nature of these gender differences. This is your job in the following assignment…
Assignment – Based on your reading of the relevant book above, discuss, in approximately 500 words
a) the nature and extent of gender differences - how important are they? In what areas are they most significant? Where do they come from, ( ie., hard-wired by genetics and/or based on different cultural experiences)?
b) the implications of these differences, for parenting, education ( ie, mixed or single sex), etc.
c) give a brief critique of the book – how much did it make you think? How convincing were the author’s arguments? To what extent did it change your thinking? To what degree did the reading whet your appetite for the course?
Hints and Particulars
3) if you quote or paraphrase original material from the book, cite it in APA (American Psychological Association) format – (Myers, p. 296).
4) Despite the fact that I am looking for your original thinking here, IT MUST ALSO BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR FROM YOUR ESSAY THAT YOU READ (at least some of) THE BOOK.
what we did in class: introspection experiment, preview of 20th century schools
ALL ASSIGNMENTS BELOW THIS LINE ARE FROM LAST YEAR
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for Wednesday, September 12 (A block) and Friday, September 14 (F block) - read two handouts - "Shaping Behavior" and "The Town B. F. Skinner Boxed"
What we did in class: discussed 20thcentury psych perspectives and did group work; debated behavior modification
for Monday, September 17 (A block ) and Tuesday, September 18 (F block) - Read Myers, Ch. 1, pp. 19-36 (I know, beaucoup de reading...)
What we did in class: discussed case studies, surveys, and naturalistic observation; viewed film "Past, Present, and Promise"
SUMMER READING ESSAYS DUE TUESDAY
for Tuesday, September 18 (A block) and Wednesday, 9/19 (F block) - 1) Read Myers, pp.36-44; 2) complete handout "Experimental Design" for next class, 3) work through the "Correlation" lab from PsychSim (and peruse the Wikipedia "Correlation Implies Causation" and and "Correlation or Causation?" fun handouts) - when you feel comfortable with the concept, complete the correlation handout I have supplied you (not the one in the download) to be handed in on Friday.
What we did in class: - discussed the experimental method
for Thursday, September 20 (A block), and Friday, 9/21 (F block) - briefly look at Correlation vs. Causation handouts. Also, sketch down "blonds" ideas in "Experimental Design, Part II.
What we did in class: more on the experimental method, and causation vs. correlation
Correlation Labs due Friday
for Friday, September 21 (A block) and Monday, 9/24 (F block) - read Myers, pp. 44 - 50: download and complete Psychsim on "Descriptive Statistics"; peruse experimental design, Parts III and IV
What we did in class: Experimental Design redux (Parts 3 and 4) , film "Doing Research"; began "Rumor" experiment
for Monday, 9/24 (A block) and Tuesday, 9/25 (F block) - Read Xerox "Research through Deception" ; work on the Descriptive Statistics Psychsim (to be handed in on the day of the test AT THE LATEST)
What we did in class: finished "Rumor" experiment; experimental ethics; intro to statistics
for Wednesday, 9/26 (A block) and Thursday, 9/27 (F block) - Read handout entitled "Ratting on Psychologists"; bring any questions for review.
What we did in class: finished statistics, reviewed, did Billy case study
for Thursday, 9/27 ( block) and Friday 9/28 (F block) -TEST ON PROLOGUE (no "wife of Bath's Tale") and CHAPTER 1 (your lab on descriptive statistics is due today as well)
for Monday, 10/1 (A block) and Tuesday, 10/2 (F block) - Read Myers, 53 - 61, play with "Neural Messages" Psychsim 4 for Ch. 2 (don't do worksheet - just play w/ neurons)
What we did in class: returned SRE's and discussed gender issues; previewed neuroscience
for Tuesday, 10/2 (A block) and Wednesday, 10/3 (F block)- read 61 - 67, bring textbooks to class (read further if you have time, so that you don't get swamped the next night)
What we did in class: "Our Friend the Neuron", neuron games, nervous system tree diagrams
for Wednesday, 10/3 (A block) and Thursday, 10/4 (F block)- read Myers, pp.67-83 (EGAD!!);
What we did in class: history of brain perceptions, brain parts review, your brain on drugs, the three brains; returned Ch. 1 tests; film "Phineas Gage"; please bring your textbook one more time if you can remember
for Friday, 10/5 (A block) and Tuesday, 10/9 (F block) - Myers, pp. 83 - 92 (thereby completing the chapter), begin Psychsim 5 on Hemispheric Specialization (yes, you will hand the accompanying worksheet in, by the day of the Ch. test at the latest) ; "Bob" handout; correct tests, and bring any questions, misgivings, etc. to class for general dissection; if you are bored over the weekend or feeling in need of extra credit opportunities, do consult the "MORE" section of the AP Psych website - there should be enough there to keep you engaged; should you want to do something REALLY novel, consider the trepanning site I sent you via e-mail... remember though, that you have to pay your own surgical costs, unless you do it yourself...
What we did in class: "Bob", viewed "The Behaving Brain", introduced Ch. 1 stats project
for Tuesday 10/(9 (A block) and Wednesday, 10/10 (F block) - nothing additional (but catch up if behind)
What we did in class: discussed Bob, viewed film "The Responsive Brain"
for Thursday, 10/11 (A block) and Friday, 10/12 (F block) - Read "Secrets of the Brain", and "New Connections" (both are Xeroxes), do Handedness and Wagner surveys; Chapter 1 test stats analysis also due
What we did in class - Viewed film "The Two Brains", discussed Wagner and handedness surveys
for Friday, 10/12 (A) and Tuesday, 10/16 (F) - read Myers, Ch. 3, pp. 95- 109
What we did in class - Separated at Birth, intro to Ch. 3 lecture
for MONDAY 10/15 - TEST ON CHAPTER 2; in addition to your usual study, read, in Man...Hat, "Phantoms" and "The Man Who Fell Out of Bed"; (if for some bizarre reason you don't have this book, purchase it from the bookstore pronto); these stories may well be an essayette option on the test; for a nice diversion and excellent review, consult this website, especially the "explore" section: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
What we did in class - had the Ch. 2 test, obvi; split brain lab due
Don't Forget Dr. Banaji, Wednesday, 7PM in the Upper School Assembly Room/Wrestling Room/Student Center
for Wednesday, 10/17 (A block) and Thursday, 10/18 (F block) - read Myers, 109 - 113; skim handouts "The New Social Darwinists" and "Up From Gorilla Land"
What we did in class -film: Evolution; discussed articles, evolutionary psychology; Ch. 1 stats analysis returned and discussed
for Thursday, 10/18 A block) and Friday, 10/19 (F block)- Myers, Ch. 3, pp. 127 - 134; (temporary skippage of pages 113 - 127)
What we did in class - wrote med school story completion, viewed film "Gender"; (F blockers - instructor in Ohio - watch film and write story completion in class with the guest instructor, TBA)
for Monday, 10/22 (A block) and Tuesday, 10/23 (F block) - read Xerox "Man's World"/ "Why I Want a Wife",
What we did in class - returned Ch. 2 tests, discussed articles, med school, children's lit, learning gender roles, gender role theory, a look at teen mags
for Tuesday, 10/23 (A block) and Wednesday, 10/24 (F block) - Myers, 114 - 126 and Xeroxes "Eugenics Revisited" and "Born Gay"; bring any Ch. 2 test questions for illumination and clarification (hopefully)
What we did in class - discussed twin studies and heritability, did temperament and attachment surveys, and "Child of Your Choice"
for Wednesday, 10/24 (A block) and Thursday, 10/25 (F block) - please read in Myers, Ch. 4. pp. 139 - 142 (WOW)
What we did in class - studied prenatal development, viewed film "The Miracle of Life" (yuck)
for Friday, 10/26 (A block) and Tuesday, 10/30 (F block) - Read Xeroxes "Childhood", and "The Etiology and Treatment of Childhood" (in that order); complete life cycle adjective list, and retain in notebook for class; Myers 142 - 147)
What we did in class - intro to the life cycle, influences on development , infancy (and related videos)
for Monday, 10/29 - CHAPTER 3 TESTLET!!!
A note about extra credit. If you go to the "More" button (back to homepage first), you'll see extra credit opportunities for chapters 1 - 3. You may do as few or as many of these as you wish. However, the last day for submitting first quarter extra credit (or work of any kind, for that matter) and for retaking tests is midnight WEDNESDAY, 10/31 HALLOWEEN!!!) No exceptions, no ifs, ands, or buts...
for Wednesday, 10/31 (A block) and Thursday, 11/1 (F block) - nothing additional (wow, what a guy...)
what we did in class - childhood
for Thursday, 11/1 (A block) and Friday, 11/2 (F block) - Read Myers 147 - 154; complete handout "Piaget Meets Santa Claus".
what we did in class - more childhood, cognitive development
for Friday, 11/2 (A block) and Monday, 11/5 (F block) - Start Psychsim on cognitive develpment; read xerox on "How Kids Learn"
What we did in class - finished childhood (and relevant Carousel of Life clips), discussed stages of play and language development
END O' FIRST QUARTER!!!!
for Tuesday, 11/6 (A block) and Wednesday, 11/7 (F block), read xerox on "The Hurried Child" and Myers 154 - 164
What we did in class ; watched Phil film on childhood (Q: would you let Phil hold YOUR baby?);
for Wednesday, 11/7 (A block) and Thursday, 11/8 (F block) - Read Myers, pages 164 -173
what we did in class assigned "Age and Ability" stats (DUE TUESDAY 11/13 - BOTH SECTIONS); read "Memo from a Child"; finished childhood (and assessed its health), began adolescence...
for Friday, 11/9 (A block) and Monday, 11/12 (F block) - read "The Thunder Years" and "Your Child's Brain"
what we did in class - watched film "Inside the Teenage Brain" ; adolescence and liminality, carousel clip, intro to identity
for Monday, 11/12 (A block) and Tuesday, 11/13 (F block) - Read, study and bring to class the handout "Understanding Identity"
what we did in class - begin identity case analysis, case creation; STATS DUE TUESDAY, both sections
for Tuesday, 11/12 (A block and Wednesday, 11/14 F block) - study for group identity quiz
what we did in class - finished case creation, had group quiz
for Thursday, 11/15 (A block and Friday, 11/15 (F block) - work on Kohlberg handout to the best of your ability (to be revised in class), review Myers, pp. 168 - 170
what we did in class - stages of moral development, intro to the adult life cycle (starring Billy Chrystal)
for Monday, 11/19 (A block) and Tuesday, 11/20 (F block) -Ch 4, pp. 173-185 and skim readings on adulthood, tonight and over turkey break...
what we did in class - young adulthood and middle age
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!
for POST -TURKEY DAY - Finish Myers, Ch. 4, rest up, eat TURKEY,
for Monday, 11/26 (A block) and Tuessday, 11/27 (F block)
a) homework due - Read "The Solace of Patterns"
b) what we did in class - finished adult life cycle, DABDA
c) homework for next time - study for humongous Chapter 4 test, silly, on Wednesday 11/28 (NOTE NEW DATE) - Psychsim (Cognitive Development) due on Wednesday as well...
Wednesday, 11/28 - - Humongous Ch. 4 test; Psychsim on Cognitive Development also due, if you have not already turned it in. If you will not be taking the test on time because of the sports dinner, you MUST e-mail me before class (otherwise, I might assume you are skipping...).
Thursday, 11/29 (F block) and Friday, 11/30 (A Block)
a) Homework due- Read Myers 197 - 203 - , BRING ALL PSYCH TEXTBOOKS (Myers, study guide, Barron's, Man...Hat) TO CLASS TUESDAY
b) What we did in class - intro to sensation and perception
c) Homework due for next class - Skim handout on "The Senses" as a review of today's class; figure out this Weber's Law stuff and bring your considerable knowledge to class.
Monday, December 3
a) homework due - Skim handout on "The Senses" as a review of today's class; AGE AND ABILITY DUE THURSDAY, 12/6
b) what we did in class - Phil on perception, figured out Weber's Law stuff; subliminal messaging, introduction to vision
c) Homework due for next class - read Myers to 204 - 215; complete eye diagram given out in class
Tuesday, 12/4 (F block) and Wednesday, 12/5 (A block)
a) Homework due read Myers to 214 and complete eye diagram given out in class
b) What we did in class - eye experiments and demonstrations;
c) Homework due for next class - Read Myers, pp. 215 - 224 ; BRING SUNGLASSES TO CLASS
Thursday, 12/6 AGE AND ABILITY WRITE-UP DUE
First Annual No-Heat Day Cancels Classes; Therefore...
Friday, 12/7
a) homework due - Read Myers, pp. 215 - 224; BRING SUNGLASSES TO CLASS
b) what we did in class - finish up of vision, Purkinje Pendulum, Sound Localization, Vestibular Sense, Intro to Sensory Interdependence
c) Homework due for next class - Finish Myers Chapter 5, read smell articles (you'll like them)
Monday, 12/10 (F block) and Tuesday, 12/11 (A block)
a) Homework due - Finish Myers Chapter 5, read smell articles (you'll like them)
b) What we did in class - skin senses, smell, taste demonstrations
c) Homework due for next time - read any TWO of the following "Man...Hat" stories: "On the Level", "Phantoms", Dog Beneath the Skin", and "The Disembodied Lady" and read "Touching the Phantom" and "Roses are Red" articles;
Wednesday, 12/12
a) homework due - read any TWO of the following "Man...Hat" stories: "On the Level", "Phantoms", Dog Beneath the Skin", and "The Disembodied Lady" ; read "Touching the Phantom" and "Roses are Red" articles;
b) what we did in class - discussed synesthesia; introduction to perceptual constancies
c) Homework due for next time- start visual illusions lab (Myers site) and read Myers, Ch. 6, pp 237 - 254
Friday, 12/14 (A block) and Monday, 12/17 (F block) - TEST, CH. 5 (clearly smaller than the last test...)
Monday, December 17 (A block) and Tuesday, 12/18 (F block)
a) Homework due - start visual illusions lab (Myers site) and read Myers, Ch. 6, pp 237 - 254
b) what we did in class - perceptual set, intro to perceptual constancies/Gestalt principles
c) Homework due for next class (which is in 2008) - 1) FINISH Ch. 6; 2) do the moon illusion over the break, when there's a full moon, catch up on stuff, and look ahead, so that you know what's up upon your return
HAPPY VACATION TO ALL
for 2008
FINISH Ch. 6; do the moon illusion over the break, when there's a full moon; work on Ch. 6 Psychsim on illusions
Monday, 1/7/08 (A block) and Tuesday, 1/9, F block)
a) Homework due - FINISH Ch. 6; do the moon illusion over the break, when there's a full moon; work on Ch. 6 Psychsim on illusions
b) what we did in class - Gestalt principles and artwork, intro to perception without sensation (ESP); returned stuff
c) assignment for next time - write story, read the "Pace of Life", Myers 271 - 273
Tuesday, 1/8 (A block) and Wednesday, 1/9 (F block)
a) Homework due - write story, read the "Pace of Life", Myers 271 - 273
b) What we did in class - intro to consciousness; "Owl Creek Bridge", stories
c) Homework due for next class - Myers, Ch. 7, 274 - 290 (sleep and dreams)
NOTE: Next Wednesday 1/16 is the last day (actually midnight) to turn in any extra credits, take any retakes, turn in missing assignments, etc. Graded homework assignments for the quarter were:
age and ability stats age and ability write-up cognitive development lab moon observation lab visual illusions lab
Thursday, January 10 (A block) and Friday, January 11 (F block)
a) Homework due - Myers, Ch. 7, 274 - 290 (sleep and dreams)
b) What we did in class - circadian rhythms, sleep, and dreams
c) Homework due for next class - Myers, Ch. 7, pp. 290 - 308
Friday, 1/11 (A block) and Monday, 1/14 (F block)
a) Homework due - Myers, Ch. 7, pp. 290 - 308
b) What we did in class - hypnosis; Phil: The Mind: Hidden and Divided
c) Homework due for next class - Myers 309 - 310, "Bright Lights, Big Mystery" (X); exam format outlined
Monday, 1/14 (A block) and Tuesday, 1/15 (F block)
homework due - Myers 309 - 310, "Bright Lights, Big Mystery" (X)
what we did in class - multiple identity disorder, near death experiences, wrapped up consciousness; reviewed for exam
homework due for Thursday - Short Multiple-Choice-only test on Chapters 6 and 7; I WILL ONLY COUNT THIS IF IT HELPS YOUR GRADE; I will return the test on Friday, so you must take it on time if it is to count.
Friday, 1/18 - Chapter 6 and 7 optional tests returned; exam review continues at an intense pace
Monday, January 21 (MLK DAY, no school) - optional review 4 - 6PM, RM 215
Tuesday 1/22 - 7:30 - 9:00 AM - Mr. D around for last-minute clarification, panic reduction, hint-dropping, etc.
Tuesday, 1/22 - 9:00 - 11:00 - THE MIDTERM ( placebos provided)
Wednesday, 1/30
a) homework due - Myers, 313 - 315 (or even more, if motivated
b) what we did in class -defined learning, did balloon experiment, began classical conditioning
c) homework due for next class - classical conditioning problems, Little Albert reading, Myers, 315 - 326
Thursday, 1/31 (F block) and Friday, 2/1 (A block)
a) homework due - classical conditioning problems, Little Albert reading
b) what we did in class - previewed term research (proposals due 2/8), practiced problems, studied discrimination and generalization, previewed operant conditioning
c) homework due for next class - Myers, pp. 326 - 338
Monday 2/4
a) homework due - Myers, pp. 326 - 338
b) what we did in class - the Skinner box; operant problems introduction
c) homework due for next class - finish operant problems, finish Chapter 8
Tuesday, 2/5
a) homework due - finish operant problems, finish Chapter 8
b) what we did in class -operant problems, schedules of reinforcement, Edna case, observational learning
c) homework due for next class - Read "Little Brother", and "Appropriate Punishment"; complete mixed problems
Wednesday, 2/6 (F block) and Thursday, 2/7 (Chinese New Year!!! - A block)
a) homework due - "Little Brother", and "Appropriate Punishment", complete mixed problems
b) what we did in class - went over mixed problems, comparison of operant and classical conditioning, observational learning, discussed articles
c) homework due for next class - catch up on everything; bring research proposals to class to share/troubleshoot
Friday, 2/8
a) homework due - catch up
b) what we did in class - systematic desensitization, method of successive approximations; research proposals
c) homework due for next class - evaluate essays according to rubric (from 1992 exam);
Monday, 2/11 (F block) and Tuesday, 2/12 (A block)
a) homework due - evaluate essays according to rubric (from 1992 exam);
b) what we did in class Patti assignment, essay evaluation, Phil on learning, Martha
c) homework due for next class - study for Ch. 8 test
Wednesday, 2/13
a) homework due - study for Ch. 8 test
b) what we did in class - see above
c) homework due for next class - Patti, study for test
Friday, 2/9 (G block) and Monday, 2/12 C block)
NOTE: be sure I have something on paper from you regarding your original experiment; we're going to crank these up right after break, and we don't want to leave you in the dust.
HAPPY BREAK TO YOU, HAPPY BREAK TO YOU, ...
for after break, both blocks - read Myers, Ch. 9, pp. 349- 353
Tuesday, 2/19
homework due - just show up... I can't expect miracles
what we did in class - - intro to memory; film "Learning and Memory" (NOT a Phil); intro to learning/forgetting curve, overview of memory processes ("The 3's"); 7 Dwarfs
homework due for next time - read Myers, 353 - 361; download and begin Maze Learning on Myers website ( it is a Psychsim 4 for Chapter 8) - HAND THIS IN ON WEDNESDAY, 2/26 (not, as usual, on the day of the test)
Wednesday, 2/20 (F block) and Thursday, 2/21 (A block)
homework due - - read Myers, 353 - 361; download and complete Maze Learning on Myers website ( it is a Psychsim 4 for Chapter 8) - HAND THIS IN ON WEDNESDAY, 2/26 (not, as usual, on the day of the test)
what we did in class - memory exps and demos
homework due for next class - Myers, 361 - 370 (storage); begin labs "Iconic Memory" and "Forgetting"( Myers site, Chapter 9, Psychsim 5)
Monday, 2/25 (F block) and Tuesday, 2/26 (A block)
a) homework due - Myers, 361 - 370 (storage); begin labs "Iconic Memory" and "Forgetting"( Myers site, Chapter 9, Psychsim 4 or 5 for Iconic Memory, 4 for Forgetting) - PATTI ANALYSIS DUE
b) what we did in class -memory experiments and demos: poem learning, animal learning, modes of learning, chunking, context effects
c) homework due for next class - Myers, pp. 371- 382 (retrieval); MAZE LEARNING lab due (worksheets generously provided by instructor)
Don't Forget to Meet w/SAD re experimental designs!!!
Wednesday, 2/ 27
a) homework due - Myers, pp. 371- 382 (retrieval); MAZE LEARNING lab due (worksheets generously provided by instructor)
b) what we did in class - encoding - context effect, self-referencing effect; retrieval - tip of the tongue effect, parting concepts
c) homework due for next class - Myers 382- 392 (that wraps up the ole chapter); skim 3 handout articles (Gone..., Fear..., Lies...);
Thursday, 2/28
a) homework due - Myers 382 - 392; skim 3 handout articles (Gone..., Fear..., Lies...)
b) what we did in class - reconstructive memory, eyewitness exercises, memory final review
c) homework due for next time - look at memory final review handout (regarding the AP exam scenario); read, in "Man...Hat", these two stories: "A Matter of Identity" (pp. 108-115) and "Incontinent Nostalgia" (pp. 150 - 152). Study for test on Ch. 9, labs due - TUESDAY!!!!!
Friday, 2/29 (F block), and Monday, 3/3 (A block)
a) homework due - look at memory final review handout (regarding the AP exam scenario); Study for test on Ch. 9., labs due Tuesday
b) what we did in class - cognitive maps and models; film "Thinking"
c) homework due for next class - TEST AND LABS
Tuesday, 3/4
a) homework due - TEST AND LABS
b) what we did in class - Ch. 9 test - labs due
c) homework due for next class - Myers, 395-410 (thinking, chapter ten)
RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORT DUE ANYTIME BEFORE SPRING BREAK!!!!
Wednesday, March 5 (F block) and Thursday, March 6 (A block)
a) homework due - Myers, 395 - 410 (thinking, chapter ten)
b) what we did in class -modes of thought, barriers to thinking
c) homework due for next class - begin Ch. 10 Psychsim 5 ("My Head is Spinning");
Friday, 3/7
a) homework due - work on Ch. 10 Psychsim 5 ("My Head is Spinning")
b) what we did in class - barriers to thought; Make sure I have your progress report before you board the aircraft!!!
c) homework due for next class - Reading over break - Finish Myers, Ch. 10; otherwise:
HAPPY SPRING BREAK TO ALL!!!
NOTE: All EC's., missing work, and make-ups must be completed by midnight Thursday, March 27 to receive any credit - NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!
Tuesday, 3/25
a) homework due - finish Myers , Ch 10
b) what we did in class - return of labs, Patti's, tests, and progress reports (whew...); finished barriers to thinking; intro to language
NOTE - due date for experiment first draft has been benevolently extended to Tuesday, April 8 - but that means you should plan on conducting your experiment next week; do plan ahead
c) homework due for next class - reading "Language, Appearance, and Reality"", "Why Don't We Say What We Mean?"; complete handouts on language ("What Did they Say?" etc.)
Wednesday, 3/26 (F block) and Thursday, 3/27 (A block)
a) homework due - ; reading "Language, Appearance, and Reality"", complete handouts on language ("What Did they Say?" etc.
b) what we did in class - language, continued, language and thought
c) homework due for next class - Start Psychsim for Ch. 10 - "My Head is Spinning"
Friday, 3/28
a) homework due - Start Psychsim for Ch. 10 - "My Head is Spinning"
b) what we did in class - wrap up of language; language film; intro to intelligence
c) homework due for next class - study for Ch. 10 test
END OF THIRD QUARTER
Monday, 3/31 (F block) and Tuesday, APRIL FOOLS' DAY (A block)
a) homework due - study for Ch. 10 test; Psychsim for Ch. 10 (My Head is Spinning) due
b) what we did in class - HAD THE BIG BUTT TEST
c) homework due for next class - Myers, 431 - 442
Wednesday, 4/2
a) homework due - Myers, 431 - 442
b) what we did in class - intro thoughts on intelligence; saw Phil on intelligence
c) homework due for next class - 442 - 454
Thursday, 4/3
a) homework due - Myers, pages 442 - 454
b) what we did in class - reviewed history and theory of intelligence and testing, Galton to Gardner
c) homework due for next class - Myers, 454- 466 (thus finishing the chapter);
Friday, 4/4 (F block) and Monday, 4/7 (A block)
a) homework due - Myers, 454- 466 (thus finishing the chapter)
b) what we did in class - test progeny -Sternberg's Business Test, EQ, and Learning Styles
c) homework due for next class - Read "The IQ Experiment"/Extraordinary People; first drafts due TUESDAY
Tuesday, 4/8
a) homework due - Read "The IQ Experiment"/"Extraordinary People"; first drafts due
b) what we did in class -better concepts, better tests - discussed "The Japanese Question", "Hey Kids", The DAP, non-verbal tests, the "t-test"
c) homework due for next class - catch up (for the overachievers, Ch. 11 test is Monday, but you've probably already looked ahead, anyway)
Wednesday, 4/9 (F block) Thursday 4/10 (A block)
a) homework due - general catch up
b) what we did in class - testing wrap up, assessing creativity; film "Why Man Creates"
c) homework due for next class - study for IQ test
Friday, 4/11
a) homework due - study for IQ test
b) what we did in class - finished creativity, parting concepts
c) homework due for next class - study for IQ test
Monday, 4/14
a) homework due - study for IQ test
b) what we did in class - test our IQ IQ's
c) homework due for next class - Myers, Ch. 12, pp 469 - 473
Tuesday, 4/15 (F block) and Wednesday, 4/16 (A block)
a) homework due - Myers, Ch. 12, pp 469 - 473
b) what we did in class - intro to motivation: Why go to college?, theories of motivation
c) homework due for next class - Myers 473 - 480; start Psychsim for Ch. 12 (The Fat Rat); take and score food survey - you will hand in results next class; complete weight-loss counselor
Thursday, 4/17
a) homework due - Myers 473 - 480; start Psychsim for Ch. 12 (The Fat Rat); take and score food survey - you will hand in results next class; complete weight-loss counselor
b) what we did in class -intro to hunger (the classic experiments); discussed weight loss and food survey
c) homework due for next class - read rest of Chapter 12
Monday, 4/21 (A block) and Tuesday, 4/22 (F block)
a) homework due - read rest of Chapter 12
b) what we did in class - finished eating motivation, discussed sex (a little) and achievement motivation,
c) homework due for next class - Myers, Ch. 13. pp. 513 - 532
Tuesday, 4/22 (A block) and Wednesday, 4/23 (F block)
a) homework due - Myers, Ch. 13. pp. 513 - 532
b) what we did in class - did intro to emotions ((lie detector, faces, sensation-seeker scale, ACT);theories of emotion
c) homework due for next class - Myers, Ch 13, pp.532 - 546; complete fear and anger surveys
All work to count on the interim (2 tests, 2 labs, rough draft) must be completed by midnight Thursday. Otherwise, no can count.
Wednesday 4/23 (A block) and Thursday, 4/24 (F block
) homework due - Myers, Ch 13, pp.532 - 546; complete fear and anger surveys
b) what we did in class - specific emotions - fear, anger, happiness, jealousy
c) homework due for next class - Myers, Ch 15 (personality; skip Ch. 14 for now); skim or read study guide summary
Final drafts for the research/experiments should come in sometime before AP's begin, for your own sanity. YOU MUST submit your rough/first draft along with your much-improved final version. You only need one copy - we don't have time to critique each other's work; c'est dommage...
Monday, 4/28 (A block) and Tuesday, 4/29 (F block
a) homework due - Myers, Ch 15 (personality; skip Ch. 14 for now); skim or read study guide summary
b) what we did in class - approaches to personality; Freud film
c) homework due for next class - Skim Ch 14 (Stress and Health)
Tuesday, 4/29 (A block) and Wednesday, 4/30 (F block)
a) homework due - Skim Ch 15 (Stress and Health)
b) what we did in class - concepts of stress, introduction to abnormality
c) homework due for next class - Skim Ch, 16 (Disorders)
Thursday, 5/1 (A block) and Friday, 5/2 (F block)
a) homework due - Skim Ch. 16 (Disorders)
b) what we did in class - Phil on disorders; lecture on disorders
c) homework due for next class - try the relevant Psychsim - "Mystery Client"
Friday, 5/2 (A block) and Monday, 5/ 5 (F block)
a) homework due -
b) what we did in class - discussed disorders; watched illness film clips
c) homework due - Skim Ch 17 (or read the study guide on Therapy)
Monday, 5/5 (A block) and Tuesday, 5/6 (F block)
a) homework due - Skim Ch. 17 (Therapy)
b) what we did in class - Phil on therapy; taxonomy of therapies
c) homework due for next class - Skim Ch. 18 (social Psych); take the practice test on this unit (Personality, Disorders, and Therapy), available in the rack file, answer key provided
Wednesday, 5/7 (A block) and Thursday, 5/8 (F block)
a) homework due - Skim Ch. 18 (social Psych); take the practice test on this unit (Personality, Disorders, and Therapy), available in the rack file, answer key provided
b) what we did in class - Phil on Social Psych (The FINAL Chapter)
c) homework due for next class - nothin'; however, your final draft should be in this week
Thursday, 5/8 (A block) and Friday, 5/9 F block)
a) homework due - nothin'; however, your final draft should be in this week
b) what we did in class - finished social psychology; looked at free response questions, 1992 - 2007
c) homework due for next class - take practice exam (1996) and score it; bring any review questions you might have to the final class
Monday, 5/12 (A Block) and Tuesday, 5/13 (F block)
a) homework due - take practice exam (1996) and score it; bring any review questions you might have to the final class
b) what we did in class - final review
NOTE: Optional evening review on Monday, May 12, from 5:30 - 7:30 - come to all or any part thereof - your burning psychological questions would be answered
The Final Push...
Senior grades are due on Friday, May 16 so I'll need all your work (including retakes and EC) need to be in my sweaty little hands by midnight, Wednesday, May 14
3) Get the Barron's review book (available from the BW bookstore and in other fine stores). Practice especially the stuff we've skimmed.
4) Pick up old tests, midterm exams from me at your convenience
5) AP exam is Tuesday, May 13 at 1PM, starring Mr. Robert Taylor as "the proctor"
Wednesday, 5/14, the stroke of midnight) - all work due; no "if's, and's, or but's"
BYE!!!!! (and thanks)