11/17 Unit 2 EXAM

11/15 Consciousness

11/14 Quiz on Mod 16-22

11/8 -10 Wrap up Sensation and Perception

Gestalt Principles

Figure Ground
Proximity
Similarity
Closure
Continuity

Visual Perception

Binocular Cues
Monocular Cues

Mod 20 Homework Assigned

AP Psychology---

Mod 20  Homework---Sensation and Perception

Audition:

1. Draw the ear and describe two parts of the ear that transmit sound waves before they reach the hair cells.

2. Explain how the cochlea turns the sound wave vibrations into messages interpreted by the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe of the brain.

3. Discuss the 2 theories on how we perceive pitch and the volley principle.

Touch

4. What are the four skin sensations?
5. Explain the gate control theory of pain.
6. Using figure 21.3 in your text (p. 205), explain the biopsychosocial approach to pain.

Practice FRQ from the Unit:

Describe, from the beginning of the process to the end, how your brain is perceiving the words you are reading right now.  Use the following terms in your answer:

·         Transduction

·         Top-down processing

·         Retina

·         Pupil

·         Occipital lobe

·         Rods

·         Feature detectors

11/1-3 Intro to Sensation and Perception

Mod 16-22

Eye Worksheet

Gestalt Concepts Wkst

10/31 Mod 9-15 Quiz

10/24-27 The Brain

The Brain Chart

Brain Posters Assigned and Due 10/27

Review Mod 13-15

10/20 Edible Neuron

Create the Edible Neuron

Groups need to come in with the supplies---Paper Plates, Peach Rings, Toothpicks, Twizzler Pull Aparts, Jolly Ranchers, Fruit Roll Ups, Gummy Worms......

We will build the Edible neurons.---After construction and labeling, the students will send a picture to my email....

Neuronal Firing and Toilet Assignment.

Explain the following from flushing a toilet at home:

Explain the resting potential.

What is the action potential?

Explain the All or  None response.

Explain the Refractory Period from the flushed toilet.

What is the reuptake?

Module 10 Questions
Explain the Effects of the Sympathetic and the Parasympathetic Nervous System on the Pupil of the Eye, Heart, Stomach, Liver, Gallbladder, Adrenal Glands, Bladder and Sex Organs.....

Explain the 3 types of neurons and how they would operate if your hand was on an open flame.

Explain the Functionality of the Endocrine System---

Structure and Function of the following:  Hypothalamus, Ovaries, Adrenal Glands, Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Testis, Pancreas......

10/18 Module 9

Read Module #9 p. 76-84

Define the following terms:
biological psychology myelin sheath action potential
neuron refractory period threshold
dendrites all-or-none response synapse
axon neurotransmitters reuptake
endorphins agonist antagonist

Answer the following:
Why are psychologists concerned with human biology?
What are the parts of a neuron, and how are neural impulses generated?
How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells

10/11 Unit 1 EXAM

10/10 Intelligence Testing and G Factor

Review Module 60-63.

Review for Unit 1 Exam.

Last Day for Late Work--6 weeks.
Phantastic Psychologists Unit 1 Due

10/6 Mod 60-63 Reading

Mod 60-63
Testing and Individual Differences.

Terms
Reading Assignment

10/4 Research Quiz

Ethical Considerations
Davidson Experiment

Research Quiz
Timed for Multiple Choice and a chance for Test Corrections.
Timed FRQ and Corrections.

Mod 61:
1. How did Galton and Darwin influence intelligence testing?
2. How and why did Binet influence intelligence?
3. What did Terman give in this area?
Define the following:
4. aptitude tests
5. achievement tests
6. WAIS
7. standardization
8. normal curve
9. reliability
10. validity
11. content validity
12. predictive validity

10/3 Statistics

Living Continuum

Descriptive Statistics
Measures of Central Tendency--3M's
Measures of Variance--Range/Standard Deviation/Normal Curve

Measures of Inference (Inferential Statistics)
Are my results not due to chance?  Measures to test p level to less than 5%---In other words, 95% sure that results were not due to chance.

For Homework---Research the APA guidelines for Ethics in Experimentation.

9/29 Correlation or Experiment

Naturalistic Observation Project Due

Correlation or Experiment Wkst.--Do in INB. (Interactice Notebook)

Inside/Out on Research

9/27 Mod 5/6 Research and the Simple Experiment

IV/DV Worksheet Due

Mod 5 and 6 on Research

9/26 Types of Research

Types of Research

Assign IV/DV Wkst.

9/22 Mod 4--The Need for Psychological Science

Questions on the Need for Psychological Science

Hindsight Bias
Overconfidence
Perceiving Order in Random Events (Superstitions)

Skeptical Mind
Scientific Method


Types of Research---Naturalistic Observation Assignment

9/20 Quiz over Origins and Approaches--Intro to Research

Quiz over Origins and Approaches

Intro Reading about Research

9/19 Professions in Psychology

Professions in Psychology Applied

Syllabus Due

9/15 Modern Approaches Applied

Applying the Modern Approaches with Jack and Jill

Trading Cards Passed Out

Syllabus Passed Out

9/13 Modern Approaches---Applied

Applying the Modern Approaches

Inside Out

FRQ Practice

9/12 History of Psychology

6 Blind Men and Modern Approaches to Psychology

Applying the Modern Approaches.

9/8 Mod 1--Origins of Psychology

Getting to know each other.

Organization.

Chrome Notebooks---Getting our online textbook set up.


Mod 1--Cornell Notes off of reading Module 1 (p. 1-7) and identifying the ideas that each of the following provided:

Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Rene Descartes
Francis Bacon
John Locke
Wilhelm Wundt
G. Stanley Hall
Edward Titchener
Charles Darwin
William James
Mary Whiton Calkins
Margaret Floy Washburn
John B. Watson
B. F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow

9/7 WELCOME TO AP PSYCH

Welcome to AP Psych.

Kahoot on the history and origins of modern psychology.

6/8 FINAL EXAM

Review for Final Exam 6/3

6/1 Mod 82--Psychology in the Workplace

Superheroes 5/27

Create your own Superhero

5/9-27 Research Project

Conduct Research and Present Paper in a symposium style

5/2-9 Schizophrenia Explored

4/20-5/2 Prep for AP EXAM

4/20 Social Psychology EXAM

4/15 Prisoner's Dilemma and Mod 78-80

Short Answer---Review for Social Psychology

            1.   David's history teacher asked him why so many German people complied with Hitler's orders to systematically slaughter millions of innocent Jews. David suggested that the atrocities were committed because the Germans had become unusually cruel, sadistic people with abnormal and twisted personalities. Use your knowledge of the fundamental attribution error and Milgram's research on obedience to highlight the weaknesses of David's explanation.

            2.   A crowd at a soccer game starts to boo, yell at the home team, and throw cups and trash at the players after the team loses a very close match. Explain how social facilitation and deindividuation contribute to the crowd's behavior.

            3.   If representatives from the Republican and Democratic parties gathered to discuss a minimum wage bill, how might the concepts of group polarization and groupthink influence the discussion and eventual vote?

            4.   Jill, a female employee at ACME Industries, recently complained that she had been sexually harassed by one of her male supervisors. Upon hearing of this complaint, Luis, a fellow employee, commented, “If the women around here would stop some of their flirting, they'd be left alone.” Jason, another co-worker, quickly added, “If the women in this country stopped trying to act like men, they'd all be treated with more respect.” Explain how these insensitive remarks illustrate some of the social, emotional, and cognitive roots of prejudice.

            5.   Your psychology class is studying aggression. Phyllis, an outspoken student, says, “I think one big cause of aggression are those horrible violent video games. Boys play those games more often than girls, and I bet there’s some connection.” Evaluate Phyllis' statement according to psychological findings about the biological factors of aggression and the psychological and social-cultural factors of aggression.

            6.   Research indicates that we often form more positive impressions of beautiful people than of those who are physically unattractive. Explain how advertisements and movies might encourage this tendency. Use your knowledge of the factors that facilitate interpersonal attraction to suggest how people could be influenced to feel more positively about those who are physically unattractive.

            7.         While walking through a busy city park, Mr. Cruz experiences sharp chest pains that indicate the onset of a heart attack. Describe several things Mr. Cruz should do to increase the chances that someone will come to his aid and quickly provide him with appropriate medical attention. Explain the rationale for your advice in light of research on altruism and the decision-making process underlying bystander intervention.

Mod 78-80 Social Psychology : Terms to Know

Prejudice

Stereotype

Discrimination

Just-world phenomenon

Ingroup

Outgroup

Ingroup bias

Scapegoat theory

Other-race effect

Aggression

Frustration-aggression principle

Social script

Mere exposure effect

Passionate love

Companionate love

Equity

Self-disclosure

Altruism

Bystander effect

Social exchange theory

Reciprocity norm

Social-responsibility norm

Conflict

Social trap (Prisoner’s Dilemma)

Mirror-image perceptions

Superordinate goals

GRIT

Plus the Trading Cards are due

4/13 Group Behaviors

Hawthorne Works Experiments and the Hawthorne Effect

Assignment of Trading Cards for Unit 11---Due on Monday

4/11 Milgram Study/Stanford Prison (Roles) and Inside Out

4/8 Attitudes and Beliefs Mod. 74 & 75

General area	Examples of Concepts included in this general area	Explanation
Person Perception: Forming Impressions  Attribution Processes:  Explaining Behavior	Fundamental Attribution Error Belief in a Just World Confirmation Bias Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Attitudes and Changing Attitudes	Measuring Attitudes Attitude Change Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon Persuasion (Persuasive Communications) Cognitive Dissonance
Interpersonal Attraction:  Liking and Loving	Proximity Familiarity Mere-exposure Physical Attractiveness Social Stereotypes associated with Physical Attractiveness Similarity Love (Types of Love)
Compliance, Conformity and  Obedience	Suggestibility Group Conformity Normative influence/Informational influence Obedience Sherif, Asch, and Milgram
Group Influence, Group Processes	Social Facilitation Social Loafing Deindividuation Group Polarization Groupthink
Aggression and Altruism	Biological roots of aggresssion (and altruism) Social influences Frustration-aggression hypothesis Influences on aggression (TV/Media) Bystander effect Diffusion of responsibility Social Exchange Theory
Prejudice and Stereotypes	Stereotyping Social categorization / classification Social inequalities In-group/Out-group Scapegoating Theories of why people are prejudiced
Rejecting and Accepting Diversity	Cultural Diversity Cultural Norms Individualism/Collectivism Ethnic Diversity Discrimination / Racism Cooperation, Communication, Conciliation
Gender	Gender similarities/differences Social dominance Gender typing (Gender schema theory) Gender Roles Gender identity / Sexual orientation Biological differences and influences Environmental and social influences

4/6 Unit 10 EXAM ---Intro to Social Psychology

4/4 Treatment & Review

3/30-4/1 Disorders Quiz and intro to treatment

3/28 Schizophrenia

3/16 Anxiety and Intro to Mood Disorders

Anxiety Disorders Broken Down

Group Discussion on labeling different anxiety disorders

Assign Unit 10 Trading Card (If Absent just pick one and be ready to present on 3/28)

Extra Credit for Semester 2 Opportunities:
Extra Credit Project:

* Research a person, place or thing that is important to the study of Psychology. After researching, for 25 pts. you may do one of the following:

A. Write a 5 page paper explaining what this topic is about. Explain why knowledge of this topic is important to the study of psychology.

B. Write a 2 page paper and do Do a 15 slide PPT. 

A bibliography is necessary to validate your research. (2 Sources Minimum--using APA format)
Aformal presentation to the class on the date which we return 

For 15 pts. you may do one of the following:

1. Watch a psychology movie or documentary about a topic relevant to psych (do not use a movie from the class) and write up a review (1-2 pages typed).  APA Format.
2. Read an article from a newspaper or periodical that is significant and write up a summary (with article attached)---1 to 2 pages typed. APA Format

HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!

3/14 Anxiety

3/11 Intro to Unit 10

Normal and Abnormal

Disorders---Classification System

3/9 Unit 9 EXAM

3/7 Intelligence and Review

Unit 9 Study Guide

Personality:

Explain the Freudian Construct: (Id/Ego/Superego….Free Association, Psychosexual Development, Unconscious Mind, Defense Mechanisms)

Neo Freudians (Adler/Jung/Horney) and how they differ from Freud

Projective Tests of Personality---TAT/Rorschach Tests

Humanistic Personality—Maslow and Rogers

Trait Theories (Gordon Allport, Factor Analysis, Locus of Control)

Trait/Objective Tests of Personality---MMPI, MBTI, etc…

Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura)--- Reciprocal Determinism

The Self

The Big Five

Self-serving Bias, , The spotlight Effect, The false Consensus Effect

Intelligence:

Savant

Sternberg/Gardner/Spearman and Thurstone and Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

Achievement vs. Aptitude Tests

The Flynn Effect

Reliability/Validity (content and predictive validity)

Crystallized Intelligence vs. Fluid Intelligence

3/2 Intelligence

Research Due from the Internet

Strive for 5 Work....

2/29 Review of Personality

Review of Personality

Inside Out on Intelligence

2/24-6 Personality Portfolio

2/24-26 Personality and Intelligence Profile

Personality/Intelligence Portfolio

For Unit 9 personality (Mod. 55-59) and Intelligence (Mod 61-64), you will be required to compile and submit a personality/intelligence portfolio. The portfolio will reflect your accumulated knowledge of your own personality, identification of the theories of personality, and an analysis of the various personality indicators. Additionally, it will demonstrate knowledge of intelligence measures and theories and include test results from various IQ tests. This portfolio will be judged primarily on your application of textual information to your own personality.

1. Begin by spending class time over 2 periods in the computer lab working on the porfolio and taking an online version of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter-II to get a baseline personality projection with which to make future comparisons. You will collect your results and file them in your portfolio with the other materials you are collecting.

http://www.keirsey.com/aboutkts2.aspx

2. Take the MBTI test at the following website:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Once you are done with the test, write down what your profile score is (ex. ENFJ), and what type of person that is---(click on the link http://www.keirsey.com/4temps/overview_temperaments.asp

and write down what type of person that is and what it means.

3. Take Rorshach Inkblot Test at the following website: http://www.inkblottest.com/

        Write down what your profile is.

4. Read the following article and explain whether or not you agree with the personality profiling based on music selections  http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/music-and-personality.htm?nl=1

5. Take the TAT test at the following website:

http://www.utpsyc.org/TATintro/

6. After you have finished the multiple tests,  draw up a list of 20 to 30 adjectives that you believe describe yourself. You may include this list in any form in your portfolio (e.g., typed list, cutouts from magazines, drawing). Using that list, elaborate on each adjective in a paper that describes your personality. Be sure to include descriptive phrases, examples, and various other details.  Revisit your initial personality profile and test scores by evaluating your personality through the test results and the eyes of the major personality theorists discussed in the textbook and in class in at least one paragraph.

(Due at the end of the Unit)

7. Next we will take a short version of IQ and multiple intelligence tests.  If you wish, you may include copies of any other standardized testing results you have received (e.g., PSAT/NMSQT, SAT®)

http://www.free-iqtest.net/

http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm

8. Research and define the following---from the web and Module 60 in your text.:

Spearman's general intelligence (g).

Thurstone's primary mental abilities

Gardner's multiple intelligences

Sternberg's 3 intelligences

Prepare an analysis of the validity of the various intelligence theories and your own test scores.  Does this truly reflect you and which of the intelligence theories that you looked at in class do you most agree with?

This Personality/Intelligence Portfolio is due on 3/2 with either a hard copy or sent to me via email.  If you use google docs, make sure that I can access your portfolio...

2/19-22 Personality

Freud--
Personality Theory

Defense Mechanisms
Developmental Theory

2/17 Unit 8 EXAM

2/12 Senses Reviewed

Senses and Perception Reviewed

Audition
Gustation (Taste)
Touch
Olfaction (Smell)

Other Senses



Review Sheet for Unit Exam on 2/17

Sensation and Perception Defined
thresholds
change and inattentional blindness
Bottom Up and top down processing (perceptual set)
Weber's Law
Gestalt Principles of Perception (proximity, closure, continuity, figure-ground)
Monocular cues (relative ht., relative motion, relative size, interposition, linear perspective, light and shadow)
Binocular cues (retinal disparity)
Shape and Size constancy (Ames Room)
ESP
sensory adaptation
audition
4 touch (pressure, warmth, cold, pain)
Vision--Eye Diagram, Rods and Cones
Theories of Color Vision
Audition--Eardrum, Hammer/Anvil/Stirrup/Cochlea
3 principles in pitch
chemical senses (taste and smell)
5 tastes
kinesthetic sense
vestibular sense
gate control theory of pain
transduction

2/10 Gestalt explained

Sensation Video
Perception Video

Audition and Other Senses for Homework:

AP Psychology---

Unit 8 Homework---Sensation and Perception

Audition:

1. Draw the ear and describe two parts of the ear that transmit sound waves before they reach the hair cells.

2. Explain how the cochlea turns the sound wave vibrations into messages interpreted by the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe of the brain.

3. Discuss the 2 theories on how we perceive pitch and the volley principle.

Touch

4. What are the four skin sensations?
5. Explain the gate control theory of pain.
6. Using figure 21.3 in your text (p. 205), explain the biopsychosocial approach to pain.

Practice FRQ from the Unit:

Describe, from the beginning of the process to the end, how your brain is perceiving the words you are reading right now.  Use the following terms in your answer:

·        Transduction

·        Top-down processing

·        Retina

·        Pupil

·        Occipital lobe

·        Rods

·        Feature detectors

2/8 Gestalt

Unit 8: Gestalt Principles Applied

Source: Jane Halonen. The Critical Thinking Companion. Worth Publishers. 1995.

Objective:  Practical Application of 5 Gestalt Principles

            After completing this exercise, you should be able to:

• Recognize that perceptual images can be analyzed into specific design principles.
• Apply Gestalt principles to perceptual stimuli.
• Identify other group performances that illustrate Gestalt principles
• Speculate about how the design principles work in sensory modes other than vision.

Background Information:

Gestalt psychology offers principles of good form and rules for grouping stimuli. Typically these principles are illustrated using two-dimensional stimuli: lines, dots, images, etc. orchestrated to demonstrate specific effects. However, the Gestalt principles can also be seen in operation in three-dimensional, dynamic forms; as this exercise will illustrate.

Let's start with a group performance such as the work that might he performed by a marching band during the half-time activities in a football game (Think about the Superbowl performance). Recall some perfor­mance you have seen and try to think of it as a demonstration of Gestalt principles of good form and grouping.

Figure-ground. Marching in front of the hand and waving a baton, the drum major stands out from the rpm of the band, enhanced by more dramatic costuming and a central position in relation to the other band members.

Proximity. Certain band members may cluster together, particularly when their assignment is to create a visual impart distinct from the rest of the band. The mini­mal distance maintained within the cluster enhances the crowd's perception that this subgroup is a unit by itself. This principle is apparent when band members must form a particular letter of the alphabet or some other visual design; their proximity helps us to perceive that design as distinct from the activities of the other subgroups on the field,

Similarity: Band uniforms, musical instruments, and choreographed marching enhance our perception of the band as a group or as subdivisions that form mean­ingful smaller groups.

Continuity/connectedness. As band members break into smaller marching groups to develop a distinctive formation, their movements relative to each other and to members of other groups will cause the crowd to perceive them as subgroups. For example, the horn section, moving clockwise in a circle, will be perceived as a whole group because their movements cause them to appear to be connected with one another. In contrast, the drum section, moving counterclockwise, will be per­ceived as a separate group.

Closure. When the music and movement stop, we see the performance as a complet­ed experience.

Now it's your turn.

Apply the design principles to either a football game or a ballet performance (or an instructor approved activity)

Selected performance:  ____________________________________________            

Figure-ground 

Proximity

Similarity                          

Closure                     

Continuity/connectedness:

2/5 Vision

Mod 18 and Color Vision

Trading Card for Unit 8 assigned.

Provide the function for each structure listed below

cornea

pupil

iris

lens

retina

rods

cones

bipolar cells

ganglion cells

optic nerve

blind spot

fovea

Name 3 ways in which rods and cones differ

Due on 2/8

2/3 Sensation of Vision

Mod 16 Review:

AP Psych---Module 16 Review:

1. What occurs when experiences influence our interpretation of data? a.   Selective attention b.   Transduction c.    Bottom-up processing d.   Top-down processing e.   Signal detection theory
2.	What principle states that to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a minimum percentage rather than a constant amount? a.   Absolute threshold b.   Different threshold c.    Signal detection theory d.   Priming e.   Weber’s law

3.	What do we call the conversion of stimulus energies, like sights and sounds, into neural impulses? a.   Transduction b.   Perception c.    Priming d.   Signal detection theory e.   Threshold
4.	Natalia is washing her hands and adjusts the faucet handle until the water feels just slightly hotter than it did before. Natalia’s adjustment until she feels a difference is an example of a.   a subliminal stimulus. b.   an absolute threshold. c.    a difference threshold. d.   signal detection. e.   Weber’s law.

5.

Tyshane went swimming with friends who did not want to get into the pool because the water felt cold. Tyshane jumped in and after a few minutes declared, “It was cold when I first got in, but now my body is used to it. Come on in!” Tyshane’s body became accustomed to the water due to a.   perceptual set. b.   absolute threshold. c.    difference threshold. d.   selective attention. e.   sensory adaptation.

FRQ 

Marisol is planning a ski trip for Spring Break.  Define absolute threshold and difference threshold, and explain how each one might play a role in her perception of the winter weather she will experience.

Mod 17 and 18