Monday September 28, 2026 Green

Monday September 28, 2026 Green

Test Today!!! Perspectives

New Seating Chart and Activity: Name that tune!

Introduce Nature and Nurture: Are we in control or are we just acting according to our genes?

Homework: SQ3R Module 14  which is on pages 129-138.  You also received a handout in class this should be completed after you finish the homework.  This will be collected next class. 

AP Classroom: Activity: What the hell is heritability?

Activity: Smiles Predict Marriage Success

Activity: With your group you will choose two of the following studies/articles.  After reading each one discuss your findings and be ready to report out to the class the following questions:

Nurture:
Childhood Stress 
Harlow's Monkeys
Parents matter but they don't make a difference

Nature:
Twin Studies
5 True Stories of Twins Separated at Birth



1. Do you think personality traits are primarily inherited or influenced by environment? What is your evidence?


2. Why do you think nature versus nurture is debated? Do you think it is possible to answer this question definitively? Why or why not?


3. Who might be most interested in resolving the nature versus nurture debate? What effect might a resolution have on our society?



4. If you were raising identical twins, what might you do to make sure that they were unique individuals? Explain your answer.



5. Based on what you have learned, do you think it is possible to change your personality? Why or why not? If so, how would you go about making changes?



6. If you are not a twin, would you rather be an identical or a fraternal twin? Why? What do you think would be some of the challenges of being a twin? If you are a twin, write a couple of sentences about the experience. Is it fun? Difficult? If you have other siblings, is your relationship with your twin different from the relationship with your other siblings? If so, what makes it different?

Tuesday September 22, 2026

Tuesday September 22, 2026

Circle: What is the scariest thing about the whole college/after high school business?

Class Code:

4ZZQ34

Letter home

College/Career Fair

Tests and Quiz's

Formative Self Assessment

If you have all the homework done the minimum grade will be an 80!

Revisit: Definition of Psychology- The study of behavior AND mental processes.  Remember...The Brain is a prediction machine!

Perspectives

1. What is going on here?  How would you explain what is going on and why its happening?

2. Reflection Question

3. BioPsychSocial Model

4. Fill out "The Hand"

5. Bizarre Behavior

Next Unit: Psychology as Science

Psychology as Science:  Smiles Predict Marriage Success Should we believe this?  How could we test it?

Activity: Turning a myth or common belief into a hypothesis.

Monday September 21, 2026 Green

Monday September 21, 2026 Green

AP Classroom

Period 3 Code PRX672

Period 4 CodeGRA467

Letter home

College/Career Fair

Tests and Quiz's

Formative Self Assessment

Homework Check: Gallery Walk again!

Circle: If you saw a fight at the fair, would you record it, just watch it, walk away or tell the authorities so they could stop it?

Revisit: Definition of Psychology- The study of behavior AND mental processes.  Remember...The Brain is a prediction machine!

Perspectives

1. What is going on here?  How would you explain what is going on and why its happening?

2. Reflection Question

3. BioPsychSocial Model

4. Fill out "The Hand"

5. Bizarre Behavior

Next Unit: Psychology as Science

Psychology as Science:  Smiles Predict Marriage Success Should we believe this?  How could we test it?

Activity: Turning a myth or common belief into a hypothesis.

Thursday September 17, 2026 Green

Circle: One useless talent that you would love to get good at.  Not great but just impressive.

Homework/SQ3R Gallery walk

Homework SQ3R pages 38-47  It's a big one so break it up over time.

Hand Activity: Using your homework

Activity: Using perspectives to solve a problem- Your tables job is to become an expert on one of the major Psychological Perspectives.  You will have a scenario that you are trying to understand AND explain why, from your assigned perspective,  they are acting the way they are.  Your will be reporting out to the rest of the class what your perspective thinks is going on.  You must make your explanations simple and straightforward and must check in with the rest of the class if they understand what you said because they are using your information for their notes and vice versa.  If they do not you must explain it a different in a different way.  There is an example page at on the last page of the handout.  At the end the class needs to decide which perspectives or combination of them seems like the best explanation for why the subject is behaving the way the are.  

Assign each table a perspective.  I've labeled them on the seating chart.  After they get their perspective:

Step 1 Decide who is taking on each role.

Step 2 Research

Step 3 Practice presentation.  If you don't understand what you teammate said you need to let them know.

Step 4 Present 

Step 5 Take clarifying questions from group

Step 6 Discuss with you group which perspective or combination seems like the best answer.

Step 7 Reflection question

If time allows, Starting to SQ3R pages 37-47 which is their next homework assignment.

Wednesday September 16, 2026 Gold

Wednesday September 16, 2026 Gold

Circle: One useless talent that you would love to get good at.  Not great but just impressive.

Homework/SQ3R Gallery walk

Homework SQ3R pages 38-47  It's a big one so break it up over time.

Hand Activity: Using your homework

Activity: Using perspectives to solve a problem- Your tables job is to become an expert on one of the major Psychological Perspectives.  You will have a scenario that you are trying to understand AND explain why, from your assigned perspective,  they are acting the way they are.  Your will be reporting out to the rest of the class what your perspective thinks is going on.  You must make your explanations simple and straightforward and must check in with the rest of the class if they understand what you said because they are using your information for their notes and vice versa.  If they do not you must explain it a different in a different way.  There is an example page at on the last page of the handout.  At the end the class needs to decide which perspectives or combination of them seems like the best explanation for why the subject is behaving the way the are.  

Assign each table a perspective.  I've labeled them on the seating chart.  After they get their perspective:

Step 1 Decide who is taking on each role.

Step 2 Research

Step 3 Practice presentation.  If you don't understand what you teammate said you need to let them know.

Step 4 Present 

Step 5 Take clarifying questions from group

Step 6 Discuss with you group which perspective or combination seems like the best answer.

Step 7 Reflection question

If time allows, Starting to SQ3R pages 37-47 which is their next homework assignment.

Tuesday September 15, 2026 Gold

Tuesday September 15, 2026 Gold

Nuts and Bolts: Google Classroom and Blog

New Seating Chart and Activity:  A place outside of Maine you have all been to.

Why do you think Psychology wants to be thought of as a science?

Homework Gallery Walk

Homework: "Why is the rat always right"?  What does it say about psychology as a science?

Circle: What's one explanation for why some student are so successful at school and others struggle so badly?

Transcripts:  Can we use Psychology to help us understand? 

Transcript activity.  Maxwell Smart  Jane Doe  Bio-psych-social model

The Hand Mnemonic:  What perspectives did our homework introduce?  Where would you put them?

Homework: SQ3R 13-22. Diagram in class.  

For next class:

Homework for the weekend.  SQ3R pages 38-47  It's a big one so break it up over time.

Activity: Using perspectives to solve a problem- Your tables job is to become an expert on one of the major Psychological Perspectives.  You will have a scenario that you are trying to understand AND explain why, from your assigned perspective,  they are acting the way they are.  Your will be reporting out to the rest of the class what your perspective thinks is going on.  You must make your explanations simple and straightforward and must check in with the rest of the class if they understand what you said because they are using your information for their notes and vice versa.  If they do not you must explain it a different in a different way.  There is an example page at on the last page of the handout.  At the end the class needs to decide which perspectives or combination of them seems like the best explanation for why the subject is behaving the way the are.  

Assign each table a perspective.  I've labeled them on the seating chart.  After they get their perspective:

Step 1 Decide who is taking on each role.

Step 2 Research

Step 3 Practice presentation.  If you don't understand what you teammate said you need to let them know.

Step 4 Present 

Step 5 Take clarifying questions from group

Step 6 Discuss with you group which perspective or combination seems like the best answer.

If time allows, Starting to SQ3R pages 37-47 which is their next homework assignment.

Monday September 14, 2026 Green

Monday September 14, 2026 Green

Nuts and Bolts: Google Classroom and Blog

New Seating Chart and Activity:  A place outside of Maine you have all been to.

Why do you think Psychology wants to be thought of as a science?

Homework Gallery Walk

Homework: "Why is the rat always right"?  What does it say about psychology as a science?

Circle: What's one explanation for why some student are so successful at school and others struggle so badly?

Transcripts:  Can we use Psychology to help us understand? 

Transcript activity.  Maxwell Smart  Jane Doe  Bio-psych-social model

The Hand Mnemonic:  What perspectives did our homework introduce?  Where would you put them?

Homework: SQ3R 13-22. Diagram in class.  

For next class:

Homework for the weekend.  SQ3R pages 38-47  It's a big one so break it up over time.

Activity: Using perspectives to solve a problem- Your tables job is to become an expert on one of the major Psychological Perspectives.  You will have a scenario that you are trying to understand AND explain why, from your assigned perspective,  they are acting the way they are.  Your will be reporting out to the rest of the class what your perspective thinks is going on.  You must make your explanations simple and straightforward and must check in with the rest of the class if they understand what you said because they are using your information for their notes and vice versa.  If they do not you must explain it a different in a different way.  There is an example page at on the last page of the handout.  At the end the class needs to decide which perspectives or combination of them seems like the best explanation for why the subject is behaving the way the are.  

Assign each table a perspective.  I've labeled them on the seating chart.  After they get their perspective:

Step 1 Decide who is taking on each role.

Step 2 Research

Step 3 Practice presentation.  If you don't understand what you teammate said you need to let them know.

Step 4 Present 

Step 5 Take clarifying questions from group

Step 6 Discuss with you group which perspective or combination seems like the best answer.

If time allows, Starting to SQ3R pages 37-47 which is their next homework assignment.