Tuesday September 7, 2026 Gold

Tuesday September 7, 2026   Gold

Circle: Either the grossest thing you have seen served in school cafeteria or your favorite cafe item.

Quick View- Notebook, Phones, Being responsible, Maturity, Blog, Google Classroom, Syllabus

Homework: Jung Typology Test

1. Take the test

2. Get you profile letters- write them down.

3. Look up what your profile is online.  Just type in your 4 letters in the search bar.

4. Briefly write down what you agree with and 3-4 things and what you disagree with.

5. Then reflect in a short paragraph  how it makes you feel that you can be into 4 letters

Hand out Textbooks

At your table: How do you read and remember informational texts so you you don't forget? Power of Context!

Activity: How to read informational texts.  Module 0.1 in class.  Module 0.2 for homework.  I will be checking this tomorrow for a formative grade.

Research SQ3R: Be prepared to present out your findings.  What is it?  How does it work? Why is it so effective?  

Do Homework together

Review: 

-Definition of Psychology

-What does it mean when we say brain is a prediction machine?

-Perspective

Another Perspective: Evolutionary Psychology Perspective...

Activity: Psychology wants to be considered a science.  Why do history teachers teach it?

Thursday September 3, 2026 Green

Thursday September 3, 2026 Green

Psychology Definition: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 

Expectations for this class.

Activity:

You will not  be turning this in.  On a piece of scrap paper write down why you are taking Psychology.  Now look around the room and write down why you think others in the room are taking them.   

Circle: Not including yourself, why do you think students take Psychology?

Activity: Fundamental Attribution Error- One person from you table go get a textbook and look up the Fundamental Attribution Error and make sure everyone at your table understands what it is and come up with an example that you would use to explain it to your parents if they asked you what you did in AP Psych today.  Be prepared to share out.

Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Circle: Close your eyes and try and imagine yourself as an old person.  What do you think the hardest part of being old is going to be?

Perspective Activity: At your table come up with a working definition of perspective. 

What do you see?

What did I just do to influence what you saw?  Turn and talk

Homework: Jung Typology Test

1. Take the test

2. Get you profile letters- write them down.

3. Look up what your profile is

4. Briefly write down what you agree with, 3-4 things and what you disagree with.

5. Then reflect in a short paragraph  how it makes you feel that you can be into 4 letters

Another Perspective: Evolutionary Psych

Wednesday September 2, 2026 Green

Wednesday September 2, 2026 Green

Welcome to Advanced Placement Psychology!  

Expectations for this class:

Learning Target: I can help build a community in the classroom and understand its importance in relation to learning.

Groupings Chart/Rationale

Activity:

Introduce yourself to the group:  Take notes on the people in your group.

1. Name a job you wanted to do when you were little

2. Favorite cartoon

3. One place you'd like to visit.

You will be reporting out your fellow group members.  You might want to write it down.

Why would I assign you to a group?  Make T-Chart with pros and cons

Rock Paper Scissors to see who presents

Activity:

You will not  be turning this in.  On a piece of scrap paper write down why you are taking AP classes.  Now look around the room and write down why you think others in the room are taking them.   

Circle Explanation: Restorative Justice

Circle: Not including yourself, why do you think students take AP classes?

Activity: Fundamental Attribution Error- One person from you table go get a textbook and look up the Fundamental Attribution Error and make sure everyone at your table understands what it is and come up with an example that you would use to explain it to your parents if they asked you what you did in AP Psych today.  Be prepared to share out.

Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Psychology Definition: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 

Circle: A bizarre behavior you have witnessed at this school.

Activity: Using  the behavior we talked about in circle and your limited understanding of psychology, try and determine why said person engaged in behavior.  Be ready to report out.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Perspective Activity: At your table come up with a working definition of perspective. 

What do you see?

What did I just do to influence what you saw?  Turn and talk

Tuesday September 1, 2026 Gold

Tuesday September 1, 2026 Gold

Welcome to Advanced Placement Psychology!  

Expectations for this class:

Learning Target: I can help build a community in the classroom and understand its importance in relation to learning.

Groupings Chart/Rationale

Activity:

Introduce yourself to the group:  Take notes on the people in your group.

1. Name a job you wanted to do when you were little

2. Favorite cartoon

3. One place you'd like to visit.

You will be reporting out your fellow group members.  You might want to write it down.

Why would I assign you to a group?  Make T-Chart with pros and cons

Rock Paper Scissors to see who presents

Activity:

You will not  be turning this in.  On a piece of scrap paper write down why you are taking AP classes.  Now look around the room and write down why you think others in the room are taking them.   

Circle Explanation: Restorative Justice

Circle: Not including yourself, why do you think students take AP classes?

Activity: Fundamental Attribution Error- One person from you table go get a textbook and look up the Fundamental Attribution Error and make sure everyone at your table understands what it is and come up with an example that you would use to explain it to your parents if they asked you what you did in AP Psych today.  Be prepared to share out.

Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Psychology Definition: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 

Circle: A bizarre behavior you have witnessed at this school.

Activity: Using  the behavior we talked about in circle and your limited understanding of psychology, try and determine why said person engaged in behavior.  Be ready to report out.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Perspective Activity: At your table come up with a working definition of perspective. 

What do you see?

What did I just do to influence what you saw?  Turn and talk

Another Perspective: Evolutionary Psych

Homework: Jung Typology Test

1. Take the test

2. Get you profile letters- write them down.

3. Look up what your profile is

4. Briefly write down what you agree with, 3-4 things and what you disagree with.

5. Then reflect in a short paragraph  how it makes you feel that you can be into 4 letters

Friday May 22, 2026 Gold

Friday May 22, 2026 Gold

Circle: What exactly is your go to Dunkin Order?

Why we do research: In 1998, a paper published in the medical journal The Lancet by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues suggested a possible link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism. The study only involved 12 children, but it received enormous media attention and became the foundation of the modern anti-vaccine movement.

The paper was later fully retracted because investigations found serious ethical and scientific misconduct, including:

• Falsified or altered patient data
• Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest
• Children being recruited through lawyers preparing lawsuits
• Invasive procedures done without proper ethical approval
• Misrepresentation of how subjects were selected for the study

The UK General Medical Council concluded Wakefield acted dishonestly and irresponsibly, and he lost his medical license.

Since then, many large studies involving hundreds of thousands of children have found no credible link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

Activity: Continue to work on Annotated Bibliography.  This needs to be submitted on Friday.

Coming Up: One minute presentations about your research and hypothesis.

Thursday May 21, 2026 Green

 Thursday May 21, 2026 Green

Circle: What is the most obvious trait you inherited from one of your parents.  What is it and which parent?  This could be physical or personality trait.  

2nd Circle: Who are you more like?  Mother or father or step-mother or step-father?

Finish Presentations:

Nature and Nurture:  On your own answer the following questions and then share your response with your group.  What is one thing most of you agreed on?  What was the biggest disagreement?

Activity: Why is the Nature and Nurture debate so important?  Cape Elizabeth?  Norway?  How do you think your life would be different if you grew up in Cape Elizabeth?  Is it all NURTURE?

Values:  Are they Nature or Nurture?

Zillow:  Cape Elizabeth Norway

Wednesday May 20, 2026 Green

 Wednesday May 20, 2026 Green

Circle: What exactly is your go to Dunkin Order?

Activity: Continue to work on Annotated Bibliography.  This needs to be submitted on Friday.

Coming Up: One minute presentations about your research and hypothesis.