Friday April 3, 2026

 Friday April 3, 2026

Social Cultural Psychology

Circle:  Have you ever gotten away with something that you should have gotten in trouble for?  How did it make you feel?

Activity: Deindividuation-If you could do anything humanly possible with complete assurance that you would not be detected or held responsible for what would you do?  Write it down. 

Deindividuation is a psychological state where individuals in a group or crowd lose their self-awareness, personal identity, and sense of individual responsibility.

aggression, charity, academic dishonesty, crime, escapism, political activities, sexual behavior, social disruption, interpersonal spying, and eavesdropping, travel, and a catch-all other.

Criminal 26%

Sexual 11%

Spying 11%

Most common...robbing a bank at 15%

36% in total were considered anti-social.

Demonstration Activity: Blank piece of paper, write down how much time went by.  Then again, how much time went by.  Written variations will have a much greater variation in time then spoken times. Why?

Survey Time...How many students and teachers fall prey to the Fundamental Attribution Error

Terms and Quiz

Thursday April 2, 2026

Thursday April 2, 2026

Circle: Superpower you would like to have.

Fundamental Attribution Error- A time you made the wrong judgement about someone.  It could be a friend, coworker, parent, teacher coach stranger etc..

Notecard- Write the Fundamental Attribution Error on one side and a definition you understand on the other.

FAE Explanation

Video: Fundamental Attribution Error

Activity: Karen Clips.  

Worksheet

Wednesday April 1, 2026

Wednesday April 1, 2026

Circle: A time you felt like you were being judged.

Notecard- Write the Fundamental Attribution Error on one side and a definition you understand on the other.

FAE Explanation

Video: Fundamental Attribution Error

Activity: Karen Clips.  

Worksheet

Monday March 30, 2026

Monday March 30, 2026

Target: Understanding Human Develpment

Look it up: Heritability...Quick

Circle Question: Name two fictional characters that put together make up a good description of who you are.

Temperament Survey: Take the survey yourself and then give the other copy to your parent(s) and have the fill it out but ask them to fill it out for what your personality was like when you were 2-3 years old.  Then have a conversation about what has changed about your personality and what has remained the same. 

You should have already started to read ahead in Unit 9 Developmental Psychology.  You need to have read 418-435 for class on Monday.

Pre-Natal Slide Show
Infant Slide Show

Supplemental Video:
Kohlberg's Six Steps to Morality
Gender Roles
The Trolley Problem
Harlow's Monkeys
Harlow's Study on Monkeys' Attachment
The Strange Situation-Mary Ainsworth
Crash Course: 18  The Growth of Knowledge
Crash Course: 19 Monkeys and Morality
Crash Course: 20 Adolescence
Inside the Teenage Brain

Note Cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due the day of the exam.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  

• Erik Erikson
• Carol Gilligan
• Harry Harlow
• Lawrence Kohlberg
• Jean Piaget
• Lev Vygotsky
• Habituation
• Maturation
• Assimilation
• Accommodation
• Object permanence
• Conservation
• Egocentrism
• Attachment
• Imprinting
• Temperament
• Self-concept
• Gender role
• Gender identity
• Social identity

Thursday March 26, 2019

Target: Understanding Human Development

How does life develop before birth?
What are some newborn abilities, and how do researchers explore infants’ mental abilities?
During infancy and childhood, how do the brain and motor skills develop?
From the perspective of Piaget and today’s researchers, how does a child’s mind develop?
How do parent-infant attachment bonds form?
What physical changes mark adolescence?
How did Piaget, Kohlberg, and later researchers describe adolescent cognitive and moral development?
What are the social tasks and challenges of adolescence?
What is emerging adulthood?
What physical changes occur during middle and late adulthood?
How do memory and intelligence change with age?
What themes and influences mark our social journey from early adulthood to death?

Kick off question: What do you think will be the most difficult part of being an adult and why?

Circle Question: What was your best year as a person?  What made is so good?

Temperament Survey: Take the survey yourself and then give the other copy to your parent(s) and have the fill it out but ask them to fill it out for what your personality was like when you were two years old.  Then have a conversation about what has changed about your personality and what has remained the same.

Activity: Landmarks

Activity: True or False

Activity: Adolesence-True or False

Activity: Parenting Style

Activity: Lifespan

Activity: Thinking about death

Target: Understanding Human Development from Pre-Natal to Death

Test Friday April 5

Circle Question: If you had to wear the same T-shirt every day for a year and you had to  have one word on it what would that word be?

2nd circle question: Your psychology teacher believes that it is next to impossible to be in "love" with another person until successfully completing your identity formation(meaning High School "love" is actually only lust).  Do you agree or disagree?

How does life develop before birth?
What are some newborn abilities, and how do researchers explore infants’ mental abilities?
During infancy and childhood, how do the brain and motor skills develop?
From the perspective of Piaget and today’s researchers, how does a child’s mind develop?
How do parent-infant attachment bonds form?
What physical changes mark adolescence?
How did Piaget, Kohlberg, and later researchers describe adolescent cognitive and moral development?
What are the social tasks and challenges of adolescence?
What is emerging adulthood?
What physical changes occur during middle and late adulthood?
How do memory and intelligence change with age?
What themes and influences mark our social journey from early adulthood to death?

You need to finish reading the unit on developmental psychology for Wednesday's class.

Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Parenting Styles: What would you do differently as a parent?  What do you think is the best way to parent?  After slideshow: How would you describe your parents style?  Is it effective?
Kohlberg's Moral Development
Activity: Heinz's Dilemma
Erik Erikson Stages
Gender Roles

Erikson And Identity: Page 541
Activity: I am...
Activity: Through the years...
Activity: On dying...

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Circle Question:  What is one piece of advice you wished you got(and listened to) about getting through the teenage years?

Goal:Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Activity: Using your laptop review and encapsulate Ericksons Theory of Identity Formation.  What are the key parts, explain using your own words. Brief presentation.  What do you would be like if you didn't go through adolescence like teenagers in different cultures?

Goal:[Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.]
I AM activity
Fill out sheets and these will be collected.  After completing I AM sheet review the link and write a reaction.  What stands out to you?  What surprises you?  Why do you think everyone writes such similar things?  How does this make you look at  yourself and what you wrote? This will be started in class and finished at home for homework.
Students I am Poems

Next Class
Letter to your teenage self: You will be writing a letter to your son or daughter that you will not see until they are 18.  You have volunteered to travel to Mars and the trip lasts 18 years.  Your son, if you are a boy, or your daughter if you are a female,  will need some advice about what its like to be a teenager from their same sex parent.  The only way you will be able to communicate with him is through a letter that you wrote at their birth and will open on their 13th birthday.  What advice would you give them about school, teachers, sex, relationships, peer pressure etc?  This letter should be addressed directly to them.  Please give them a name.  This will be finished for homework.

Target: Understanding Human Development from Pre-Natal to Death

Circle question: Your psychology teacher believes that it is next to impossible to be in "love" with another person until successfully completing your identity formation(meaning High School "love" is actually only lust).  Do you agree or disagree?

How does life develop before birth?
What are some newborn abilities, and how do researchers explore infants’ mental abilities?
During infancy and childhood, how do the brain and motor skills develop?
From the perspective of Piaget and today’s researchers, how does a child’s mind develop?
How do parent-infant attachment bonds form?
What physical changes mark adolescence?
How did Piaget, Kohlberg, and later researchers describe adolescent cognitive and moral development?
What are the social tasks and challenges of adolescence?
What is emerging adulthood?
What physical changes occur during middle and late adulthood?
How do memory and intelligence change with age?
What themes and influences mark our social journey from early adulthood to death?

Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Parenting Styles: What would you do differently as a parent?  What do you think is the best way to parent?  After slideshow: How would you describe your parents style?  Is it effective?
Kohlberg's Moral Development
Activity: Heinz's Dilemma
Erik Erikson Stages
Gender Roles

Erikson And Identity: Page 541
Activity: I am...
Activity: Through the years...
Activity: On dying...

Kahoot

Supplemental Video: Please 
Kohlberg's Six Steps to Morality
The Trolley Problem
Harlow's Monkeys
Harlow's Study on Monkeys' Attachment
The Strange Situation-Mary Ainsworth
Crash Course: 19 Monkeys and Morality
Crash Course: 18  The Growth of Knowledge
Crash Course: 20 Adolescence
Inside the Teenage Brain

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Friday March 27, 2026

Friday March 27, 2026

Circle: A hobby you enjoy?

The Responsive Brain

The Strange Situation: Mary Ainsworth

Activity: True or False

Activity: Decades of Life

Activity: Death

Homework: SQ3R 208-220 in  Princeton AP Study Guide

Thursday March 26, 2026

Thursday March 26, 2026

Circle: Class choice 

The Responsive Brain

The Strange Situation: Mary Ainsworth

Activity: True or False

Activity: Decades of Life

Activity: Death

Homework: SQ3R 208-220 in AP Study Guide

Thursday March 19, 2026

Thursday March 19, 2026

Be aware that there are people who want to hurt your babies!!!

Pre-Circle: With your group or the person next to you come up with a few ideas about what parents seem to forget about being a teenager?

Circle: One thing that parents seem to have forgotten about being a teenager.  Do you think you will make the same mistake when you are a parent?  Why do you think we keep making the same thinking error?

Activity: Developmental Landmarks

Baby Diary- Open you diary and share with your tablemates how you answered the questions and dealt with the scenario's.  Where did you get the information from?  Does it sound right?

Module 42- Prenatal and the newborn

Module 43- Infancy and childhood/Physical Development

Module 44- Infancy and Childhood/Cognitive Development

Module 45- Infancy and Childhood/Social Development

Module 46- Gender Development

Module 47- Parent, Peers, Social Development

Module 48- Adolescence/Physical and Cognitive Development

Module 49- Adolescence/Social Development and Emerging Adulthood

Module 50- Sexual Development

Module 51- Adulthood/Physical Cognitive and Social Development

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