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.

Friday September 11, 2026 Gold

Friday September 11, 2026 Gold

Circle: What is one pet peeve of your?  Why do you think it bothers you and not others?

Hand out Textbooks (Period 4) 3 has them.:

(Period 3) At your table: How do you read and remember informational texts so you you don't forget? Power of Context!

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

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.

Do Homework together

Review: 

-Definition of Psychology

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

-Perspective

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

Revisit: Definition of Psychology- The study of behavior AND mental processess.

1. The Hand

2. Evolutionary Perspective

3. Introduce other perspectives

4. Lets look at ourselves...  What does it mean???

5. Lets see if we can figure out what's going on here.  Remember the Fundamental Attribution Error

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

Friday September 10, 2026 Gold

Friday September 10, 2026 Gold

Circle: What is one pet peeve of your?  Why do you think it bothers you and not others?

Hand out Textbooks (Period 4) 3 has them.:

(Period 3) At your table: How do you read and remember informational texts so you you don't forget? Power of Context!

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

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.

Do Homework together

Review: 

-Definition of Psychology

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

-Perspective

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

Revisit: Definition of Psychology- The study of behavior AND mental processess.

1. The Hand

2. Evolutionary Perspective

3. Introduce other perspectives

4. Lets look at ourselves...  What does it mean???

5. Lets see if we can figure out what's going on here.  Remember the Fundamental Attribution Error

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

Thursday September 10, 2026 Green

Thursday September 10, 2026 Green

Circle: What is one pet peeve of your?  Why do you think it bothers you and not others?

Hand out Textbooks (Period 4) 3 has them.:

(Period 3) At your table: How do you read and remember informational texts so you you don't forget? Power of Context!

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

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.

Do Homework together

Review: 

-Definition of Psychology

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

-Perspective

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

Revisit: Definition of Psychology- The study of behavior AND mental processess.

1. The Hand

2. Evolutionary Perspective

3. Introduce other perspectives

4. Lets look at ourselves...  What does it mean???

5. Lets see if we can figure out what's going on here.  Remember the Fundamental Attribution Error

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

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