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

Kahoot 

Wednesday March 18, 2026

Wednesday March 18, 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

Kahoot 

Monday March 16, 2026

 Monday March 16, 2026

Circle: Do you think you will eventually have kids of your own? How many?  What would you do different from how your parents raised you if any?

Behaviorism Quiz

Time to meet the babies!!!

Wednesday March 11, 2026

Wednesday March 11, 2026

Make sure you do the textbook assignment in the Classroom!

Circle: Something you learned from just watching.  Thank YOUTUBE!  

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Activity: Shaping

Albert Bandura Bobo Beatdown

Crash Course

Your BABY Project

Enjoy your last weekend of child free freedom!

Tuesday March 10, 2026

Tuesday March 10, 2026

New Seating Chart/Activity: Take out your phone and choose a recent photo that has some meaning to you.

Circle: What do you think is the most important/impactful thing you have learned in school?

Time to meet the baby!

Homework: SQ3R 300-318 for Tuesday  

Practice Test

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Shaping

Discovering Psychology: Learning

Quiz on Tuesday

Monday March 9, 2026

Monday March 9, 2026

New Seating Chart/Activity

Circle: How should we deal with students who struggle behaviorally in school?

Homework: SQ3R 300-318 for Thursday.  

Practice Test

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Discovering Psychology: Learning

Quiz on Thursday

Friday March 6, 2026

Friday March 6, 2026

Homework is to SQ3R 294-297

Circle: If your parents could see all of you social media would they be happy, sad or mad?  

Negative Reinforcement Quiz

Activity: With you table mates, create note-cards for Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Punishment and Negative Punishment

Practice identifying Reinforcers and Punishment.  Clap and boo for right and wrong answers!

Review Classical Conditioning Worksheet!

Question to the group: Why do some physically healthy people where adult diaper when the go to the casino?

Do casinos study behaviorism?

Activity: Reinforcement Schedules

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Activity: Find some examples of operant conditioning.  The Office and The Big Bang Theory are two great spots.  Be prepared to share out to class.

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Activities: True or False

Activities: Examples of Negative reinforcement

Activity: Shaping if we have time.

Classical ConditioningVideo's
Crash Course
Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
Classically Conditioning your roomate


Operant Conditioning

The Little Albert Experiment
BF Skinner Pigeon Ping Pong

Observational Learning
Our Skinner Box
Crash Course: The BoBo Beatdown
Classical vs Operant Condtioniong

Note cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych 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.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

acquisition	learning
associative learning	Neutral stimulus
classical conditioning	operant conditioning
cognitive map	punishment
discrimination	reinforcer
extinction	shaping
fixed interval schedule	spontaneous recovery
fixed ratio schedule	US / UR / CS / CR
generalization	variable interval schedule
latent learning	variable ratio schedule