Tuesday April 7, 2026
New Seating Chart
Circle: To be answered after activity?
Johari's Window
Activity: Social Anxiety Scale
Activity: Obsessive Compulsive Scale
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Monday, April 6, 2026
Tuesday April 7, 2026
Tuesday April 7, 2026
Circle: After Johari's Window
New Seating Chart and Activity
Homework:
Monday April 6, 2026
Monday April 6, 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
Thursday, April 2, 2026
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
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.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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.
Monday, March 30, 2026
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
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...
Kahoot
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: Parenting Style
Activity: Lifespan
Activity: Thinking about 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...
Kahoot
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.
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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