March 31, 2016

Thursday March 31, 2016

Circle: What is a harsh reality you have had to face up too?

Activity: Anti-Social Personality Disorder

Introduce Unit 13: Psychological Therapies

Activity: True False 30-1

Activity: Defense Mechanisms 30-4

Test Strategy: 77-83
You will be using this method for your Free-Response question at the end of Unit 13

Homework: Read and SQ3R Unit 13 in text.  Notes are due along with the Free-Response question at the end of the unit on Monday April 4, 2016.  This will be going in the Process and Application Standard.  We will also be taking a short timed practice test over Units  3 and 4.  Please review your notes on Units 3 and 4, the sections 7 and 8 in the Princeton review and any applicable Crash Courses or other videos.

Classes left until AP Exam: 8!!!!!!

March 29, 2016

Tuesday March 29, 2016

Circle: If given the choice between being a genius with a likely possibility it would be accompanied by serious mental illness, or having average intelligence with no chance of mental illness, which would you choose and why?

Check Homework: Module 12 notes completed along with Free-Response Question

Module 1 and 2 Review: You will be taking this timed.  After watching video below you will be taking the Free-Response.

Video:
Free-Response Question Tips from a scorer

Activities: Referential Thinking, Personality Inventory

Introduce Unit 13: Psychological Therapies

Homework: Read and SQ3R Unit 13 in text.  Notes are due along with the Free-Response question at the end of the unit on Monday April 4, 2016.  This will be going in the Process and Application Standard.  We will also be taking a short timed practice test over Units  3 and 4.  Please review your notes on Units 3 and 4, the sections 7 and 8 in the Princeton review and any applicable Crash Courses or other videos.

March 23, 2016

Wednesday March 23, 2016

Circle: Do you know anyone who has committed or tried to commit suicide?

Activity: Living with depression
1. Write down what you learned.
2. What surprised you?
3. One thing you will take away from this.

Activity: Approach to Free-Response

Activity: Disorder Tests

Cumulative Review of Units 1 and 2 on Tuesday.  This is PRACTICE. Please read 104-127 in AP Review.  Review notes from Units 1 and 2 and watch Crash Course #1 and #2. For Tuesday.

Homework: 
1.Finish reading and SQ3R'ing Unit 12
2. Notes and Free-Response due on the March 25th.  This will be going in your Process and      Application Standard. I will also be handing out a practice test and answer sheet for Unit 12.  It is your responsibility to take and score on your own.
3. Read-How to approach the Free-Response Questions p.74-85

Countdown to AP Exam: 11 class periods.

Complete List of Crash Courses

March 21, 2016

Monday March 21, 2016

Circle: How do you feel about your practice AP test?  How hard are you willing to study?

Activity: 
1. Overview of concepts p. 50
2. Review practice test p. 54
3. Strategies a.Ask it like it is. b.Answer before you answer c.POE
4. Question Numbering p.58
5. Question Types p.59
6. Free-Response

Activity:
1. Easy Question Drill
2. Medium Question Drill
3. The toughest third p.68
4. Pace p. 71

Disorder Activity: Handout.

Cumulative Review of Units 1 and 2 on Tuesday.  This is PRACTICE. Please read 104-127 in AP Review.  Review notes from Units 1 and 2 and watch Crash Course #1 and #2. For Tuesday.

Homework: 
1.Finish reading and SQ3R'ing Unit 12
2. Notes and Free-Response due on the March 25th.  This will be going in your Process and      Application Standard. I will also be handing out a practice test and answer sheet for Unit 12.  It is your responsibility to take and score on your own.
3. Read-How to approach the Free-Response Questions p.74-85

Countdown to AP Exam: 12 class periods.

March 17, 2016

Wednesday March 17, 2016   Happy St. Patty's Day!

Circle: How do you think you would feel if you were diagnosed with a mental illness?

Activity: 27-5

Homework: 
1.Begin reading and SQ3R'ing Unit 12
2. Notes and Free-Response due on the March 25th.
3. Practice AP Exam along with Free-Response scored needs to be completed by Monday the 21st.  Read taking the AP exam starting on page 56 before taking the exam.

Countdown to AP Exam: 13 class periods.

March 15, 2016

Tuesday March 15, 2016  "Et tu Brute"

Circle Question: One thing you think we could do to make this school a better place for everyone? Teacher and Students?

Administriva: 1. Remainder of year.  2. Test Preparation. 3. Homework

Introduce Abnormal Psychology: Psychology Student Disorder...it resides in all of us.
-Hyperactivity
-Depression
-Split Personality
-Bi-Polar
-Identity
-Anger
-Anxiety
-Addiction
-Hallucinations
-Sensory overload
-Phobias
-Disassociation

Activity: Predicting Tom's Success

Homework: 1.Begin reading and SQ3R'ing Unit 12
2. Notes and Free-Response due on the March 25th.
3. Practice AP Exam along with Free-Response scored needs to be completed by Monday the 21st.  Read taking the AP exam starting on page 56 before taking the exam.

Countdown to AP Exam: 14 class periods

March 11, 2016

Friday March 11, 2016

Circle Question: What do you know about mental illness?

Test Unit 11: Intelligence and Testing

Introduce Abnormal Psychology: Psychology Student Disorder...it resides in all of us.
-Hyperactivity
-Depression
-Split Personality
-Bi-Polar
-Identity
-Lucid dreams
-Anger
-Anxiety
-Addiction
-Hallucinations
-Sensory overload
-Phobias

Homework: Begin reading and SQ3R'ing Unit 12

Countdown to AP Exam: 15 class periods

March 9, 2016

Wednesday March 9, 2016

Circle:  What accounts for your intelligence?

Handout AP Study Guide

Crash Course Intelligence

Activity: Intelligence Test

Activity: LSAT Practice Questions

Activity: Online IQ Test

Homework: Read and SQ3R Unit 11

Test Friday: Unit 11

March 7, 2016

Monday March 7, 2016

Circle Question: Do you think the world will be a better or worse place 100 years from now?

Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences

Activity: Intelligence Tests

Activity: Can you dribble?

Activity: Online IQ Test

Homework: Read and SQ3R Unit 11

March 3, 2016

Thursday March 3, 2016

Question: Who is the most intelligent person you know?

Activity: Interview an adult and ask them the following question: Who is the smartest person you know?  In your opinion, what makes them so intelligent?

Activity: Intelligence Tests

Activity: Online IQ Test

Homework: Read and SQ3R Unit 11

March 1, 2016

Tuesday March 1, 2016

Circle Question: If you saw someone cheating on a test, what would you do? What if you had signed an honor code?

Pass out AP Bulletin: What questions do you have?

Unit 10 Test

Review Practice AP Test

Online IQ Test