Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Tuesday January 31, 2017

Circle: Who is the most motivated person you know?

AP Exam Sign Up Sheet

Introduce Motivation- Where does it come from?  Can I get some...

Activity: T or F

Activity: Sensation Seeking Scale

Activity: Hope Scale

Reading and Note Cards 
Vocabulary words are up to you.

1/31: 327-337
2/2: 337-362
2/6: 336-376
2/8 377-384
2/10: 384-406 and Note Cards Due

2/10: Test

Friday, January 27, 2017

January 27, 2017

Friday January 27, 2017

Circle: If you could stop worrying about one thing, what would it be?

AP Exam Sign Up Sheet

Activity: FRQ's
1. Gallery Walk
2. Look at suggested strategies in The Princeton Review
3. Look at rubric
4. Score and Submit Papers

Introduce Motivation- Where does it come from?  Can I get some...

Activity: T or F

Activity: Sensation Seeking Scale

Activity: Hope Scale


Reading and Note Cards 
Vocabulary words are up to you.

1/31: 327-337
2/3: 337-362
2/6: 336-376
2/8 377-384
2/10: 384-406 and Note Cards Due




Wednesday, January 25, 2017

January 25, 2017

Wednesday January 25, 2017

Circle: If you had the choice between outstanding intelligence or outstanding motivation, which would you choose and why?

Collect FRQ's

Check Notecards

Unit 7a+7b Test

Homework: Begin reading and SQ3R'ing Unit 8

Monday, January 23, 2017

January 23, 2017

Monday January 23, 2017

Circle: If you were going to be a teacher, what subject or grade would you want to teach?

Handout: Take home portion of exam.  This will be turned in on January 25th.  This will be printed out prior to class and turned in on paper.   If you are absent it will be shared with me on google at p.toohey@msad17.org by 7:25 for period 1 or 10:30 for period 3 on Januarey 25th.  NO late papers will be accepted and 10 points will be deducted from your exam.  

Watch any Crash Course listed at bottom of page.
Take either the Cognition practice test or Memory.
Show me what you scored.

Kahoot

Assigned Reading (70 pages): 
Pages to have read for class
Due 1/10 255-260
Due 1/11 260-265
Due 1/17 (266-277), (278-285), (285-292)
Due 1/18 293-297
Due 1/19 298-302
Due1/20 303-312
Due 1/23 313-319
1/25 319-322 *Note cards due!*
Test 
Cognition Exam – 50 multiple choice questions
Cognition Exam – 1 FRQ
Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due  (1/25).  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.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech


Crash Course: How we make memories

Thursday, January 19, 2017

January 19, 2017

Thursday January 19, 2017

Circle: One thing you will take away from Ms. Manchester's presentation on technical writing.

Handout: Take home portion of exam.  This will be turned in on January 25th.  This will be printed out prior to class and turned in on paper.   If you are absent it will be shared with me on google at p.toohey@msad17.org by 7:25 for period 1 or 10:30 for period 3 on Januarey 25th.  NO late papers will be accepted and 10 points will be deducted from your exam.  

Activity: FRQ Activity moved to January 17.  Tuesday January 17th we will be doing a technical writing workshop with Ms. Manchester.  We will be going over released Free-response questions and learning the process behind technical writing.

Assigned Reading (70 pages): 
Pages to have read for class
Due 1/10 255-260
Due 1/11 260-265
Due 1/17 (266-277), (278-285), (285-292)
Due 1/18 293-297
Due 1/19 298-302
Due1/20 303-312
Due 1/23 313-319
1/25 319-322 *Note cards due!*
Test 
Cognition Exam – 50 multiple choice questions
Cognition Exam – 1 FRQ
Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due  (1/25).  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.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech


Crash Course: How we make memories

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

January 17, 2017

Tuesday January 17, 2017

Circle: On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being horrible and 10 being outstanding, what is your level of confidence as a writer?

Activity: FRQ Activity moved to January 17.  Tuesday January 17th 
we will be doing a technical writing workshop with Ms. Manchester.  We will be going over released Free-response questions and learning the process behind technical writing.


Assigned Reading (70 pages): 
Pages to have read for class
Due 1/10 255-260
Due 1/11 260-265
Due 1/17 (266-277), (278-285), (285-292)
Due 1/18 293-297
Due 1/19 298-302
Due1/20 303-312
Due 1/23 313-319
1/25 319-322 *Note cards due!*
Test 
Cognition Exam – 50 multiple choice questions
Cognition Exam – 1 FRQ
Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due  (1/25).  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.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech

Thursday, January 12, 2017

January 12, 2016

Thursday January 12, 2016

Circle: What did you do with your day off after you woke up?

Introduce Memory: "If you lose the ability to recall your old memories then you have no life. You might as well be a rutabaga or a cabbage." 

True-False Activity

What perspective???

Three basic steps in the information processing model: Encoding, storage and retrieval

Activities: Encoding

Encoding: Serial Positioning Effect in Recalling U.S. Presidents

Visually vs Auditorally Encoded Information 18-1


Meaning and Memory


Self-Referencing


Application Activity: Index Cards- Why is a self-reference important or drawing a picture?



Assigned Reading (70 pages): 
Pages to have read for class
Due 1/10 255-260
Due 1/11 260-265
Due 1/17 (266-277), (278-285), (285-292)
Due 1/18 293-297
Due 1/19 298-302
Due1/20 303-312
Due 1/23 313-319
1/25 319-322 *Note cards due!*
Test 
Cognition Exam – 50 multiple choice questions
Cognition Exam – 1 FRQ
Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due  (1/25).  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.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech

FRQ Activity moved to January 17.  Tuesday January 17th we will be doing a technical writing workshop with Ms. Manchester.  We will be going over released Free-response questions and learning the process behind technical writing.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

January 10, 2017

Tuesday January 10, 2017

Circle: What is your earliest memory as a child?

Semantic Encoding Activity 18-5

Return Cumulative Tests: Importance of reviewing on your own.

Review Activities:
1. Practice Test
2. Crash Course
3. Quizlet
4. Note Review
5. AP Study Guide

Introduce Memory: "If you lose the ability to recall your old memories then you have no life. You might as well be a rutabaga or a cabbage." 

True-False Activity

What perspective???

Three basic steps in the information processing model: Encoding, storage and retrieval

Activities: Encoding

Encoding: Serial Positioning Effect in Recalling U.S. Presidents

Visually vs Auditorally Encoded Information 18-1


Meaning and Memory

Self-Referencing


Application Activity: Index Cards- Why is a self-reference important or drawing a picture?





Wednesday, January 4, 2017

December 6, 2017

Friday January 6, 2016

Circle: One good moment from your break.

FRQ Activity moved to January 17.  Tuesday January 17th we will be doing a technical writing workshop with Ms. Manchester.  We will be going over released Free-response questions and learning the process behind technical writing.


Cumulative Review Test: Units 1-6 Friday January 6th we will be taking a cumulative review over all the Units we have covered so far this year.  I would like you to study using the AP Test Review book I handed out the other week. Please take the time to read the section up through Learning and take the practice tests at the end of each section in the book.  This grade will only be used to replace any grades that are lower in the gradebook.  This review test will not be entered as a stand alone grade.

Next Unit: Cognition

Assigned Reading (70 pages): 
Pages to have read for class
Due 1/10 255-260
Due 1/11 260-265
Due 1/17 (266-277), (278-285), (285-292)
Due 1/18 293-297
Due 1/19 298-302
Due1/20 303-312
Due 1/23 313-319
1/25 319-322 *Note cards due!*
Test 
Cognition Exam – 50 multiple choice questions
Cognition Exam – 1 FRQ
Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due  (1/25).  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.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech