Thursday, March 30, 2017

March 30, 2017

8 MORE CLASSES TILL AP EXAM!!!
CONTINUE REVIEWING!!!
Thursday March 30, 2017

Circle: Why would anyone commit suicide?  Are there any valid reasons to do so?

AP Practice Test: I need your scores if you did not complete it in class Tuesday

Activity: Predicting Tom's Success

Activity: Revised Suicide Quiz

Activity: Social Anxiety Thoughts

Activity: Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale

Activity: Measuring Fear

Unit topics: Abnormal Behavior
Dates for Unit: March 24th – April 5rd   
Exam Date: Monday, April 5th 
Note cards due April 5th                                                                                                     
Assigned reading (42 pages): 561-603

Note cards: We are doing note cards a little differently for this section.  Each one is a disorder - name of the disorder on the front; definition and/or symptoms on the back.  There are 25 (some are not listed in our book – internet research will be required).  Note cards are worth double points for this unit – 200 points total, so do them well.  This grade will be posted in Application and Process. Meaning that if you missed a note-card assignment in the past this will pull up your average.  


  • Phobias
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Somatization Disorders
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Conversion Disorders
  • Somatoform Pain Disorders
  • Depersonalization
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative fugue states
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Delusional Disorder
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Munchausen's Syndrome
  • Impulse Control Disorders


Please watch the following before taking Abnormal Psychology Exam

Crash Course: Psychological Disorders
Crash Course: OCD & Anxiety Disorders
Crash Course: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Crash Course: Trauma & Addiction
Crash Course: Eating & Body Dysmorphic Disorders
Crash Course: Personality Disorders
Crash Course: Schizophrenia and Dissociative Disorders

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

March 28, 2017

9 MORE CLASSES TILL AP EXAM!!!
START REVIEWING!!!
Tuesday March 28, 2017

Circle: Would you rather always have to speak what's on your mind or never speak again?

Activity: Correcting and scoring practice AP Exam

Activity: What is the DSM?  How does it work?  How many disorders are there? What do supporters say about it?  What do critics say about it?

Activity: OCS

Activity: Zung Depression Scale

Unit topics: Abnormal Behavior
Dates for Unit: March 24th – April 5rd   
Exam Date: Monday, April 5th 
Note cards due April 5th                                                                                                     
Assigned reading (42 pages): 561-603

Note cards: We are doing note cards a little differently for this section.  Each one is a disorder - name of the disorder on the front; definition and/or symptoms on the back.  There are 25 (some are not listed in our book – internet research will be required).  Note cards are worth double points for this unit – 200 points total, so do them well.  This grade will be posted in Application and Process. Meaning that if you missed a note-card assignment in the past this will pull up your average.  


  • Phobias
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Somatization Disorders
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Conversion Disorders
  • Somatoform Pain Disorders
  • Depersonalization
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative fugue states
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Delusional Disorder
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Munchausen's Syndrome
  • Impulse Control Disorders


Please watch the following before taking Abnormal Psychology Exam

Crash Course: Psychological Disorders
Crash Course: OCD & Anxiety Disorders
Crash Course: Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Crash Course: Trauma & Addiction
Crash Course: Eating & Body Dysmorphic Disorders
Crash Course: Personality Disorders

Friday, March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017

10 Green Days Until AP Exam!!!

Friday March 24, 2017

Circle: How many people do you know who suffer from a mental illness?

1. Reminder about practice AP Test due Tuesday at beginning of class.
2. Sign up for exam.

Test: Personality

Introduce Abnormal Psychology

Activity: Look up rates of mental illness;
In America
Worldwide
In Maine
In Men
In Women
In Teenagers
What are the most prevalent mental illnesses?
What are the rarest mental illnesses?

Unit topics: Abnormal Behavior
Dates for Unit: March 24th – April 5rd   
Exam Date: Monday, April 5th 
Note cards due April 5th                                                                                                     
Assigned reading (42 pages): 561-603

Note cards: We are doing note cards a little differently for this section.  Each one is a disorder - name of the disorder on the front; definition and/or symptoms on the back.  There are 25 (some are not listed in our book – internet research will be required).  Note cards are worth double points for this unit – 200 points total, so do them well.  This grade will be posted in Application and Process. Meaning that if you missed a note-card assignment in the past this will pull up your average.  


  • Phobias
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Somatization Disorders
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Conversion Disorders
  • Somatoform Pain Disorders
  • Depersonalization
  • Dissociative Amnesia
  • Dissociative fugue states
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Delusional Disorder
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Anorexia
  • Bulimia
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Munchausen's Syndrome
  • Impulse Control Disorders

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

March 22, 2017

Wednesday March 22, 2017

Twelve Green days until May 1st. AP Psychology Exam.  Start Reviewing!!!

Hand out: Practice SAT Test Due Tuesday March 28th.  Needs to be completed when you come to class.  Please follow all directions and make sure you keep accurate time.

Circle: How much reviewing have you done for the AP Exam so far?  How important is it to you to do well on it?

Learning Target: Students will understand the Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Trait and Social Cognitive Perspective and how it views personality.

Introduction: Personality

Crash Course: Rorschach and the Freudians

Crash Course: Measuring Personality

Mr. Burns High School Freud Video

Zimbardo: The Mind, Hidden and Divided

Assigned reading (48 pages): THE ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT PAGES YOU NEED TO HAVE READ FOR THAT DAY

4/20 479-490
4/22 491-418
4/24 Unit 10 Test

Vocabulary: Note Cards: On this paper is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  These should be done the day before the practice exam (3/24).  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. 

Psychoanalysis
Free Association
Id
Ego
Superego
Oedipus complex
defense mechanisms
collective unconscious
projective test
unconditional positive regard
self-actualization
self-concept
trait
reciprocal determinism
external/internal locus of control
individualism vs. collectivism




Monday, March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

Monday March 20, 2017

Thirteen Green days until May 1st. AP Psychology Exam.  Start Reviewing!!!

Practice SAT Test

Circle: If you were to discover one of  your closest friends was a heroin dealer, what would you do?


Learning Target: Students will understand the Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Trait and Social Cognitive Perspective and how it views personality.

Introduction: Personality

Activity: 15 Freudian Principle Statements

Free Association Activity

Crash Course: Rorschach and the Freudians


Crash Course: Measuring Personality

Mr. Burns High School Freud Video

Zimbardo: The Mind, Hidden and Divided

Assigned reading (48 pages): THE ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT PAGES YOU NEED TO HAVE READ FOR THAT DAY

4/20 470-490
4/22 491-418
4/24 Unit 10 Test

Vocabulary: Note Cards: On this paper is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  These should be done the day before the practice exam (3/24).  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. 

Psychoanalysis
Free Association
Id
Ego
Superego
Oedipus complex
defense mechanisms
collective unconscious
projective test
unconditional positive regard
self-actualization
self-concept
trait
reciprocal determinism
external/internal locus of control
individualism vs. collectivism




Tuesday, March 14, 2017

March 15, 2017

Wednesday March 15, 2017

Fourteen Green days until May 1st. AP Psychology Exam.  Start Reviewing!!!

Circle: Do you think people would still like you if you were completely open with them?  Do you ever show your true self?

Test: Unit 11 Intelligence and Testing

Learning Target: Students will understand the Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Trait and Social Cognitive Perspective and how it views personality.

Introduction: Personality

Activity: 15 Freudian Principle Statements

Free Association Activity

Crash Course: Rorschach and the Freudians


Crash Course: Measuring Personality

Mr. Burns High School Freud Video

Zimbardo: The Mind, Hidden and Divided

Assigned reading (48 pages): THE ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT PAGES YOU NEED TO HAVE READ FOR THAT DAY

4/20 470-490
4/22 491-418
4/24 Unit 10 Test

Vocabulary: Note Cards: On this paper is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych exam.  These should be done the day before the practice exam (3/24).  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. 

Psychoanalysis
Free Association
Id
Ego
Superego
Oedipus complex
defense mechanisms
collective unconscious
projective test
unconditional positive regard
self-actualization
self-concept
trait
reciprocal determinism
external/internal locus of control
individualism vs. collectivism




Monday, March 13, 2017

March 13, 2017

Monday March 13, 2017

Circle: Which of  Howard Gardner's Intelligences would you say is your strongest?  It can be more than one.

Intelligence: Goal-directed adaptive thinking.

Activity: RAT

Activity: Analogies and Intelligence

Kahoot

Crash Course: Controversy of Intelligence

Assigned reading (34 pages): THE ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT PAGES YOU NEED TO HAVE READ FOR THAT DAY

3/8 523-532
3/9 532-539
3/10 539-544
3/11 544-556
3/15 TEST
Note cards:  This is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due on 3/15.  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.  **If the term is a person – for application – apply one of his  or her theories or findings**


  • Intelligence
  • g
  • Factor Analysis
  • Howard Gardner
  • Robert Sternberg
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Alfred Binet
  • Stanford-Binet & Wechsler
  • IQ
  • Validity
  • Reliability
  • Standardization
  • Normal distribution
  • Stereotype Threat
Activity: Online IQ Test

Thursday, March 9, 2017

March 9, 2017

Thursday March 9, 2017

Circle: Who is the most intelligent person you know?  What makes them so intelligent?

Intelligence: Goal-directed adaptive thinking.

Activity: How smart are you?

Activity: RAT

Activity: Analogies and Intelligence

Crash Course: Controversy of Intelligence

Assigned reading (34 pages): THE ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT PAGES YOU NEED TO HAVE READ FOR THAT DAY

3/8 523-532
3/9 532-539
3/10 539-544
3/11 544-556
3/15 TEST
Note cards:  This is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due on 3/15.  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.  **If the term is a person – for application – apply one of his  or her theories or findings**




  • Intelligence
  • g
  • Factor Analysis
  • Howard Gardner
  • Robert Sternberg
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Alfred Binet
  • Stanford-Binet & Wechsler
  • IQ
  • Validity
  • Reliability
  • Standardization
  • Normal distribution
  • Stereotype Threat
Activity: Online IQ Test

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

March 7, 2017

Tuesday March 7, 2017

Circle: One thing you would do differently from your parents when you become a parent.

Unit 9 Test

Introduction: Intelligence and Testing

Crash Course: Controversy of Intelligence

Assigned reading (34 pages): THE ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT PAGES YOU NEED TO HAVE READ FOR THAT DAY

3/8 523-532
3/9 532-539
3/10 539-544
3/11 544-556
3/15 TEST
Note cards:  This is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due on 3/15.  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.  **If the term is a person – for application – apply one of his  or her theories or findings**




  • Intelligence
  • g
  • Factor Analysis
  • Howard Gardner
  • Robert Sternberg
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Alfred Binet
  • Stanford-Binet & Wechsler
  • IQ
  • Validity
  • Reliability
  • Standardization
  • Normal distribution
  • Stereotype Threat
Activity: Online IQ Test

Friday, March 3, 2017

March 3, 2017

Friday March 3, 2017

TEST MONDAY!

Circle Question: What do you look forward to most about becoming an adult?


Can you mess a kid up? Harvard Study

True-False

I am

Answer the following questions at your table:
1. What surprised you?
2. Do you think accurately represents how teenagers feel? Why/Why not?
3. Are there any common threads in the entries
4. Why do you think teenagers are so reluctant to talk feeling this way?
5. Did this change the way you think about your classmates?

Activity: Thinking about Death
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

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 (2/7).  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

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

March 1, 2017

Wednesday March 1, 2017

Circle: What is one thing you think adults forget about being a teenager?

Can you mess a kid up? Harvard Study

Activity:True or False

Activity: Identifying Developmental Landmarks

Activity: EAS Temperament Survey Homework

Activity: I am...

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

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 (2/7).  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