March 31, 2020

Tuesday March 31, 2020

Review: AP Psychology Review video.  This is review of the first unit we did.    Unit 1 Introduction to Psychology

March 30, 2020

Monday March 30, 2020

Zoom: Period 1- 11am.  Period 2- 11:30am.

Assignment: SQ3R Pages 490-503 Pay close attention to "The Big Five" personality factors.  Please take a picture of you work and attach it to your assignment in the classroom.

March 26, 2020

Thursday March 26, 2020

Activity: Please watch the video I posted yesterday in the google classroom.  It is the Psychology 8.1 Introduction.  The first 15 minutes of it are the most important.  It explains what is happening with the AP Exam, what you are going to be tested on and how to respond.  The second half is about clinical psychology which you should watch eventually but please watch at least the first 15 minutes.  They are very clear about what is going to  happen.  The videos  that will be coming out are going to be review videos to get you ready for the exam.  Please, Please, Please watch them! 

Zoom: I would like to zoom again on Monday to check in.  I will post something on Sunday after I hear if there will be scheduled time we need to follow. 

Homework: please SQ3R pages 484-490 in the text.  I will not be assigning any thing else this week.  Hope you are all doing well.  Hopefully talk to you on Monday!   Miss you guys!

March 25, 2020

Wednesday March 25, 2020

Good Morning everyone!  

Assignment: As you know from the last post, the AP Exam in Psychology is only going to cover up through Unit 10 and 11 in the textbook.  These are Personality and Testing and Individual Differences.  

Please read and SQ3R pages 479-484. This assignment is due tomorrow, March 26th. This section is about Freud.  It gets weird.  Remember that Freud, unlike Erikson, who saw the stages as Psychosocial stages, Freud sees them as Psychosexual.  This will also be posted in the classroom.

I hope you are all doing well.  It was great to see you yesterday on the Zoom meeting.  I would like to do one next week once we get a better idea of how they should be scheduled.

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.  Miss you guys!

-Toohey

March 24, 2020

Tuesday March 24, 2020

Zoom meeting 10:00 My period 1 Psychology Class

Zoom meeting 10:30 My period 2 Psychology Class

Remember that these Zooms are to check in and foster the sense of community.  Please do your best to check in but I understand that you might have some conflicts and I understand.

Please continue to check your school email and the class blog!!!

This is the latest on the AP Exam as of today:

For the 2019-20 exam administration only:

• We’re developing secure 45-minute online free-response exams for each course.
• The exam content will focus on what most schools were able to complete by early March.
• You’ll be able to take your exams on any device you have access to—computer, tablet, or smartphone. You’ll also have the option to write your responses by hand and submit a photo.
• Colleges support this solution and are committed to ensuring that AP students receive the credit they have worked to earn. For decades, colleges have accepted a shortened AP Exam for college credit when groups of students have experienced emergencies.
• We know that not all students have access to the internet or a device. We’re working on solutions to help students get what they need to show their best work. If you need mobile tools or connectivity or know someone who does, you can reach us directly to let us know.

March 23, 2020

Monday March 23, 2020

Good morning!  Welcome back to school...online.  This is something new for most of us and occurring under very unusual circumstances for all of us.  Going forward, we are going to make the best of the situation we can.  I understand that all of us are in unique situations and we are going through a range of emotions.  I am too!  But what I do know is that routine and staying busy are ways that will help us all get through this together.

I terms of the AP Exam, they are still going to conduct it.  It isn't really settled how it will happen but the AP says they will administer some form of the exam.  This will be done online and only cover about 75% of the material.  Luckily we were through about 75% of the material.  The only unit that we did not teach in class was the unit on Personality.  As I understand it now, the exam will only cover the material we covered plus the unit on personality.

As for grades and testing that is something that will become clearer as time goes on.  As of right now I will not be entering any more summative grades into the grade book.  I have the last two exams which I will be entering as formative unless you believe it will improve your grade and I will enter it separately as a summative.  No one's grade will go down.  

As for assignments, these will be completed in the google classroom.  You should all have access to it.  If for some reason you need the code to join again please email me and I will send you the code.  Most assignments will be of the review nature.  The only new work you will be receiving will be over the Personality Unit.  I will be very clear about how we do that so don't worry about it right now.  I will be setting up a review schedule.

Your first assignment: In google classroom you will write a letter to your hypothetical future son or daughter. Give them a name. Knowing what you know about development, starting with infancy and running up to the teenage years, what would you want your kid to know?  Please incorporate Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson from the textbook and your own personal knowledge of the teenage years to give you kid a leg up on what they should expect.  Obviously, this is hypothetical but please give your best advice and guidance to your future child.  This should be at least  a page or longer.  Think about things you wished you might have known about to make the teenage years better.   This is due March 25th.

I miss you guys and the normalcy of the classroom.  I am going to try and set up some times to do a online Zoom meeting.  This will have to be coordinated with other  subject classes so we don't overlap.  Please reach out if you need anything.  Email is the best.

Toohey

March 19, 2020

Thursday March 19, 2020

Good morning everyone!  I have created a quick questionaire and emailed you the link on your school email.  Please respond ASAP so I know who is checking.  Hope you are all doing well and please keep checking the blog and your school email.  We will be starting to get up and running on Monday.

Please, please, please! let me know by email if you do not have your Psych text or the the yellow study guide book I handed out last week.

Hang in there!

Toohey

March 17, 2020

Tuesday March 17, 2020

Good morning:  Welcome to another day.  As of right now we will be assigning supplemental work starting on Monday, March 23rd.  Please make sure you are signed up for Google Classroom as that is where assignments will  be completed.  Assignments will appear on the my class blog but also in the classroom.  This assignments will designed to get you thinking about how Psychology applies to you.  If for some reason you are having difficulty logging into the classroom, please contact me directly and we will figure out an alternative way to keep you on track.  Please bear with me during this time.  I am trying to figure this out as we go too.  If for any reason you feel overwhelmed by an assignment or situation please understand that I am here for you and will do whatever I can to support you.

-Toohey

March 16,2020

Monday March 16, 2020

Greetings students- We are currently in a holding pattern until we figure out how to move forward during the school shutdown.  Your CBA teacher will be in touch with you sometime next week to let you know how we are going to proceed as a school and right now that is the best information I have.  I do not know anything about AP Exams or when we might be back in school.  When we do have more information, you will hear from me about what we will be doing.   I miss you guys and hopefully it won't be to long before we are back to normal.  Please stay safe and take all necessary precautions during this time.  Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have questions.  p.toohey@msad17.org

Toohey

March 13, 2020

Friday March 13, 2020

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?

Circle: How old will you be when you consider yourself an adult?

Homework Due Friday: Read and take notes on pages 461-471.

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


Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Kohlberg's Moral Development

Activity: Review Heinz's Dilemma

Activity: With your new group discuss what you thought being a teenager was going to be like. Write down responses.  Next discuss what being a teenager is actually like.  Write down responses?  Next answer the following problem.  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?

Activity: Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development- Identity Formation

Activity: T or F Adulthood

Activity: Development by decade


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

March 10. 2020

Wednesday March 10, 2020

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?

Circle: One thing you won't miss about being a teenager...besides school?

Homework Due Friday: Read and take notes on pages 461-471.

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


Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Kohlberg's Moral Development

Activity: T or F Teenagers

Activity: Heinz's Dilemma

Activity: With your new group discuss what you thought being a teenager was going to be like. Write down responses.  Next discuss what being a teenager is actually like.  Write down responses?  Next answer the following problem.  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?

Activity: Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development- Identity Formation

Activity: T or F Adulthood


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

March 9,2020

Monday March 9, 2020

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?

Circle: What do you think will be easier when you are an adult and why?

Homework Due Monday: Read and take notes on pages 455-460.

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
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?
Gender Roles Activity
Crash Course: 19 Monkeys and Morality
Crash Course: 18  The Growth of Knowledge
Crash Course: 20 Adolescence
Inside the Teenage Brain
Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Kohlberg's Moral Development
Activity: Heinz's Dilemma
Activity: With your new group discuss what you thought being a teenager was going to be like. Write down responses.  Next discuss what being a teenager is actually like.  Write down responses?  Next answer the following problem.  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?

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

March 5, 2020

Thursday March 5, 2020

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?

Circle: Something you got away with?

Homework Due Thursday: Read and take notes on pages 435-455.

Handout and go over Study Guide

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
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?
Gender Roles Activity
Crash Course: 19 Monkeys and Morality
Crash Course: 18  The Growth of Knowledge
Crash Course: 20 Adolescence
Inside the Teenage Brain


Pre-Natal Slide Show: 
Infant Slide Show: 
Piaget's Stages of Development
Kohlberg's Moral Development
Activity: Heinz's Dilemma

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

March 3, 2020

Tuesday March 3, 2020

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?

Circle: After having your parent fill out the Temperment Survey for you as 2 year old, what are the biggest similarities and differences you talked about?

Homework-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.

Homework Due Tuesday: Read and take notes on pages 415-435.

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
Gender Roles
Crash Course: 19 Monkeys and Morality
Crash Course: 18  The Growth of Knowledge
Crash Course: 20 Adolescence
Inside the Teenage Brain

You need to have read to page 455 for class on Thursday.

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

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