Thursday September 29, 2021

Circle: One thing you would do differently if you were starting HS again?

SQ3R pages 50-53  This is due on Thursday

SQ3R pages 54-56 and 59-63 for Monday

First Summative Test will be

Period 4- AP Sign up

2	25	Y2ADAZ
4	0	LR26RD

Homework Check in

Introduce Scientific Foundations of Psychology. 

Report out at your table- I Can...

1. Recognizing problems and solutions in research

2. Understanding Scientific Method- Lunch room experiment

-Theory: Class rank does more harm than good in education.  

-Hypothesis?

-Operational Definition?

-Replication

-Descriptive(survey, naturalistic, case studies)

Correlational: A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus how well either factor predicts the the other.

-Understanding positive and negative correlations 6.2

-Correlation does not mean causation

3. Differentiate Correlation and Experimentation

-Correlation vs. Causation: Firemen and fires, Ice cream and drowning, Shoes and headaches.

-Boys with Unpopular names...

-Using a scatterplot

4. Explain Research design and ethics

5. Use Statistical Reasoning

Activity: 

AP Psychology 

Between now and Wednesday or (Thursday if you are in period 4), you will be doing a 10 minute naturalistic observation of students in the cafeteria with you partner. You might observe some behaviors, such as seat selection or food choices, but you are strongly encouraged to come up with behavior to investigate on your own too. After separately recording your observations, you should compare notes to see if you recorded the same thing as your partner. In addition, you should maintain confidentiality, and explain what they are doing if asked. You and your partner will be reporting your findings Thursday in class.

Future...

Research Methods Ethics: Zimbardo Video

Activity:  Non-academic screen time and GPA- you will be setting up an experiment and naming all the parts to determine if the amount of non-academic screen time watched can affect your GPA.  You will need to develop thesis, operationally define the experiment,  replication, population,  random sampling, correlation, causation, correlation coefficent, and scatterplots.  Then you will design an experiment that will try to determine how much a new medication for concentrating  can impact GPA by creating an experiment and all its parts. Your experiment must address the following, random assignment, double blind procedure, placebo effect, experimental group, control group, independent variable, confounding variable and dependent variable.

September 29, 2021

 Wednesday September 29, 2021

Circle: A good pet story

Period 4- AP Sign up

2	25	Y2ADAZ
4	0	LR26RD

Homework check in:  SQ3R pages 42-47 due on Wednesday

Homework Check in

Gallery Walk

Activity: Report out at you table- Scientific Method, (Theory, Hypothesis, Operational Definition)Case study, Naturalistic Observation, Survey

Practice Quiz

Introduce Scientific Foundations of Psychology. 

Report out at your table- I Can...

1. Recognizing problems and solutions in research

2. Understanding Scientific Method- Lunch room experiment

-Theory: Class rank does more harm than good in education.  

-Hypothesis?

-Operational Definition?

-Replication

-Descriptive(survey, naturalistic, case studies)

Correlational

Experimental

3. Differentiate Correlation and Experimentation

4. Explain Research design and ethics

5. Use Statistical Reasoning

SQ3R pages 50-53  This is due on Thursday

Activity: 

AP Psychology 

Between now and Wednesday or (Thursday if you are in period 4), you will be doing a 10 minute naturalistic observation of students in the cafeteria with you partner. You might observe some behaviors, such as seat selection or food choices, but you are strongly encouraged to come up with behavior to investigate on your own too. After separately recording your observations, you should compare notes to see if you recorded the same thing as your partner. In addition, you should maintain confidentiality, and explain what they are doing if asked. You and your partner will be reporting your findings Thursday in class.

Future...

Correlation vs. Causation: Firemen and fires, Ice cream and drowning, Shoes and headaches.

Ethics in psychological research.

Research Methods Ethics: Zimbardo Video

Activity:  Non-academic screen time and GPA- you will be setting up an experiment and naming all the parts to determine if the amount of non-academic screen time watched can affect your GPA.  You will need to develop thesis, operationally define the experiment,  replication, population,  random sampling, correlation, causation, correlation coefficent, and scatterplots.  Then you will design an experiment that will try to determine how much a new medication for concentrating  can impact GPA by creating an experiment and all its parts. Your experiment must address the following, random assignment, double blind procedure, placebo effect, experimental group, control group, independent variable, confounding variable and dependent variable.

September 27, 2021

Monday September 27, 2021

New Seating Chart: Activity- something nice

Circle: One small you thing you do to drive the people in your house crazy?

AP Sign up

Hand back and go over quiz.Critical Thinking Activity: Predict the grade you think you are going to get on the quiz and then rate yourself on how confident you are on a 1-10 scale that your prediction will be correct.

Homework on board:  SQ3R pages 42-47 due on Wednesday

Homework Check in

Gallery Walk

Practice Quiz

Introduce Scientific Foundations of Psychology. 

Report out at your table- I Can...

1. Recognizing problems and solutions in research

2. Understanding Scientific Method- Lunch room experiment

3. Explain Research design and ethics

4. Differentiate Correlation and Experimentation

5. Use Statistical Reasoning

Handout Textbooks

SQ3R next Module  Model and go thru first question.

Activity: 

AP Psychology 

Between now and Wednesday or (Thursday if you are in period 4), you will be doing a 10 minute naturalistic observation of students in the cafeteria with you partner. You might observe some behaviors, such as seat selection or food choices, but you are strongly encouraged to come up with behavior to investigate on your own too. After separately recording your observations, you should compare notes to see if you recorded the same thing as your partner. In addition, you should maintain confidentiality, and explain what they are doing if asked. You and your partner will be reporting your findings Thursday in class.

Future...

Correlation vs. Causation: Firemen and fires, Ice cream and drowning, Shoes and headaches.

Ethics in psychological research.

Research Methods: Zimbardo Video

Activity:  Non-academic screen time and GPA- you will be setting up an experiment and naming all the parts to determine if the amount of non-academic screen time watched can affect your GPA.  You will need to develop thesis, operationally define the experiment,  replication, population,  random sampling, correlation, causation, correlation coefficent, and scatterplots.  Then you will design an experiment that will try to determine how much a new medication for concentrating  can impact GPA by creating an experiment and all its parts. Your experiment must address the following, random assignment, double blind procedure, placebo effect, experimental group, control group, independent variable, confounding variable and dependent variable.

September 23, 2022

Thursday September 29, 2022

Hand back quizzes.  Stupid mistakes...?

Circle: Where do you get your news and how do you know it's accurate?

Introduce Scientific Foundations of Psychology

I Can...

1. Recognizing problems and solutions in research

2. Understanding Scientific Method

3. Differentiate Correlation and Experimentation

4. Explain Research design and ethics

5. Use Statistical Reasoning

Critical Thinking Activity: Predict the grade you think you are going to get on the quiz and then rate yourself on how confident you are on a 1-10 scale that your prediction will be correct.

Video: Why it is important to understand scientific studies.
John Oliver and scientific studies

Activity: Hindsight Bias

SQ3R next Module  Model and go thru first question.

Future...

Correlation vs. Causation: Firemen and fires, Ice cream and drowning, Shoes and headaches.

Ethics in psychological research.

Research Methods: Zimbardo Video

Activity:  TV and GPA- you will be setting up an experiment and naming all the parts to determine if the amount of screen time can affect your GPA.  You will need to develop thesis, operationally define the experiment,  replication, population,  random sampling, correlation, causation, correlation coefficent, and scatterplots.  Then you will design an experiment that will try to determine how much a new medication for concentrating  can impact GPA by creating an experiment and all its parts. Your experiment must address the following, random assignment, double blind procedure, placebo effect, experimental group, control group, independent variable, confounding variable and dependent variable.


Exit Ticket:  Something you would like me to know.

September 20, 2021

Monday September 20, 2021

Learning Target 1: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Learning Target 2: I can explain how Psychology is the study of behavior AND mental processes and I can define and apply the major psychological perspectives.

Circle: Why do you think some students thrive in ths school and others struggle/dropout?

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental processes).

Activity: Transcript Analysis- What went wrong or right?  Biopsychsocial Model

Activity: Outrageous Celebrity- Perspectives

Activity: How to take a multiple choice test

Quiz

Thursday September 16, 2021

Learning Target 1: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Learning Target 2: I can explain how Psychology is the study of behavior AND mental processes and I can define and apply the major psychological perspectives.

Circle: Why is Brittany Spears so fascinating?

Seating Chart activity: Introduce yourself and your share you favorite thing to do outside of school.

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental processes).

Activity: Andrea Yates

SQ3R: Using your diagram from yesterday explain to you group what you think you will be reading about in the text.  Using the text start the SQ3R process for pages 13-16.  Remember you are trying to be efficient as possible.  

Activity:The Hand...Perspectives. 

Activity: Outrageous Celebrity

Homework SQ3R the packet

Quiz Monday over Biopsychosocial Approach and the perspectives(see table 2.1 on page 16)

Next Class- Transcript activity.  Biopsychsocial model

Wednesday September 15, 2021

Wednesday September 15, 2021

Learning Target 1: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Learning Target 2: I can explain how Psychology is the study of behavior AND mental processes and I can define and apply the major psychological perspectives.

Circle: Based on your MB profile, what is one part of yourself you would like to work on/improve?

Seating Chart activity: Introduce yourself and your share you favorite thing to do outside of school.

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental processes).

Activity: True or false?

Activity:The Hand...Perspectives. Using the example of the 5 year old and the 1 year old be prepared to present out how a psychologist would explain the decision most people make.  Remember you are explaining both the behavior and the mental process.

Textbook: SQ3R I do not have enough textbooks right now so we will be using some new ones and old ones.  Remember context?  Please write down everything you remember from our activity two classes when I read you a series of statements and then asked you to write down everything you remember.

Activity: look up SQ3R again and be ready to report out how it works.  Diagram Module 2, pages 18-23 and begin to SQ3R it.  Finish for homework.

Monday September 13, 2021

Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Learning Target: I can explain how Psychology is the study of behavior AND mental processes.

Seating Chart activity: Introduce yourself and share your birthday/zodiac sign.  Who at your table shares a close birthday or zodiac sign?  Then using your MB profile explain to your table a strength and a weakness according to you MB profile.  We will then share out introductions and strengths and weaknesses.

Circle: One thing you understand better about yourself or people based on the MB profile.

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental processes).

Activity: Using the example of the 5 year old and the 1 year old be prepared to present out how a psychologist would explain the decision most people make.  Remember you are explaining both the behavior and the mental process.

Activity: The Hand...handout.

Activity: True or false?

Textbook: SQ3R I do not have enough textbooks right now so we will be using some new ones and old ones.  Remember context?  Please write down everything you remember from our activity two classes when I read you a series of statements and then asked you to write down everything you remember.

Activity: look up SQ3R again and be ready to report out how it works.  Diagram Module 2, pages 18-23 and begin to SQ3R it.  Finish for homework.

Understanding your MB Profile: Using your phone read your profile. What does it tell you about yourself?  What does it tell you about the others in the class?   How does it feel that someone can know you that well without ever having met you?  Write your profile on an index card and place it in front of you.  Look around at the people at your table and read about them according to their profile.  Does it make sense?  Does the profile fit the person.  You will be doing a brief presentation about a person at your table.  Do these profile's of the 16 types give you any insight to the people in the room.  Do you notice any trends?

Online MB Test

Evolutionary Psych

Textbook: Handout and have them research SQ3R or versions of it on their phone.  Report out what you found to your group and then class.

Textbook: The reading of the text is essential.  If you want to do good in this class and the AP exam you must read it.

Thursday September 9, 2020

Learning Target: To understand the major psychological perspectives and what they can tell us about ourselves and others.

Circle: What is a bizarre behavior you have witnessed in this school?

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

Table Activity: One thing only someone who lived with you would know?

MB Exercise: Handout  Short MB test.  Carnac Activity.  Turn and talk?  How can I do this?

Understanding your MB Profile: Using your phone read your profile. What does it tell you about yourself?  What does it tell you about the others in the class?   How does it feel that someone can know you that well without ever having met you?  Write your profile on an index card and place it in front of you.  Look around at the people at your table and read about them according to their profile.  Does it make sense?  Does the profile fit the person.  You will be doing a brief presentation about a person at your table.  Do these profile's of the 16 types give you any insight to the people in the room.  Do you notice any trends?

Online MB Test

Evolutionary Psych

Textbook: Handout and have them research SQ3R or versions of it on their phone.  Report out what you found to your group and then class.

Textbook: The reading of the text is essential.  If you want to do good in this class and the AP exam you must read it.


Homework: Using your MB profile research yourself online.  After doing some research answer the following questions: What do you see as your strengths in terms of being successful in AP?  What do you see as your weaknesses as it would relate to your success in AP? What could you do as a result of this knowledge to help you in this class?  Please use the information you gathered from your profile to support your answers.

September 8, 2021

Table Activity: When is the first time you remember meeting/seeing the people at your table.  Who has known each other the longest?

Circle: What is ONE of you pet peeves?

Activity: Write down your definition of psychology.  Share out

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

Activity:  Pick a pet peeve and explain how psychology might explain it.  You will be reporting this out from your table.

Expectations:

1. Say hello

2. Get necessary materials out

3. Phones away

4. If written on board should be in notes

5.?

6?

Website: ohchspsychology.blogspot.com

Syllabus

Google Classroom

Activity: Textbook-context-SQ3R

Keep binder with all handouts organized by unit :

Unit 1: When and how did psychological science begin?
How did psychology continue to develop from the 1920’s through today?
What is psychology’s historic big issue?
What are psychology’s levels of analysis and related perspectives?
What are psychology’s main subfields?
How can psychological principles help you as a student?

Exit ticket

Welcome to AP Psychology!

 Thursday September 2, 2021

Welcome to Advanced Placement Psychology!  

Learning Target: I can help build a community in the classroom and understand its importance in relation to learning.

Groupings Chart

Activity:

Introduce yourself to the group:

1. Name a job you wanted to do when you were little

2. Favorite cartoon

3. One place you'd like to visit.

Report out someone and something about them.

Why would I assign you to a group?  Make T-Chart with pros and cons

Rock Paper Scissors to see who presents

Activity:

You will not  be turning this in.  On a piece of scrap paper write down why you are taking AP classes.  Now look around the room and write down why you think others in the room are taking them.  You 

Circle Explanation: Restorative Justice

Circle: Not including yourself, why do you think students take AP classes?

Fundamental Attribution Error:  Look it up.

Circle #2 if time permits...

Definition of Psychology: The study of behavior and the mind (mental process).

Website: ohchspsychology.blogspot.com

Syllabus

Phones

Communication

Expectations 

Keep binder with all handouts organized by unit :

Unit 1: When and how did psychological science begin?
How did psychology continue to develop from the 1920’s through today?
What is psychology’s historic big issue?
What are psychology’s levels of analysis and related perspectives?
What are psychology’s main subfields?
How can psychological principles help you as a student?

Questions?

Homework: Choose one of the articles to read listed below.  After reading the article answer the following questions:  What is one thing you agree with, one thing you disagree with and one thing you have further questions about?  The answers should be written down on paper.  This is due on Tuesday September 7th.

1. New Insights on College Drinking (American Psychological Association, Oct. 2013) http://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/college-drinking.aspx

2. Why the Teen Brain is Drawn to Risk (Time, Oct. 8, 2012) http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/08/health/time-teen-brain-risk/index.html

6. Good Parents, Bad Results (U.S. News & World Report, June 12, 2008) http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/living-well/articles/2008/06/12/good-parents-bad-results

7. Teenager, Friends, and Bad Decisions (New York Times, February 3, 2011) http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/teenagers-friends-and-bad-decisions/