Friday April 10, 2026

 Friday April 10, 2026

Homework: Motivation on Page 258 and we will have a quick quiz on Monday over the terms.

Traits: consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique.

Trait theory: the idea that personality is made up of stable traits that can be identified and measured to describe and predict behavior.

Circle: A trait you think you inherited from a parent?

Sigmund Freud...Id, Ego and Superego

Video's you should watch!
Crash Course: Rorschach and the Freudians
Crash Course: Measuring Personality
Mr. Burns High School Freud Video
Zimbardo: The Mind, Hidden and Divided

Draw Hand:

Biological perspective
Traits come from genetics and brain chemistry
You are born with certain tendencies (like being more anxious or outgoing)

Behavioral (learning) perspective
Traits are learned through experience
Rewards and punishments shape your habits over time (you “learn” to be a certain way)

Social-cognitive perspective
Traits come from the interaction between you and your environment
Your thinking (beliefs, expectations) and situations work together to shape behavior

Psychodynamic perspective
Traits are influenced by unconscious conflicts and early childhood experiences
Your personality develops from how you dealt with early relationships and inner struggles

Humanistic perspective
Traits come from your drive to grow and become your best self
You develop traits based on your self-concept and need for personal growth

Trait perspective (bonus for comparison)
Traits are stable characteristics you have
Focuses more on describing traits than explaining where they come from

Free Association

How to Study... 1. Read Unit 2. Make Notecards 3. Watch Crash Course 4. Make practice quiz on ChatGPT 5. Review!!!

CRASH COURSE

Tuesday April 7, 2026

 Tuesday April 7, 2026

New Seating Chart

Circle: To be answered after activity?

Johari's Window

Activity: Social Anxiety Scale

Activity: Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Tuesday April 7, 2026

 Tuesday April 7, 2026

Circle:  After Johari's Window

New Seating Chart and Activity

Johari's Window

Group Dynamic Activities

Practice Quiz

Homework: 

Monday April 6, 2026

Monday April 6, 2026

Social Cultural Psychology

Circle:  Have you ever gotten away with something that you should have gotten in trouble for?  How did it make you feel?

Activity: Deindividuation-If you could do anything humanly possible with complete assurance that you would not be detected or held responsible for what would you do?  Write it down. 

Deindividuation is a psychological state where individuals in a group or crowd lose their self-awareness, personal identity, and sense of individual responsibility.

aggression, charity, academic dishonesty, crime, escapism, political activities, sexual behavior, social disruption, interpersonal spying, and eavesdropping, travel, and a catch-all other.

Criminal 26%

Sexual 11%

Spying 11%

Most common...robbing a bank at 15%

36% in total were considered anti-social.

Demonstration Activity: Blank piece of paper, write down how much time went by.  Then again, how much time went by.  Written variations will have a much greater variation in time then spoken times. Why?

Survey Time...How many students and teachers fall prey to the Fundamental Attribution Error

Terms and Quiz

Friday April 3, 2026

 Friday April 3, 2026

Social Cultural Psychology

Circle:  Have you ever gotten away with something that you should have gotten in trouble for?  How did it make you feel?

Activity: Deindividuation-If you could do anything humanly possible with complete assurance that you would not be detected or held responsible for what would you do?  Write it down. 

Deindividuation is a psychological state where individuals in a group or crowd lose their self-awareness, personal identity, and sense of individual responsibility.

aggression, charity, academic dishonesty, crime, escapism, political activities, sexual behavior, social disruption, interpersonal spying, and eavesdropping, travel, and a catch-all other.

Criminal 26%

Sexual 11%

Spying 11%

Most common...robbing a bank at 15%

36% in total were considered anti-social.

Demonstration Activity: Blank piece of paper, write down how much time went by.  Then again, how much time went by.  Written variations will have a much greater variation in time then spoken times. Why?

Survey Time...How many students and teachers fall prey to the Fundamental Attribution Error

Terms and Quiz

Thursday April 2, 2026

Thursday April 2, 2026

Circle: Superpower you would like to have.

Fundamental Attribution Error- A time you made the wrong judgement about someone.  It could be a friend, coworker, parent, teacher coach stranger etc..

Notecard- Write the Fundamental Attribution Error on one side and a definition you understand on the other.

FAE Explanation

Video: Fundamental Attribution Error

Activity: Karen Clips.  

Worksheet

Wednesday April 1, 2026

Wednesday April 1, 2026

Circle: A time you felt like you were being judged.

Notecard- Write the Fundamental Attribution Error on one side and a definition you understand on the other.

FAE Explanation

Video: Fundamental Attribution Error

Activity: Karen Clips.  

Worksheet

Monday March 30, 2026

Monday March 30, 2026

Target: Understanding Human Develpment

Look it up: Heritability...Quick

Circle Question: Name two fictional characters that put together make up a good description of who you are.

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 2-3 years old.  Then have a conversation about what has changed about your personality and what has remained the same. 

You should have already started to read ahead in Unit 9 Developmental Psychology.  You need to have read 418-435 for class on Monday.

Pre-Natal Slide Show
Infant Slide Show

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
Inside the Teenage Brain

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

Thursday March 26, 2019

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?

Kick off question: What do you think will be the most difficult part of being an adult and why?

Circle Question: What was your best year as a person?  What made is so good?

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.

Activity: Landmarks

Activity: True or False

Activity: Adolesence-True or False

Activity: Parenting Style

Activity: Lifespan

Activity: Thinking about death

Target: Understanding Human Development from Pre-Natal to Death

Test Friday April 5

Circle Question: If you had to wear the same T-shirt every day for a year and you had to  have one word on it what would that word be?

2nd circle question: 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?

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?

You need to finish reading the unit on developmental psychology for Wednesday's class.

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
Erik Erikson Stages
Gender Roles

Erikson And Identity: Page 541
Activity: I am...
Activity: Through the years...
Activity: On dying...

Kahoot

Circle Question:  What is one piece of advice you wished you got(and listened to) about getting through the teenage years?

Goal:Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Activity: Using your laptop review and encapsulate Ericksons Theory of Identity Formation.  What are the key parts, explain using your own words. Brief presentation.  What do you would be like if you didn't go through adolescence like teenagers in different cultures?

Goal:[Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.]
I AM activity
Fill out sheets and these will be collected.  After completing I AM sheet review the link and write a reaction.  What stands out to you?  What surprises you?  Why do you think everyone writes such similar things?  How does this make you look at  yourself and what you wrote? This will be started in class and finished at home for homework.
Students I am Poems

Next Class
Letter to your teenage self: You will be writing a letter to your son or daughter that you will not see until they are 18.  You have volunteered to travel to Mars and the trip lasts 18 years.  Your son, if you are a boy, or your daughter if you are a female,  will need some advice about what its like to be a teenager from their same sex parent.  The only way you will be able to communicate with him is through a letter that you wrote at their birth and will open on their 13th birthday.  What advice would you give them about school, teachers, sex, relationships, peer pressure etc?  This letter should be addressed directly to them.  Please give them a name.  This will be finished for homework.

Target: Understanding Human Development from Pre-Natal to Death

Circle question: 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?

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?

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
Erik Erikson Stages
Gender Roles

Erikson And Identity: Page 541
Activity: I am...
Activity: Through the years...
Activity: On dying...

Kahoot

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

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Friday March 27, 2026

Friday March 27, 2026

Circle: A hobby you enjoy?

The Responsive Brain

The Strange Situation: Mary Ainsworth

Activity: True or False

Activity: Decades of Life

Activity: Death

Homework: SQ3R 208-220 in  Princeton AP Study Guide

Thursday March 26, 2026

Thursday March 26, 2026

Circle: Class choice 

The Responsive Brain

The Strange Situation: Mary Ainsworth

Activity: True or False

Activity: Decades of Life

Activity: Death

Homework: SQ3R 208-220 in AP Study Guide

Thursday March 19, 2026

Thursday March 19, 2026

Be aware that there are people who want to hurt your babies!!!

Pre-Circle: With your group or the person next to you come up with a few ideas about what parents seem to forget about being a teenager?

Circle: One thing that parents seem to have forgotten about being a teenager.  Do you think you will make the same mistake when you are a parent?  Why do you think we keep making the same thinking error?

Activity: Developmental Landmarks

Baby Diary- Open you diary and share with your tablemates how you answered the questions and dealt with the scenario's.  Where did you get the information from?  Does it sound right?

Module 42- Prenatal and the newborn

Module 43- Infancy and childhood/Physical Development

Module 44- Infancy and Childhood/Cognitive Development

Module 45- Infancy and Childhood/Social Development

Module 46- Gender Development

Module 47- Parent, Peers, Social Development

Module 48- Adolescence/Physical and Cognitive Development

Module 49- Adolescence/Social Development and Emerging Adulthood

Module 50- Sexual Development

Module 51- Adulthood/Physical Cognitive and Social Development

Kahoot 

Wednesday March 18, 2026

Wednesday March 18, 2026

Be aware that there are people who want to hurt your babies!!!

Pre-Circle: With your group or the person next to you come up with a few ideas about what parents seem to forget about being a teenager?

Circle: One thing that parents seem to have forgotten about being a teenager.  Do you think you will make the same mistake when you are a parent?  Why do you think we keep making the same thinking error?

Activity: Developmental Landmarks

Baby Diary- Open you diary and share with your tablemates how you answered the questions and dealt with the scenario's.  Where did you get the information from?  Does it sound right?

Module 42- Prenatal and the newborn

Module 43- Infancy and childhood/Physical Development

Module 44- Infancy and Childhood/Cognitive Development

Module 45- Infancy and Childhood/Social Development

Module 46- Gender Development

Module 47- Parent, Peers, Social Development

Module 48- Adolescence/Physical and Cognitive Development

Module 49- Adolescence/Social Development and Emerging Adulthood

Module 50- Sexual Development

Module 51- Adulthood/Physical Cognitive and Social Development

Kahoot 

Monday March 16, 2026

 Monday March 16, 2026

Circle: Do you think you will eventually have kids of your own? How many?  What would you do different from how your parents raised you if any?

Behaviorism Quiz

Time to meet the babies!!!

Wednesday March 11, 2026

Wednesday March 11, 2026

Make sure you do the textbook assignment in the Classroom!

Circle: Something you learned from just watching.  Thank YOUTUBE!  

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Activity: Shaping

Albert Bandura Bobo Beatdown

Crash Course

Your BABY Project

Enjoy your last weekend of child free freedom!

Tuesday March 10, 2026

Tuesday March 10, 2026

New Seating Chart/Activity: Take out your phone and choose a recent photo that has some meaning to you.

Circle: What do you think is the most important/impactful thing you have learned in school?

Time to meet the baby!

Homework: SQ3R 300-318 for Tuesday  

Practice Test

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Shaping

Discovering Psychology: Learning

Quiz on Tuesday

Monday March 9, 2026

Monday March 9, 2026

New Seating Chart/Activity

Circle: How should we deal with students who struggle behaviorally in school?

Homework: SQ3R 300-318 for Thursday.  

Practice Test

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Definition of Observational Learning: is the process of learning by watching and imitating the behaviors of others, retaining the information, and then later replicating those behaviors. 

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Discovering Psychology: Learning

Quiz on Thursday

Friday March 6, 2026

Friday March 6, 2026

Homework is to SQ3R 294-297

Circle: If your parents could see all of you social media would they be happy, sad or mad?  

Negative Reinforcement Quiz

Activity: With you table mates, create note-cards for Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Punishment and Negative Punishment

Practice identifying Reinforcers and Punishment.  Clap and boo for right and wrong answers!

Review Classical Conditioning Worksheet!

Question to the group: Why do some physically healthy people where adult diaper when the go to the casino?

Do casinos study behaviorism?

Activity: Reinforcement Schedules

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Activity: Find some examples of operant conditioning.  The Office and The Big Bang Theory are two great spots.  Be prepared to share out to class.

Module 26

Module 27

Module 28

Module 29

Module 30

Activities: True or False

Activities: Examples of Negative reinforcement

Activity: Shaping if we have time.

Classical ConditioningVideo's
Crash Course
Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
Classically Conditioning your roomate


Operant Conditioning

The Little Albert Experiment
BF Skinner Pigeon Ping Pong

Observational Learning
Our Skinner Box
Crash Course: The BoBo Beatdown
Classical vs Operant Condtioniong

Note cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych 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.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

acquisition	learning
associative learning	Neutral stimulus
classical conditioning	operant conditioning
cognitive map	punishment
discrimination	reinforcer
extinction	shaping
fixed interval schedule	spontaneous recovery
fixed ratio schedule	US / UR / CS / CR
generalization	variable interval schedule
latent learning	variable ratio schedule

Thursday March 5, 2026

Thursday March 5, 2026

Circle: How should we change the behavior of students who chronically walk the halls or skip classes.  (Hint: we know punishment isn't a great way to permanently change behavior...)

Point to remember: This is the beginning of the behavioral branch of psychology!

Homework Due: SQ3R.  Pages 294-297.  Its only 4 pages! Operant Conditioning Exercise...

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Slide Show

Activity: With you group you will searching for examples of Operant Conditioning. You will be chosen at

random to share your example. These will be shown on the TV. Your job it to explain you how the people are being conditioned.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Activity: 16-1 Consequences and their effects.  With you group you will be deciding between the two groups which one will be more effective at encouraging someone to continue desired behavior.

Quiz: Negative Reinforcement

Activity: 16-6 Consideration of future consequences scale

Activity: 16-7 Reinforcement Schedules

Activity: Shaping if we have time.

Quizlet

Classical ConditioningVideo's
Crash Course
Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
Classically Conditioning your roomate


Operant Conditioning

The Little Albert Experiment
BF Skinner Pigeon Ping Pong

Observational Learning
Our Skinner Box
Crash Course: The BoBo Beatdown
Classical vs Operant Condtioniong

Note cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych 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.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

acquisition	learning
associative learning	Neutral stimulus
classical conditioning	operant conditioning
cognitive map	punishment
discrimination	reinforcer
extinction	shaping
fixed interval schedule	spontaneous recovery
fixed ratio schedule	US / UR / CS / CR
generalization	variable interval schedule
latent learning	variable ratio schedule

March 4, 2026

March 4, 2026

Circle: If your parents could see all of you social media would they be happy, sad or mad?  

Social-Cultural Perspective- What is it?  Describe a time when you had to act different because of the situation you were in.  How did it feel?  Did you notice that you were acting differently than how you usually do?  Did it feel fake? Now remember a time when you didn't know how to act, what did you do to figure it out?  

Fundamental Attribution Error- We assume people act a certain way because of who they are, rather than because of the situation they are in.

Activity: True or False

Activity: Attribution Scale 32-4

Survey for Students

Survey for Teachers

Monday March 2, 2026

Monday March 2, 2026

Circle: Where do you want to be living when you are 30 years old?

Homework: SQ3R 300-316 for Monday

In your own words, define UCS, UCR, NS CS CR

Classically conditioning my roomate

The Difference Between Classical and Operant Conditioning

Activity: Operant Conditioning Reinforcement Schedules

What is this?  Classical or Operant? 

If Operant, what kind of Operant Conditioning is it? 1. Positive Reinforcement 2. Negative Reinforcement 3. Positive Punishment 4. Negative Punishment 

And more importantly, what is the behavior that is trying to be reinforced or extinguished?

If Classical, what is the UCS, UCR, NS, CS CR?

Penny

Jim and Dwight

Sheldon and Leonard

Coach Carter

Stewy