About
AP Psychology is a college level course designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology.
Weekly Agenda
04/15-04/19
Monday-A: Social Action Lecture Notes
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Documentary-The Push
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday: No School
04/08-04/12
Monday-A: Introduction to Social Psychology - Blaming the Victim; Social Cognition Lecture
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Social Attitudes Lecture Notes
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Social Influence Lecture Notes
04/01-04/05
Monday-A: Behavioral and Biological Therapies Lecture; Crash Course Questions - Getting Help
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 14 and 15 Assessment​
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
03/25-03/29
Monday-A: Elements and Evolution of Treatment Lecture; Ch. 14 Review
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 14 Review; Case Study Analysis
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Insight Therapy Lecture
03/11-03/15
Monday-A: Schizophrenic Disorders; Ch. 14 Reading Questions
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Personality and Mood Disorders; Ch. 14 Reading Questions
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
03/04-03/08
Monday-A: Ch. 11 Assessment
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Defining Abnormality Lecture; Article Reading
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Article Discussion; Anxiety Disorders Lecture
02/25-03/01
Monday-A: Erikson Menu Project
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Erikson Menu Project
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
02/18-02/22
Monday-A: Inservice Day
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Adolescent Development; Erikson Menu Project
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Adulthood/Old Age; Erikson Menu Project
02/11-02/15
Monday-A: Early Childhood Development (Motor, Cognitive, Moral) Lecture; Piaget/Kohlberg Activity
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Developmental Timeline Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Developmental Timeline Activity; Developmental Questions
02/04-02/08
Monday-A: Personality Review
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 12 Personality Assessment; Introduction to Developmental Psychology
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
01/28-02/01
Monday-A: Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality; Defense Mechanism Practice
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Behavioral/Humanist Approach to Personality; Personality Crash Course Questions
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Biological/Cultural Approach to Personality; Personality Crash Course Questions
01/21-01/25
Monday-A: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 10 and 13 Assessment (Review Due); Introduction to Personality
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
01/14-01/18
Monday-A: Group Theories of Emotion Storyboard Activity
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Stress Lecture; Podcast Project
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Podcast Project Workday
01/07-01/11
Monday-A: Staff Workday
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Theories of Motivation and Emotion Lecture; Individual Theories of Emotion Storyboard Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Group Theories of Emotion Storyboard Activity
12/17-12/21
Monday-A: Midterm Review
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: No Class
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Midterm Exam
12/10-12/14
Monday-A: Extremes of Intelligence & Nature v. Nurture of Intelligence Lecture; Ch. 9 Reading Questions
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 9 Review (Due); Midterm Review
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
12/03-12/07
Monday-A: Science of Addiction Activity; Ch. 5 Review
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: ~FLEX~
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Ch. 5 Quiz; Theories and Measurement of Intelligence Lecture; Ch. 9 Reading Questions Assigned
11/26-11/30
Monday-A: Nature of Consciousness and Sleep Lecture; Podcast Questions
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Hypnosis, Meditation, and Drugs; Science of Addiction Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
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11/12-11/16
Monday-A: Conditioning Poster Activity
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Social/Observational Learning Lecture; Conditioning Poster Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Ch. 6 Review; Ch. 6 Assessment
11/05-11/09
Monday-A: Classical Conditioning Lecture; Classical Conditioning Practice
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Operant Conditioning Lecture; Conditioning Poster Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
10/29-11/02
Monday-A: Language Acquisition and Development Lecture; Memory Board Game Project
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Problem Solving and Decision Making Lecture; Group Brain Teasers
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Ch. 7 and 8 Review; Ch. 7 and 8 Assessment
10/22-10/26
Monday-A: Memory Board Game Project
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Memory Board Game Project
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
10/15-10/19
Monday-A: Ch. 4 Assessment; Models of Memory Lecture; Encoding and Storage Questions Assigned
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Organization of Memory Lecture
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Retrieval and Forgetting Lecture; Retrieval Questions Assigned
10/08-10/12
Monday-A: No School
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 4 Review
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
10/01-10/05
Monday-A: Anatomy and Function of the Eye Drawing; Auditory Sense Lecture
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Anatomy and Function of the Ear Drawing; Gustatory and Olfactory Senses Lecture
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Tactile and Kinesthetic Sense Lecture
09/24-09/28
Monday-A: Evolution and Heredity of Behavior Lecture; Ch. 3 Review
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Ch. 3 Test; Psychophysics Lecture
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Visual Perception Lecture; Eye Drawings
09/18-09/22
Monday-A: Brain Imaging Notes; Anatomy and Function of Neurons Lecture; Thinking Cap Activity
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Anatomy and Function of Neurons Drawings; Brain Scenario Practice; Ch. 3 Reading Questions
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
09/10-09/14
Monday-A: Ch. 1 & 2 Review; Ch. 1 & 2 Assessment
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Overview of Nervous System/Structure and Function of Brain Lecture; Brain Anatomy Drawings
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Cerebral Laterality Lecture; Thinking Cap Activity
09/03-09/07
Monday-A: No School
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Dissecting Psychological Research Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-B: --
08/27-08/31
Monday-A: Founder's of Psychology Blog
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Research in Psychology Lecture; Dissecting Psychological Experimentation Activity
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Thursday-B: --
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Friday-A: Evaluating Flaws in Research Lecture; Statistics Practice Activity; Dissecting Psychological Experimentation Activity
08/20-08/24
Monday-A: Inservice
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Tuesday-B: --
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Wednesday-A: Class Introductions; Themes of Psychology Lecture
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Friday-A: Evolution of Psychology Lecture; Founders of Psychology Blog Project
