2015-16


 * Rest of year: ** chat with me regarding essay, serial killer forensic psych evaluation, and chat about if you want me to write your letter of rec. I don't need your activity list, just email me explaining what kind of school you are looking at (large, small, urban, rural, whatever) and then why do you want me specifically to write this letter. What have I seen in you that you want me to write about? What strengths or whatever do you want me to hit upon? Include any extraneous info that you think might help me out here, or what you want me to avoid.


 * Week of 5/31/2016 **
 * Monday: ** work on topics or vignettes, pick your serial killer or mass murderer as well.
 * Tuesday: ** this columnist has a great way of coming back to his original idea. I think that reading "[|the best college application essays eve]r" can make a person crazy. This guy gets paid real money to write about nothing. You don't have to be funny, you do have to say something and coming full circle is a great way to look smart. [|read a few to get the idea.]
 * Wednesday: ** read Dave Barry column tonight, link is with T.
 * Thursday: ** So sorry that I am out. Please share your vignettes with me. Make sure you have at least three, with lots of adjectives! Also share with me your serial killer forenisic psych activity, this you should have picked your person for and have answered most of the questions and be working on the analysis at this point. My plan is to meet with everyone for your second meetings F and M. Thanks for your patience.


 * Friday: ** meetings.


 * Week of 5/23/2016 **
 * Monday: **
 * Tuesday: ** [|common app prompts]
 * Wednesday: ** I'm out today, go through and brainstorm which topic(s) look most interesting and brainstorming several topics for those. You need at least 3 topics fleshed out for our one on one meeting.
 * Thursday: ** Link for colleges that do not require the SAT or ACT
 * Friday: ** serial killer or Disney character profile sheet Disney disorders and serial killer list (not definitive) more complete list hw: pick one and watch [|link]


 * Week of 5/16/2016 **
 * Monday: ** [|end of year survey] Continue Making a Murderer, through start of ep 5 p5, 24 min left of ep 4 p4.
 * Tuesday: ** TED instructions and topics are due.
 * Wednesday: **
 * Thursday: **
 * Friday: ** superlatives!!!!!


 * Week of 5/9/2016 **
 * Monday: ** we will be watching __Making a Murderer.__ This is only available on Netflix. So, either catch up on your own account if you miss class or borrow a friend's password, or email me to find out what episode you missed and google to catch the ENDLESS discussion groups and recaps. I'll even email you one if you get lost. EP 1 M. -T
 * Tuesday: ** continue episode 2. discuss psychological phenomena.
 * Wednesday: **
 * Thursday: **
 * Friday: ** Happy PROM, please be safe!!!!! You and your partner's TED talk revised list and instructions are due on T. Yes, we are watching on F and M without you!

For the test, I think you might need your Social Security Number, please remember to bring that if you don't have it memorized... and remember to wear a watch you can read as you cannot have your cell phone in the testing room at all, even during break. [|link to rules if you are curious.]

Study stuff is below!!!! **Week of 4/2/2015** **Monday: the test** **Tuesday:** write letters Myers Briggs dependent to next year's students giving advice on the test while we are not allowed to discuss **Wednesday:** p5 TED, then discuss how to make better slide shows **Thursday:** the FRQs will be released, we shall discuss **Friday:** p4 TED (i think?) Next week, Making a Murderer. Other project Next year's TED topics, and basking in your awesomeness.


 * Week of 4/25/2016 **
 * Monday: ** confusing pairs competition. discuss what you did over vacay: project, practice test (email screenshot results to Gould), 2010 and 2013 practice frqs scored. What do you need to work on?
 * Tuesday: ** vacay assignments due. hw: make sure you finish and bring in the FRQs
 * Wednesday: ** work on frqs in class link to frq questions
 * Thursday: ** frq activity. [|songs of famous people] remind me to count lunches please! power stance
 * Friday: ** activity. Study options: review your cards, great [|Analogy exercise!] [|Don't peek, answers here]check out the many resources on pinterest, rescue a kidnapped cat [|link], you must get good sleep, some excercise, and eat breakfast and lunch the day of. Bring a water bottle to the test.

**Thursday:** Concs/ Sleep rando vocabulary quiz. TH or F. You need to be pretty familiar with this chapter's vocabulary for the Q. Enjoy your 9 days away from school!!!! Quizlet essential 427 [|Pinterest Review page]
 * Week of 4/11/2016 ** remember to begin your sleep/dream logs. An unheard of EXC opportunity: Inside Out to earn some points...if you maybe need some...
 * Monday: ** vacay assignment options, read about them: 1: Graphic Org 2: 40 Studies 3. Pinteresting 4: 3 Column/Test Due the T after vacay. [|link]
 * Tuesday ** **:** practice AP test -this is an older, full 100 mc test. it is 1hr and 10mins in real life, you have less time than that. To get full credit, you only need to get 80 of them right. This is worth 20pts. Get to class on time. You may not stay after the bell or come after school. Most AP teachers think you will finish, You will get 80 bubbled in. You may not leave the room with the test. Leave the test with the sub.
 * Wednesday: ** notes. I will show you how to determine which chapters you need to work on.
 * Friday: ** sleep analysis. hw: project, get some sleep! ** do the [|self-assessment] that uses flash, and email me a screenshot of your results. And take in one sitting the [|2013 FRQs] and then at another time, the [|2010 FRQs] . You can do this after break, but the week before the test you will have a lot going on and you need sleep! [|2010 scoring rubric] [|scoring rubric] **


 * Week of 4/4/2016 **
 * Monday: ** notes! a fab not free study app TED talks p5 [|quizlet]
 * Tuesday: **
 * Wednesday: ** notecards due in big envelope by end of day.
 * Thursday: ** projects due start of class. Q&A if you have them.
 * Friday: ** test


 * Week of 3/28/16 **
 * Monday; ** p4 kahoot p5 TED and get as far as we can with ppt. Those who want to get the rest of the info, please plan on staying after school, you are missing a huge chunk of the chapter. hw: the books. 45pts.
 * Tuesday: TEST!!! ** for fun check out the psych bracket link
 * Wednesday; ** begin motivation and emotion {also known as why do people vote for and (want to) have sex with who they do} Yes, you will enjoy this chapter. pinterest unit 8 ppt playlist project . motivation alternatives
 * Thursday: **
 * Friday: ** Angel TED


 * Week of 3/21/2016 **
 * Monday: ** Lily TED. in class score frq. [|For 5 to score!]
 * Tuesday: ** [|in class video] then create a comic strip demonstrating understanding of either phoneme, morpheme, syntax, Skinner's reinforcement of language, Whorf's linguistic determinism, Chomsky's language acquisition device or universal grammar...
 * Wednesday: ** Alegria
 * Thursday: ** Timmy
 * Friday: **


 * Week of 3/14/2016 **
 * Monday: [|link] ** making memories for fun Theorist Names
 * Tuesday: ** finish 7A Cognition stuff. hw: TED on baby talk sorry, meant that for later in the we
 * Wednesday: ** finish up 7A in class! 7B hw: watch this TED come in ready to discuss
 * Thursday: ** notes
 * Friday: ** hw: 25 mins to do this FRQ handwritten on paper!!!! [|link] come to class without it at your peril (reciting your poetry out loud poem? from freshman year? ) and begin your project! memory language book

**Thursday:** notes.
 * Week of 3/7/2016 **
 * Monday: ** link to olympics page hw: study for test, please remember that this is a very vocabulary rich test and requires study.
 * Tuesday: ** test. ** begin reading ch 7 memory ** -test ** March 29th **
 * Wednesday: ** Cognition stuff7A pptpinterest hw: check out extreme memory and come in ready to discuss...
 * Friday: ** 60 mins episode on [|Picking Cotton] and [|Part 2] discussion!


 * Week of 2/29/2016 **
 * Monday: ** Touch and Pain (ha!) no, just notes, not physical pain.
 * Tuesday: ** no school.
 * Wednesday: ** taste, find out if you are a supertaster [|link]
 * Thursday: ** how to FRQ and then time in class to work on song hw: FRQ due F by 2pm. [|link to ppt to score frq 2]
 * Friday: ** Sensational Songs posted by class. TED ** HW: Vote on the most helpful song! You may only vote once, you may vote on a song from either class, but you must watch all songs before you can vote! Voting will close right before the test begins. This is not a popularity contest, you are voting on a song, not for a person! **


 * Week of 2/22/2016 ** Sensation and Perception! [|To get you pumped!] ** Test T March 8 **
 * Monday: ** p4 TED [|Ch 4 ppt] notes other resources, senses page [|pinterest]
 * Tuesday: ** Feb vacay project due and Feb vacay self eval survey due by TH. Sensational Songs
 * Wednesday: ** Brain project due, posted by class. In class work with your team on your song. This is the only in class time you will have to work on it so get to it. Complete the Feb vacay self eval survey if you want to be graded.
 * Thursday: ** notes on vision
 * Friday: ** finish vision, hearing hw: finish hearing, good stuff on this in pinterest. finish chapter this weekend. work on songs, do evaluations with your brain partner, and [|auditory psychsim]


 * Week of 2/8/2016 ** Take the quiz linked next to Friday!!!! [|SHEEP BRAINS]
 * Monday: ** while you are home watch [|quick dissection video] (we are going to take way way more time with it than he did!) there are tons of videos out there. Then read brain dissection project and write down at least three questions. Read 3C, this is on you (we really have already done it and you had it in bio)! Make sure you have taken the quiz. Thank you for not cheating. Your integrity is worth more than ten points.
 * Tuesday: ** 4th misses for Poetry Out Loud, good luck finalists! 5th begin dissection [|external]
 * Wednesday: **
 * Thursday: ** finish up dissection! [|Valentines!]
 * Friday: ** Test. HW feb vacay (all responses due T) and read chapter 4, sensation and perception (due th).


 * Week of 2/1/2016 **
 * Monday: ** endocrine system theme park! (woot woot!) get pumped! anatomy hw: Take a profile pic, label your lobes, and print out in color for our wall of brains. 10 incredibly easy points. link to part ppt
 * Tuesday: ** brain architecture, continue to read 3B
 * Wednesday: ** hw: watch Girl who had .5 her cerebrum removed to stop her debilitating seizures link Be ready to discuss. What part of your brain would you be most and least willing to part with and why? be ready to defend your position!
 * Thursday: ** Feb Vacay project hw: study for quiz tomorrow on brain architecture and function.
 * Friday: ** __ **Please take brain anatomy quiz (10 questions) socrative room 4896.** __ The questions and answers are in randomized order. Note. I can see how long it takes you to complete so please set aside 8 mins to take it quickly. Your integrity is worth more than 10pts, so don't cheat by using notes or talking to anyone about the contents. The quiz will be up till Sunday night (I can see your IP address). You should finish reading 3B. Spend time reading about Dissection project, so you can come in ready! This 50pt project will be due the W after Break. Have questions ready for M. watch [|Stroke of Insight] this weekend. Also play in the snow! no brain freezes though!

**Monday:** visit and photograph the brains, cutting begins.


 * Week of 1/25/2016 BRAINS! **
 * Monday: ** start brains! in class TED to get us in the mood. 3A HW: download 3D brain app in the app store (free) if you can't find it...use the little search box. begin reading Ch 3A, should be read by F.
 * Tuesday: ** hw: Brain page really organizes this entire unit or pinterest for entire unit. Or Psychlopedia a project some AP psych teachers have been working on... You must utilize external resources extensively for this unit. tonight explore (at least) three **neuron** related resources. Come in with questions.
 * Wednesday: ** candy neurons activity. hw: continue to read chapter and explore external resources.
 * Thursday: ** Importance of neurotransmitters TED and Imaging TED hw endocrine system in a nutshell, please keep going through the ppt. **hw:** different scanning technologies link, be able to identify a use for each of these and what you think the ER would use if you came in with 1. a brain tumor 2. checking on the remnants of a bullet 3. a sleep disorder 4. a failure to grow
 * Friday: ** Neuron and imaging quiz. hw: read 3B, check out link and 3D brain (plus other resources)


 * Week of 1/11/2016 **
 * Monday: ** TED: Joe Kim, Nina
 * Tuesday: ** TED: Coveno, Nikki
 * Wednesday: ** TED: Emma, Scola, social psych due posted by 8pm EST. (your vocab and then your 5 weakest terms as a team or solo, all due by 8pm) EXC: email me questions for discussion topics by 9pm
 * Thursday: ** discussion [|link]
 * Friday: ** test

DO NOT POST YOUR NAME AS THE TITLE! Repost following the directions ASAP so that I can delete your mistakes. For the social psych project READ THE ASSIGNMENT!!! If you are replying, you must comment about the above post or you will not receive full credit. Read the assignment. You are getting extra time on this project and extra days before the test for this. I expect INCREDIBLE results.
 * Week of 1/4/2016 ** begin Social Psychology! test Jan 15 [|pinterest]
 * Monday: ** ppt hw: locus of control/personal attribution test come in ready to discuss your results.
 * Tuesday: ** two projects this unit, one breaking social norms and one posting social psych both due by the 13th.
 * Wednesday: ** work on project.
 * Thursday: ** hw: TED why we lie and cheat (sometimes)
 * Friday: ** hw: finish reading chapter, remember break project must be posted by the 13th.

Your midyear exam is 80 MC questions and 1 frq taken from chapters 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. Does that make you feel like we have accomplished a lot so far in our time together? Good. I'm proud of you! How to study? well, notes, ppts, quizlet, practiceor the place of last resort. for those who don't take legible notes. Rinse and repeat in any combination should do the trick. Please feel free to email me any questions or concerns you have. Good luck, you can do this. Well, as long as you bring a #2 pencil you can. And of course if you don't, I have some.


 * Week of 12/21/2015 **
 * Monday: ** in class frq hw: score it
 * Tuesday: ** in class TED and discussion. Your assignment over break will be due Jan 12th.
 * Wednesday: ** Shailin's TED! and Bingo with psych vocabulary and the movie of my choice...

Therapy PPT quizlet for therapy and optional history article on how the US govt's attitudes towards mental illness has changed over time nytimes
 * Week of 12/14/2015 **
 * Monday: ** Therapy! [|pinterest]
 * Tuesday: ** notes, if bored check out Top 10 lobotomies of particular interest is #5.
 * Wednesday: ** TED talks hw: Crash Course on therapies and psychsim on therapies please look at the last few slides on the ppt.
 * Thursday: ** Therapy activity hw: review with [|psychsim on Mystery Client]
 * Friday: ** Test Over break you have two options (well 3, you can take a 0) Options 1. Tell-Tale Brain assignment over break 2. Graphic Organizer Each option is worth 50pts.

therapy practice test abnormal

**Week of 12/7/2015** **Monday:** in class notes. **Tuesday:** hw: Fiction and MI screenplay posted by 10pm T night. **Wednesday:** Start reading CH 13 Therapy NOTE: The test for this unit contains two high value (according to the College Board and life) chapters, therefore the test will be valued at 100pts. There will be 60 questions. You get 42 seconds per question on the AP test. **Thursday:** personality disorder cocktail party Note: extra credit opp Christmas in the City participation on 12/20 **Friday:** case study activity in class.


 * Week of 11/30/2015 **
 * Monday: ** one TED and Begin Abnormal! Ch 12 ppt link hw: ted
 * Tuesday: ** notes hw project: psychsim diagnosing! later GAF Fiction and MI
 * Wednesday: ** notes hw: finish reading the chapter, check out abnormal pinterest
 * Thursday: ** no school.
 * Friday: ** screening tool


 * Week of 11/23/2015 **
 * Monday: ** discussion. link hw: study for test.
 * Tuesday: ** Test! hw for Thanksgiving break. Read Ch 12 on Abnormal psych by next Tuesday. (don't diagnose your family over the break, but it is challenging)

[|link for scoring]
 * Week of 11/16/2015 **
 * Monday: ** Begin Testing and Individual Differences! pinterest! ppt hw: score go over FRQ. Must be brought in to class on T.
 * Tuesday: ** notes and intro project. hw: Gardner learning/intell style (there are lots out there, this was one that i know works on an ipad, screenshot your results, there is one on Naviance too) fyi: quizlet
 * Wednesday: ** in class MI activity hw : read SAT come in ready to discuss TH!
 * Thursday: ** Is the SAT valid or reliable discussion. hw: work on project, keep reading chapter 11!
 * Friday: ** In class work on Intelligence testing, have your test posted by Sat midnight and comments posted by M class. Next week Test on T. hw: Read #s 2,3,4,5,6,7,9,13, or 14 for our discussion on intelligence controversies.questions for exc must be emailed by Sunday at 6pm.


 * Week of 11/9/2015 **
 * Monday: ** hand in graphic org, don't submit online. in class 2 TED talks hw: hand in TV assignment, online personality tests, bring in your evaluation of your personality box experience and how it compares to the 5 factor online and other tests you took/have taken, (all of this stapled together, please don't email) and exc opp email questions for discussion on TH by W noon.
 * Thursday: ** fishbowl discussion linkhw: check out psychsim will help you study
 * Friday: ** personality chapter test. ** hw: ** begin reading chapter 11, test right before Thanksgiving

hw: personality chart. Online personality tests Big 5 if you are having issues. due TH. (next week, TED talks M, no school T or W, discussion TH and test F)
 * Week of 11/2/2015 **
 * Monday: ** notes [|Personalityppt] personality chart is due next M.
 * Tuesday: ** hw: box due tomorrow!
 * Wednesday: ** Personality box lab!
 * Thursday: ** notes TV personality due next TH.
 * Friday: ** 4th please consider joining me at the Islamic Center to show support to members of our community. 5th, notes.

personality pinterest!, What is personality, why is it imp? how can we study it? can you spot the [|fake smile?] and can you read emotions? [|Personalityppt]
 * Week of 10/26/2015 **
 * Monday: ** fishbowl discussion (we haven't yet covered Bandura, obs learning, and mirror neurons, you are still responsible for them)
 * Tuesday: ** first frq hw: practice learning MC test if you like (there are a few off topic questions, don't fret hard core.)
 * Wednesday: ** test hw: friend training link
 * Thursday: ** human training manual due. hw: ** BRING IN A SMALL BOX and begin reading Ch 10. Personality. Test 11/13 **
 * Friday: ** personality box begins. Those who want to do test corrections may get them to me by classtime on M. No later. The changed grade will be reflected in your term grade. projective test if you want to share!


 * Week of 10/19/2015 **
 * Monday: ** animal training manual due. discuss how to train your friends... big bang OC
 * Tuesday: ** notes
 * Wednesday: ** notes
 * Thursday: ** Little Albert TED p5
 * Friday: ** Spanking TED p5 and p6 hw: continue to train your person, due next W. Email in any exc questions for roundtable discussion on what schools should do, be, etc in light of what you now know for M.


 * Week of 10/13/15 **
 * Tuesday: ** scrapbooks due.
 * Wednesday: ** in class Test ** hw: ** start reading CH 6 Learning pinterest quizlet vocab
 * Thursday: ** What is learning? link to ppt. Jim trains Dwight using CC.
 * Friday: ** begin Animal Training Manual due M. To help, the diff b/w classical and operant conditioning link Begin thinking about upcoming project:how to train your friends...


 * Week of 10/6/2015 **
 * Monday: ** discus growth mindset. p4 Daycare, p5 Autism TED ** HW: ** psychsim development prenatal to birth go through this and make sure you are getting the terms into your scrapbook. remember that all psychsims require a computer or something that can support flash.
 * Tuesday: ** p4 Autism TED in class notes. crash course or peruse pinterest below for more good stuff!
 * Wednesday: ** hw: p5 read this article! for discussion TH and F. Everyone psychsim on aging yes, this will be on the test.
 * Thursday: ** p5 TED daycare hw: p4 read this article! for discussion friday! everyone crash course adolescence
 * Friday: ** p5 TED on parenting styles ** hw: ** scrapbook due the 13th with every single term from the chapter in it. Use the textbook and quizlet to check yourself! test the 14th.

Unit 2: CH 9 test is 10/14
 * Week of 9/28/2015 **
 * Monday: ** devt ppt developmental quizlet development pinterest Development Scrapbook Project ** HW: ** watch link and continue to read chapter 9
 * Tuesday: ** notes!
 * Wednesday: ** notes!
 * Thursday: ** notes TED parenting styles p4 HW: email in any questions you want asked at the debate. This is not required, just if you want to control the discussion.
 * Friday: ** first fishbowl debate. discussion questions Points earned for valid points, not loudness. Points lost for interrupting or getting off topic. HW: article


 * Week of 9/21/2015 **
 * Monday: ** notes and do psychsim on a computer if you didn't this weekend. Sorry, java. quizlet ch 2 if you like
 * Tuesday: ** last day of notes.
 * Wednesday: ** in class work to finish Stats arguments . You should finish by the end of class, but you may email it to me or post on the page later than that, but nothing past midnight.
 * Thursday: ** p4 test (50 MC questions) P5 has notes and questions.
 * Friday: ** p5 test (p4 assembly) hw, start ch9 development


 * Week of 9/14/2015 **
 * Monday: ** I will be out, Grey's Anatomy activity in class, thank you to those who lend their laptop for the viewing, link for free viewing of grandma got run over by a reindeer Grey's Anatomy. ("play" arrow appears when you hover cursor over McDreamy's face) Please complete both sides of the handout that the sub needs to give you, the information is on the ppt for Ch1 or your etext. Hw: continue reading ch2
 * Tuesday: ** CH2 hw: More reading ch2 (don't even try this ch all in one sitting) think about statistical controversies for W.
 * Wednesday: ** notes in class,Causation/Correlation and TED talk Topic matchup if perfect attendance...so not in 4, but maybe 5.
 * Thursday: ** Stats Arguments and [|spurious correlations]
 * Friday: ** M&M statistics activity. notes on ppt for CH2 Pinterest hw: I don't know if this will work on your ipad, go though these simulations. no need to email me or anything, these simulations are to help you. psychsim

Please enter information into this spreadsheet so that you can get your etext: link
 * Week of 9/8/2015 **
 * Tuesday: ** (Please know that Socrative gave you a 0% because Socrative cannot read. That is not your grade as you will see. After 4 mins to tape it all together at start of class, museum walk. Go over quiz. hw: read or watch something below by W class.
 * Wednesday: ** continue notes. receive name for speed dating activity.
 * Thursday: ** website for text, finally!
 * Friday: ** Speed Dating!!!! hw: speed dating and read ch2 in etext. Entire chapter due by next F. Test will be 9/25 on Ch1 and Ch2.

Unit 1: CH 1 and Ch 2
 * Week of August 31st **
 * Monday: ** Discussion of expectations. See syllabus where it will always be on the right. etext at www.coursesmart.com Syllabus . Please join this wiki by using code: M4K7HC3.
 * Tuesday: ** quiz on O.S.B. Divide into partners for Skinner's Box Project . You will need quizlet vocab hw: begin reading Chapter 1 on research methodology in the e-text, due by next W.
 * Wednesday: ** Ch1 ppt discuss TED talks and the biggest most awesome project of the year. See TED list to the right and link for class Topics chosen next W so have your top three or propose your idea by then.
 * Thursday: ** work on OSB project due at start of class T. hw: bring in three open ended discussion questions about the issues in the experiments in the book written down to hand to me (this is the usual format for discussion questions).
 * Friday: ** NO SCHOOL! Tuesday we will have museum walk and discussion of experiments. Presentation Topics : Chapter 1 (History and Approaches) e-text should be fully read by Wednesday. Enjoy your weekend!

MIT opencourseware lecture opencourseware notes at MIT history of psych activity, in flash of course collection of awesome supplemental stuff in pinterest
 * Note: ** difficulties with the etext should be resolved shortly by me. In the meantime check out ch1 (history and approaches) elsewhere

next week: the actual data