AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 1: History and Research Reading 1 Intro and class expectations pp. 1 14 (for tomorrow) 2 History of Psych pp. 19 30 Quiz 1-1 (15) (by day 4) 3 Be careful: Bias & Overconfidence 4 Research Methods pp. 30 46 Quiz 1-2 (10) (by day 6) 5 Experiments 6 Central Tendency pp. 46 50 Quiz 1-3 (10) (by day 8) FRQ Assignment (10 pts) 7 Correlation Coefficients 8 Test 35 Multiple Choice (50) Free Response (50)
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 1: History and Research Pages 1 14 1. What is empiricism? 2. Wundt, James, Descartes, Locke 3. What s psychology s Big Debate? 4. Biopsychosocial Approach with example 5. Psychiatry vs Psychology Pages 19 30 1. Why should we be critical of survey results? 2. What is and is not a proper random sample of a population? 3. Think of two examples of hindsight bias in your life. 4. True or False: Surveys, Case Studies, and Naturalistic Observations are meant to explain behaviors. Pages 30 46 1. What is a perfect correlation (positive or negative)? 2. Provide an example in which correlation does not provide causation. 3. What is a double-blind procedure and how do placebos and control conditions make it such an effective experiment? 4. Differentiate mean, median, and mode. Pages 46 50 1. What are some standards of ethics in experimental research? 2. To what degree do you feel we can experiment on humans?
AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 2: Learning and Memory Reading 1 Learning intro 313 325, 691 2 Classical Conditioning 40 Studies pp. 84 91 or pp.116 124 (20) 3 Social Learning & Operant Conditioning 326 339 4 Schedules, Skinner, & Thorndike 341 346 5 Encoding 349 361 Quiz 2 1 (15) 6 Stages of Storing & the hippocampus 7 Retrieval 368 381 Quiz 2 2 (13) 8 Elizabeth Loftus & Forgetting 9 Test 35 M.C. & 1 FRQ
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 2: Learning and Memory Pages 313 325, 691 1. What is associative learning? 2. Distinguish generalization from discrimination. 3. The role of acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery in everyday learning. 4. What are two ways you are classically conditioned everyday? 5. Who was Mary Cover Jones (Peter and the Rabbit)? Page 326 339 1. What is Edward Thorndike s Law of Effect? 2. Differentiate Positive Reinforcement from Negative Reinforcement. 3. What are some examples from your life of each schedule of reinforcement? 4. Compare Classical with Operant Conditioning. 5. What are some biological predispositions of classical and operant conditioning? Pages 341 346 1. What is the role of mirror neurons in observational learning? 2. Describe Albert Bandura s famous Bobo Doll experiment. Pages 349 361 1. Of Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, and Long-Term Memory, which is most associated with working memory? 2. Distinguish between automatic and effortful processing of encoded information. 3. What are the roles of chunking and mnemonics in recalling information? Pages 362 369 1. Long-Term Memory (LTM) and the Hippocampus Pages 370 390 1. Recognition and Recall. 2. Difficulties with retrieval of learned material (forgetting): decay, interference, repression, amnesia. 3. What does Elizabeth Loftus say about reconstructed memories?
AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 3: Intelligence and Language Reading 1 Defining Cognition and Heuristics pp. 410 417 2 Thinking and Language pp. 418 428 3 Theories of Intelligence pp. 431 444 4 Intelligence Tests Quiz 3 1 (25) 5 The Big Debate/Test Fairness pp. 450 466 6 Final look at each topic Review Worksheet (20) Study Guide Matching (10) 8 Test 40 Multiple Choice (20 Language/20 Intelligence) FRQ
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 3: Language and Intelligence Page 395 410 * Notes provided for the 1. What is the difference between using a heuristic approach and algorithm? 2. Define and appreciate the significance of cognition to human behavior in general, and language and intelligence in particular. 3. What is the danger of confirmation bias for researchers? 4. What are examples of individual overconfidence and belief perseverance? Pages 410-417 1. Distinguish semantics from syntax. 2. What are the ages and levels of language development? Pages 418 428 1. What is the significance of linguistic determinism to thinking? 2. What levels of thinking and language do animals exhibit? Pages 431 441 1. What is meant by g, regarding identifying intelligence? 2. Howard Gardner is the Bill Gates of intelligence. Why? 3. Is creativity measurable? Can someone extrinsically motivate someone else to be creative? 4. What exactly is gray matter, and what is its role in intelligence? Pages 442 449 1. What was the purpose of the original intelligence tests? 2. Is it important to standardize intelligence tests? Why or why not? 3. Identify test fairness in terms of normal curve, reliability, and validity. Pages 450 466 1. What are the benchmark ranges of intelligence scores? 2. What plays a bigger influence on intelligence, nature or nurture? 3. In what way (s) can intelligence tests be biased?
AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 4: Consciousness, Motivation, Emotions Reading 1 Intro and reading day pp. 271 289 2 Sleep and Dreams 3 Hypnosis pp. 290 310 Quiz 4 1 (15 pts) 4 Drugs 40 Studies assignment due (20 pts) 5 Motivation intro pp. 473 493 (for Day 5) 6 Biological Motives 7 Human Sexuality pp. 495 510 (for Day 7) 8 Social Motives Quiz 4 2 (20 pts) 9 Reading Day: Emotions/Motives pp. 513 531 10 Emotions 11 Emotions & personality pp. 532 545 Quiz 4 3 (10 pts) 12 Emotions - Izard Key people matching (24 pts) 13 Test
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 4: States of Consciousness Pages 271 289 1. Differentiate Biological Rhythms from Circadian Rhythms. 2. Appreciate the contributions of early sleep researchers like Eugene Aserinsky, Nathaniel Kleitman, William Dement, and Sigmund Freud. 3. Understand the various sleep disorders, including sleepwalking, nightmares, and night terrors. 4. What are lucid dreams, manifest content, and latency content? Pages 290 310 * Notes provided for the 1. What was the role of Anton Mesmer in the development of hypnosis? 2. Differentiate psychological from physical dependence. 3. Regarding depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens: how do each effect neural activity? Provide three examples of each. 4. Distinguish Dualism from Monism in the mind-body connection. Pages 473 493 1. Identify role of metabolism, taste preferences, and hunger in biological motives. 2. What were the roles of Alfred Kinsey and Masters & Johnson in the understanding of sexual motivation? 3. What are the four stages of the sexual response cycle? Pages 495 510 1. Differentiate job, career, and calling. 2. What is achievement motivation and flow? 3. Distinguish task leadership from social leadership. Theory X from Theory Y leaders. 4. What is ostracism? Pages 513 531 1. What is the role of the brain s amygdala in our emotions? 2. What is two-factor theory? 3. What was Paul Ekman s study about emotions?
AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 5: Neuroscience, Sensation, & Perception Reading 1 Brain Biology: Neurons pp. 53 67 2 Neurotransmitters 3 Nervous and Endocrine Systems + Review for Mid-Term in IMC (website) 4 Mid-Term (50 M.C. in 35 minutes) Only material from units 1 4 5 The Old Brain, New Brain, and Lobes pp. 67 81 6 Language Areas Quiz 5-1 (20 pts) Nervous System Worksheet (40 pts) 7 The Two Brains pp. 197 214 Forty Studies, One Brain or Two? (20 pts) (for day 8) 8 Sensation Processing 9 Vision 10 Vision continued Quiz 5-2 (17 pts) 11 Sound Touch Taste Smell pp. 215 234 12 Illusions and perceptual organization 13 Textbook reading pp. 237 253 14 Adapting and ESP Matching key people (13 pts) Quiz 5 3 (13 pts) 15 Test
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 5: Neuroscience, Sensation, and Perception Pages 53 67 1. What is meant by a neuron s action potential? 2. Differentiate sensory, motor, and interneurons. 3. What are the primary parts of the neuron? 4. Contrast agonist from atagonist. 5. What is role of the endocrine system? Pages 67 81 1. Identify the parts of the old brain and new brain. 2. What is the purpose of EEG, PET scans, and MRIs? 3. What is the significance of the cortex areas? Pages 197 214 1. Differentiate sensation from perception. 2. What is the significance of thresholds to our perceptions? 3. How do we process visual information? Pages 215 234 1. Physically, how does the ear process sounds? 2. Describe Gate-Control Theory. 3. How are taste and smell significant to each other? Pages 237 253 1. Attune to how our brains perceive things that aren t there and misses things that are. 2. What is meant by size, shape, and lightness constancy?
AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 6: Development and Personality Reading 1 Cognitive Development pp. 139 154 (by day 3) 2 Attachment 3 Erik Erikson & Adolescence pp. 154 163 4 Moral Development pp. 164 193 40 Studies, How Moral Are You? (20 pts) (by Day 6) 5 Adulthood Quiz 6 1 (15 pts) 6 Late Adulthood/Death & Dying pp. 595, 613 619 7 Personality Intro pp. 596 612 (by Day 9) 8 Psychoanalysis Defense Mechanisms (7 pts) 9 Humanism pp. 620 630 Quiz 6 2 (15 points) (by Day 11) 10 Social Cognitive Approach 11 Test
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 6: Development and Personality Pages 139 163 1. What is meant by the rooting reflex in newborns? 2. What limits does each stage (up to Formal Operations) of Piaget s Cognitive Development present? 3. Describe the role of attachment to a child s self-concept and basic trust. Page 164 193 1. What are some similarities and differences of puberty for males and females? 2. What are the respective roles of peers, parents, and physical development in an adolescent s identity? 3. How does aging affect one s memory and intelligence? Pages 595 630 1. Describe Sigmund Freud s iceberg personality analogy. 2. What does Freud mean by Fixation? 3. Describe Carl Jung s Collective Unconscious and Archetype. 4. What does Abraham Maslow mean by Self-Actualization? 5. What are the Big Five personality factors? 6. Differentiate Internal from External Locus of Control. 7. What personality perspective is Martin Seligman associated with?
AP Psychology Back blackboard Day Date Unit 7: Social Psychology Reading 1 Attribution Theory & Conformity pp. 723 741 2 Obedience pp. 758 770 3 Prejudice pp. 549 560 Quiz 7 1 (15 points) Raja Worksheet (16 points)
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 7: Social Psychology Pages 723 741 1. What is meant by the fundamental attribution error? 2. What is the connection of attitudes from actions. 3. Distinguish normative social influence from informational social influence. 4. What is the influence of others on conformity and obedience? Page 758 770 1. What is meant by the psychology of attraction? 2. Differentiate passionate from companionate love. 3. What is altruism?
AP Psychology Day Date Unit 8: Stress and Abnormal Back blackboard Reading 1 Stress and Conflict pp. 549 560 2 Coping with Stress pp. 567 575 3 Defining abnormal & the DSM-IV pp. 638 649 4 Neurosis pp. 649 655 5 Phobias & OCD Quiz 8 1 (10 points) 40 Studies: Relaxing Your Fears Away (20 points) 6 Eating Disorders pp. 477 480 7 Psychosis Intro pp. 152, 658 668 8 Personality Disorders pp. 677 682 9 Schizophrenia pp. 669 676 Quiz 8 2 (15 points) 10 Therapy pp. 441 450 Blue Gen. Psych text 11 Video: Madness: A History Worksheet (10 points) 12 Psychotherapy pp. 711 718 13 Biomedical Therapies Quiz 8 3 (15 points) 14 Test 15 Semester Review 16 Semester Final
Myers Psychology Text Reading Guide Questions Unit 8: Stress and Abnormal Pages 549 575 1. Describe the Stress-Response System. 2. What did Hans Selye mean by the General Adaptation Syndrome? 3. Provide some different methods of coping with stress. Pages 638 655 1. What is the Biopsychosocial Approach to psychological disorders? 2. What are the general axis (ex. Axis I) of the DSM-IV? 3. Name some anxiety disorders? 4. What does PTSD stand for? Pages 152, 658 682 1. What are some traits of autism? 2. What is Bipolar Disorder also known as? 3. Name some subtypes of schizophrenia. 4. What are some traits of the Antisocial Personality? Pages 477 480 1. What are the three primary eating disorders? Pages 711 718 1. Define psychopharmacology. 2. Differentiate antipsychotic, antidepressant, and antianxiety drugs. 3. What is rtms? How does it work? Pages 441 450 (General Psychology Blue Text) 1. Differentiate the following therapies: Humanistic, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Cognitive.