NOTE: the AP exam is coming up in May… It is time to start using your 5 Steps to a 5 AP Psych Prep book and do some reviewing in addition to completing the weekly assignments.
Reading assignment:
Bernstein Text Chapter 15 Pp. 575-627
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 15 Starts on P. 433
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right.)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 433-442– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 443 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 447 Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Definition of “disorder”, Biopsychosocial model, DSM-IV Classification system - Axes, Disorders: Anxiety Disorders, Phobias, Somatoform Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Fugue, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Multiple Personality Disorder, Mood Disorders, Depression, Bipolar, Mania, Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders, Childhood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Mental Illness and the law.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Unit 14 - Personality
Bernstein Text Chapter 14 Pp. 539-574
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 14 Starts on P. 404
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right.)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 404-412– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 412 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 416 Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Additional Reading: Personalities of the Simpsons
Key Ideas: Psychodynamic approach, Trait approach, Allport’s Theory, Big-Five Model, Eysenck’s Biological Theory, Social-Cognitive approach, Humanistic approach, Carl Rogers, Personality Testing
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 14 Starts on P. 404
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right.)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 404-412– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 412 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 416 Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Additional Reading: Personalities of the Simpsons
Key Ideas: Psychodynamic approach, Trait approach, Allport’s Theory, Big-Five Model, Eysenck’s Biological Theory, Social-Cognitive approach, Humanistic approach, Carl Rogers, Personality Testing
Unit 12 - Human Development
Reading assignment:
Bernstein Text Chapter 12 Pp. 450-505
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 12 Starts on P. 346
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right. – This is a learning activity where you should evaluate what you know and learn from mistakes)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 346-355– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 355-356 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 360 Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Prenatal development, Newborn senses & motor skills, Piaget’s Theory – Piaget’s stages of development, Childhood Development, Object Permanence, Social & emotional development, Temperament, Attachment, Erik Erikson’s Theory – Erikson’s stages of development, Parenting styles, Adolescence, Adulthood
Bernstein Text Chapter 12 Pp. 450-505
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 12 Starts on P. 346
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right. – This is a learning activity where you should evaluate what you know and learn from mistakes)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 346-355– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 355-356 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 360 Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Prenatal development, Newborn senses & motor skills, Piaget’s Theory – Piaget’s stages of development, Childhood Development, Object Permanence, Social & emotional development, Temperament, Attachment, Erik Erikson’s Theory – Erikson’s stages of development, Parenting styles, Adolescence, Adulthood
Motivation and Emotion Chapter 11 Assignment
Bernstein Text Chapter 11 Pp. 396 - 449
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 11 Starts on P. 315
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right.)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 315-323– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 323 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 327. Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Theories of Motivation, Instinct, Drives, Homeostasis, Arousal, Hunger & Food Motivations, Eating Disorders, Sex Motivations, Achievement Motivations, Autonomic Nervous System
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 11 Starts on P. 315
(You will be graded for completing and correcting them, not for how many you got right.)
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 315-323– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 323 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 327. Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Theories of Motivation, Instinct, Drives, Homeostasis, Arousal, Hunger & Food Motivations, Eating Disorders, Sex Motivations, Achievement Motivations, Autonomic Nervous System
Monday, February 2, 2009
Unit 10 - Cognitive Abilities and Intelligence Testing
Unit 10: Cognitive Abilities – Intelligence Testing
Reading assignments:
due 2/10/2009 All Notes and assignments (not in two chunks this unit)
– Be ready for a chapter quiz on Feb. 10th
Bernstein Text Chapter 10 Pp. 359 - 395
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 10 Starts on P. 260
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 260-267– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 294 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 299.
Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Intelligence, IQ Tests, Reliability and Validity (in general as well as reliability and validity specifically relate to IQ tests), Ethnic and Socioeconomic issues around Intelligence, Are IQ tests fair?, Multiple Intelligences.
Reading assignments:
due 2/10/2009 All Notes and assignments (not in two chunks this unit)
– Be ready for a chapter quiz on Feb. 10th
Bernstein Text Chapter 10 Pp. 359 - 395
Read and take Cornell Notes
Bernstein Study Guide Chapter 10 Starts on P. 260
1. Skim outline and key terms: Pp. 260-267– Make sure you know underlined terms and that they are in your notes. -- Note examples and mnemonics
2. In your notes, do Fill-In-The-Blanks on P. 294 Write the question and answer it without looking at the book or your notes. Then check your answers. For each wrong answer, write the correct answer and be sure the information is in your notes.
3. Do BOTH multiple choice sample quizzes that start on P. 299.
Do quiz 1 first check and correct it, review the notes then do quiz 2 and check it. Remember, the goal is to find out what you know vs. what you don’t know, and then review so you know it all.
Key Ideas: Intelligence, IQ Tests, Reliability and Validity (in general as well as reliability and validity specifically relate to IQ tests), Ethnic and Socioeconomic issues around Intelligence, Are IQ tests fair?, Multiple Intelligences.
Quiz on Chapter 9 - States of Consciousness
Sleep, dreams, psychoactive drugs, meditation, hypnosis... what could be more interesting?
Feb. 3... delayed due to Concordia/Dominican field trip.
Feb. 3... delayed due to Concordia/Dominican field trip.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Semester Final on Wed. Jan 21st
This will be a comprehensive final exam on Chapters 1 - 8 in the Bernstein Text. It will have 50 multiple choice questions and one FRQ.
For some great study ideas check out http://studygs.net/ (Thanks to Ms. Cerny)
For some great study ideas check out http://studygs.net/ (Thanks to Ms. Cerny)
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