Unit 10 due dates, sleep project and extra credit

B block
p. 479-484 for Friday 12/13
p. 484-492 for Tuesday 12/17
p. 493-500 for Wednesday 12/18
p. 500-510 for Thursday 12/19
p. 511-518 for Friday 12/20 

G block: p. 479-484 for Friday 12/13
p. 484-493 for Monday 12/16
p. 493-500 for Tuesday 12/17
p. 500-510 for Thursday 12/19
p. 511-518 for Friday 12/20

 Over break: Starting 12/26, start keeping track of: 
-how many hours of sleep you get -your caffeine intake
-your energy level and mood at three points during the day:
--when you wake up
--in the mid-afternoon
--at night

 Your energy level should be tabulated as a number between 1 (little energy) and 10 (highly energetic) Likewise, track your mood using a number between 1 (awful mood) and 10 (fantastic mood). Please note any unusual circumstances that might affect your sleep, caffeine intake, energy level, or mood. How you choose to keep track of your data is up to you. Keep in mind that you will be doing some analysis of this data, so it should be organized in a sensible way. I will be looking for your data from Dec. 26 through Jan. 2, so don't skip a day.

 Due by Friday after break and worth 5 points on your last test:

 Go to http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx, register and choose either two shorter tests (10 questions or less) or one longer test (20 or more questions), and write a short summary and analysis. Either print out your results or include them in your write-up. Also comment on how accurate you found your results and whether you think this test has value. Length should be about 1 typed, double spaced page in 12 point font. Please choose a test other than the Via Strengths test (longer version), since we'll be doing that one later this year.

due dates for unit 8

Here's the crossword puzzle answer key.  The only term you may not recognize from the reading is the one circled (achievement motivation), which I won't ask you about since it wasn't in the reading.

B block:
Wednesday 11/20:  p. 327-336
Thursday 11/21:  p. 337-348
Monday 11/25:  bizarre food bazaar contribution and a striking print advertisement
Tuesday: 11/26:  p. 349-362
Wednesday 11/27:  p. 366-376
Monday 12/2: p. 377-387
Tuesday 12/3:  p. 387-396
Wednesday 12/4:  p. 397-406
Your unit 8 test is Wednesday 12/11 (moved because of the short day on Tuesday) and this assignment is due the day before, on Tuesday 12/10.

G block:
Wednesday 11/20:  p. 327-336
Thursday 11/21:  p. 337-348, striking print advertisement
Friday 11/22:  p. 349-362
Monday 11/25:  bizarre food bazaar contribution and p. 366-376
Monday 12/2:  p. 377-387
Tuesday 12/3:  p. 387-396
Wednesday 12/4: p. 397-406
Your unit 8 test is Wednesday 12/11 (moved because of the short day on Tuesday) and this assignment is due Wednesday as well.

Extra credit:  due by Monday 12/9:
For 5 points of extra credit (perhaps more, if you submit something really spectacular), create an activity based around the motivation, emotion and stress unit (unit 8).  This does not need to take the form of a period-long lesson, but does need to be an interactive activity that uses the content in a creative way.  Since we have the bold terms pretty much covered, I'm looking for something that works with the other content in the chapter, i.e. the research studies cited and other more general concepts.  Your activity needs to include all necessary directions and materials necessary to run the activity.  Please submit them to me both in hard copy and electronically (so I can make edits if I want).

due the week of 11/12-11/15

Please read to the end of unit 7B for Tuesday.  You also have these assignments due next week (Tuesday for the project proposal and either Thursday or Friday for the Blink response, depending on your class).

behavior modification projects and unit 7 due dates

Behavior modification projects are due Monday 10/28.  I mentioned that you'd have reading due also, but we'll hold off on that so that you can focus on the project.  

B block reading due dates:
255-265 due Tuesday 10/29
265-274 due Wednesday 10/30
274-284 for Monday 11/3
285-294 due Tuesday 11/5
298-307 due Wednesday 11/6
308-318 due Friday 11/8
319-322 due Tuesday 11/12

G block reading due dates:
255-265 due Tuesday 10/29
265-274 due Wednesday 10/30
274-284 for Monday 11/3
285-294 due Wednesday 11/6
298-307 due Thursday 11/7
308-318 due Friday 11/8
319-322 due Tuesday 11/12

unit 6 reading due dates and project

Please be sure you're reading the dates for your class period, since they may vary depending on which days your class meets.

B block:
p. 215-222 for Friday 10/11
p. 223-228 for Tuesday 10/15
p. 228-235 for Thursday 10/17 (and answer the questions based on "Opening Skinner's Box")
p. 235-242 for Friday 10/18
p. 242-249 for Monday 10/21
Your unit 6 test is Friday 10/25, and your behavior modification project (you can find the assignment description here) is due Monday 10/28.

G block:
p. 215-222 for Friday 10/18 (and answer the questions based on "Opening Skinner's Box")
p. 223-232 for Thursday 10/17
p. 232-241 for Friday 10/18
p. 242-249 for Monday 10/21
Your unit 6 test is Friday 10/25, and your behavior modification project (you can find the assignment description here) is due Monday 10/28.

unit 3 reading/notes and other assignments

B block:
p. 51-58 due Tuesday 9/24
p. 58-63 due Thursday 9/26
p. 66-73 due Friday 9/27
p. 74-83 due Monday 9/30
p. 83-91 due Wednesday 10/2
p. 94-103 due Thursday 10/3
p. 103-11 due Friday 10/4

G block:
p.  51-58 for next class.
p. 58-63 due Thursday 9/26
p. 66-73 due Friday 9/27
p. 74-83 due Monday 9/30
p. 83-91 due Tuesday 10/1
p. 94-103 due Wednesday 10/2
p. 103-11 due Friday 10/4

Your unit 3 test is Wednesday 10/9 (both classes)
The neuroscience article summary is due Monday - please sign up in this Google doc so we don't have any repeats within each class.  You can find the assignment description here.
You'll perform your skits on Tuesday, and can find the assignment here if you need it.

reminder: your first test is Monday 9/23

This is a slight change from the original schedule I gave you at the beginning of the year - from this point on, we will be following the schedule on the syllabus.  Please be reviewing your notes over the course of the next week.  The format will be multiple choice with an open response question, which will ask you to explain how 5-6 key terms apply in a given situation.

Here's the original schedule, which we'll be keeping to for the rest of the year.

naturalistic observation assignment, late summer work and course syllabus

Here's the naturalistic observation assignment description -  it's due next Tuesday (9/17).

A block:  please bring your covered textbook Monday if you haven't shown it to me already.

Both classes:  if you haven't handed in summer work yet, it's not too late - please get it to me ASAP.  If there's a reason you haven't handed it in, talk to me individually if you have not already.

Here is a link to the course syllabus with the end-of-unit test dates for the year.

2013 summer assignments

Here is the description of the summer assignments.

LAST assignments!

Please read the chapter from Opening Skinner's Box  that you picked up in class today and be ready for a discussion tomorrow.  Here's the assignment sheet.  If you were absent today, please still complete the written part of this assignment and do this makeup assignment to compensate for missing the discussion.

Here's the positive psychology assignment due Monday 5/20.

Here's the extra credit you can do (by Friday) based on Martin Seligman's TED talk.

Here's the 4th quarter project assignment - it's due Wednesday 5/29.

AP free response questions and answer keys

Here are the scoring rubrics and/or model answers for the free response questions on the quiz you took Thursday for D block and G block (the answer key for the question about Zoey buying a car starts on page 6 - I edited out some of the terms and replaced them with the following:  Prosocial behavior could include choosing a hybrid car because it's good for the environment.  Prosocial does not have to do with simply interacting with others, so this example needed to include something about a positive contribution to the world or a socially responsible behavior or decision.  Evolutionary psychology needed to include something about Zoe wanting to behave in a way that ensured her survival and therefore her ability to reproduce, e.g. choosing a larger car that was large and therefore safe).

AP exam review work

Here's a link to the review project that's due Tuesday 4/30, and here's where you can sign up for a topic.

Here are the free response questions we looked at today in class.  Have an idea - even if it's in your head and not written - about how you'd answer the last question.  We'll go over it in class tomorrow.

**As a reminder, I'm going to give you a timed free response question in class one day this week that will count as a quiz grade for term 4.

due dates for unit 14/social psych

Note that this reading is not divided up as nicely as I would've liked it to be, but I want for you to have finished reading the chapter before April vacation.

Please be sure you're meeting these deadlines!

Due Friday 4/5:  p. 643-650

Due Monday 4/8:  p. 650-661
Due Tuesday 4/9:  661-672
Due Thursday 4/11:672-683 (also for Thursday:  TYPE up a response to the following question:  if you could do anything humanly possible with complete assurance that you would not be detected or held responsible, what would you do?)
Due Friday 4/12:  683-692
Social norm assignment due Monday after break (you can find it here)
Your (last!) test on unit 14 is Wednesday 4/23

Here's the optional extra credit (due Tuesday after break and worth up to 10 points):  choose either part 3 or part 4 from this project AND do part 5 (the analysis piece). After you actually do whatever is required, write a 1-2 page typed, double spaced (well organized and proofread) explanation and reflection.  This response needs to include 3 terms from the chapter that are thoughtfully chosen, relevant and correctly applied so that your understanding of the definition in that particular context (pun intended) is clear.

abnormal psych and therapy due dates

D block:
*Please remember to register for the AP exam!!  Not everyone has done this, and Mrs. Williams needs it done ASAP.  Remember to use your spyponders account.  
569-577 due Monday 3/18
579-589 due Tuesday 3/19
589-600 due Wednesday 3/20
605-614 due Thursday 3/21
614-618 due Friday 3/22
618-628 & 628-638 due Tuesday 3/26
You will perform the fractured fairytale project in class on Friday 4/4 (note the change).  Your test is Wednesday 4/3.  Here's the project description.

G block:
*Please remember to register for the AP exam!!  Not everyone has done this, and Mrs. Williams needs it done ASAP.  Remember to use your spyponders account.  
p. 578-589 due Monday 3/18
589-600 due Tuesday 3/19
605-614 due Thursday 3/21
614-618 due Friday 3/22
618-628 due Monday 3/25
628-638 due Tuesday 3/26Your disorders & therapy test is  Wednesday 4/3.  You will perform the fractured fairytale project in class on Thursday 4/4 (you'll have some time to work on it in class on Tuesday, and after the test Wednesday).Here's the project description.

reading for tomorrow and Friday, baby book extension

D block:  561-568 due Friday 3/15, 569-577 due Monday 3/18
G block:  561-568 due Thursday 3/14, 569-577 due Friday 3/15
Also, you can turn your baby book in on Monday if you want or need the extra time to make it extra good (!)

unit 9 crossword

Here's the unit 9 crossword. (Note that this is from an earlier edition of the book, so there's a possibility there are some slight differences).

unit 9 due dates and project

Due Friday 3/1:  p. 411-417
Due Monday 3/4:  417-426
Due Tuesday 3/5:  426-435
Due Wednesday 3/6:  435-444
Due Thursday 3/7:  445-454
Due Friday 3/8:  455-465
finish the last 6 pages of the chapter for Monday 3/11
Unit 9 test is Wednesday 3/13

Here's a link to the baby book assignment so you can get started.  It's due two weeks from today (on Friday 3/15) but is a comprehensive assignment, so I'd encourage you to start working on it as soon as you can.

end of unit quiz answers for unit 4 and other review items

Here are the end of unit practice quiz answers:

1) C;  2) D;  3) C;  4) C;  5) C;  6) D;  7) B;  8) A;  9) D;  10) C;  11) D;  12) C;  13) E;  14) A;  15) B

Here's the parts of the eye and ear worksheet.

unit 4/sensation and perception due dates and related assignments

D block:
p. 115-124 for next class (Thursday 2/7)
p. 124-133 due Friday 2/8
p. 134-140 due Monday 2/11
p. 141-150 due Tuesday 2/12
p. 151-159 due Wednesday 2/13
p. 159-169 due Thursday 2/14
Unit 4 test:  Wednesday 2/27

G block:
p. 115-124 for Wednesday 2/6
p. 124-133 due Thursday 2/7
p. 134-140 due Friday 2/8
p. 141-150 due Monday 2/11
p. 151-159 due Wednesday 2/13
p. 159-169 due Thursday 2/14
Unit 4 test:  Wednesday 2/27

In lieu of a larger project, please complete this smaller assignment for the first class back after break.
Unit 4 test is Wednesday 2/27 after break.

Also due by the Friday after break (3/1) and worth up to 10 points of extra credit:  take the multiple intelligences quiz (you can find it at http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm), print out your results page and write a brief (1 page, typed and double spaced) reaction to your results.  Were they expected or unexpected?  Why or why not?  Use 3 well-chosen, applicable terms from any 3 different units you've studied this year that help explain the test itself or its results.  Please have all of these requirements to give yourself the chance to earn the full 10 points.

unit 11 end of chapter quiz answers

Here are the answers for the end of chapter quiz:
1. B;  2. A;  3. E;  4. D;  5. C;  6. B.;  7. C;  8. E;  9. D;  10. C;  11. E;  12. D;  13. A;  14. A;  15. B

sleep project part 2 and unit 11 due dates

Your sleep project is due next Tuesday 1/29 (note the change from Monday).  The specifics are listed below.

Here are your due dates for unit 11.  Please remember to bring your own original notes to class - a homework quiz this unit is very likely:
p. 523-531 for Thursday 1/24
p. 532-539 for Friday 1/25 (G block - you can do this for Monday 1/28 if you need to)
Your sleep project is due Tuesday 1/29 - see below
p. 539-548 for Wednesday 1/30
p. 548-556 for Thursday 1/31
the test date for this unit is Tuesday 2/5 (you won't have a project, but will likely have a smaller assignments, like the personality test analysis assignment)

Here are guidelines for part 2 of the sleep project.  I'll be looking for a 2 page (typed, double-spaced) well-organized narrative write-up for this that includes the following: 

1. Compare your vacation ("control" week) sleep schedule to your schedule the first week back from break, noting any trends you see. Consider the following in your response: 

·         What did you learn about your sleep patterns (and related behaviors) how they affect you? 

·         What changes could you make to your sleep schedule to improve it? How realistic is it to expect you’ll be able to implement these changes? 

·         Overall, what value does this project (and this unit) have for you?  Would you say this helped you to understand your own sleep-related behaviors more, or did it just reinforce what you already knew?  Explain. 

2. Make an attempt to interpret one or more of dreams/dream fragments using at least 2 different dream theories.  If you don’t remember any dreams, you may include 2 additional terms from previous units instead (see #3 below).
3. Include and clearly, correctly apply 3 terms from the chapter and be thoughtful about which terms you use.  You’re welcome to use the obvious ones (like “sleep” or “dream”) as long as it’s very clear you understand the book definitions of the term and don’t just throw them around generally, but choose 3 others in addition to these and in addition to the dream theories you selected.    

Grading will be based on:

_____ / 10 Neatness and completeness of sleep chart

_____ / 10 Clarity of organization and fluidity of writing

_____ / 10 Thoughtfulness of analysis and responses to the prompts

_____ / 10 Clear and thoughtful application of terms

_____ / 40 

midyear and sleep project

Please be reviewing for your midyear exam (it's next Tuesday, 1/22).  Here's the Jeopardy review game we adapted in class.  Also, here's the free response question and model answer that goes along with the practice test I gave you in class.  (It includes some terms we haven't gone over yet).

Here's a link to the "mouse party" website I showed you in class:  http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html

Your sleep and dreams project is due Monday 1/28 - details to follow shortly.  Be sure you're logging your sleep and dreams (see earlier post for details).

due dates for states of consciousness/unit 5

Due dates for unit 5/states of consciousness:

If you have not already, please track your sleep and dreams for the next 5 school days (start either tomorrow or Monday).  See previous post for details.

D block:
p. 175-182 for Friday 1/11
182-192 for Monday 1/14
192-201 for Tuesday 1/15
201-210 for Thursday 1/17

G block:
175-184 due Monday 1/14
185-192 for Tuesday 1/15
192-201 for Wednesday 1/16
201-210 for Thursday 1/17

end of unit quiz answers and review crossword, T/F

Unit 10/Personality end of chapter quiz answers (based on the quiz at the end of the unit in the textbook):

1) D;  2) E;  3) C;  4) C;  5) B;  6) C;  7) A;  8) A;  9) E;  10) B;  11) D;  12) D;  13) A;  14) B;  15) C

Also, here's the end of unit crossword and fact or falsehood review.  The answers are contained in the document itself.

personality tests

Please be reviewing for you unit 10 test (it's this upcoming Thursday).

Personality tests and analysis assignment:

Take the following personality tests and then analyze your results in a 1-2 page typed, double-spaced response.  Please effectively organize your response and write clearly.   Please respond to the following prompt:  do these tests accurately assess your personality? 

You may consider the following in your response (you do not need to explicitly address each, but these are to get you thinking): 

-Do you agree with the results of the tests?  Why or why  not? 

-Which test did you find most accurate? 

-What problems did you see in the tests? 

Test 1:  The Big Five http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ 

Test 2: Kiersey Temperament sorter:  http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx

Test 3:  Life Orientation test http://www.psy.cmu.edu/faculty/scheier/scales/LOTR_Scale.pdf

Due Tuesday 1/4 and worth 25 points for term 2.