unit 5 due dates

p. 175-182 due Friday 12/23
p. 182-191 due Wednesday 1/5
p. 192-201 due Friday 1/7
p. 201-210 due Monday 1/9

Please open this link when directed to do so in class on Friday 1/6.

due Friday 12/9 and unit 10 reading due dates

Due Friday 12/9:  typed paragraph-long reflection on the advice you chose to follow from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.  Did you find that it had an impact?  Incorporate three relevant, thoughtfully chosen terms (at least one from unit 8 itself) in your response.  (10 points for term 2)

Also, read p. 479-84 (unit 10/personality is next).
484-93 due Monday 12/12
493-503 due Tuesday 12/13 (G), Wednesday 12/14 (F)
503-10 due Wednesday 12/14 (G), Thursday 12/15 (F)
511-18 due Friday 12/16
Unit 10 test:  Wednesday 12/21

Personality tests (to be taken in class):

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

2. Kiersey Temperament sorter:  http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx (you can get a free "mini-report" at the end - look for the link on the site)
Also, here's a link to an explanation of the sixteen possible four letter personality types.

3 and 4: Brief strengths test and optimism test, from http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

Extra credit (5 points and due before break): Create a collage of images or create a profile (a front/side view of a head) based on your personal results. Each test above should be represented. Include a brief explanation of the image(s) chosen on the reverse. As always, cite any images used that are not your original images on a works cited page (also can be included on the reverse of the page)

unit 8 due dates

327-35 due Thursday 11/17 (for F block)
335-42 due Friday 11/18 (F)
342-48 due Monday 11/21 (F)

327-35 due Friday 11/18 (for G block)
335-42 due Monday 11/21 (G)

The rest is up to you - aim to finish 8A this week (before break), be into 8B next week, and be done (have read through p. 407) for Monday 12/5.

Bring in old magazines (that you don't mind having ripped apart) for Monday 11/28.  Glossy fashion magazines or girls'/women's magazines (Cosmo, Glamour, Seventeen, etc.) work best, but bring what you have.

Bizarre food bazaar is Friday 12/2.

Link to sites for class - open in class when directed (Monday for F block, Tuesday for G).

unit 7 due dates

255-65 due Monday 10/31
265-74 due Wednesday 11/2
274-84 due Thursday 11/3 (F block), Friday 11/4 (G block)
Behavior project due Friday 11/4
285-94 due Monday 11/7
298-307 due Wednesday 11/9
308-318 due Thursday 11/10 for F block, Monday 11/14 for G
Finish the chapter (both classes) for Monday 11/14
Unit 7 test is Wednesday 11/16

unit 6 due dates

215-222 due Monday 10/17
(Link to Monday's class activity)
223-28 due Tuesday (G)
223-35 due Thursday (F)
235-42 due Friday (F), 228-35 due Friday (G) - start tracking your chosen behavior for your behavior modification project (see here for description)
235-42 due Monday 10/24 (G)
242-9 due Monday 10/24 (F), Tuesday 10/25 (G)
"Opening Skinner's Box" responses due Tuesday 10/25 (G), Thursday 10/27 (F)
Unit 6 test is Friday 10/28
Behavior modification project is due Wednesday 11/2

unit 3 reading assignments and links

Be sure you are checking the correct class below, as assignments vary slightly.  Be prepared for a reading quiz on the pages assigned on any of the dates below.  As a reminder, you are welcome to use your own, original, handwritten notes on any reading quiz this year.

F block:
Due Friday 9/23:  p. 51-58.
Due Monday 9/26:  p. 59-66 and 66-68
Due Thursday 9/29:  p. 69-79
Due Tuesday 10/4:  80-83
Due Wednesday 10/5:  p. 83-91
Due Friday 10/7:  94-103
Due Thursday 10/13:  103-111 "picturing the human brain" project 
Unit 3 test is Friday 10/14

G block:
Due Friday 9/23:  p. 51-58.
Due Monday 9/26:  p. 59-66 and 66-68
Due Tuesday:  p. 69-73
Due Wednesday 9/28:  p. 74-83
Due Wednesday 10/5:  p. 83-91
Due Friday 10/7:  94-103
Due Tuesday 10/11:  103-110
Due Thursday 10/13:  "picturing the human brain" project
Unit 3 test is Friday 10/14

Click here for the link to Wednesday's in-class activity.

Here is the RSA Animate Ted Talk on the divided brain mentioned in class.

units 1 and 2 important dates

Naturalistic study is due next week - Monday 9/19 for F block and Tuesday 9/20 for G block.  Please read the assignment description here.

Reminder that your unit 1 and 2 test is scheduled for Wednesday 9/21.  This date (and all test dates) are outlined on the syllabus.

Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year!

Here is a link to the course syllabus, which includes the sequence of units and test dates.

Please note that any part of the summer assignment can be turned in late for part credit one day late.

Please return the completed signature and information sheet (the half sheet of paper given out in class, also available electronically in the document linked above) by Friday 9/9.

last assignment (!!) - due next Monday (G block) or Tuesday (D block)

It is here.  Also, please return your textbook to me on Monday.

in-class work for this week/next week

Your assignment is here.

this week (4/25-4/29)

Free response quiz this week (most likely Wednesday).  Terms will be from a variety of units, and this will count for about 20 points for term 4.

Due Friday 4/29:  1-1.5 page (typed, double spaced, well formatted and well organized) analysis of a work of fiction (book, movie, poem, play, song, TV episode, etc.) using five (or more!) bold terms, all from different units.  Also worth 20 points for term 4, based on quality of writing, correct/clear application and thoughtfulness of terms selected.  

to be done in class on Tuesday 4/26

Visit the following site:  http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/psychsim5/launcher.html

You have the remainder of the period to explore the activities on this page.  You may also use the time productively by taking the practice exam, or (lastly) reviewing on your own.

uit 14/social psych readings

Last unit (!!!) reading assignments:

643-50 due Tuesday 3/29
650-57 due Wednesday 3/23
657-64 due Friday 3/30 - also due:  TYPED and printed anonymous response to the following question:  if you could do anything you wanted without consequence and without being identified, what would it be? Worth (an easy) 10 points, and must be printed and handed in in class.
664-70 due Monday 4/4
670-78 due Tuesday 4/5
678-87 due Wednesday 4/6
688-92 due Friday 4/8 (and finish the Opening Skinner's Box chapter from class, if you weren't able to)
Social norm or current event due Tuesday 4/12
unit 14 (last!) test Wednesday 4/13

"mystery client" answers

D block:  answers to the "mystery client" activity you picked up on your way out of class today (definitely good to look through and see if you can pick out a few symptoms that characterize the disorder):  1) major depressive disorder; 2) generalized anxiety disorder; 3) dissociative identity disorder; 4) antisocial personality disorder; 5) schizophrenia

(G block:  these were the five cases studies we looked at in class last week that contained basic information about five different people - clients are referred to by initials only)

units 12 and 13 reading - updated

Due Wednesday 3/2:  561-8
Due Friday 3/4:  569-79
Due Monday 3/7: 579-89
Due Tuesday 3/8: 589-96
Due Wednesday 3/9: 596-600
Due Friday 3/11: 605-14
Due Monday 3/14: baby books due
Due Tuesday 3/15:  614-18
Due Wednesday 3/16:  628-38 (note that we are going a little out of order - this is intentional)
Due Friday 3/18: 618-28
Due Tuesday 3/22: DSM-5 exploration or "diagnose a star"
Your (second to last) test on this unit is Wednesday 3/23

I am also looking for a few students to come speak (briefly, for about ten minutes) to my freshmen world history classes about the expectations of AP-level courses, and how you've adapted to them.  If you are free B, C, or E blocks and are interested in doing this for extra credit, let me know.

student-created unit 9 practice quiz

You can find it here - answers are at the end.

unit 9 due dates and project

Please read through page 426 for Friday 2/12.  More dates to follow shortly.

426-435 due Monday 2/22
435-444 due Tuesday 2/23
445-454 due Wednesday 2/24
Finish the chapter for Friday 2/26 (455-73 - break it up over two nights).
Unit 9 test is Tuesday 3/1
Your baby book is due Monday 3/7

unit 4 test Monday 2/8

As you likely expected, we'll have to push it back to then.  Happy snow day!

unit 4 test and black/blue/gold/white dress explanation

Unit 4 test is this Friday (2/5).  On that note, here's a clear, efficient explanation of why people thought THE dress was different colors.

unit 4 due dates

Due Monday 1/25:  p. 115-124

Due Tuesday 1/26:  p. 124-133

Due Wednesday 1/27:  p. 134-140

Due Friday 1/29:  141-150 

Due Monday 2/1:  151-59

Due Tuesday 2/2:  159-169

unit 11 update

Unit 11 test moved to Friday 1/22 - we will use tomorrow as a review day.

G block:  please read the myth you received in class last Wednesday from the 50 Myths book and highlight a few ideas from the Myers reading that this reading reinforces, and something new you learned.  Bring everything else that was due today to class tomorrow.

Unit 11 due dates

No reading due Monday (!), to give you a little break after the midyear.
523-32 due Tuesday 1/12
532-9 due Wednesday 1/13
(Link to Wednesday's class activity)
539-48 due Friday 1/15 - click this link for work to be done in class Friday
548-556 and art piece (see link to Wednesday's class activity) due Tuesday 1/19
(unit 11 test is Wednesday 1/20)

To be done in class Tuesday 1/5

Here is the link to the unit 5 web-based activity.