unit 3 reading due dates

Reading due dates are below and are the same for both classes.  Please keep in mind that, on *any* of the dates below, I may give you a reading quiz on the assigned pages.  If you do have a quiz, you are always welcome to use any of your own, original notes to assist you.

p. 53-58 for Monday 9/22
58-63 for Tuesday 9/23
66-73 for Wednesday 9/24
74-83 for Monday 9/29
83-91 for Wednesday 10/1
94-103 for Thursday 10/2
103-111 for Friday 10/3


B block:  extra credit
Due in hard copy by the start of your class meeting time on Monday 10/6, and worth 5 points of extra credit if done well.  Please type and double space.

Respond in a paragraph and underline the terms as you apply them:

Amy is training for a marathon.  How would a psychologist working from each of the following perspectives explain Amy's motivations (i.e. why might she want to run a marathon)?

• Cognitive 
• Behavioral 
• Neuropsychological (you know more about this now, so your example needs to be good!)
• Evolutionary 
• Social 

test info

Fact or falsehood for unit 1:  #s 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are true - the others are falsehoods
Unit 2:  #s 4, 5, 8 and 9 are true - the rest are false

end of unit practice quiz answers (from your book):  you can find them in this document.

Reminder that the format of the test tomorrow (Friday 9/19) will be multiple choice (75 points) with a free response prompt (25 points).  For the free response, you'll be given a situation and 5 terms, and will need to explain how the 5 terms could apply in the given situation.

Definitely focus on unit 2 terms - there will be a minimal amount on the history of the discipline, but a good amount on the schools/approaches to psychology (psychoanalytic, cognitive, behavioral, etc.).

fun with correlations

http://tylervigen.com/

naturalistic observation assignment

Here it is - due at the start of class on Wednesday 9/17.

2014 summer assignment

You can find it here.

last assignments (!!)

B block:  we're scheduled in lab 322 on Tuesday 5/13 (2nd period) and in 320 on Wednesday 5/14 (1st period).  You can go directly there - no need to go to the room first.

G block:  please meet me in 322 again on Wednesday 5/14.

Here's what you'll be working on:

--You can find the personality assignment here and the positive psychology assignment here.  You have a choice of doing one or the other.  Due Monday 5/19 for B block and Tuesday 5/20 for G block.
**Important note:  authentichappiness.org inconveniently chose today to begin a revamp of their website, so please use the following link for the Via Strengths test (the third personality test if you chose the personality assignment above, and the only test if you chose the positive psychology assignment):   http://www.viacharacter.org/www/The-Survey
Click the large round red icon to take the test and get your results.  You will have to register - select "adult" if you're over 18.  Any questions related to work, simply try to think of them in a school context instead.

--Here's the make-up assignment if you missed the Opening Skinner's Box discussion due to an absence that was for a reason other than taking another AP exam.

--Here are the extra credit options I promised you - due before or at the start of your scheduled final exam period.

--Finally (pun intended), here's a link to the 4th quarter project assignment.

Opening Skinner's Box

Readings from Opening Skinner's Box are due Monday 5/12 for A block and Friday 5/9 for G block (prompts 1 and 5 only for G in the following assignment description).  Here is the assignment description.

If you didn't get one of the handouts today in class, please either choose from the scanned documents below, or come pick one up today or tomorrow.  (If you choose one from below, just note that there are *two* chapters in each scanned document, but you only need to read one).
Milgram and Festinger (social)
Harlow (developmental) and Alexander (addiction)
Loftus and Kandel (memory)
Rosenhan and modern psychosurgery (clinical)