Welcome to Mr. Waple's Psychology class.
Week of 8/17
Monday
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
Go over syllabus and course expectations
Getting to know you
Go over previous class evals and letters
Term paper
HW: type a half-page to full page (double-space, regular margins, 12 font, Times New Roman) answering the questions "What do you know about psychology and why are you taking this class?" due TOMORROW
Thursday
Notes on 7 approaches of psychology
Friday - special sched. (40)
Finish approach notes
HW: p.6-8 in textbook - take notes on Wundt, James, Watson, Freud due MONDAY
Week of 8/24
Monday
Notes on criticisms of approaches
Practice approaches in class
Tuesday
Finish approach practice
Go over founders of psych
Wednesday
Group practice of approaches
Begin research & applied psych. notes
Thursday
Finish research & applied notes
HW: Review sheet DUE MONDAY
Friday
Review jeopardy
Week of 8/31
Monday
Test on first unit
Tuesday
Watch video on research methods
Hand out experiment assignment
HW: begin thinking of an experiment idea
Wednesday - activ. (40)
Talk about experiment assignment
Notes on research (things for any experiment)
Ethical principles of psych discussion/experiment
Thursday
Psychology experiment idea websites
Notes on research methods (ethics in research PPT)
Time to talk about experiment ideas
Friday
Harlow's monkey experiment videos
Placebo effect demonstration
Bias demonstration
Notes on research methods (lab experiment)
Week of 9/7
Monday
LABOR DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Continue notes on research methods (lab & field experiment)
BRING BOOK TOMORROW
HW: think of an experiment idea!
Wednesday - mass (30)
BRING BOOK
Locus of control scale
Continue notes on research methods (other research methods)
Thursday
Finish notes on other research methods
Notes on correlation studies
HW: Finish correlation worksheet
Friday
Notes on statistical reasoning
HW: Complete mean, median, mode worksheet
Week of 9/14
Monday
Begin Milgram video
HW: Milgram video questionairre
Tuesday
Finish Milgram video
Time to finish worksheet
HW: Finish Milgram worksheet
Wednesday (35)
Go over test
Discuss Milgram study
Notes on Milgram study
Thursday - activ. (40)
EXPERIMENTS DUE - paper & presentation
Present experiments at random
Friday
Presentations
Week of 9/21
Monday
Presentations
Tuesday
Presentations
Wednesday
Finish presentations
Thursday
Begin ch. 3 brain notes (nervous systems & neurons)
Friday
Finish nervous system & neuron notes
HW: p. 81 of psych book, #1-3
Week of 9/28
Monday
FACULTY RETREAT - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Intro video on the brain
Wednesday
Brain scan method notes
Thursday
Video on bogus therapies
Friday
60 Minutes video "Brain Power"
Notes on brain (hind, mid, fore)
Week of 10/5
Monday
Go over experiments
Brain notes (higher thinking processes)
Tuesday
Finish higher thinking notes
Split brain video
Split brain demonstration
Wednesday - assembly
L/R hemisphere analysis
Brain notes (limbic system)
Videos on pituitary overactivity
HW: ch. 3 vocab review sheet due TOMORROW
Hand out ch. 3 test review sheet
Thursday (35)
Work on test review sheet in class
Friday - assembly (35)
Continue work on test review sheet and practice labeling brain parts
Week of 10/12
Monday
COLUMBUS DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Test on the brain
Wednesday
Fr., So., Jr. testing until 11:15
Seniors - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
Begin Motivation & Emotion (other emotion research)
BRING YOUR BOOK TOMORROW
Friday
Work in class
Week of 10/19
Monday
Finish notes on other emotion research
Tuesday
Finish emotion notes (three theories)
HW: Complete Three Theories worksheet by TOMORROW
Wednesday - mass (30)
Motivation notes (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs)
Thursday
Finish Maslow notes
Motivation notes (Belongingness)
HW: Maslow's hierarchy worksheet
Friday - End 1st Q
Motivation notes (attraction)
Week of 10/26
Monday
Go over test
Motivation notes (finish evol. theory, begin what makes your face attractive)
Tuesday
Motivation notes (finish facial attraction, begin achievement)
Wednesday - early dismissal (35)
Motivation notes (finish achievement)
Thursday
Motivation notes (human behavior at work)
Hand out extra credit review sheet DUE MONDAY
Friday
Review jeopardy
Week of 11/2
Monday
Test on motivation & emotion
Tuesday
Intro video to states of consciousness
Wednesday
Begin notes on consciousness (Stages of sleep, body relationships)
Thursday - parent-teacher conferences (25)
Continue sleep notes (REM sleep, disorders)
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Week of 11/9
Monday
Sleep notes (disorders, consciousness according to Freud)
Tuesday
Consciousness notes (hypnosis)
Wednesday
Consciousness notes (meditation)
Meditate in class
HW: Ch. 6 vocab review sheet
Thursday
Consciousness notes (drug use)
Hand out review sheet
Friday
Time to work on review sheet
Week of 11/16
Monday
INSTITUTE DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Review jeopardy
Wednesday
Test on consciousness
Thursday
Intro video to learning
Friday
Go over test
Classical conditioning activity
Learning notes (classical conditioning)
Week of 11/23
Monday
Finish classical conditioning notes
HW: classical conditioning worksheet
Go over test
Tuesday
Operant conditioning notes
HW: operant conditioning worksheet
Wednesday
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Friday
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Week of 11/30
Monday
Operantly condition someone
Schedules of reinforcement notes
Hand out review sheet
BRING BOOKS TOMORROW
Tuesday
"It's Me or the Dog" episode demonstrating conditioning
Learning notes (things that affect classical and operant cond.)
HW: p.219 #1-22 chapter review
Wednesday
Learning notes (social learning, punishment)
Bobo doll video
Time to work on review sheet
Thursday
Test on Learning
Friday
Intro video to memory
Week of 12/7
Monday
Basic memory questions
Memory notes (Basics)
15 random words activity
HW: Write a full page, single-spaced, or type a half page (12 lines), double-spaced, answering one of the following:
1) What do you remember about 9/11 and why do you remember it so well?
2) What does an adult remember about a major historical event and why do they remember it so well? Try asking about the Kennedy assassination, the 1969 moon landing, or the 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion.
DUE TOMORROW
Tuesday
Memory notes (encoding)
Wednesday - early dismissal (35)
Memory notes (storage)
Thursday
Memory notes (retrieval, forgetting)
Hand out review sheet
Friday
Memory notes (memory reconstruction)
Video examining evectiveness of eyewitnesses
HW: Memory reading
Week of 12/14
Monday
Memory review jeopardy
Tuesday - mass (30)
Test on memory
Wednesday
Intro video to disorders
Thursday
Friday
Week of 12/21
Monday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Friday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Week of 12/28
Monday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Friday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Week of 1/4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week of 1/11
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Finals (8, 2, 6)
Thursday
Finals (7, 3, 5)
Friday
Finals (1, 4)
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