Sunday, May 15, 2016

Agenda: Week of May 16 - May 20, 2016

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
AP Psych Party - Review for Finals - Senior Finals
Week at a Glance:
MON - Finish A Beautiful Mind & Discuss the film; Collect Movie questions for A Beautiful MindDiscuss the 2016 AP Psychology FRQ Questions;
TUE - Begin Movie: "Inside Out" - Complete the movie questions as we watch the film.
WED/THU: Watch "Inside Out" - Complete the movie questions as we watch the film.
FRI - Article: The Science of Inside Out - due on Monday.

Due this week:
Movie questions for A Beautiful Mind
Article: The Science of Inside Out
VIDEO PROJECT IS DUE ON WED/THU MAY 25 & 26
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Monday May 16, 2016
Quote: "Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task." - William James

1. DO NOW: Pick up Movie questions for A Beautiful Mind (if your class still hasn't finished the movie, most classes are done - a couple need to finish 5-10 minutes because of shortened classes last Friday)
2. Finish A Beautiful Mind & Discuss the film
3. Discuss the 2016 AP Psychology FRQ Questions

Assignments:
VIDEO PROJECT IS DUE ON WED/THU MAY 25 & 26
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Quote: "I am the person I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." Elanor Roosevelt

1. DO NOW: Pick up Movie Questions for "Inside Out"
2. Watch "Inside Out" - Complete the movie questions as we watch the film.
3. Discuss "Inside Out" and the science/psychology of the film. How accurate is it?

Assignments:
VIDEO PROJECT IS DUE ON WED/THU MAY 25 & 26
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 & Thursday, May 19, 2016
Quote: "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." - Jim Rohn

1. DO NOWPick up Movie Questions for "Inside Out"
2.  Watch "Inside Out" Complete the movie questions as we watch the film.
3. Discuss "Inside Out" and the science/psychology of the film. How accurate is it?


Assignments:
VIDEO PROJECT IS DUE ON WED/THU MAY 25 & 26
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Friday, May 20, 2016
Quote: "We are like islands on the sea, separate on the surface, but connected in the deep." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. DO NOWPick up Movie Questions for "Inside Out"
2.  Watch "Inside Out" Complete the movie questions as we watch the film.
3. Discuss "Inside Out" and the science/psychology of the film. How accurate is it?
4. Pick up Article: Article: The Science of Inside Out - due on Monday.

Assignments:
VIDEO PROJECT IS DUE ON WED/THU MAY 25 & 26

Friday, May 6, 2016

Agenda: Week of May 9-13, 2016

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Video Project, A Beautiful Mind
Week at a Glance:
MON: Video Project: Discuss, Watch examples. Proposal due Friday (Some students may be out because of AP Testing); Movie: A Beautiful Mind - with Questions to Answer
TUE: Meet in Video Project groups; Movie: A Beautiful Mind - with Questions to Answer
WED/THU: Meet in Video Project groups. Movie: A Beautiful Mind  - with Questions to Answer
FRI: Turn in Video Project Proposal. Movie: A Beautiful Mind - with Questions to Answer

VIDEO PROJECT DUE: WED. MAY 25th & THU. MAY 26th
SENIOR FINAL EXAMS:
Wed, May 25th -- 2nd period & 7th period
Thu, May 26th -- 3rd, 4th, & 6th period
yeah, it is probably like that... maybe.
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Monday, May 9, 2016
Quote"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: How is your group progressing with regard to the video project? Any issues or concerns?
2. Video Project: Discuss, Watch examples. Proposal due Friday (Some students may be out because of AP Testing)
3. Movie: A Beautiful Mind  - with Questions to Answer
Theoretical physicists have shown that the way the math works, this is possible!
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Quote:  "Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day." - Polish Proverb

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: How is your group progressing with regard to the video project? Any issues or concerns?
2. Video Project: Discuss, Watch examples. Proposal due Friday (Some students may be out because of AP Testing)
3. Movie: A Beautiful Mind - with Questions to Answer
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 & Thursday, May 12, 2016
Quote“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”  - Albert Einstein

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: How is your group progressing with regard to the video project? Any issues or concerns?
2. Video Project: Discuss, Watch examples. Proposal due Friday (Some students may be out because of AP Testing)
3. Movie: A Beautiful Mind  - with Questions to Answer
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Friday, May 9, 2016
Quote"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts." - Sir Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: How is your group progressing with regard to the video project? Any issues or concerns?
2. Video Project: Discuss, Watch examples. Proposal due Friday (Some students may be out because of AP Testing)
3. Movie: A Beautiful Mind - with Questions to Answer

May 6th - Freud's 160th Birthday!

Monday, May 2, 2016

Agenda: Week of May 2-6, 2016

 Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
REVIEW FOR AP TEST
High Noon on Monday, May the 4th!
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Quick review & tips for the AP Test at noon Today. Tips for the AP Test
TUEDocumentary: Psychology of Batman w/ article.
WED/THUDocumentary: Psychology of Batman w/ article; Discuss topics on the AP Test. What surprised you? Not specific questions, but what topics did you struggle with on the test?
FRI: Discuss the video project; look at examples from previous years.

Batman/Psychology article is due next Monday.
Article Psych of Batman

USE THE FRQ TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE
Study & Prepare for the FRQs - The AP Test is Monday!

USE THE REVIEW TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE
Study & Prepare --- The AP Test is Monday!

We have a different testing bell schedule this week:
Monday, Wed, Thu, & Fri are the same as usual.

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Monday May 2, 2016

Quote: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." – Amelia Earhart

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Don't forget to breathe. Everything will be alright.
2. Review: Confusing Pairs
AP EXAM REVIEW - CONFUSING PAIRS
3. Tips for the AP Test

Go directly from 4th period to A Lunch.
After lunch, report to the Small Gym for testing.
Relax. It will take a little while to get started. 
Then do your best! 
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Quote: "Learn from the mistakes of others, you can never life long enough to make them all yourself." - Groucho Marx

Only Periods 3 & 6:
Agenda:
1.  DO NOW: What types of psych disorders or abnormal behavior did Bruce Wayne/Batman display? 

Pick up article (due Monday): 
Article Psych of Batman

Batman - The Psychology of the Dark Knight: Beyond Heroes and Villains
Investigating the nature of good guys and bad guys in fiction and real life
by Travis Langley, Ph.D.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 & Thursday, May 5, 2016

Quote: "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." –Anne Frank

Agenda:
1.  DO NOW: What types of psych disorders or abnormal behavior did Bruce Wayne/Batman display? 

Pick up article (due Monday): 
Article Psych of Batman

Batman - The Psychology of the Dark Knight: Beyond Heroes and Villains
Investigating the nature of good guys and bad guys in fiction and real life
by Travis Langley, Ph.D.

Superherologist Travis Langley, author of the book Batman and Psychology: A Dark and StormyKnight, is a psychology professor who teaches on crime, mental illness, social behavior, and media (including comic books), not to mention a course titled"Batman," at Henderson State University. He received his bachelor's degree from Hendrix College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in psychology from Tulane University. Travis has also been a child abuse investigator, courtroom expert, and undefeated champion on the "Wheel of Fortune" game show even though none of the puzzles they gave him were about psychology or superheroes.
Follow Dr. Langley as @Superherologist on Twitter.
2. Video - Batman Unmasked: Documentary: Psychology of Batman
Quick look at the psychology of the Dark Knight. Use as review to remember the psych disorders we have already discussed. What treatments were discussed as possibilities to "help" Batman?
3. Discuss the video project
Yeah, kind of like Law & Order: Batman
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Friday, May 6, 2016

Quote: "Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." –Teddy Roosevelt

Agenda:
1. Finish, if needed: Video - Batman Unmasked: Documentary: Psychology of Batman
Batman/Psychology article is due next Monday. Article Psych of Batman
2. Discuss the video project