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