Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Agenda: Week of May 1 - May 5, 2017

 Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
REVIEW FOR AP TEST
High Noon on Monday, May the 1st!
Go to "A" Lunch. Be at the Gym by 11:30 am.
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Quick review & tips for the AP Test at noon Today. Tips for the AP Test
TUE: Only classes 3 & 6. 
WED/THUDocumentary: Batman Unmasked: Psychology of The Dark Knight w/ article; 
Reflect 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.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Article Psychology of Batman: Article is due next Monday.

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 for Tuesday:
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Monday May 1, 2017

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

AP TESTING TODAY
AM: AP Chemistry, APES
PM: AP Psychology

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 Gym for testing.
Relax. It will take a little while to get started. 
Then do your best! 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Article Psychology of Batman: Article is due next Monday.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

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

AP TESTING TODAY
AM: AP Comp Sci, AP Span Lang

PM: AP Physics 1

Only Periods 3 & 6:
Agenda:
1.  DO NOW: Pick up questions -or- copy them from the overhead for the video - "The Brain with David Eagleman"

2. Generally discuss the AP Test. Hopefully it went very well

3. Video w/Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman

ASSIGNMENTS:
Article Psychology of Batman: Article is due next Monday.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 & Thursday, May 4, 2017

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

Wed:
AP Testing Today:
AM: AP Eng Lit

Thu
AP Testing Today:
AM: AP Calc AB/BC
PM: AP United States Government & Politics

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: Batman Unmasked: Psychology of The Dark Knight
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

ASSIGNMENTS:
Article Psychology of Batman: Article is due next Monday.
Yeah, kind of like Law & Order: Batman
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Friday, May 5, 2017

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

AP Testing Today:
AM: AP US History

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

Monday, April 24, 2017

Twitter #APPSYCHREVIEW

Steve Jones & other great AP Psych teachers monitor Twitter hashtags to help students. If you have a question while studying, or more likely, you would like to see what kinds of questions and answers are out there - tune in to learn.

I highly recommend it. Great way to review.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Agenda: Week of April 24-28, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
AP Test Review & Preparation Focus:
FRQs & Confusing Psych Terminology
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from the years 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
TUE: Big Ideas, Tips n Tricks; Cheat Codes, and Life HacksReview Top 10 Missed Questions on Mock Test #1; Confusing Pairs; Flow Charts by Topic
WED/THU: MOCK #2: Practice AP Psych Test - 100 questions in 70 Minutes; Get results & fill out item analysis.
FRI: Finish item analysis on the exam. Review the top 10 missed questions. Last minute tips.
NEXT MONDAY: THE AP TEST!
AP EXAM REVIEW - CONFUSING PAIRS
ASSIGNMENTS:
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Monday April 24, 2017
Quote: "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."  - Oscar Wilde

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: Pick up Review Handout

2. FRQ Quiz - Practice #2: FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from the years 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

3. Review one of the questions on that FRQ.

ASSIGNMENTS:
AP-TEST-REVIEW Tab
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Quote: "Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary."  - Oscar Wilde

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up Review Handout

2. ReviewBig Ideas, Tips n Tricks; Cheat Codes, and Life HacksReview Top 10 Missed Questions on Mock Test #1; Confusing Pairs; Flow Charts by Topic

3. REVIEW:
AP EXAM REVIEW - CONFUSING PAIRS

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 & Thursday, April 27, 2017
Quote: "Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."  - Oscar Wilde

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Practice AP Test - Multiple Choice Only

2. Practice AP TEST: 100 questions, 70 minutes

3. After Test, get score & ITEM ANALYSIS: Fill out the item analysis to understand what areas you need to review.


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Friday, April 28, 2017
Quote: "True friends stab you in the front."  - Oscar Wilde

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What questions do you have in preparation for Monday?

2. Review the top 10 most missed questions from the practice test.

3. Last weekend tips on preparation.


Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Week of April 17-21, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
REVIEW FOR AP TEST!!!
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: FRQ QUIZ -  Mr. Duez will pull one of the FRQs from 2016-2012. You will write each answer during the period. Use FRQ tab to prep
TUE: 2013 AP Test Breakdown by Question TypeWork on Corrections over the MOCK test we took in class last week.
WED/THU: All 2nd period AP Students will be heading to the PAC to fill out pre-registration information for the AP Test on Thursday. 
Review & Work on Corrections over MOCK Test. Corrections are due on Friday. 
FRI: Finish MOCK Test Corrections. Due by the end of the period.
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio.

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRI - Corrections are due on AP Test with 2013 AP Test Breakdown by Question Type
Monday - FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from 2011-2007
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio
Monday, May 2nd, 2016
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Quote: "In 5-billion years the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day." - @NeilTyson

Agenda:
1. FRQ QUIZ  Mr. Duez will pull one of the FRQs from 2016-2012
You will write each answer during the period. 

2. Review FRQs: We will go over the 2 questions in class. 

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRI - Corrections are due on AP Test with 2013 AP Test Breakdown by Question Type
Monday - FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from 2011-2007
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio
Bio - you need to really review the brain and biological bases of behavior. EnGage Your Brain!
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Quote: "Apollo in 1969. Shuttle in 1981. Nothing in 2011. Our space program would look awesome to anyone living backwards thru time." - Neil deGrasse Tyson @NeilTyson

1. DO NOW: Pick up the 2013 AP Test Breakdown by Question Type
We'll use this as your cover sheet on your corrections.
Write up the analysis of your performance on the back of it.

2. Mock AP TEST Corrections:
These are due on Friday by the end of class. 

3. When students are finished with their corrections: 
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRI - Corrections are due on AP Test with 2013 AP Test Breakdown by Question Type
Monday - FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from 2011-2007
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio
Research Methods: Massively important to know for the AP Test. Review it.
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 & Thursday, April 20, 2017
Quote: "A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi

All AP Students ~ 2nd period will go to the PAC 

1. MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS These are due by Friday by the end of class. 

2. When students are finished with their corrections: 
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRI - Corrections are due on AP Test with 2013 AP Test Breakdown by Question Type
Monday - FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from 2011-2007
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio
We learn about how the brain works from disease and dysfunction.
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Friday, April 21, 2017
Quote: "History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology." - Hippolyte Taine
French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism.

1. MOCK AP TEST CORRECTIONS - All Period DUE BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

2. When students are finished with their corrections: 
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio

(if time remains & all are finished with corrections)
3. Documentary: "The Brain with David Eagleman: Part 6 -- Who will we be?"
We will review all we've learned in Psychology by watching Eagleman's finale and discuss the future of humanity.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - FRQ Quiz #2 - Review FRQs from 2011-2007
Review work over People to Know, Confusing Pairs, Stats, & Bio

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Agenda: Week of April 10-14, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
&
Chapter 16: Treatment for Psychological Disorders
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON- Treatment for Psych Disorders & Abnormal Behavior; State of Care in the United States todayEating/Feeding Disorders; Approaches to Psych Disorders & Important people to know from this chapter.
TUE- TEST CH 15 & 16: Psychological Disorders & Treatment
WED/THU- MOCK AP TEST - Multiple Choice Only
FRI- GOOD FRIDAY NO SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENTS:
This Tuesday: TEST CH 15 & 16: Psychological Disorders & Treatment
Wed/Thu -- MOCK AP TEST - Multiple Choice Only
Next Monday - FRQ Quiz (Years 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)
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Learning Targets:
1. The (DSM) Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders is the handbook used by mental health professionals to diagnose psychiatric disorders.
2. There are many types of disorders, but they all involve debilitation that makes routine life situations difficult.
3. Schizophrenia is not dissociate identity disorder. It is a disorder that involves a break with reality and auditory hallucinations.
4. Personality disorders are the most difficult disorders to diagnose and treat. The most common treatment is medication (most have side  effects).
5. Medication is effective as a treatment, but it is often combined with a form of “talk therapy” to provide a more complete therapeutic technique.
6. Behavioral and cognitive therapists are very popular forms of “talk therapy.”
7. Freudian therapy, though well known, is not utilized much anymore.

Essential Questions:
- What are the various approaches to dealing with abnormal behavior, psychological disorders?
- Is all psych disorder caused by biological issues? Can they be solved medically?
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Monday, April 10, 2017
Quote: “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” - Carl Jung

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Identify the category of drugs used to treat schizophrenia and the category of drugs used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Then explain what each of these 2 categories of drugs does inside the brain.
2. Cooperative/Discussion: 
Students will be in pairs and will attempt to build an answer to the following question:
Therapy & Treatment:
For each of the following pairs, first define the particular type of treatment referenced, then explain the rationale for using this therapy to treat an individual with the particular disorder with which it is paired.
* Bipolar disorder and the biomedical approach
* Phobias and systematic desensitization
* Dissociative identity disorder and psychoanalysis
* Depression and rational-emotive behavior therapy
3. Notes, Discussion, Video: State of treatment for psych disorders in the United States today.

ASSIGNMENTS:
WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - Multiple Choice Only
Next Monday - FRQ Quiz (Years 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Quote: "What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult." - Sigmund Freud

Agenda:
1. TEST - CH 15 & 16 - PSYCH DISORDERS & TREATMENT

ASSIGNMENTS:
WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - Multiple Choice Only
Next Monday - FRQ Quiz (Years 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 -and- Thursday, April 13, 2017
Quote"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi


Agenda:
1. MOCK AP TEST - Multiple Choice Only
100 questions in 70 Minutes

This test will be corrected during class time on Friday, Tuesday, & Wed/Thu next week.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Next Monday - FRQ Quiz (Years 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)
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Friday, April 14, 2017
FRI- GOOD FRIDAY NO SCHOOL

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Agenda: Week of April 3-7, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
CH. 15 - "Psychological Disorders"
CH 16. - "Treatment for Psych Disorders"
Week at a Glance:
MON: Types of psychological therapists & what they do; Comparing Treatment Options - Which psych treatments work the best for which disorders?
Biomedical & Therapeutic Treatments compared. What is the best option per type of Psych Disorder?; Crash Course - Biomedical Treatments
TUEQuiz - CH 15 - Treatment for Psych Disorders; Review Quiz
WED/THU: FRQ Timed Writing; Placebo Effect Video: Derren Brown "Fear & Faith" & Placebo Video Questions. Discuss
FRI: Comparing Treatments; Using scenarios to make a diagnosis & suggestion of treatment. (we will continue this on Monday)
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Tuesday - Quiz:  - Ch 16 - "Treatment for Psych Disorders"
Wednesday/Thursday: FRQ Timed Writing
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY - CH 15 & 17 - "Psych Disorders & Treatment"

FRQ Questions from the year 2007
Question #1 - 2007 FRQ Student Samples

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Monday, April 3, 2017
Quote"I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake." - Lewis Black

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Therapists' goals by various therapies with appropriate description:

2. Video w/DiscussionCrash Course: Biomedical Treatments.
Handout - Psych Treatments

Crash Course - Biomedical Treatments
Table of Contents:
Client & Clinician Perceptions 01:19
Efficacy & Effectiveness of Psychological Treatments 03:10
Biomedical Therapies & Drug Therapies 04:46
Electroconvulsive Therapy 07:37
Lifestyle Changes 09:25
ASSIGNMENTS:
Tuesday - Quiz:  - Ch 16 - "Treatment for Psych Disorders"
Wednesday/Thursday: FRQ Timed Writing
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY - CH 15 & 17 - "Psych Disorders & Treatment"
Derren Brown - He's always working.
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017 
Quote"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." -William Shakespeare

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Quiz - CH 16

2. QUIZ CH 16 - "Treatment for Psych Disorders"

3. Quiz Review

ASSIGNMENTS:
Wednesday/Thursday: FRQ Timed Writing
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY - CH 15 & 17 - "Psych Disorders & Treatment"
The 1960s saw an era of De-institutionalization because of the idea that anti-psychotic meds would enable it.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 & Thursday, April 6, 2017
Quote"Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort." - Mason Cooley

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for the FRQ Timed-Writing

2. FRQ Timed-Writing
FRQ Questions from the year 2007
#1 is Heads

#2 is Tails

3. Pick up Placebo Video Questions

4. Video w/Questions & DiscussionPlacebo Effect Video: Derren Brown "Fear & Faith" & Placebo Video Questions.

ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY - CH 15 & 17 - "Psych Disorders & Treatment"
Bio-medical - Straight out of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"


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Friday, April 7th, 2017
Quote"Without music life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Identify the category of drugs used to treat schizophrenia and the category of drugs used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Then explain what each of these 2 categories of drugs does inside the brain.

2. Comparing Treatments; Using scenarios to make a diagnosis & suggestion of treatment. (we will continue this on Monday)

ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY - CH 15 & 17 - "Psych Disorders & Treatment"