Sunday, April 29, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Agenda: Week of April 23 - April 27, 2012
Targets - Chapter 14 and 15 Abnormal Psychology: Psychological Disorders & Treatments
We only meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week due to TAKS testing. Mr. Duez is having a review session on Thursday morning at 8am in his classroom for any seniors wanting help with reviewing for the AP Psychology test.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Quote of the Day: "I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." - Annon
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Comparing Social Psychology Theories Daryl Bem's self-perception theory suggests that behavior determines attitudes. This counterintuitive notion is reminiscent of the James-Lange theory of emotion. How are the two theories similar yet different from each other?
2. Notes, Video, and Discussion: Chapter 16 Social Psychology
3. Quick review quiz over 14-15-16.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Without me, it's just aweso." - Anon
Agenda:
Class Time Today: 9:27 to 11:22
1. TEST CH 14-15-16.
2. Begin AP Review - Students will pick up Practice Test #1 after they are finished with the test.
3. What is the AP Test for Psychology like? How should you prepare?
4. Students will get a 100 question practice AP Psych test. This is due in class on Thursday. We will have a few minutes to work through it in class today and on Thursday. Students will get the answers to the practice test and discuss them in groups and with Mr. Duez.
--We will also finish "A Brilliant Madness" in class. I understand that you did not finish the last few minutes with the sub last time--
Thursday, April 25/26, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Before you insult a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you'll be a mile away, and have his shoes." - Anon
Agenda:
There will be AP Tutoring in the morning from 8am to 10:30am in Mr. Duez's room for seniors.
Class time: 11:02 to 12:00
1. Review for AP Exam. Students will pick up the answers for AP Practice Test #1 and discuss in groups.
2. Students will be in cooperative groups and will work on the AP Psych practice test #1, 10 questions at a time.
3. We will play review games.
4. Students will get AP Practice Test #2, which we will work with on Monday. Next block day (Thu) we will take a 100 question practice test in class for a real test grade. Students will get the test back on Friday and be able to find their answers and return them to class to improve their grade on that test.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." - Anon
Agenda:
NO CLASS ON FRIDAY DUE TO TESTING.
- what abnormal psychology is and how it differs from normal psychology
- the major types of psychological disorders
- what we know about the causes of these disorders
- how mental health problems are treated
- different types of mental health workers
- various approaches to psychotherapy
We only meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week due to TAKS testing. Mr. Duez is having a review session on Thursday morning at 8am in his classroom for any seniors wanting help with reviewing for the AP Psychology test.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Quote of the Day: "I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." - Annon
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Comparing Social Psychology Theories Daryl Bem's self-perception theory suggests that behavior determines attitudes. This counterintuitive notion is reminiscent of the James-Lange theory of emotion. How are the two theories similar yet different from each other?
2. Notes, Video, and Discussion: Chapter 16 Social Psychology
3. Quick review quiz over 14-15-16.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Without me, it's just aweso." - Anon
Agenda:
Class Time Today: 9:27 to 11:22
1. TEST CH 14-15-16.
2. Begin AP Review - Students will pick up Practice Test #1 after they are finished with the test.
4. Students will get a 100 question practice AP Psych test. This is due in class on Thursday. We will have a few minutes to work through it in class today and on Thursday. Students will get the answers to the practice test and discuss them in groups and with Mr. Duez.
--We will also finish "A Brilliant Madness" in class. I understand that you did not finish the last few minutes with the sub last time--
Thursday, April 25/26, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Before you insult a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you insult him, you'll be a mile away, and have his shoes." - Anon
Agenda:
There will be AP Tutoring in the morning from 8am to 10:30am in Mr. Duez's room for seniors.
Class time: 11:02 to 12:00
1. Review for AP Exam. Students will pick up the answers for AP Practice Test #1 and discuss in groups.
2. Students will be in cooperative groups and will work on the AP Psych practice test #1, 10 questions at a time.
3. We will play review games.
4. Students will get AP Practice Test #2, which we will work with on Monday. Next block day (Thu) we will take a 100 question practice test in class for a real test grade. Students will get the test back on Friday and be able to find their answers and return them to class to improve their grade on that test.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." - Anon
Agenda:
NO CLASS ON FRIDAY DUE TO TESTING.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Agenda: Week of Monday April 16, 2012 - Friday April 20, 2012
- what abnormal psychology is and how it differs from normal psychology
- the major types of psychological disorders
- what we know about the causes of these disorders
- how mental health problems are treated
- different types of mental health workers
- various approaches to psychotherapy
1. The 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 dissociative 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.
- how being part of a group influences the way individuals behave
- why people cooperate with and help others
- what factors contribute to aggressive behavior and violence
1. Social psychology refers to how groups influence the behavior of an individual.
2. Attribution theory refers to how we make judgements about others.
3. Obedience and conformity both refer to the influence of others on our behavior.
4. Milgram did studies in social psychology that seem to be on the ethical edge.
5. Behavior can be influenced by the presence of a group.
Monday April 16, 2012
Quote of the Day: "In a mad world only the mad are sane." - Akira Kurosawa (1910 - 1998)
Agenda:
1. Notes, Video, and Discussion: Chapter 14 Abnormal Psychology - Disorders
2. Video clip: A Beautiful Mind, One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest, A Brilliant Madness
Tuesday April 17, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Is the"ultimate cure" for any psychological disorder a biomedical cure?
2. Notes, Video, and Discussion: Chapter 15 Abnormal Psychology - Disorders
3. Psycktrek 3 CD review quiz.
Thursday April 19, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go." - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Hamlet, Act III, sc. 1
Agenda:
1. Turn in Test CH. 12 Personality. Pick up a Quiz for CH 14-15-16 for practice.
2. Do Now Question: Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic and humanistic brands of insight therapy.
3. Notes, Video and Discussion: Chapter 16 Social Psychology
Friday April 20, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: Comparing Social Psychology Theories Daryl Bem's self-perception theory suggests that behavior determines attitudes. This counterintuitive notion is reminiscent of the James-Lange theory of emotion. How are the two theories similar yet different from each other?
2. Notes, Video, and Discussion: Chapter 16 Social Psychology
3. Quick review quiz over 14-15-16.
TEST IS MONDAY APRIL 23, 2012!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Agenda: Week of April 9 - April 13, 2012
Learning Targets - Chapter 11 - Development
If you learn only 5 things in this chapter:
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Quote of the Day: "April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." —William Shakespeare
Agenda:
1. Notes, Video, & Discussion - CH 11 Development
2. Video: The Developing Child
3. PsykTrek CD
9B: Erickson's Stages of Personality Development
9C: Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
9D: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
There are interactive quizzes after each portion, we'll take those in class as a group. This is a fantastic portion of the cd to use to prepare for the test for Friday.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day." —W. Earl Hall
Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 11 - Development Adolescent
2. Video: The Teen Brain
3. Quiz Chapter 11 - Development Adult
Friday, April 13, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Spring is when life's alive in everything." —Christina Rossetti
Agenda:
1. TEST Chapter 11 - Development
2. Begin reading chapters 14, 15, and 16. This is our final unit of the semester.
14 and 15 is Abnormal Psychology & Treatments
16 is Social Psychology
If you learn only 5 things in this chapter:
1. Cognitive development refers to the ways in which our ability to think and reason change over our life spans.
2. Two theorists important in the area of cognitive development are Jean Piaget & Lev Vygotsky.
3. Social development refers to the changes in our ability to interact with others as we age.
4. Our primary caregiver provides us with our earliest social cues.
5. The stages of prenatal development.
Chapter 12 Test due in class Next Thursday - 4/19
Monday, April 9, 2012 - No School
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Quote of the Day: "April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." —William Shakespeare
Agenda:
1. Notes, Video, & Discussion - CH 11 Development
2. Video: The Developing Child
3. PsykTrek CD
9B: Erickson's Stages of Personality Development
9C: Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
9D: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
There are interactive quizzes after each portion, we'll take those in class as a group. This is a fantastic portion of the cd to use to prepare for the test for Friday.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Quote of the Day: "Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day." —W. Earl Hall
Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 11 - Development Adolescent
2. Video: The Teen Brain
3. Quiz Chapter 11 - Development Adult
Quote of the Day: "Spring is when life's alive in everything." —Christina Rossetti
Agenda:
1. TEST Chapter 11 - Development
2. Begin reading chapters 14, 15, and 16. This is our final unit of the semester.
14 and 15 is Abnormal Psychology & Treatments
16 is Social Psychology
Video: The Teen Brain
Great video clip on what is actually happening inside a teenager's brain. :)
See the video by clicking on the full post:
See the video by clicking on the full post:
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Chapter 12 - Test - Personality
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| Lady Di is the subject of the personality essay prompt |
Personality Test - Chapter 12 - Take Home
Due on Thursday, April 19th
Chapter 12 Targets
Use Weiten, the target sheet, email Mr. Duez and don't be afraid to ask Mr. Duez questions or shoot him an email about anything you are struggling with during your study of Chapter 12.
Also, this video may help you understand the topic in more depth:
The Self is the fifteenth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series.
In this program, you'll explore how psychologists study the origins of self-identity, self-esteem, and the social determinants of self-concepts. You'll also learn about some of the emotional and motivational consequences of self-esteem.