Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Unit 2 - CH: 3-Biological Bases of Behavior
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Unit 3 - CH: 4 -Sensation & Perception -&- CH: 5-Consciousness
WEEK AT A GLANCE:&
Unit 3 - CH: 4 -Sensation & Perception -&- CH: 5-Consciousness
MON - QUIZ Chapter 3 - Reading Check: You may use your handwritten notes. Quiz Review.
TUE - Brain Scenarios - for practice. Brain Scans, Heredity, Genetics, & Evolutionary Psychology; FRQ Scenarios. Any questions for review?
WED/THU - TEST Unit 2 & FRQ #1
FRI - Video Study: Brain Games - Sensation & Perception w/questions
Monday, Oct 5, 2015
Quote: “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
1. DO NOW: Prep notes for Reading Check Quiz
2. QUIZ Chapter 3 - Reading Check, you may use your handwritten notes.
After the quiz, answer the question that is on the screen:
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| A very good example of what to expect for the first FRQ on Wed/Thur |
3. Review Quiz
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| Example of an FRQ from the AP Psychology Course Description Book - 2014 |
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2015
Quote: “Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
1. DO NOW: Practice FRQ question from Biological Bases of Behavior Unit:
While hiking, Ken stumbled and fell down a 10-foot drop-off. Upon landing, he sprained his ankle badly. Ken was surprised that he felt very little pain for the first half hour. Explain how the following helped Ken feel little pain in the moments after the injury.
- Endorphins
- The synapse
2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Brain Scans
& Notes, Discussion, & Video: Genetics & Evolutionary Psychology
3. Brain Scenarios - for practice
Wednesday, Oct 7, 2015 & Oct 8, 2015
Quote: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
1. DO NOW: Prep for the Test over Unit 2: Chapter 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior
2. TEST - UNIT 2 - Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior, 50 minutes for 50 questions.
3. FRQ - 30 minutes for 2 questions.
Friday, Oct 9, 2015
Quote: "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
1. DO NOW: Pick up questions for video; Brain Games - Sensation & Perception.
2. Video w/Discussion Questions: Brain Games - Sensation & Perception - click link to view the video.
Discussion Questions for Brain Games - Sensation & Perception
3. Discuss Sensation & Perception.
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY.
SEE YOU ON TUESDAY.