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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Agenda: Jan 30 - Feb 3, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 11 Human Development
Chapter 12 Personality
Week at a Glance:
MON- Article due: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick; Crash Course: Growth of Knowledge: Take notes & discuss over these topics -- Schemas, Assimilation & Accommodation, Piaget's Four-Stage Cognitive Development, Sensortimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational Periods; Vygotsky's Theory of ScaffoldingEmotional & Motor Dev
TUE-  Emotional & Motor DevPersonality & Cognitive Development in Childhood: Personality, Cognition, Moral Reasoning; Crash Course: Monkeys & Mortality
WED/THU- Transition of Adolescence: Physiological changes, neural developmentCrash Course: AdolescenceNotes: Personality & Cognitive Dev
FRI- HANDOUT STAGE THEORISTSExpanse of Adulthood: Personality, Transitions in Family life, Aging - psych, neural, cognitive changes. Also, how essentials are Fathers to child development?; Notes: Adolescence Thru Adulthood
FridayPep rally schedule 
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Assignments: 
Study CH 11 Development & Notes 
Mon: Article due: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick
Monday, Feb 6 - Quiz CH 11 - Human Development
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Targets: Part II - Development & Stress - TARGETS
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Monday, Jan. 30, 2017
Quote of the Day: "One must maintain a little bit of summer, in the the midst of winter." H. D. Thoreau

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prepare Article due: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick - we'll turn it in after the bell. 

Question: Fill out the chart below based on the notes we covered in class on Friday.

2. Crash Course: Growth of Knowledge: Take notes & discuss over these topics -- 
Schemas, Assimilation & Accommodation, Piaget's Four-Stage Cognitive Development, Sensortimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational Periods; Vygotsky's Theory of Scaffolding

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Emotional & Motor Dev


Assignments: 

Monday, Feb 6 - Quiz CH 11 - Human Development
Development is nothing to monkey around about.
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Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017
Quote of the Day: "An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you." - Goi Nasu

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What were the results of Harlow's monkey experiments?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Emotional & Motor Dev

3. Crash Course: Monkeys & Mortality
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank takes a look at a few experiments that helped us understand how we develop as human beings. Things like attachment, separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, and morality are all discussed... also, a seriously unpleasant study with monkeys and fake mothers.
Three Styles of Attachment 02:16:23
Parenting Styles 07:35:19
Developing Self Concept 06:34:04
Kolhberg's Stages of Morality 08:18:00

Assignments: 
Monday, Feb 6 - Quiz CH 11 - Human Development
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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 & Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017
Quote of the Day:  "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." -Carl Sagan

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION:

2. Crash Course: Adolescence
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank has a look at that oh so troublesome time in everyone's life: Adolescence! He talks about identity, individuality, and The Breakfast Club. 
Erikson's 8 Stages of Progressive Psychosocial Development 02:08:00
Emerging Adulthood 03:41:00
Fluid & Crystalline Intelligence 06:53:00
Dementia & Alzheimer's Disease 08:10:00

3. Notes, Video, Discussion
Duez Notes - Dev III: Personality & Cognitive Dev

Assignments: 
Monday, Feb 6 - Quiz CH 11 - Human Development
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Friday, Feb. 3, 2017
Quote of the Day: "I never look back, Darling. It distracts from the now." - Edna "E" Mode

Pep rally schedule. Shortened periods*
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up handout on Stage Theorists
HANDOUT STAGE THEORISTS

2. Work in partners or teams to complete the stage theorist handout. Review answers.

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Duez Notes - Dev IV: Adolescence Thru Adulthood

Assignments: 
Monday, Feb 6 - Quiz CH 11 - Human Development

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Agenda: Week of Jan 23 - Jan 27, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 11 - Human Development
Week at a Glance:
MON- Quiz CH 10 - "Motivation & Emotion" - Quiz Review
TUE- Theories of Motivation & Theories of Emotion; Leadership Motivation; Sexual Drives & Motivation
WED/THUTEST: Wed/Thu over CH 9 - Intelligence & CH 10 Emotion/Motivation
Article due next Monday: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick 
FRI- Introduction to CH 11: Development

Assignments:
TEST: Wed/Thu over CH 9 - Intelligence & CH 10 Emotion/Motivation
Article due next Monday: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick 
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Quote: 
Agenda:
1. Prep for Quiz - CH 10.

2. Quiz - CH 10: Motivation & Emotion

3. Review Quiz
Assignment:
Monday, Feb 1 - Quiz CH 11 - Human Development
Read Weiten 11, Notes on the website over Development, and prepare for the quiz Monday.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Quote:
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Theories of Emotion

2. Notes, Video, Discussion:
Motivational Theories
Emotional Theories
Leadership Motivation; Sexual Drives & Motivation

Assignments:
TEST: Wed/Thu over CH 9 - Intelligence & CH 10 Emotion/Motivation
Article due next Monday: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick 
Expressions of emotions are universal, but what prompts those expressions can be culturally different.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 & Thursday, January 26, 2017
Quote: 
Agenda:
1. TEST CH 9 & 10: Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion

2. After test - Article: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick Due Mon

Assignments:
TEST: Wed/Thu over CH 9 - Intelligence & CH 10 Emotion/Motivation
Article due next Monday: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick 
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Friday, January 27, 2017
Quote: 
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION

2. Introduction to Development - CH 11

3. Crash Course Psych: Growth of Knowledge
How does our knowledge grow? It turns out there are some different ideas about that. Schemas, Four-Stage Theory of Cognitive Development, and Vygotsky's Theory of Scaffolding all play different roles but the basic idea is that children think about things very differently than adults. Hank explains in today's episode of Crash Course Psychology.

Assignments:
TEST: Wed/Thu over CH 9 - Intelligence & CH 10 Emotion/Motivation
Article due next Monday: Teen Brain: What Makes Teens Tick 

Thursday, January 19, 2017

AP TEST SIGNUP & Financial Assistance Application



Please personally return this application to Ms. Willows in the Library - Office 1030.  

If  Ms. Willows is not in the office, please slide under the door. 

Application must be turned in by 3:00 pm February 17, 2017.  

Financial assistance will be awarded by March 3, 2017.  

We have been asked to please stress that the deadline is not flexible and that anyone on Free/Reduced lunch is NOT eligible for this but will get their fee-code the first week in February.


Monday, January 16, 2017

Agenda: Week of Jan 16-20, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 9 - Intelligence & Psych Testing
Chapter 10 - Motivation & Emotion
Week at a Glance:
MON- MLK Day - No School
TUEIntroduction to Motivation: Biological Motivation - Eating
WED/THUTheories of Motivation  - Instinct, Drive-Reduction, ArousalCrash Course Psychology: The Power of Motivation
FRICultivating Motivation - Intrinsic, Leadership, SexualityArticle: Motivation: Why We Eat Read & Annotate (Due Tuesday in class) 
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Quiz next Monday, Jan. 23 on Chapter 10 Motivation & Emotion
Due next Tuesday, Jan. 24 - ArticleMotivation: Why We Eat
Text next Wed/Thu, Jan. 25 & 26th - CH 9 Intelligence & CH 10 Motivation & Emotion
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Monday January 16, 2017 No School MLK Day

NO SCHOOL
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Chapter 10 - Motivation & Emotion
Targets: Part I - Motivation & Emotion - TARGETS
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Quote: "I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self." - Martin Luther


Agenda:
1. DO NOW: In what ways is human motivation determined? What motivates you to action... or inaction?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Motivation: Biological Motivation - Eating

Assignment:
Quiz next Monday, Jan. 23 on Chapter 10 Motivation & Emotion
Due next Tuesday, Jan. 24 - ArticleMotivation: Why We Eat
Text next Wed/Thu, Jan. 25 & 26th - CH 9 Intelligence & CH 10 Motivation & Emotion
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Wednesday & Thursday January 18 & 19, 2017
Quote: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

Agenda:
1. DO NOW:

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Theories of Motivation  - Instinct, Drive-Reduction, Arousal 

3. Crash Course Psychology: The Power of Motivation
Feeling motivated? Even if you are, do you know why? The story of Aaron Ralston can tell us a lot about motivation. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tells us Ralston's story, as well as 4 theories of motivation and some evolutionary perspectives on motivation.
Four Theories of Motivation:
Evolutionary Perspective 1:38:22
Drive-Reduction 2:45:10
Optimal Arousal 3:38:21
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 4:49:04
How Sex, Hunger, and the Need to Belong Motivate us 5:29:02


Assignment:
Quiz next Monday, Jan. 23 on Chapter 10 Motivation & Emotion
Due next Tuesday, Jan. 24 - ArticleMotivation: Why We Eat
Text next Wed/Thu, Jan. 25 & 26th - CH 9 Intelligence & CH 10 Motivation & Emotion
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Friday, January 20, 2017
Quote: “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Agenda:
1. DO NOW:

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Cultivating Motivation - Intrinsic, Leadership, Sexuality

3. Pass out article: Due next Tuesday, Jan. 24 - ArticleMotivation: Why We Eat

Assignment:
Quiz next Monday, Jan. 23 on Chapter 10 Motivation & Emotion
Due next Tuesday, Jan. 24 - ArticleMotivation: Why We Eat
Text next Wed/Thu, Jan. 25 & 26th - CH 9 Intelligence & CH 10 Motivation & Emotion

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Agenda: Week of Jan 9 - Jan 13

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 9 - Intelligence
Chapter 10 - Motivation & Emotion
Week at a Glance:
MON: Reading Check Quiz CH 9 - Intelligence; Review Quiz
TUE: Controversies of Intelligence; Savants: Intelligence
WED/THUDocumentary: Beautiful Minds - The Einstein Effect (Special Emphasis on Stephen Wiltshire "The Human Camera") with QuestionsChange over Time; Standardization of Testing - Reliability, Validity
FRI: Intro to CH 10: Motivation; Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink.
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MLK Day - No School Monday, Jan. 16th
Documentary: Beautiful Minds - The Einstein Effect with Questions
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
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Monday, January 9, 2017
Quote: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu

Agenda:
1. Read Check Quiz Chapter 9 - Intelligence: Students may use hand written notes.

2. Review the quiz in class, discuss questions.

Assignments:
MLK Day - No School Monday, Jan. 16th
Documentary: Beautiful Minds - The Einstein Effect with Questions
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
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Tuesday, January  10, 2017
Quote“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: 

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Controversies of Intelligence; Savants: Intelligence
Sternberg's PAC; Gardner's Multiple Intelligences; Flynn Effect; Savants

3. Introduction to Savants - Daniel Wiltshire "The Human Camera"

Assignments:
MLK Day - No School Monday, Jan. 16th
Documentary: Beautiful Minds - The Einstein Effect with Questions
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
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Wednesday, January  11, 2017& Thursday, January 12, 2017
Quote“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.” ― Sarah Dessen

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the Questions at the front. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper. 

2. Documentary: Beautiful Minds - The Einstein Effect (Special Emphasis on Stephen Wiltshire "The Human Camera") with Questions

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Change over Time; Standardization of Testing - Reliability, Validity
The correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test yields information about the test’s _______________. 

Assignments:
MLK Day - No School Monday, Jan. 16th
Documentary: Beautiful Minds - The Einstein Effect with Questions
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
Stephen Wiltshire at The Galleria in Houston. He drew this panorama over a 5-day period after a single helicopter ride. 
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Friday, January  13, 2017
Quote"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly." - Lawrence G. Lovasik

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: How can Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs explain why a
  a. hungry person would steal food?
  b. lonely new student in a school would join a club?
  c. successful artist would continue to invest tremendous effort in her career?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Motivation

3. Video: The surprising truth about what motivates us

Assignments:
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Drop Deadline for all Advanced Classes - Jan 9th

Last day to drop the course is Monday, Jan. 9th, 2016. 

If you are interested in dropping an AP or Pre-AP class, remember that you need to get the form from your teacher.  All completed forms are due by Monday, January 9th at 3 pm to your House Counselor.

If you have any questions, please do let me know. :) 
The Skateboarding Professor... Has a PhD in righteousness.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Agenda: Week of Jan 2 - Jan 6, 2017

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
Chapter 9 - Intelligence
Chapter 10 - Motivation & Emotion
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - NO SCHOOL
TUENO SCHOOL
WED - 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 min
Intro to Intelligence & Psychological Testing:
What is Intelligence? How is it measured? Is it reliable? 
Video: Crash Course Psychology: Controversy of Intelligence
THU Notes, Discussion, Video: Forms of Intelligence
FRI - Notes, Discussion, Video: Does Intelligence Change over time?
Video: Crash Course Psych: Brains vs. Bias

Assignments:
Read through the notes for Chapter 9 Weiten
Monday, Jan. 9th: Ch 9 Intelligence Quiz
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
Targets: Part I - Intelligence & Psych Testing - TARGETS
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Quote of the Day: "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah Winfrey

Agenda:
1. Do Now - Name the 3 "smartest" people you know. How are they intelligent?
2. Inspiration: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes
"We've come to far!"
3. Notes, Discussion, & Video
Intro to Intelligence & Psychological Testing:
What is Intelligence? How is it measured? Is it reliable? 
Crash Course Psychology: Controversy of Intelligence

Assignments:
Read through the notes for Chapter 9 Weiten
Monday, Jan. 9th: Ch 9 Intelligence Quiz
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz

Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
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Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Quote of the Day: "New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time."  - James Agate

Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: On the Wechsler Intelligence Score, what would the mean score be? What would the median and mode be? If you scored 1 SD above the mean, what percentage of people scored higher than you?

2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Forms of Intelligence
Compare Sternberg's PAC & Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Compare Cognitive Disability with Savant Syndrome

Also, Video: Eagleman's The Brain 2: Decision Making - Story of Tammy Myers & her accident which compromised her ability to make decisions. 

3. Video: Gardner & Pinker Discuss Intelligence

Assignments:
Read through the notes for Chapter 9 Weiten
Monday, Jan. 9th: Ch 9 Intelligence Quiz
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)
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Friday, January 6, 2017
Quote of the Day: "Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: IQ tests have proven to be good predictors of what?

2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Forms of Intelligence
& Does Intelligence Change Over Time?

3. Crash Course Psych: Brains vs. Bias 
So, how many different kinds of intelligence are there? And what is the G-Factor? Eugenics? Have you ever taken an IQ Test? All of these things play into the fascinating and sometimes icky history of Intelligence Testing. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks us through some of the important aspects of that history... as well as Nazis. Hey, I said some of it was icky.

Assignments:
Read through the notes for Chapter 9 Weiten
Monday, Jan. 9th: Ch 9 Intelligence Quiz
Monday, Jan. 23rd: Ch 10 Motivation & Emotion Quiz
Wed/Thu Jan 25th/26th -- TEST Intelligence & Motivation/Emotion (9 & 10)