AP Psych Fall Semester MOCK AP EXAM Results

Great job everyone! 
Really remarkable work. Overall every class had an average over 60. 

Fifth period won with a score of 65.76%. And every student in fifth period is taking the AP Exam. That's awesome. 

Keep these scores in perspective. 

Typically a 70% is a GREAT score on the multiple choice. 

For example:

Link to AP Pass Calculator

That's a very rough estimate. But if you have a 70% or above, your work on the FRQs will only take a passing grade higher. Obviously, you need to do well on the FRQ questions to get a great score though.

Agenda: Dec. 9-20, 2019 - Last 2 Weeks of Semester

Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY with Mr. Duez

CH 7 - Memory & CH 8 - Language & Thought: "COGNITION"
Fall MOCK AP Test & FINAL EXAMS

Week of Dec. 9-13 -- WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Cognition at Work - Thinking & Cognitive Errors (Problem Solving, Linguistic Universals, Availability Heuristic, Representative Heuristic, Risk) Plus, quick review of Memory CH 7
TUE: TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION
WED: MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY: 100 M/Choice Questions in 70 min. (But we only have a regular class period, so the second part will finish up on Thursday)
THU: MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY: 100 M/Choice Questions in 70 min. (But we only have a regular class period, so we will finish the second part on Thursday)
FRI: Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!
CORRECTIONS for MOCK AP Test (due by Tuesday at the end of the period)

Week of Dec. 16-20 -- WEEK AT A GLANCE:
NEXT WEEK: 
MON: CORRECTIONS for MOCK AP Test (due by Tuesday at the end of the period)
TUE: CORRECTIONS for MOCK AP Test due by the end of this period.
FINAL EXAMS - 
WED: 1st, 2nd, 5th (no final), 7th
THU: 3rd, 5th - done at 11:25

FRI: 4th, 6th  - done at 11:25

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Monday, December 9, 2019
Quote: “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.

1. DO NOW: Thinking errors & conflict

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Cognition at Work

3. Plus, quick review of Memory CH 7

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRIDAY - Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!
TUESDAY - TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION
WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Quote: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." - Abraham Maslow

Agenda:
1. TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRIDAY - Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!
TUESDAY - TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION
WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 
Quote: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” - Albert Einstein

1. MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY: 100 M/Choice Questions in 70 min. (But we only have a regular class period, so the second part will finish up on Thursday)

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRIDAY - Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!
TUESDAY - TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION
WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY

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Thursday, December 12, 2019
Quote: “Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” - John Locke

Agenda:

1. MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY: 100 M/Choice Questions in 70 min. (But we only have a regular class period, so the second part will finish up on Thursday)

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRIDAY - Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!
TUESDAY - TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION
WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY

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Friday, December 13, 2019
Quote: "A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother." - Author Unknown

Agenda:
1. Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!

2. CORRECTIONS for MOCK AP Test (due by Tuesday at the end of the period)

ASSIGNMENTS:
FRIDAY - Extra Credit due today by 3pm. No late extra credit will be accepted!
TUESDAY - TEST - CH 7 & 8 - Memory, Language, & Thought -- COGNITION

WED/THU - MOCK AP TEST - FALL ONLY

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Monday, December 16, 2019

Quote: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch

1. CORRECTIONS for MOCK AP Test (due by Tuesday at the end of the period)

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Quote: “Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.” - Jean Racine

1. CORRECTIONS for MOCK AP Test (due by Tuesday at the end of the period)

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Wed/Thu/Fri Dec. 18, 19, 20, 2019
Quote: "DFTBA: Don't Forget To Be Awesome." - John Green

FINAL EXAMS - FALL SEMESTER
WED: 1st, 2nd, 5th (no final), 7th
THU: 3rd, 5th - done at 11:25
FRI: 4th, 6th  - done at 11:25

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!

Agenda: Week of Dec. 2-6, 2019

Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY with Mr. Duez

Ch 7 - Memory & Ch 8 - Language & Thought ="Cognition"

MON: Introduction to Cognition: Language & Thought - Chapter 8; Video - Steven Pinker - Linguistics as a window to understanding the brain; Introduction: Cognition: Language & Thought 
TUE: How Language Impacts Thought
WED: ARTICLE: Is Texting Killing the English Language?; Cognition - Communication at Work
THU: Crash Course: Cognition: Mind Can Amaze & Betray; Cognition - Communication at Work
FRI: Quiz CH 8 - "Language & Thought"; Review Quiz
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Friday: QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"
NEXT Tuesday: TEST - CH 7 & 8 "Cognition"
NEXT Wed/Thu - MOCK Exam "Fall AP Psychology Exam"
NEXT FRIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (corrections due by Tuesday, Dec. 17th)
FALL FINAL EXAMS - Dec 18, 19, 20

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Monday, December 2, 2019
Quote: "Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice." -
William James

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Copy questions down to help with the video we will watching introducing CH 8 "Language"

2. Video - Steven Pinker - Linguistics as a window to understanding the brain
Use the questions above to help you comprehend the video. Discussion. 

PINKER: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding Your Mind

3. Notes, Discussion: Duez Notes - Cognition: Language & Thought 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Friday: QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"
NEXT Tuesday: TEST - CH 7 & 8 "Cognition"
NEXT Wed/Thu - MOCK Exam "Fall AP Psychology Exam"
NEXT FRIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (corrections due by Tuesday, Dec. 17th)
FALL FINAL EXAMS - Dec 18, 19, 20

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Quote: "The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny." - Albert Ellis

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: "Curious Blue Ideas Sleep Furiously" At what level is this statement AMBIGUOUS? 

2. Notes, Discussion, Video:  Duez Notes: How Language Impacts Thought

ASSIGNMENTS:
Friday: QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"
NEXT Tuesday: TEST - CH 7 & 8 "Cognition"
NEXT Wed/Thu - MOCK Exam "Fall AP Psychology Exam"
NEXT FRIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (corrections due by Tuesday, Dec. 17th)
FALL FINAL EXAMS - Dec 18, 19, 20

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Quote: "Revolutions are the locomotives of history." - Karl Marx

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the article from the front table. 
ARTICLE: Is Texting Killing the English Language?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Duez Notes: Cognition - Communication at Work

ASSIGNMENTS:
Friday: QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"
NEXT Tuesday: TEST - CH 7 & 8 "Cognition"
NEXT Wed/Thu - MOCK Exam "Fall AP Psychology Exam"
NEXT FRIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (corrections due by Tuesday, Dec. 17th)
FALL FINAL EXAMS - Dec 18, 19, 20

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Thursday, December 5, 2019
Quote: "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is Metacognition?

2. Crash Course: Cognition: Mind Can Amaze & Betray

We used to think that the human brain was a lot like a computer; using logic to figure out complicated problems. It turns out, it's a lot more complex and, well, weird than that. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses thinking & communication, solving problems, creating problems, and a few ideas about what our brains are doing up there. (Thinking & Communicating, Solving Problems, Creating Problems)

3. Finish Notes, Video, Discussion: Duez Notes: Cognition - Communication at Work

ASSIGNMENTS:
Friday: QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"
NEXT Tuesday: TEST - CH 7 & 8 "Cognition"
NEXT Wed/Thu - MOCK Exam "Fall AP Psychology Exam"
NEXT FRIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (corrections due by Tuesday, Dec. 17th)
FALL FINAL EXAMS - Dec 18, 19, 20
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Friday, December 6, 2019
Quote: "The past changes a little every time we retell it." - Hilary Mantel

Agenda:
1. QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"

2. Review Quiz

ASSIGNMENTS:
Friday: QUIZ  - CH 8 "Language & Thought"
NEXT Tuesday: TEST - CH 7 & 8 "Cognition"
NEXT Wed/Thu - MOCK Exam "Fall AP Psychology Exam"
NEXT FRIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (corrections due by Tuesday, Dec. 17th)
FALL FINAL EXAMS - Dec 18, 19, 20

AGENDA: Week of Nov. 18-22, 2019

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Ch 7 - Memory; Ch 8 - Language & Thought

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Finish (HSAM) Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory; Memory Models: Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval. Focus on Encoding & Storage: Attention; Levels of Processing; Enriching Encoding. Sensory/Short-Term/Long-Term Memory.Atkinson-Shifrin Model of Memory Stores
TUE: Retrieval: Getting info out of memory; Cues; Context; Reconstruction & Misinformation; Monitoring
WED: FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
THU: Forgetting: Ebbinghaus Curve; Recovered memory controversy; In Search of Memory - the physiology of memory; Systems & Types of Memory: Declarative/Procedural; Semantic/Episodic; Prospective/Retrospective Memory.
FRI: Quiz CH. 7 Memory; Review Quiz

ASSIGNMENTS:
WEDNESDAY - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Friday - Quiz CH 7 Memory
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!
 --- NO ASSIGNMENTS! 
DO NOT WORK ON PSYCH. 
Get ready for the sprint to the finish line this semester.

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Monday, November 18, 2019
Quote of the Day: "Sometimes you never really the importance of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Anon

1. DO NOW: What might explain why musicians have a memory edge?

2. Memory Wizards - Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (video 13 minutes) & Discussion. What can be learned from HSAM persons?

3. Notes & Discussion: Memory Models: Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval.
Focus on Encoding & Storage: Attention; Levels of Processing; Enriching Encoding. Sensory/Short-Term/Long-Term Memory.

ASSIGNMENTS:
WEDNESDAY - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Friday - Quiz CH 7 Memory
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Quote of the Day: “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” ―Doris Day

1. DO NOW: Explain the Theory - Model of Information Processing (Atkinson-Shiffrin).  

2. Notes & Discussion: Retrieval: Getting info out of memory; Cues; Context; Reconstruction & Misinformation; Monitoring

ASSIGNMENTS:
WEDNESDAY - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Friday - Quiz CH 7 Memory
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Quote of the Day: “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”  - William Arthur Ward

1. FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Mr. Duez will flip a coin for each class period. 
Heads is 2014 Question. 
Tails is 2015 Question. 

ASSIGNMENTS:
WEDNESDAY - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Friday - Quiz CH 7 Memory
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!

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Thursday, November 21, 2019
Quote of the Day: “If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”  - W. Clement Stone

1. DO NOW: Differences between Proactive & Retroactive Interference.

3. Notes & Discussion: Forgetting: Ebbinghaus Curve; Recovered memory controversy; In Search of Memory - the physiology of memory; Systems & Types of Memory: Declarative/Procedural; Semantic/Episodic; Prospective/Retrospective 

ASSIGNMENTS:
WEDNESDAY - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Friday - Quiz CH 7 Memory
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!

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Friday, November 22, 2019
Quote of the Day: “Gratitude doesn’t change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.”  - Richelle E. Goodrich

1. Quiz - CH 7 "Learning"

2. Review Quiz

ASSIGNMENTS:
WEDNESDAY - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Friday - Quiz CH 7 Memory
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!

Agenda: Week of Nov. 11 - 15, 2019

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Ch 6 - Learning - TEST THIS WEEK
COGNITION: Ch 7 - Memory; Ch 8 - Language & Thought

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Quiz - CH 6 - Learning; Review Quiz
TUE: Taste Aversion; Observational/Biological-Evolutionary/Latent/Cognitive Learning; How is Cognitive Learning the new wave? 
WED/THU: TEST - CHAPTER 6 - Learning; After test - Pick up & work on the FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015; Introduction to Memory
FRI: Introduction to Memory; SAM - Superior Autobiographical Memory Wizards; How memory works and functions - sensory, short-term, long-term stores

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - Quiz - CH 6 - Learning
Wed/Thu this week - TEST - CHAPTER 6 - Learning
Tuesday Next Week - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015

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Monday, November 11, 2019
Quote of the Day: "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu

1. DO NOW: Define Observational Learning. Do video games cause violence?

2. Review Quiz Answers 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - Quiz - CH 6 - Learning
Wed/Thu this week - TEST - CHAPTER 6 - Learning
Tuesday Next Week - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Quote of the Day: "The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection." Thomas Paine

1. DO NOW: Why do we develop a taste aversion to certain foods?

2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Observational/Biological-Evolutionary/Latent/Cognitive Learning

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - Quiz - CH 6 - Learning
Wed/Thu this week - TEST - CHAPTER 6 - Learning
Tuesday Next Week - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
& Thursday, November 14, 2019
Quote of the Day: "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller

1. TEST - CH 6 LEARNING

2. Pick up the FRQ: FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015
Timed-Writing Flip next Tuesday in class. 

3. Introduction to Memory

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - Quiz - CH 6 - Learning
Wed/Thu this week - TEST - CHAPTER 6 - Learning
Tuesday Next Week - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015

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Friday, November 15, 2019
Quote of the Day: "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." - Christopher Reeve

1. DO NOW: Studies show that musicians tend to have a better memory than non-musicians, not just for music, but for words & pictures too. What might explain the reason why musicians have an edge?

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: 
Memory Wizards - Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (video 13 minutes) & Discussion. What can be learned from HSAM persons?

3. Notes & Discussion: 

Memory Models: Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval.
Focus on Encoding & Storage: Attention; Levels of Processing; Enriching Encoding. Sensory/Short-Term/Long-Term Memory.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - Quiz - CH 6 - Learning
Wed/Thu this week - TEST - CHAPTER 6 - Learning
Tuesday Next Week - FRQ Flip - FRQ Timed Writing - Research Methods 2014 & 2015

AP Test Sign Up - Final Numbers 11/1/2019

Agenda: Week of November 4 - 8, 2019

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Chapter 6 - Learning

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - What is "Learning" in Psychology?; Example of Classical Conditioning - Thunder & Lightning; Video: Crash Course Psychology - How To Train a Brain - including questions & discussion.
TUE: Behaviorism "Classical Conditioning" Learning - Classical Conditioning Part I; Pavlov’s Demonstration: “Psychic Reflexes”; Terminology & Procedures, Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life, Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning; Students will cooperatively create their own examples.
WED - Classical Conditioning Part II - Acquisition, Extinction; Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization; Discrimination; What is Operant Conditioning? Comparing Classical & Operant Conditioning; Operant Reinforcement Worksheet Reinforcement or Punishment - for practice. Operant Conditioning Worksheet - for Practice
Learning - Operant Conditioning, Part I - Thorndike, Watson, Skinner. Reinforcement vs. Punishment - PRACTICE 2 Worksheet; Complete as many as possible. We will discuss and go over the answers. (if time); Compare Classical & Operant Conditioning
FRI - **Pep Rally - Humble Game** Shortened Periods Reinforcement Practice: Reinforcement Schedules Worksheet - pickup at bell; Operant Conditioning, Part II

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, Nov. 11: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 - Learning
Next Wed/Thu, Nov. 13 & 14: Test over Ch. 6 - Learning

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Monday, November 4, 2019
Quote: "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus

Agenda:
1. Monday: What is "Learning" in Psychology?

2. DO NOW: Example of Classical Conditioning - Thunder & Lightning
Label the Lightning and Thunder example that we discussed on Friday as:
Lightning - Thunder = Fear

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) and Unconditioned Response (UCR)
Neutral Stimulus (NS) and Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

Conditioned Response

3. Video: Crash Course Psychology - How To Train a Brain 
I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell (and I'm not talking about the Aimee Mann song), but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner Box"? All those questions and more are answered in today's Crash Course Psychology, in which Hank talks about some of the aspects of learning. 

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, Nov. 11: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 - Learning
Next Wed/Thu, Nov. 13 & 14: Test over Ch. 6 - Learning

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Quote: "Great spirits have often overcome violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein, (1879-1955)

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Label Pavlov's Classical Conditioning experiment. 

2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Learning - Classical Conditioning

Learning - Classical Conditioning Part I; Pavlov’s Demonstration: “Psychic Reflexes”

Terminology and Procedures, Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life, Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning

3. Students will cooperatively create their own examples.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, Nov. 11: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 - Learning
Next Wed/Thu, Nov. 13 & 14: Test over Ch. 6 - Learning

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
and Thursday, November 7, 2019
Quote:  "Education survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten." - B.F. Skinner

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Example of classical conditioning...

2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Learning - Comparing Classical & Operant Conditioning; Classical Conditioning Part II - Acquisition, Extinction; Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization; Discrimination. 

3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Learning - Operant Conditioning, Part I - Thorndike, Watson, Skinner. 

4. Reinforcement & Punishment - PRACTICE Worksheet

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, Nov. 11: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 - Learning
Next Wed/Thu, Nov. 13 & 14: Test over Ch. 6 - Learning

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Friday, November 8, 2019
Quote: "The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority." - Stanley Milgram (1933-1984)

**Pep Rally - Humble Game** Shortened Periods
Agenda: 
1. DO NOW: Pick up the handout on Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement Practice: Reinforcement Schedules Worksheet

2. Notes, Discussion, & Video: Operant Conditioning, Part II

ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, Nov. 11: Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 6 - Learning
Next Wed/Thu, Nov. 13 & 14: Test over Ch. 6 - Learning