Agenda: Last 2 weeks of school May 27 - June 6, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Review Week & Final Exam

WEEK at a Glance:
MON - No School - Memorial Day
TUE - Video Project - watch examples & collect final projects; College Plans
WED/THU - Work on Legacy Project with Mr. Duez; Brain Games Episode "Follow the Leader"
FRI - Work on Legacy Project with Mr. Duez; Revealing Psychology Videos - Prep for Finals.

Last week of the school year...
MON & TUE - Review for Final Exams
WED - Finals 1, 2, 5 - None in WHAP
THU - Finals 3, 6
FRI - Finals 7, 4
DONE! 

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE:

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Quote: "And we shall shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun." - John Lennon

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: At this time, what college or university do you plan on attending? What are your options for a course of study/major?
2. Video Project: Collect final projects for video project. Watch them in class and discuss.
3. Discuss how to review for Final Exam. 

Don't sleep on U of H. It is quickly becoming a world class university.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 and Thursday, May 30, 2013
Quote: "Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What do you want your legacy to be?
2. Legacy Project: We will work in groups and then individually to produce letters detailing for next year's Psych students ways to succeed in the class. Tips, Tricks, & How to Survive. We will turn this into a quick video and have some fun with it.
3. Work on Legacy Project with Mr. Duez
4. Brain Games Video: Follow the Leader  -  Everyone likes to think they're unique, but like it or not, much of your behavior is influenced by copying other people. We're going to to discover whether your brain is a born leader or a born follower.

The summer reading assignment for AP Psychology.

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Friday, May 31, 2013
Quote: "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What surprised you most about Brain Games: "Follow the Leader"?
2. Revealing Psychology Videos - Review for exam by watching the Revealing Psychology Series and discussing the experiments.
Class will choose which of the video choices they would like to watch & discuss.

Great show!

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Monday, June 3, 2013
Quote: "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." - Dalai Lama

Agenda:
1. REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Quote: “People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.” - George Carlin

Agenda:
1. Last Day - Photos and Fun.
2. REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM.

What are your plans this summer? There is so much to do in Houston, right in our backyard.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Through Friday, June 7th, 2013
Quote: “As they say in my hometown, Don't Forget To Be Awesome." - John Green

Thanks for a GREAT SEMESTER! 

Agenda:
1. Final Exams

Agenda: May 5 - May 9, 2014

 Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez
REVIEW FOR AP TEST & AP TEST MAY 5th!
AP Test Review & Preparation; And RELIEF!

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Practice Test Corrections; Last Minute Prep for the AP Test
TUE: AP Test Reflection; Turn in Practice Test Corrections. "Inspiration" 
FRI: Documentary Video: Placebo Effect

We have a VERY modified schedule due to End of Course Testing:
I will only see 1st and 3rd periods on Monday, Tuesday, & Friday.

Just kidding... Just do your best.

Mon:
1 - 7:25 - 8:11
3 - 9:43 - 10:32
AP TESTERS:  
Go to A Lunch.
Then head to the LGI you have been assigned to on Monday. 
Do not go to 5th Period Class.

Tue:
1 - 7:25 - 9:17
3 - 9:24 - 11:20

Fri:
1st - 7:25 - 8:16
3rd - 9:20 - 10:15

Good luck on your AP & EOC tests this week.

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Monday May 5, 2014
Quote: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." – Amelia Earhart

50 Minute Class Period!
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Last minute questions about AP Test.
2. Test Corrections: Work on the AP Practice test and write out corrections for missed questions. Those are due on Tuesday at the end of the period.
3.Good luck on the test today! Last Minute Questions & Tips.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Quote: "The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now." –Bill Cosby

2 Hour Class Period!
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: How did the AP Test go? What was the most difficult category for you? What should Mr. Duez spend more time on next year? (remember we can't talk specifics about test questions. The FRQ will be released sometime in May and we can talk about those questions then.)
2. Finish AP Test Corrections.
3. Documentary Video: Placebo Effect.

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Friday, May 9, 2014
Quote: "Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." –Teddy Roosevelt

50 Minute Class Period!
Agenda:
1. DO NOW:
2. Documentary Video: The Psychology of the Dark Knight: Batman Unmasked

AP Psychology 2013 Test Breakdown

Credit to Steve Jones & Nancy Dieh from the Teaching Psych Blog.

We will breakdown the areas of strength and weakness on Friday & Monday during class. This sheet will be due with your corrections.

2013 AP PSYCHOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC - ITEM ANALYSIS SHEET

How to use it?

If you scored 100% correct on the bio questions but only 1/2 of the sensation & perception questions, then you know how to focus your last few days of review.

Agenda: Week of April 28 - May 2, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

AP Review Week

THE AP PSYCHOLOGY TEST IS NEXT MONDAY MAY 5! 

One week to go! 

CLICK HERE FOR AP-TEST-REVIEW

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Monday April 28, 2014
Quote: "Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend." - Corey Ford

Agenda:
1. AP Psychology Review in competitive teams.
We will do segments of released AP Tests, Cover possible Timed-Writing prompts, watch some video clips, and review the semester of Psychology.

CLICK HERE FOR AP-TEST-REVIEW

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Tuesday, April 27, 2014
Quote: “If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them." - Phil Pastoret

Agenda:
1. AP Psychology Review in competitive teams.
We will do segments of released AP Tests, Cover possible Timed-Writing prompts, watch some video clips, and review the semester of Psychology.

CLICK HERE FOR AP-TEST-REVIEW
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 & Thursday May 1, 2014
Quote: “I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.” - Ray Bradbury

Agenda:
1. We will take a 100 question AP Psychology Practice Test in 70 minutes.
2. After the test, we will grade it in class and review the questions.

CLICK HERE FOR AP-TEST-REVIEW

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Friday, May 2, 2014
Quote: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Edison

Agenda:
1. Student driven review over the practice tests, possible free response questions, and whatever else students want to discuss to prepare for Monday's test.
2. Focus on past FRQ prompts. Quick write planning and practice. Look over scoring rubrics and past results.

CLICK HERE FOR AP-TEST-REVIEW

Agenda: Week of April 21 - April 25, 2014

Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 6: Psychological Disorders & Treatment -and- Social Psychology

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Quiz Social Psychology; What is Altruism?  Conformity, Compliance, & Aggression
TUE: Social Psych: Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Milgram, Ashe Conformity Test, & Stanford Prison Experiment
WED/THU: TEST UNIT 6; FRQ Review
FRI: AP Review - Emphasis on FRQ Review
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TARGETS - Unit 6 - Social Psychology
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 judgments 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.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Quote:"When somethings dark, let me shed a little light on it
When somethings cold, let me put a little fire on it
If somethings old, I wanna put a bit of shine on it
When somethings gone, I wanna fight to get it back again" 
- The Fixer, Pearl Jam. Lyrics by Eddie Vedder

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Quiz Unit 6: Social Psychology
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: What is Altruism?  Conformity, Compliance, & Aggression

TEST IS WED/THU OVER UNIT 6.
STUDY NOTES & TARGET SHEETS

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Quote: "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

1. DO NOW: Compare Conformity and Obedience - What is the difference between the two?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion:  Social Psych: Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Milgram, Ashe Conformity Test, & Stanford Prison Experiment

TEST IS WED/THU OVER UNIT 6.
STUDY NOTES & TARGET SHEETS

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 & Thursday, April 24, 2014
Quote: "An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind." - John Cougar Mellencamp, Minutes To Memories

Agenda:

1. DO NOW: Prep for Test Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders & Treatment; And Social Psychology

2. TEST: Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders & Treatment; And Social Psychology

3. AP REVIEW - FRQ: Get FRQ back from last timed writing. Review good & bad points. Work on tips to improve.

Mr. Duez grew up listening to DVE in Pittsburgh. Still Rockin Since 1969. Listen Here

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Friday, April 25, 2014
Quote: "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." - Rush, Freewill. Lyrics by Geddy Lee; Alex Lifeson, & Neil Elwood Peart

1. DO NOW: Pick up Review Handout over FRQs and AP Guide.

2. AP REVIEW - FRQ - Look at every FRQ ever done. Notice any patterns?

Agenda: Week of April 14 - April 18, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders & Treatment; Social Psychology

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Psych Disorders - DID, Schizophrenia
TUE: Psych Disorders - Finish with Personality Disorders; Intro to Social Psychology
WED/THU: Quiz over Psychological Disorders & Treatment; After - continue with Social Psychology
FRI: No School - A "Good" Friday!

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS & TREATMENT:
Learning Targets:
* The (DSM) Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders is the handbook used by mental health professionals to diagnose psychiatric disorders.
* There are many types of disorders, but they all involve debilitation that makes routine life situations difficult.
* Schizophrenia is not dissociative identity disorder. It is a disorder that involves a break with reality and auditory hallucinations.
* Personality disorders are the most difficult disorders to diagnose and treat. The most common treatment is medication (most have side effects).
* Medication is effective as a treatment, but it is often combined with a form of “talk therapy” to provide a more complete therapeutic technique.
* Behavioral and cognitive therapists are very popular forms of “talk therapy.”
* Freudian therapy, though well known, is not utilized much anymore.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:
Learning Targets:
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.

Essential Questions:
* What are the six commonly referred to types of psychological disorder?
* What treatment options exist for each type of disorder?
* How does client-centered therapy compare to psychoanalytic?
* 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?

Christian Bale's Batman - The Dark Knight has demons.

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Monday, April 14, 2014
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." - Neil deGrasse Tyson @NeilTyson

Agenda:
1.  DO NOW: What is the difference between Paranoid, Catatonic, & Disorganized Schizophrenia
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Psych Disorders & Treatment

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is the difference between Borderline Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder?
2. Notes, Video, Discuss: Finish Psych Disorders & Treatment - Personality Disorders
3. Introduction to Social Psychology: Second 1/2 of period.

Fundamental Attribution Error: We often believe that someone acts because of who he is, not because of the situation.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 & Thursday, April 17, 2014

I can't believe I read the whole thing!
Quote: "A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Quiz over Psych Disorders & Treatment
2. QUIZ: Unit 6.1 - Psych Disorders & Treatment
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Social Psychology, intro
* 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.

Social Psychology & "The White Out" - why do crowds impact our behavior, especially when in 'uniform'?

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Friday, April 18, 2014
GOOD FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL.
It is indeed a "Good" Friday!
See you on Monday.

Quiz on Monday; Test on Thursday next week over Unit 6.

Agenda: Week of April 7 - April 11, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders - Treatment & Social Psychology

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Return FRQs, Discuss new FRQ Question - due Friday (timed writing)
Intro to Psych Disorders - Anxiety (GAD, Phobic, PTSD, Panic, OCD)
TUE: Psych Disorders; Types - Anxiety (GAD, Phobic, PTSD, Panic, OCD)
WED/THU: Psych Disorders; Types - Dissociative Disorders, Somatoform, Mood, Schizophrenia. 
Personality Disorders; Treatments for Psych Disorders
FRI: FRQ Timed Writing

Quiz: Friday, April 17, 2015
Test: Friday, April 24, 2015

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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 7, 2014
Quote: “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” - Carl Jung

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What is a Psychological Disorder? What earns a classification of Mental Illness?
2. Pass Back FRQ; Discuss Next FRQ (due Friday - timed writing)
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to Unit 6 - Psych Disorders & Abnormal Behavior. Discuss the "Case of Royce White"
The 6 Categories of Psych Disorder, Videos portraying each, discussion of types of therapies that would be appropriate.
3. Discuss FRQ - best practices, how to. FRQ TIPS AND TRICKS

Assignments:
FRQ Timed Writing on Friday. 
FRQ TIPS AND TRICKS
Prepare for quiz and test by reading the notes, target sheets, your textbook, and preparing to understand Psych Disorders & Social Psych.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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. DO NOW: What are the main types of Psychological Disorders?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Psych Disorders & Treatment, continued. 
The 6 Categories of Psych Disorder, Videos portraying each, discussion of types of therapies that would be appropriate.
Psych Disorders; Types - Anxiety (GAD, Phobic, PTSD, Panic, OCD)

Assignments:
FRQ Timed Writing on Friday.
FRQ TIPS AND TRICKS
Prepare for quiz and test by reading the notes, target sheets, your textbook, and preparing to understand Psych Disorders & Social Psych.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -and- Thursday, April 10, 2014
Quote: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Is the ultimate cause of psych disorders/abnormal behavior biological in nature? If so is the ultimate cure then a medical one?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Psych Disorders & Treatment
Psych Disorders; Types - Dissociative Disorders, Somatoform, Mood, Schizophrenia. 
Personality Disorders; Treatments for Psych Disorders

Assignments:
FRQ Timed Writing on Friday.
FRQ TIPS AND TRICKS
Prepare for quiz and test by reading the notes, target sheets, your textbook, and preparing to understand Psych Disorders & Social Psych.

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Friday, April 11, 2014
Quote: "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela

Agenda:
1. FRQ Timed Writing - Mr. Duez will flip a coin between two questions.
Student will have the entire period to write out the answer to one FRQ.

Assignments:
Prepare for quiz and test by reading the notes, target sheets, your textbook, and preparing to understand Psych Disorders & Social Psych.

FRQ - Timed Writing - This Friday

FRQ Timed Writing this Friday.
You can prep for both questions, but I will flip a coin and that will decide which question you have to write.

Here are the questions:
LINK TO THE PDF

Advanced Placement Psychology - Mr. Duez Free Response Questions
It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the question posed, using appropriate psychology terminology.

FRQ #1:
1. For each of the following pairs of terms, explain how the placement or location of the first influences the process indicated by the second.

• Rods, peripheral vision
• A list of unrelated words, word recall
• Serotonin, reduction of depression
• Retinal disparity, depth perception
• Motor cortex, body movement
• Presence of others, performance
• Proximity, perception

FRQ #2:
2. At a schoolwide pep rally preceding a big game at Williams James High School, each grade has a designated t-shirt color and seating area in the bleachers. Student leaders organize classes so that their colored shirts combine to form the school flag. The coach gives an exciting speech, the cheerleaders perform a routine, and the band plays the school song while the students sing in unison.

Explain the behavior and perceptions of the participants in the pep rally using the concepts below. Be sure to apply the concepts to the scenario in your explanation.

• Cocktail party effect
• Conformity
• Deindividuation
• Figure ground
• Occipital lobe
• Procedural memory
• Sympathetic nervous system

Notes: Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders - Treatment

YouTube: Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders - Treatment
Notes: Unit 6 - Psychological Disorders - Treatment

Agenda: Week of March 31 - April 4, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 5: Motivation & Emotion; Development

WEEK AT A GLANCE:

MON/TUE: Quiz, Unit 5 - Motivation & Emotion; Development; The Teen Brain.
WED/THU: TEST Unit 5; FRQ choices for April 11th.
FRI: Documentary Video Study
SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULE THIS WEEK.

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Early Development:
A baby’s beginnings
How a child develops physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally
The influences of friends and family
Adolescence:
How adolescence is defined across cultures
The biological and cognitive development that sets the stage for psychological changes
The social context in which adolescents develop
Challenges and possible crises facing adolescents today
Adulthood and Aging:
The stages of adulthood
Physiological and cognitive changes in adulthood
Concerns related to aging

PART 1 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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.

Essential Questions:
1. How do Piaget & Vygotsky differ in their theories about development?
2. How do researchers conclude: For girls early maturation is particularly difficult, while for boys late maturation is especially hard.
3. Compare Social and Cognitive Theories of Development.
4. How does Piaget explain development in children?
5. What do critics of Piaget point to as evidence of his theory having limitations?
6. Compare assimilation and accommodation.
7. Analyze the milestone of a child's development. How does a human being accumulate the skills and abilities needed to survive in a very complex world?

Mr. Duez: 40 years difference... yet so much is the same. :)

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Monday, March 31, 2014 & Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Quote: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."  -William James

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for Quiz
2. Reading Check Quiz: Unit 5 - Motivation & Emotion.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Development - Infant to Child & Child to Adolescent
4. Video Documentary: The Teen Brain - Catalyst show that looks at how the teen brain compares to that of the adult.
SciShow: The Teenage Brain Explained
Body Story: Episode 4: Teen Dreams
Follow the flow of hormones from pituitary glands on through the bloodstream of two young teens, Darren and Natalie, as the dramatic effects of puberty unfold.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 & Thursday, April 3, 2014
Quote: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” - Abraham Lincoln

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep for TEST - Unit 5 - Motivation & Emotion; Development
2. TEST Unit 5 - Motivation & Emotion; Development
3. After Test Pick up the article: Science of Feelings Due on Friday.
4. Also pick up the CCOT handout to prepare for the Friday, April 11 Timed Writing.

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Friday, April 4, 2014
Quote: “Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” - Robert H. Schuller

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Instructions on board
Students will take 2 column notes during the video. These will be used for discussion tomorrow and in the future when we come to the Unit that focuses on Authority, Conformity, and Obedience.
Please take 2 column notes, in the right column - jot down quick notes as you watch the video and the experiment. After the video ends, write your thoughts in the left column.

Focus on these questions:
Before watching the video, what are your thoughts about this quote by Milgram:
"The social psychology of this century reveals a major lesson: often it is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act." –Stanley Milgram, 1974

I. What are your thoughts after seeing the video? Did they change at all?
II. Why did so many of the participants in this experiment perform a seemingly sadistic act on the instruction of an authority figure? 
2. Video: Milgram Experiment Documentary - ABC News
Also, you can check out Derren Brown's Milgram Experiment.

Agenda: Week of March 24 - March 28, 2014

Advanced Placement Psychology with Mr. Duez

Unit 5: Motivation & Emotion; Development

Week at a Glance:
MON: Article Due: Dreams; Physiology of Hunger; Theories/Critiques of Motivation
TUE: Components of Motivation; Instinct Theory; Drive-Reduction Theory; Arousal Theory.
WED/THU: Theories of Emotion; Development Infant to Child; Adolescent to Adult 
FRI: Development Part II - Infant to Child
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Learning Targets:
1. Human motivation is complex, and while there are a number of theories, none by itself sufficiently explains our behavior.
2. Biological motivation includes the role of the hypothalamus, which maintains a state called homeostasis.
3. Theories of social motivation, including the need for achievement and the hierarchy of needs, show the importance of understanding motivation in the context of our environments.
4. Emotions can be explained through a variety of theoretical perspectives, each arguing that emotion emerges in conjunction with physiological response to stimuli.

Essential Questions:
- How and why people are motivated?
- Name the different types of motivation, theories, and importance.
- The importance of emotion in human behavior: How can understanding how fear works biologically help me improve my reaction to traumatic situations?

Motivation... it's like "Living in a van, down by the river."

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Monday, March 24, 2014
Quote: "Fold the worst events in your life into a narrative of triumph." - Andrew Solomon

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Prepare Dreams article to turn in at beginning of period. Also:
Explain how this statement is possible: People who have had their stomachs removed still feel hunger.
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Physiology of Hunger; Hypothalamus; Set Point Theory; Leptin Theory; Homeostasis; Biological Factors of Hunger.

It has always been there. Did you learn nothing in World History?

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Quote: "Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear." - Brian Tracy

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What are the components that make up motivation?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Components of Motivation; Instinct Theory; Drive-Reduction Theory; Arousal Theory.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: MOTIVATION & EMOTION: Intrinsic Motivation, Leadership, Human Sexuality, Part III

Like father, like son. What makes us so much like our parents? Nature or Nurture?

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Wednesday, March 26 and Thursday, March 27, 2014
Quote: "Do not look where you fell but where you slipped." - Proverb

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Which theory of motivation that we have discussed, do you believe is the best or closest to explaining motivation?
2. Introduction to Emotion: Theories of Motivation

3. Introduction to Development: Critical stages of embryonic development; maturation; & social development.

Mr. Duez meets Aidan Ichiro Duez. October 27, 2004. Development is an amazing thing!

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Development: Infant to Child; Adolescent to Adult

Learning Targets:

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.

Essential Questions:

- Compare Social and Cognitive Theories of Development.

- How does Piaget explain development in children?

- What do critics of Piaget point to as evidence of his theory having limitations?

- Compare assimilation and accommodation.

Four generations of Duez. My dad, Goldie - Mr. Duez's grandmother, Mr. Duez, & Aidan at a very young age.

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Friday, March 28, 2014
Quote: "Some people skate to the puck. I skate to where the puck is going to be." - Wayne Gretzky

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Why do children develop a special attachment to their mothers?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Development Infant to Child: Theories from Harlow, Piaget, Kohlberg