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 Course Title AP Psychology Angie Weed, Sun Valley High School, UCPS Purpose To learn about the field of Psychology through a semester long in­depth study including notes, projects, assignments and practice assessments. Course Objectives Students will learn about the basic explorations, discoveries and experiments in the field of psychology. Students assess some of the approaches and perspectives of Psychology. Students develop an appreciation for the field of psychology. Textbook Myers Psychology 8th Edition Teacher Resources Psychportal, PsychSim, and Instructor’s Resource Manual for Myer’s textbook. http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers8e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=
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e+psychology AP Released Forms of Psychology Exam Grading Tests and Major Projects ­ 55% Quizzes ­ 25% Homework/Classwork ­ 20% Semester Plan 1 Syllabus Pre Assessment: Chapters 1­3 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science The Story of Psychology Psychology’s Roots Contemporary Psychology Specialities in Psychology, Perspectives, Contributors: Wundt, Darwin, James, Freud, Watson 2 The Story of Psychology Neuroscience and Behavior Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity: Genes & Evolution Dominant & Recessive Genes, Genetic Predispositions, Twin Studies 3 Thinking Critically with Psychological Science 1.1 The Need for Psychological Science 1.2 Description Methodology, Analysis of Psychological Research 4 1.3 Correlation Types of correlations, strength of correlation, scatterplots & relationships, population, samples 1.4 Experimentation Independent Variables, Dependent Variables, Examples of Psychological Experiments, controls, bias, confounding variables 5 1.4 Experimentation Non­experimental methods: observation, case study, surveys, strengths and limitations of each 6 1.5 Statistical Reasoning Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology Types of data, descriptive data: central tendency & standard deviation, statistical significance, ethics in research 7 Neuroscience & Behavior 2.1 Biological Basis of Behavior Hemispheric Specialization, cerebral cortex, brain structures and functions, imaging techniques 8 2.2 The Nervous System & Basic Neuroanatomy Contributors: Galvani, Muller and Cajal, label structures and functions, neural activity, action potential 9 2.4 The Brain Neurotransmitters and Their Influence, effects on behavior, agnostic vs. antagonistic neurochemicals, influence on illness/disorders 10 2.3 The Endocrine System Influence on Behavior, label structures and functions, hormone activity and effects on behavior 11 Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity 3.1 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences 12 3.2 Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature Evolutionary Psychology, review of Nature vs. Nurture 13 3.3 Parents & Peers Identity formation, conformity: parents versus peers 14 3.4 Cultural Influences 15 3.5 Gender Development Influences on gender and development 16 Developing Through the Lifespan 4.1 Prenatal Development and the Newborn Patterns of Development, Teratogens, parental roles 4.2 Infancy and Childhood Maturation and Learning, Cognitive Development, Piaget Development Stages, attachment styles, stranger and separation anxiety, Eriksons 8 stages, Kohlberg’s Morality Development 17 4.3 Adolescence Gender, Physical Development: puberty, eating disorders, Cognitive Development: formal operational stage, metacognition, Social Development: Erikson’s identity formation and conformity 18 4.4 Adulthood Reflections on Major Developmental Issues Adulthood: crystallized vs. fluid intelligence, healthy brain maintenance, alzheimer’s, Social Development: Freud/Psychoanalytic Theory 19 Developmental Lifeline Project Students will analyze their own development through the various stages discussed and showcase changes using one specific idea. For example: A student would use sports as a theme to show and analyze development through the lifespan. 20 Post Assessment: Chapters 1­4 Assessment Objectives: Objectives: Historical Schools/Perspectives, Modern Approaches, Nature of Scientific Inquiry, Research Methods, Ethics, Parts of the brain, Nervous and Endocrine System, Genetics and Heritability, Nature vs. Nurture, Influential Theories (Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg & Gilligan) Infancy ­ Adulthood 21 Sensation 5.1 Sensing the World Some Basic Principles Difference of Sensation and Perception, Thresholds, Adaptation, Subliminal Messaging 5.2 Vision Anatomy of the Eye, Color Vision, cones, color blindness, visual perception 22 5.3 Hearing 23 5.4 Other Senses Anatomy of the Ear, noise, deafness, deaf community, cochlear implants Sense of Touch and Pain, pain receptors, phantom limb, biological connections 24 Perception 6.1 Selective Attention Attention spans, Divided Attention 6.2 Perceptual Illusions 6.3 Perceptual Organization 25 6.4 Perceptual Interpretation 6.5 Is There Extrasensory Perception 26 States of Consciousness 7.1 States of Consciousness/Altered States of Consciousness Levels of consciousness, awareness, stages of the sleep cycle, hypnosis, biofeedback 7.2 Sleep and Dreams Interpreting dreams, Dream Theory: psychoanalytic, biological, cognitive 27 7.3 Drugs and Consciousness Pleasure Centers, Addiction, Withdrawal, drug categories and effects, biological factors 7.4 Near Death Experiences Review 28 Post Assessment: Chapter 5­7 Assessment Objectives: Psychophysics: thresholds and signal detection theory, sensory organs, perception: attention, processing, illusions, states of consciousness, sleeping and dreams, altered states of consciousness, drugs and consciousness 29 Learning 8.1 How do we learn? 8.2 Classical Conditioning Contributors: Pavlov and Watson, components of classical conditioning, identification of components, Pavlov’s dogs 30 8.3 Operant Conditioning Process of operant conditioning, Skinner Box, reinforcement and punishment, identification of consequences 31 8.4 Observational Learning Bandura and modeling, process of social learning, classical operant and social learning ­ connection to thinking 32 Memory 9.1 The Phenomenon of Memory Biology of Memory 9.2 Encoding Information 9.3 Storing Information Atkinson and Schiffrin’s model of memory, Sensory, Short and Long Term Memory, modes of encoding, visual, auditory & semantic 33 9.4 Retrieval of Information Deep vs shallow processing, influence of context, mood and state of mind 9.5 Forgetting Retrieval cues, recall, recognition, tip­of­the­tongue, interference, decay, telephone, eyewitness testimony 9.6 Memory Construction 9.7 Improving Memory Mnemonics 34 Thinking and Language 10.1 Thinking Schemas, algorithms, heuristics, problem solving, decision making 10.2 Language Components of language, early & late exposure, Genie the Wild Child, Theories of Language Development: Chomsky, Skinner and Cognition 35 10.3 Thinking and Language 10.4 Animal Thinking and Language Kohler: Insight Learning, Communication with Animals, Do animals have language 36 Intelligence 11.1 What Is Intelligence? Definitions of Intelligence, Is Intelligence stable? 11.2 Assessing Intelligence Binet ­ Paris school children, IQ, general intelligence vs multiple intelligence, testing intelligence: achievement and aptitude 37 11.3 The Dynamics of Intelligence 11.4 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence Culture, Bias, Ethnicity, Gender, and Intelligence, Intelligence and creativity 38 Post Assessment: Chapter 8­11 Assessment Objectives: Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning, psychological testing, defining intelligence, memory, accuracy of memory ­ Loftus and Schacter, cognition and language ­ Skinner and Comsky 39 Motivation and Work 12.1 Perspectives on Motivation What motivates you? Different Perspectives, Maslow’s Hierarchy, Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic 40 12.2 Hunger 12.3 Sexual Motivation 12.4 The Need to Belong 12.5 Motivation at Work Biology of hunger, obesity, arousal, adolescent sexuality, influence of motives on behavior 41 Emotion 13.1 Theories of Emotion James­Lange, Canon­Bard, Schachter­Singer 42 13.2 Embodied Emotion 13.3 Expressed Emotion 13.4 Experienced Emotion Basic Emotions, Cultural Universals, Emotion as a Physiological Response, lie detector results 43 Stress and Health 14.1 Stress and Illness 14.2 Promoting Health Effects on the immune system, Type A, heart disease 44 Personality 15.1 Psychoanalytic Perspective Sigmund Freud, psychosexual stages, defense mechanisms 45 15.2 The Humanistic Perspective Contributor: Rogers, Unconditional positive regard, ideal self, client centered therapy, self actualization, hierarchy of needs 46 15.3 The Trait Perspective Big 5 Theory, Is a Personality stable & constant or changeable? 47 15.4 The Social Cognitive Perspective 15.5 Exploring the Self Bandura: reciprocal determinism, locus of control, learned helplessness 48 Post Assessment: Chapter 12­15 Assessment Objectives: Motivational Concepts, Maslow, Hunger and eating disorders, fear, anger, happiness, Darwin, Ekman, James­Lange, Schacter­Singer, Freud, Jung Adler, five factor model, Myers­Briggs, Maslow and Rogers ­ humanistic perspective, Bandura ­ social cognitive perspective 49 Psychological Disorders 16.1 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders 16.2 Anxiety Disorders criteria of abnormal behavior, culture bound syndromes, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, OCD, PTSD 50 16.3 Mood Disorders Bipolar Disorder: symptoms and causes, seasonal affective disorder, postpartum depression 51 16.4 Schizophrenia symptoms and types 52 16. 5 Personality Disorders 16.6 Rates of Psychological Disorders Types, symptoms, and causes, antisocial personality disorder 53 Therapy 17.1 The Psychological Therapies History of therapies, early treatments, innovators 54 17.2 Evaluating Psychotherapies 17.3 The Biomedical Therapies Psychoanalysis: transference, free association and hypnosis, brain surgery, ECT 55 17.4 Preventing Disorders/Therapy Client Centered Therapy, active listening, behavioral therapies, systematic desensitization, aversion therapy, cognitive therapy, cognitive­behavioral therapy, group therapies 56 Social Psychology 18.1 Social Thinking Attitudes and formation, attributes, errors and the effect on behavior 57 18.2 Social Influence Asch and influential errors, milgram and related research, group influence 58 18.3 Social Relations Attraction and love, cultural variations in attractiveness, prosocial behavior, bystander effect, altruism 59 Social Psychology Analysis/Group Project Conformity to upperclassmen, break conformity and record and analyze reactions 60 61­63 Post Assessment: Chapter 16­18 Assessment Objectives: Approacheds to abnormality, deviance, classifying disorders (DSM), major categories of disorders, major approaches to psychotherapy, evaluation of therapy (Eysenck), attitudes and behavior, group influence, prejudice and scapegoating, altruism vs bystander effect Review