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November/December
2016
AP Psychology Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
28
No School – Thanksgiving Break
29
Diagnostic Pre-Test
5
Unit 1 Vocabulary Exam
Neural Communication
8
Correlational Research Methods
Myers’ Reading (29-33)
14
20
21
Studying the Brain & Older Brain
Structures
Myers’ Reading (66-73)
The Cerebral Cortex
Language & the Brain
Myers’ Reading (74-82)
Unit 3A Vocabulary Exam
40 Studies “Reading 23 –
Watching Your Emotions?”
40 Studies “Reading 2 – More
Experience = Bigger Brain”
27
No Classes – Winter Break
28
No Classes – Winter Break
Experimental Research
Myers’ Reading (34-36)
16
Neural Communication
Myers’ Reading (51-55)
22
The Nervous System &
The Endocrine System
Myers’ Reading (59-63)
26
9
15
Unit 2 Exam – Research Methods
Unit 1 Subtest
Analyzing Qualitative &
Quantitative Data
Unit 2 Vocabulary Exam
2
Introduction to the Free Response
7
13
19
1
Psychology’s Subfields
Myers’ Reading (12-15)
The Need for Psychological Science
&
Descriptive Research Methods
Myers’ Reading (19-29)
Ethics in Research
Myers’ Reading (44-46)
Friday
30
Syllabus & Course Introduction
History and Approaches to
Psychological Science
Myers’ Reading (1-11)
Unit 1 Exam – Psychology’s
History & Approaches
Central Tendency, Variation, &
Inferences
Myers’ Reading (37-43)
Thursday
6
12
No Classes – Winter Break
Wednesday
23
Dual Processing & Divided Brain
Myers’ Reading (82-91)
40 Studies “Reading 1 – One Brain
or Two?”
Unit 3B Vocabulary Exam
29
No Classes – Winter Break
30
No Classes – Winter Break
January
2017
AP Psychology Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
2
No Classes – Winter Break
Wednesday
3
Build-a-Brain Presentations
9
Selective Attention & Thresholds
Myers’ Reading (115-124)
16
No School – MLK Day
Behavior Genetics & Twin/Adoption
Studies
Evolutionary Psychology & Mating
Myers’ Reading (103-110)
40 Studies “Reading 26 – Masculine
or Feminine…or Both?”
Unit 3C Vocabulary Exam
11
12
30
31
Reinforcement Schedules
Myers’ Reading (228-241)
Hearing & Ear Anatomy
Myers’ Reading (133-140)
18
Extrasensory Perception
Myers’ Reading (166-169)
Unit 4 Vocabulary Exam
24
Psychoactive Drugs
Myers’ Reading (197-209)
40 Studies “Reading 8 – Acting As If
You are Hypnotized”
Unit 5 Vocabulary Exam
Operant Conditioning
Myers’ Reading (228-232)
40 Studies “Reading 11 – Knock
Wood!”
Behavior Genetics & Twin/Adoption
Studies
Myers’ Reading (94-103)
40 Studies “Reading 3 – Are You a
Natural?”
17
23
Dreams & Hypnosis
Myers’ Reading (187- 196)
5
Visual Information Processing
Myers’ Reading (128-133)
Perceptual Organization
Myers’ Reading (151-165)
40 Studies “Reading 4 – Watch Out
for the Visual Cliff”
Friday
4
10
Vision & Eye Anatomy
Myers’ Reading (124-128)
Thursday
Unit 3 Exam – Biological Bases of
Behavior
Unit 2 Subtest
13
Touch, Taste, & Smell
Myers’ Reading (141-150)
19
20
Sleep
Myers’ Reading (175-187)
40 Studies “Reading 6 – To Sleep,
No Doubt To Dream”
Unit 4 Exam – Sensation &
Perception
Unit 3 Subtest
25
Unit 5 Exam – Consciousness
Unit 4 Subtest
6
26
Classical Conditioning
Myers’ Reading (215-222)
40 Studies “Reading 9 – It’s Not Just
About Salivating Dogs”
27
Classical Conditioning
Myers’ Reading (223-227)
40 Studies “Reading 10 – Little
Emotional Albert”
February
2017
AP Psychology Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Observational Learning
Myers’ Reading (242-249)
40 Studies “Reading 12 – See
Aggression…Do Aggression”
Unit 6 Vocabulary Exam
6
Memory Storage
Myers’ Reading (266-274)
13
Language Development
Myers’ Reading (313-322)
Unit 7B Vocabulary Exam
20
No School – President’s Day
Attachment & Gender
Myers’ Reading (426-441)
40 Studies “Reading 17 –
Discovering Love”
Memory Construction & Improving
Memory
Myers’ Reading (285-294)
Unit 7A Vocabulary Exam
15
Motivational Theories & Hunger
Myers’ Reading (327-336)
21
Emotion, Stress, & Health
Myers’ Reading (384-406)
Unit 8B Vocabulary Exam
27
8
14
Unit 7 Exam – Cognitive
Psychology
Unit 6 Subtest
22
Unit 8 Exam – Motivation,
Emotion, Stress, & Health
Unit 5 Subtest
28
Brain & Physical Development
Myers’ Reading (441-450)
40 Studies “Reading 19 – How Moral
Are You?”
2
Unit 6 Exam – Learning
Unit 3 Subtest
7
Retrieval & Forgetting
Myers’ Reading (275-784)
40 Studies “Reading 16 – Thanks for
the Memories”
Friday
3
Information Processing & Encoding
Myers’ Reading (255-265)
40 Studies “Reading 15 – Maps In
Your Mind”
9
Thinking & Problem Solving
Myers’ Reading (298-302)
40 Studies “Reading 7 – As a
Category, It’s a Natural”
10
Obstacles to Problem Solving
Myers’ Reading (302-312)
16
Eating Disorders & The Psych of Sex
Myers’ Reading (337-362)
40 Studies “Reading 21 – A Sexual
Motivation”
Unit 8A Vocabulary Exam
23
Prenatal & Infant Development
Myers’ Reading (411-417)
40 Studies “Reading 5 – Take a Long
Look”
17
Theories of Emotion
Myers’ Reading (366-384)
40 Studies “Reading 22 – I Can See
It All Over Your Face”
24
Piaget & Cognitive Development
Myers’ Reading (417-426)
40 Studies “Reading 18 – Out of
Sight, But Not Out of Mind”
March
2017
AP Psychology Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Erickson & Social Development
Myers’ Reading (450-453)
6
Unit 9 Exam – Developmental
Psychology
Unit 7 Subtest
13
Defining Intelligence &
Contemporary Theories
Myers’ Reading (523-531)
40 Studies “Reading 14 – Just How
Are You Intelligent”
20
Unit 11 Exam – Intelligence
Unit 2 Subtest
The Psychoanalytic Perspective
Myers’ Reading (479-490)
40 Studies “Reading 28 – The One,
The Many”
40 Studies “Reading 30 – You’re
Getting Defensive Again”
8
Humanistic Perspective & Trait
Theory
Myers’ Reading (490-503)
40 Studies “Reading 35 –
Projections of Who You Are” &
“Reading 36 – Picture This”
15
Assessing Intelligence
Myers’ Reading (532-543)
40 Studies “Reading 13 – What You
Expect is What You Get”
Genetic & Environmental Influences
of Intelligence
Myers’ Reading (544-556)
Unit 11 Vocabulary Exam
21
28
The Psychological Therapies
Myers’ Reading (605-628)
40 Studies “Reading 34 – Relaxing
Your Fears Away”
2
End of Term B
Adulthood & Aging
Myers’ Reading (453-473)
40 Studies “Reading 20 – In Control
and Glad of It!”
Unit 9 Vocabulary Exam
14
Defining & Classifying Disorders
Myers’ Reading (561-568)
40 Studies “Reading 29 – Who’s
Crazy Here, Anyway?”
27
Unit 12 Exam – Abnormal
Psychology
Unit 10 Subtest
7
Friday
Social Cognitive Perspective & Self
Myers’ Reading (503-518)
40 Studies “Reading 25 – Are You
The Master of Your Fate” & Reading
27 – Racing Against Your Hear”
Unit 10 Vocabulary Exam
10
Unit 10 Exam – Personality
Unit 8 Subtest
16
No School – Conference Day
17
No School – Conference Day
23
Somatic, Dissociative, & Mood
Disorders
Myers’ Reading (576-589)
40 Studies “Reading 31 – Learning
to Be Depressed”
29
Biomedical Therapies
Myers’ Readings (628-638)
40 Studies “Reading 33 – Choosing
Your Psychotherapist”
No School – Inservice Day
9
22
Anxiety Disorders
Myers’ Reading (569-576)
40 Studies “Reading 32 – Crowding
Into the Behavioral Sink”
3
24
Schizophrenia & Personality
Disorders
Myers’ Reading (589-600)
Unit 12 Vocabulary Exam
30
Biomedical Therapies
Unit 13 Vocabulary Exam
31
Unit 13 Exam – Treatment of
Psychological Disorders
Unit 3 Subtest
April
2017
AP Psychology Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
3
Attributions, Attitudes, &
Actions
Myers’ Reading (643-650)
40 Studies “Reading 38 – The
Power of Conformity”
Conformity, Obedience, &
Influence
Myers’ Reading (650-664)
40 Studies “Reading 24 –
Thoughts Out of Tune”
40 Studies “Reading 40 –
Obey at Any Cost”
17
24
Exam Review – Free Response
Prejudice, Aggression, &
Violence
Myers’ Reading (664-677)
40 Studies “Reading 37 “– A
Prison By Any Other Name
Unit 14 Exam – Social
Psychology
Unit 9 Subtest
14
No School – Spring Break
20
Exam Review – Content
Review
26
Final Exam M.C.
7
13
19
25
Exam Review – Free
Response
Attraction, Altruism, &
Peacemaking
Myers’ Reading (678-692)
40 Studies “Reading 39 – To
Help or Not to Help”
Unit 14 Vocabulary Exam
No School – Spring Break
Exam Review – Content Review
Saturday
6
12
No School – Spring Break
18
Diagnostic Post-Test
Friday
5
11
No School – Inservice Day
No School – Spring Break
Thursday
4
10
No School – Inservice Day
Wednesday
21
Exam Review – Content
Review
27
Final Exam F.R.
28
Exam Review
29
Super Saturday Review
Session
May
2017
AP Psychology Calendar
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
30
Super Sunday
Review Session
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
Saturday
5
6
12
13
AP Psychology Exam
7
No School - Prom
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
No School – Memorial
Day