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Lee Sterling III, M.Ed. ABD for Ph.D. in Educational Psychology – University of Houston GPISD email - [email protected] RM 425 -- School Phone: 832-386-4100 xt 4185 Tutorials – Mondays and Tuesdays 2:45-4:00 and some Saturdays 8am-2:30 pm. Moodle Login code: psyche or Psyche – try both Remind (text message reminder system for students and parents) AP Psychology class code - @533fc AP Psychology Syllabus AP Psychology is scheduled as one year long (2 semester) course. Each class meets for 45 minutes each week day. Not everyone who takes AP Psychology is recommended to take the AP Test. For those students qualifying to take the AP exam, after school AP preparatory courses may be required. Course Objectives Students of Psychology develop their knowledge of the objectives of psychology while also understanding that there are seven themes that are related to Psychology as a field of study: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Psychology is empirical. Psychology is theoretically diverse. Psychology evolves in a socio-historical context. Behavior is determined by multiple causes. Behavior is shaped by cultural heritage. Heredity and environment jointly influence behavior. People’s experience of the world is highly subjective. This course provides instruction in empirically supported psychological facts, research findings, terminology, associated phenomena, major figures, perspectives, and psychological experiments. Resources for Teaching AP Psychology 1. Text: David G. Meyers, Psychology (Ninth Edition, 2010), with instructor’s resource manual, study guide, and test bank. 2. Various psychology articles drawn from journals, periodicals, newspapers, and online. 3. 2000-2014 AP Psychology Released Exams Free-Response Questions. 4. AP Psychology Exam Prep Workbooks (various) 5. Supplemental Reading: Roger R. Hock, Forty Studies that Changed Psychology (7th Edition, 2012) Grading Policy Quizzes, Daily and Homework assignments 30% Major projects and unit exams 70% At the end of each semester the average of the three 6 week grading periods will equal 84%, and the semester final exam will weigh 16% of the semester grade. Late work will be handled according to district AP policy. Course Outline Beginning of 1st Six Weeks I. History and Approaches - Prologue (1 Week) Historical Schools: Functionalism vs. Structuralism Modern Approaches: Behaviorist, Psycho-dynamic, Cognitive, Humanistic, Evolutionary, Neuroscience II. Research Methodology - Chapter 1 (1 Week) Nature of Scientific Inquiry: Sources of bias and error Research Methods: Introspection, observation, survey, psychological testing, controlled experiments Statistics: Central tendency, variance, significance, correlation Ethics in Research: Human participants, animal subjects III. Biological Bases for Behavior: Neuroscience Chapter 2 (2 Weeks) Neuron: Neuronal and synaptic transmission, psychopharmacology, drug abuse Brain: Research methodology, neuron-anatomy, brain development and hemispheric specialization Nervous System: Structural and functional organization Endocrine System: Anatomy, HPA-axis, and immune system Genetics and Heritability aging, END OF FIRST SIX WEEKS Beginning of 2st Six Weeks IV. States of Consciousnes Chapter 3 (1 Week) States of Consciousness: Waking, sleep and dreaming, hypnosis, altered states V. Developmental Psychology – Chapters 4 and 5 (2 Weeks) Physical development of infants and children from conception to puberty. Emotional, personality and cognitive development of infants and children Influential Theories: Erikson and personality, Piaget and cognitive development, Freud and psycho-social development, Kohlberg and moral development, Gilligan and gender differentiation Methodology: Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies Nature vs. Nurture (maturation versus learning) VI. Sensation and Perception - Chapter 6 (2 Weeks) Psychophysics: Thresholds (absolute, difference, Weber’s constants), signal detection theory Sensory Organs and Transduction: Visual (including color vision and feature detection), auditory, olfactory, gustatory, touch (including kinesthetic and vestibular) Perception: Attention, processing, illusions (including Gestalt psychology), and camouflage END OF SECOND SIX WEEKS Beginning of 3rd Six Weeks VII. Learning Chapter 7 (2 Weeks) Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s demonstration, terminology, procedures, and basic processes Operant Conditioning: Skinner’s demonstration, terminology, procedures, basic processes, reinforcement and punishment. Observational learning: processes VIII. Memory, Cognition, and Language and Thought - Chapters 8 and 9 (3 Weeks) Memory: Information processing, storage, retrieval, multiple memory systems Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curves Cognition: Problem solving and heuristics; types of problems and problem solving approaches; influence of culture and cognitive style Language: Skinner and Chomsky: structure, acquisition, development; use of language in culture END OF THIRD SIX WEEKS END OF FIRST SEMESTER Beginning of 4th Six Weeks IX. Intelligence and Psychological Testing Chapter 10 (1 Week) Psychological Testing: Methodology, norms, reliability, validity Intelligence: Defining intelligence, history of intelligence and aptitude testing, naturenurture issues X. Motivation and Emotions Chapters 11 & 12 (3 Weeks) Motivational Concepts: primary and secondary, intrinsic and extrinsic, instincts, drives, optimal arousal, Maslow’s hierarchy Hunger and Eating Disorders Sexuality and Sexual Orientation Achievement Motivation: McClelland and the TAT, intrinsic versus extrinsic motivators Physiology of Emotion: Fear, anger, happiness Expression of Emotion: Darwin and Ekman Theories of Emotion: James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schacter-Singer Stress: Stress as a Concept: Selye Types of stress; responses to stress; psychological and physiological effects; coping strategies XI. Personality – Chapter 13 (2 Weeks) Psychodynamic Perspective: Freud, Jung, Adler Trait Perspective: factor analysis and the five-factor model, assessment (Myers-Briggs, MMPI) Humanistic Perspective: Maslow and Rogers Social-Cognitive Perspective: Bandura and Seligman XII. Abnormal Psychology Chapter 14 (1 Week) Approaches to Abnormality: The Rosenhan study, historical approaches (deviance), the medical model, the biopsychosocial model Classifying Disorders: Evolution of the DSM-IV-TR Major Categories of Disorders: Anxiety disorders, disassociative disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, personality disorders END OF 4TH SIX WEEKS Beginning of 5th Six Weeks XII. Treatment of Psychological Disorders Chapter 15 (1 Week) Major Approaches to Psychotherapy: psychoanalysis, behavioristic, humanistic, cognitive, group, pharmacological Alternative sources of prevention and intervention for individuals in communities XIII. Social Psychology Chapter 16 (2 Weeks) Attitudes and Behavior: Fundamental attribution error, roles, Festinger and cognitive dissonance Group Influence: Asch and conformity, Milgram and obedience, facilitation and loafing, Janis and groupthink Prejudice, Scapegoating, Altruism: Darley and Latané The AP Psychology Class splits into two groups Option for AP students not taking the exam XIV. Begin Psychological Experiment (5 weeks) Students will collaborate in the creation and execution of a psychological experiment. This is a capstone, end of course project. Option for AP students who have earned the right to take the AP Psychology Exam XIV. AP REVIEW (5 weeks) all chapters In depth review for AP test-takers END OF 6TH SIX WEEKS Assessment Practices - Traditional Assessments Unit Tests – Major Grade These tests are modeled on the AP Exam, with 30-75 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 45 minutes. Quizzes – Daily Grade Multiple-choice - to check for homework and reading comprehension. Participation – Daily Grade Some classroom activities require active participation from the student. Note Card Checks – Daily Grade Students will be required to make conceptual and academic vocabulary related flash cards as we move through the different units of study. The daily grade comes from a weekly check of the quantity and quality of the completed flash cards. Optional Projects and Essays – Major Grade These projects and essays are generally offered at the beginning of the six weeks. The projects and essays serve as extra credit and make-up opportunity, with the caveat that every student has an opportunity to turn in an optional project. These projects do not replace a bad grade, but instead are entered as an additional Major grade in the gradebook. Generally, there is an essay option and a project option offered each six weeks. Projects – Application of knowledge At least one project per grading period: 1. Summer Assignment or 1st Six Weeks Reading Assignment – Students will select and read a book exploring an area of interest within the field of psychology. Students must keep a reflective learning log detailing their questions and comments about what they are reading. 2. Students will build a 3-D brain identifying the four frontal lobes and 14 structures of the brain. Besides locating the structures on the 3D brain, the students will also need to be able to recite from memory the structures’ function. 3. Students will design a research project using the experimental method. 4. Students will create a self behavior modification project. They utilize operant and classical conditioning methods in creating behavior changes. 5. Students will record their dreams in a dream diary. They will then use psychodynamic techniques to analyze their dreams. 6. Students will write a seven-page literature review over a psychological question of their own creation. 7. Students will participate in a social psychology experiment. Supplies Needed - At least three hundred (300) 4x6 Index Cards (3x5 and 5x8 are okay, but 4x6 seems to work the best) -Three bound Journal booklets (ask me, I have examples) - One to two inch binder with loose leaf paper - An eight MB or larger jump/flash drive can be very useful (not required) - Markers, highlighters and color pencils are also helpful, but not required - A willing and able mind