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AP Psychology
Summer Assignment
Summer Reading Contract
After you have read and understood all of the information included in the packet, please sign below and
have your parent/guardian sign as well.
Please return this contract (front page of this packet only)
by June 10th to Mrs. Mileo [Foster] (mailbox) at
Reno High School.
I understand that as a condition of participating in AP Psychology in the fall of 2016, I must
complete a summer reading assignment worth 100 points.
I understand that I must complete assignments one and two before school starts. I realize
that during the first week of school, I will be expected to participate in class discussion
and/or take an objective test and/or complete an assignment.
I understand that failure to complete the summer reading assignment will be designated as a
zero in the fall semester gradebook. I further understand that if I fail to keep my grade at a
C or above (at the quarter or semester periods), I might be removed from the elective AP
class.
I understand that I am required to take the AP Psychology exam in May and I must pay the
approximately $92 fee for the exam.
I understand that cheating, plagiarizing, copying homework or other dishonorable
behavior may necessitate my removal from the class.
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Student’s Signature
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Student’s Name—please print
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Parent/Guardian’s Signature and printed name
If you do not wish to participate in AP Psychology, contact your counselor as soon as possible so that he or she may
make a schedule change for you.
AP Psychology
Summer Assignment
Summer Assignment 2016
Mrs. Mileo, Reno High School
[email protected]
Congratulations on your course selection of AP Psychology! You have made a demanding, yet rewarding,
choice. My goal is for every student enrolled in the class to pass the AP Exam in May and to earn college
credit. That requires dedication, enthusiasm, and hard work on both our parts. I will do my job and I expect
you to do yours. Because of the short amount of time before the AP Exam and the extensive material we
must cover, the work must begin now.
DUE: August 9-11, 2016
WORTH: 100 points as a formative assessment with a test/assignment at the beginning of the year.
PART I (due 8/9/16)
Reading Component
Please note that AP Psychology is an elective, college-level course with higher student expectations than most
courses taken by high school students. AP Psychology also deals with course material and content at the “college”
level, which at times may require maturity from students beyond which is typically expected at the high school level.
In order to provide you with a solid foundation for success in this course and to discover the great diversity
of this field, I am giving you the opportunity to read selected sections from Forty Studies That Changed
Psychology by Roger R. Hock. Your summer assignment is geared toward investigating some of the most
influential psychological research to date. The historical studies discussed in this text continue to be cited,
stirred up controversy when first published, directed new research, and changed our understanding of
human behavior. In addition, this is information that appears most frequently on the AP Psychology Exam.
After the reading, you are to complete Summer Assignment #1 in your comp book.
Your entries should reflect your ability to critically analyze material. Be detailed, specific, and use your
own words (no group work is allowed); there will be a test on the ten readings during the first week.
Forty Studies That Changed Psychology, 6th Edition (or newer), New Jersey, Prentice Hall
You may read the passages from this book in one of several ways (NOTE: if you do wish to purchase the
book, you will be able to continue to use it throughout the rest of the school year as there will be
opportunities for extra credit from other readings. In addition, at the end of the school year, you will be
able to donate your book for some additional credit; or you may keep as a reference if you choose
psychology as your college and career path).
 If you would like a paperback copy of the book, you may purchase it through Amazon or
Barnes and Noble. The average cost of this book is $40 new; however, there are used copies
starting at approximately $20.
 If you would like to download this e-textbook, you may do so through this website:
www.coursesmart.com/9780205974740. The cost of the download is approximately $30.
You will have to create an account, but you will have the book for yourself. Note: the
expiration of this online/downloadable book is 180 days. On the website, you have the
option of printing the pages, and I highly suggest you do that. The website also includes
features like highlighting, making notes, and copying and pasting text into a word
document.
AP Psychology
Summer Assignment
PART II (due 8/11/16)
Assignment #2: Names to know for the AP Psychology Exam.
Take notes using the sheet provided on colored paper, or in any other way which works for you. You will
complete an assignment on this information during the first week of school. These are big names in the
discipline of psychology, and it would behoove you to get an early start in learning about them.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email. While I will
check my email regularly, I do not access it at all times of the summer, so please be patient
with waiting for my response. I am here to help guide you in your learning, but as this is a
course designed to be “college” level, my guidance is only one of a handful of resources on
your journey through this fascinating field of study.
AP Psychology
Summer Assignment
Summer Assignment #1
You will need to buy yourself a Composition Book that we will use not only this summer but throughout the course
as necessary. In your Comp Book, you will take notes on ten entries from the following text:
Forty Studies That Changed Psychology, 6 th Edition (or newer), New Jersey, Prentice Hall
What you will do:
1) In your own words and in narrative format (formal paragraphs; do not bullet point), answer the following
questions on EACH article.
2) Be as descriptive and concise in your answers as possible. The formatting of this assignment prepares you
for the Free Response Portion of the AP Exam, where you must hand write descriptive and concise answers
to hefty questions in a fifty minute timeframe.
3) Each entry must be NEATLY handwritten. If I cannot read your assignment, it WILL NOT be scored.
A. Summarize and Identify: in your own words, summarize the article and identify what the
researcher(s) were studying with respect to human behavior.
B. Significance or criticism: discuss ONE example of the significance of the study or ONE
criticism directed toward the research. This is not your own opinion, but what happened in the
discipline or at the time of the research.
C. Research or application: discuss ONE example of subsequent research in this area OR
recent applications of this study.
D. Response and Reflection: what did you learn? Did this study challenge any of your
previous beliefs about psychology? Explain.
GRADING: Notes will be graded on clarity of thought, quality of ideas, and completeness (e.g., do your notes
reflect a thorough reading of the article and did you address all of the questions asked above?).
Article Entries: 100 points (10 points each article)
How you will format:
Begin each entry by writing down the title of the article like this:
1. Chapter 1—Are You a “Natural?”
Next, label your writing this way and provide thorough answers.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Summarize and Identify:
Significance or criticism:
Research or application:
Response and reflection:
When you finish the four requirements for the first article, go to a new page in your comp book and
continue with the second article:
2. Chapter 2—To Sleep No Doubt To Dream
A.
B.
C.
D.
Summarize and Identify:
Significance or criticism:
Research or application:
Response and reflection:
Required Articles (before reading each article, read the preface and short chapter introductions)
1. Ch. 1—Are You a “Natural?”
6. Ch. 5—Discovering Love
2. Ch. 2—To Sleep, No Doubt To Dream
7. Ch. 7—Are You The Master of Your Fate?
3. Ch. 3—It’s Not Just About Salivating Dogs!
8. Ch. 8—Learning To Be Depressed
4. Ch. 3—Little Emotional Albert
9. Ch. 10—A Prison By Any Other Name
5. Ch. 4—What You Expect Is What You Get
10. Ch. 10—To Help Or Not To Help
AP Psychology
Summer Assignment
Summer Assignment #2
Names to Know for the AP Psychology Exam
Directions: Using either Wikipedia or another search engine of your choice, look up each of the names
below and complete a bit of research about each of these influential psychologists. Note that next to some
names, I have indicated specifically what you should know about that individual. (Note: you will not be
turning in anything with this assignment—it is a self-study assignment and for your exam preparation; however,
you will be tested during the first week of school on the material you research for this assignment).
Name
Mary Ainsworth
(strange situation)
Solomon Asch
Albert Bandura
Alfred Binet
Noam Chomsky
(language acquisition
device)
Erik Erikson
(psychological stages
of development)
Sigmund Freud
Important Information
Contributions to Psychology
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Carol Gilligan
G. Stanley Hall
Harry Harlow
(contact
comfort/surrogate
mother experiment)
David Hubel and
Torsten Wiesel
William James
(first textbook in
psychology)
Lawrence
Kohlberg
Elizabeth Loftus
(misinformation effect)
Abraham Maslow
(hierarchy of
needs/humanist)
Stanley Milgram
(obedience)
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Ivan Pavlov
(classical conditioning)
Jean Piaget
Carl Rogers
(unconditional positive
regard/client-centered
therapy)
Stanley Schachter
(Two-Factor theory)
B.F. Skinner
(operant
conditioning/skinner
box)
John B. Watson
(Baby Albert
experiment/
behaviorism)
Benjamin Whorf
(linguistic relativity
hypothesis)
Wilhelm Wundt
Philip Zimbardo
(Stanford Prison
Experiment)