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AP Psychology Syllabus Gretna High School Mr. C Williams [email protected] https://mrwilliamsworld.wikispaces.com/ ~ The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best ~ Paul Valery Instructor Information Mr. Chris Williams B.S. Social Sciences – Secondary Education, Liberty University, 2000 M.S. Social Science – Syracuse University M.Ed. Administration – Arkansas State University – in progress COURSE DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course in AP Psychology is to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of humans and animals. COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course is not a “filler” elective class. Many students who take this class have a genuine desire to learn about Psychology and plan to major in the subject in college. This being said, this class has as part of the objectives a rigorous study of the human mind and behavior. Students are expected to take the AP Psychology test in May. There will be study sessions during the second semester after school. While these sessions are voluntary, they are essential for successful completion of the AP exam. TEXT: Psychology Myers UNITS OF STUDY: The following is a description of the major content areas covered in this course. I. Methods, Approaches, and History – Prologue and Chapter 1 II. Social Psychology – Chapter 18 III. Sensation and Perception – Chapter 5 and 6 IV. Learning – Chapter 8, 9, and 10 V. Developmental – Chapter 4 and 11 VI. Personality – Chapter 15 VII. Motivation and Emotion – Chapter 12, 13, and 14 VIII. Abnormal Psychology – Chapter 16 and 17 IX. States of Consciousness – Chapter 7 X. Biological Bases of Behavior – Chapter 2 and 3 Student Evaluation Your grade will be determined by your performance on tests, quizzes, projects, and outside assignments. In general, students have found the course to be very difficult at first, but have done better as the semester progresses. Setting a high standard has several tangible benefits for students: you will learn a great deal of psychology and you will be better prepared for college. Tests = 50%; Projects = 20%; and Homework/Classwork/Quizzes = 30% 1. Grading procedure: 6-weeks grades will be determined by averaging quiz, homework, and test scores. 2. Attendance: Attendance is required. See your Student Handbook for policy. 3. Make-up Work: Make-up work is YOUR responsibility. See me about missed work before or after class (NOT DURING CLASS!). Make-up tests will be given on Tuesdays from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE MADE. 4. Homework: You will have written and/or reading assignments. Your homework assignments will be to prepare for quizzes and tests. 5. Quizzes: You should expect and prepare for quizzes. Quiz questions will come from homework assignments and information covered in class discussions. 6. Tests: Tests will be given on assigned reading, homework, and material covered in class. The testing format is primarily multiple choice. There may also be matching, fill in the blank, identification, short answer, and essay questions as well. 7. Notebook: You must have a notebook in which you will keep ALL assignments, handouts, returned tests, and quizzes. 8. Appropriate Behavior: Follow the school tardy policy. Always bring required materials to class. Make positive and pertinent contributions to class discussions. Listen. Be respectful to everyone in the classroom. Do not write on desks, bulletin boards, walls, etc. Do not talk or leave your seat without permission. Do not bring food or drinks into the classroom. Do not wear hats, sunglasses, or other apparel inconsistent with school policy. As a courtesy to myself and others, there will be no application of lotions, perfumes, lip gloss, or make up in class. This also applies to the styling of hair. Violation of this rule will be an automatic referral to BMC. 9. Videos: Movies and instructional videos will be shown. I select these carefully and I expect you to learn from them. Therefore, if you are inattentive during these showings, you will be given a zero for your class participation grade. 10. Extracurricular activities are not a valid excuse for anything! This includes trying to sleep in class, being unprepared for tests and/or quizzes, and not making up work on time. Trying to sleep in class will bring immediate disciplinary action. Tips for Students Take complete class notes and date them. Put them in your own words. Don’t write down something you don’t understand without asking about it. Leave some blank space on each page to make additions and clarifications. It is very important to review your notes each day while they are still fresh in your mind. Expand them, clarify them and add examples so that they will make sense when you go back to study from them later. Learn to read more effectively. You can read more effectively by doing the following: 1. Read actively; don’t just look at the words. If you spend a half-hour “reading” but are unable to recall anything when you are done, you have wasted your time. 2. Preview a chapter quickly before you begin and review the material frequently. Pause at the end of each paragraph and summarize mentally, in your own words, what you just read. 3. Do not try to read an entire chapter at once. Each chapter of your text is divided into several major sections. These sections are presented in bold print in the summary outline on the chapter’s first page. Limit your reading to one of these sections at a sitting. 4. Do not ignore pictures, diagrams, tables, and sidebars in your textbook. These features make the text more interesting and may include important information. 5. Take notes as you read. If you can condense a 30-page chapter to a few pages of good notes, it’s going to be much easier to review. Perhaps most important: keep a list of questions about the reading. Half of the battle is vocabulary. I strongly suggest you do one of the following: Make a set of vocabulary flashcards on 3-by-5inch index cards for the “Terms and Concepts to Remember” section at the end of each chapter. Or…you can make a tri-fold list to help you study. Either way, studying the vocabulary is a must. As you do these things, you are already beginning to learn the vocabulary. These study tips help provide an excellent means of review. Form a study group DON’T MISS CLASS!!! Absenteeism will destroy your grade. You cannot learn if you are not present. Methods, Approaches, and History Vocabulary 1. Psychology 2. Structuralism 3. Gestalt 4. Functionalism 5. Psychoanalytic perspective 6. Behaviorist perspective 7. Humanistic perspective 8. Psychological perspective 9. Cognitive perspective 10. Biological perspective 11. Socio-cultural perspective 12. Behavior genetics 13. Positive psychology 14. Basic research 15. Applied research 16. Wilhelm Wundt 17. E B Titchener 18. William James 19. Sigmund Freud 20. Ivan Pavlov 21. John B Watson 22. B F Skinner 23. Abraham Maslow 24. Carl Rogers 25. Jean Piaget 26. G Stanley Hall 27. Mary Whiton Calkins 28. Margaret Floy Washburn 29. Francis Cecil Sumner 30. Inez Beverly Prosser 31. Behavioral school 32. Humanistic school 33. Psychodynamic school 34. scientific method 35. researcher bias 36. critical thinking 37. participant bias 38. naturalistic observation 39. case study 40. correlational study 41. survey method 42. population 43. random sample 44. longitudinal study 45. cross-sectional study 46. experiment 47. hypothesis 48. operational definition 49. independent variable 50. dependent variable 51. experimental group 52. control group 53. random assignment 54. confounding variable 55. double-blind procedure 56. placebo 57. replication 58. behavior genetics 59. genes 60. environment 61. chromosones 62. DNA 63. genome 64. mutation 65. evolutionary psychology 66. natural selection 67. identical twins 68. fraternal twins 69. heritability 70. culture 71. norms 72. individualism 73. collectivism 74. frequency distribution 75. mode 76. mean 77. median 78. skewed 79. range 80. standard deviation 81. normal distribution 82. percentage 83. percentile rank 84. correlation coefficient 85. inferential statistics 86. statistical significance Biological Bases of Behavior Vocabulary 1. neuron 2. dendrite 3. soma 4. axon 5. axon terminal 6. action potential 7. refractory period 8. resting potential 9. all-or-none principle 10. synapse 11. neurotransmitter 12. excitatory effect 13. inhibitory effect 14. receptor cells 15. sensory nerves 16. interneurons 17. motor nerves 18. acetycholine 19. antagonist 20. agonist 21. dopamine 22. serotonin 23. central nervous system 24. peripheral nervous system 25. somatic nervous system 26. autonomic nervous system 27. sympathetic division 28. parasympathetic division 29. endocrine system 30. hormone 31. pituitary gland 32. thyroid gland 33. adrenal gland 34. brainstem 35. medulla 36. reticular formation 37. thalamus 38. cerebellum 39. CAT scan 40. MRI 41. fMRI 42. EEG 43. PET 44. limbic system 45. hypothalamus 46. hippocanthus 47. amygdale 48. cerebral cortex 49. longitudinal fissure 50. corpus callosum 51. frontal lobes 52. parietal lobes 53. occipital lobes 54. temporal lobes 55. motor cortex 56. somatosensory cortex 57. Broca’s area 58. Wernicke’s area 59. plasticity States of Consciousness Vocabulary 1. consciousness 2. pseudoscientific claim 3. biological rhythms 4. circadian rhythms 5. ultradian rhythms 6. infradian rhythms 7. melatonin 8. spindles 9. delta sleep 10. N-REM sleep 11. REM sleep 12. insomnia 13. sleep apnea 14. narcolepsy 15. somnambulism 16. night terrors 17. hypnosis 18. social influence theory 19. divided consciousness theory 20. hypnotic induction 21. posthypnotic suggestion 22. posthypnotic amnesia 23. psychoactive drugs 24. dependence 25. withdrawal 26. tolerance 27. depressants 28. barbiturates 29. benzodiazepines 30. opiates 31. morphine 32. endorphins 33. stimulants 34. caffeine 35. nicotine 36. cocaine 37. amphetamines 38. hallucinogens 39. LSD 40. ecstasy 41. marijuana 42. sensation 43. perception 44. absolute threshold 45. difference threshold 46. receptors 47. sensory adaptation 48. habituation 49. rods 50. cones 51. hue 52. brightness 53. saturation 54. auditory 55. taste 56. pheromones 57. kinesthesis 58. vestibular sense 59. selective attention 60. divided attention 61. figure-ground perception 62. constancy 63. feature analysis theory 64. prototype matching 65. bottom-up processing 66. top-down processing Personality Vocabulary 1. Sigmund Freud 2. unconscious 3. repression 4. manifest 5. latency 6. psychoanalysis 7. neurosis 8. free association 9. Anna Freud 10. phobias 11. addiction 12. id 13. ego 14. superego 15. Eros 16. Thanatos 17. developmental stages 18. Carl Jung 19. Archetypes 20. personal unconscious 21. collective unconscious 22. introvert 23. extrovert 24. Erik Erikson 25. crises Developmental and Learning Vocabulary 1. temperament 2. maturation 3. cognition 4. assimilation 5. accommodation 6. Sensorimotor stage 7. object permanence 8. preoperational stage 9. conservation 10. egocentrism 11. concrete operational stage 12. formal operational stage 13. stranger anxiety 14. imprinting 15. authoritarian parenting 16. permissive parenting 17. authoritative parenting 18. Jean Piaget 19. inferiority complex 20. humanistic psychology 21. self-actualization 22. unconditional positive regard 23. self-concept 24. Alfred Adler 25. Abraham Maslow 26. Standardization 27. Reliability 28. Validity 29. General intelligence 30. Creativity 31. Howard Gardner 32. Carl Rogers 33. client-centered therapy 34. B F Skinner 35. operant conditioning 36. reinforcement 37. punishment 38. positive reinforcement 39. negative reinforcement 40. primary reinforcement 41. secondary reinforcement 42. extinction 43. continuous reinforcement 44. latent learning 45. cognitive map 46. Ivan Pavlov 47. John Watson 48. learning 49. classic conditioning 50. stimulus 51. response 52. unconditioned stimulus 53. conditioned stimulus 54. conditioned response 55. acquisition 56. unconditioned response 57. Aptitude 58. Achievement 59. Alfred Binet 60. Mental age 61. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Abnormal Psychology Vocabulary 1. abnormal behavior 2. psychodynamic 3. humanistic 4. cognitive 5. behavioral 6. psycho physiological 7. DSM-IV 8. Axis I 9. Axis II 10. Axis III 11. Axis IV 12. Axis V 13. anxiety 14. phobia 15. panic attack 16. OCD 17. Post-traumatic Stress 18. somatoform 19. hysteria 20. hypochodriasis 21. factitious 22. depression 23. bipolar 24. dissociative disorder 25. amnesia 26. schizophrenia