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ADVANCED PLACEMENT PSYCHOLOGY Course Syllabus 2009-2010 Ms. Quarles Instructor Advanced Placement Psychology Course Information Course Description: The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. They also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice. Career Connections/College The knowledge and skills acquired through this course provide a good foundation for college and or career choices leading to careere in fields such as Governmment and Politics, History, Education, Economics, and Public Service Instructor Information Name: Ms. Quarles Textbook: David G. Myers, Psychology, eighth edition, Worth Publishers, 2006. Supplemental Text: Richard O. Straub, Study Guide, AP Edition, Visual Concept Reviews, Worth Publishers, 2007 to accompany David G. Myers, Psycology, eighth edition Materials: 2 inches to 3 inches Binder 6 Dividers Pens Cloth Book Cover Loose Leaf Paper Highlighter (recommended) Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 2 Evaluation of Student Performance: Grading Factors Factors Classwork Brief Description Includes all work begun and/or completed in class, class discussions, group activities, student journals, warm-ups, and other regularly assigned learning tasks. Includes written assignments, such as Brief Constructed Responses (BCRs), Extended Constructed Responses (ECRs) and Portfolios. Grade Percentage 25% Homework Included all work that is completed outside of the class setting. This might include Readings and/or accompanying tasks, written assignments, such as BCRs, ECRs and Portfolios. 25% Assessment Entails the traditional method of assessing student learning. Tests usually assess knowledge and processes gained at the end of a unit of study, whereas quizzes typically assess knowledge and processes acquired throughout the course of a unit of study. Prior to testing, the teacher will review the format and content to be assessed. After tests are scored and returned, the teacher will review the material and offer an opportunity for students to ask clarifying questions about incorrect responses. This category also included any long or short-term projects assigned by the Teacher (Individual or group) and other cumulative assessments. 50% Supplemental Text: Richard O. Straub, Study Guide, AP Edition, Visual Concept Reviews, Worth Publishers, 2007 to accompany David G. Myers, Psychology , eighth edition. M – Meyer’s Psychology 8th edition SG – Study Guide for Meyer’s Psychology 8th edition VCR – Visual Concept Reviews for Meyer’s Psychology 8th edition TRM – Teacher’s Resource Manual for Meyer’s Psychology 8th edition TRD – Teacher’s Resource Disk for Meyer’s Psychology 8th edition Grading Criteria: Assessments: Tests = 100 points Quizzes = 25 points Classwork = 50 points Homework = 50 points Projects = 100 points Reports = 100 points Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 3 Advanced Placement Psychology Core Vocabulary List Unit One: Introduction to Psychology and the Scientific Method Psychology Structuralism Humanistic psychology Natural selection Biopsychsocial approach Applied research Clinical psychology Hindsight bias Theory Operational definition Case study False consensus effect Random sample Correlation Illusory correlation Double-blind procedure Experimental condition Random assignment Dependant variable Mean Range Statistical significance Empiricism Functionalism Nature-nurture issue Levels of analysis Basic research Counseling psychology Psychiatry Critical thinking Hypothesis Replication Survey Population Naturalistic observation Scatter plot Experiment Placebo effect Control condition Independent variable Mode Median Standard deviation Culture Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 4 Unit Two: Biological Bases of Behavior Biological psychology Axon Threshold Acetylcholine Central nervous system Sensory neurons Somatic nervous system Parasympathetic nervous system Endocrine system Pituitary gland Position Emission Tomography Scan Brainstem Thalamus Amygdala Glial cells Occipital lobes Sensory cortex Broca’s area Corpus callosum neuron myelin sheath synapse endorphins peripheral nervous system motor neurons autonomic nervous system reflex hormones lesion Magnetic Resonance Imaging medulla cerebellum hypothalamus frontal lobes temporal lobes association areas Wernicke’s area split brain dendrite action potential neurotransmitters nervous system nerves interneurons sympathetic nervous system neural networks adrenal glands Electroencephalogram FMRI functional MRI reticular formation limbic system cerebral cortex parietal lobes motor cortex aphasia plasticity perception psychophysics subliminal Weber’s law wavelength pupil accommodations farsightedness cones fovea Young-Helmholtz trichromatic audition middle ear place theory sensor neural hearing loss sensory interaction selective attention gestalt depth perception retinal disparity phi phenomenon perceptual set parapsychology bottom-up processing absolute threshold priming sensory adaptation hue iris retina rods optic nerve feature detectors opponent-process theory frequency cochlea frequency theory cochlear implant kinesthesia inattentional blindness figure-ground visual cliff convergence perceptual constancy human factors psychology Unit Three: Sensation and Perception Sensation Top-down processing Signal detection theory Difference threshold Transduction Intensity Lens Acuity Nearsightedness Blind spot Parallel processing Color constancy Pitch Inner ear Conduction hearing loss Gate-control theory Vestibular sense Visual capture Grouping Binocular cues Monocular cues Perceptual adaptation Extrasensory perception Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 5 Unit Four: States of Consciousness Consciousness REM sleep Hallucinations Narcolepsy Dream REM rebound Dissociation Withdrawal Addiction Opiates Methamphetamines LSD Dualism biological rhythms alpha wave delta waves sleep apnea manifest content hypnosis psychoactive drug physical dependence depressants stimulates Ecstasy MDMA THC monism circadian rhythm sleep insomnia night terrors latent content posthypnotic suggestion tolerance psychological dependence barbiturates amphetamines hallucinogens near-death experience Unit Five: Learning Learning Associative learning Classical conditioning Behaviorism Unconditioned response Unconditioned stimulus Conditioned Response Conditioned stimulus Acquisition Extinction Spontaneous recovery Generalization Discrimination prosocial behavior respondent behavior operant behavior law of effect operant chamber shaping reinforcer positive reinforcement negative reinforcement primary reinforcer conditioned reinforcer continuous reinforcer partial reinforcement operant conditioning fixed-ratio schedule variable-ratio schedule fixed-interval schedule variable-interval schedule punishment cognitive map latent learning intrinsic motivation extrinsic motivation observational learning modeling mirror neurons Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 6 Unit Six: Cognition Memory Flashbulb memory Encoding Storage Retrieval Sensory memory Short-term memory Long-term memory Working memory Automatic processing Effortful Processing Rehearsal Spacing effect Cognition Concept Prototype Algorithm Heuristic Insight Confirmation bias Fixation Mental set serial position effect visual encoding acoustic encoding semantic encoding imagery mnemonics chunking iconic memory echoic memory long-term potentiation amnesia implicit memory explicit memory functional fixedness representativeness heuristic availability heuristic overconfidence framing belief bias belief perseverance language phoneme hippocampus recall recognition relearning priming deja vu mood-congruent memory proactive interference retroactive interference repression misinformation effect source amnesia morpheme grammar semantics syntax babbling stage one-word stage two- word stage telegraphic speech linguistic determinism Unit Seven: Motivation and Emotion Motivation Instinct Drive-reduction theory Homeostasis Incentive Hierarchy of needs Glucose Set Point Basal Metabolic rate Emotion James-Lange theory Cannon-Bard theory anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa sexual response cycle refractory period sexual disorder estrogen testosterone sexual orientation Polygraph Catharsis feel-good Subjective well-being industrial-organizational psychology personnel psychology organizational psychology structured interviews achievement motivation task leadership social leadership flow Adaptation-level phenomenon do-good phenomenon Relative Deprivation Two-factor theory Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 7 Unit Eight: Developmental Psychology Environment DNA Identical twins Heritability Evolutionary psychology Gender Personal space Aggression Testosterone Gender identity Gender schema theory Embryo Fetal alcohol syndrome Maturation Accommodation Object permanence Egocentrism Concrete operational stage Attachment Basic trust Puberty Menarche Menopause Longitudinal study Social clock behavior genetics genes fraternal twins interaction natural selection culture individualism X chromosome role gender-typing developmental psychology fetus rooting reflex schema cognitive preoperational stage theory of mind formal operational stage critical period self-concept primary sex characteristics identity Alzheimer’s disease crystallized intelligence chromosomes genome temperament molecular genetics mutation norm collectivism Y chromosome gender role social learning theory zygote teratogens habituation assimilation sensorimotor stage conservation autism stranger anxiety imprinting adolescence secondary sex characteristics intimacy cross-sectional study fluid intelligence Unit Nine: Personality Behavioral medicine General adaptation syndrome Type B Coping problem-focused coping Biofeedback Health psychology stress coronary heart disease Type A psychophysiological illness lymphocytes emotion-focused coping aerobic exercise complementary and alternative medicine Unit Ten: Testing and Individual Differences Intelligence Savant syndrome Intelligence test Intelligence quotient (IQ) Stereotype Reliability Criterion Down syndrome factor analysis general intelligence motional intelligence creativity mental age Stanford-Binet aptitude test achievement test standardization normal curve validity content validity predictive validity mental retardation Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 8 Unit Eleven: Abnormal Psychology and the Treatment of Psychological Disorders Personality free association Unconscious Id Superego psychosexual stages Identification fixation Repression regression Projection rationalization Collective unconscious projective test Rorschach inkblot test terror-management theory Self-concept trait Empirically derived test social-cognitive perspective Personal control external locus of control Learned helplessness positive psychology Self-serving bias psychological disorder DSM-IV anxiety disorders panic disorder Phobia Post-traumatic disorder dissociative disorder Mood disorders major depressive disorder Bipolar disorder schizophrenia Personality disorders antisocial personality disorder Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) psychoanalysis ego Oedipus complex defense mechanisms reaction formation displacement Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) self-actualization Personality inventory reciprocal determinism internal locus of control spotlight effect self-esteem medical model generalized anxiety disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) dissociative identity disorder (DID) mania delusions unconditional positive regard Unit Twelve: Social Psychology Social psychology Attitude Conformity Social loafing Group think Discrimination Ingroup bias Aggression Social trap Companionate love Altruism Reciprocity norm attribution theory foot-in-the-door phenomenon normative social influence deindividuation prejudice ingroup scapegoat theory frustration-aggression principle mere exposure effect equity bystander effect social-responsibility norm fundamental attribution error cognitive dissonance theory social facilitation group polarization stereotype outgroup just-world phenomenon conflict passionate love self-disclosure social exchange theory superordinate goals Social Studies Office Prince George’s County Public Schools AP Psychology Syllabus 9
