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Work Day on Happiness Projects (due on Friday!)

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  1. "Happy" Documentary - the last 30 minutes

    • HAPPY is an award-winning, feature-length documentary that takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, HAPPY brings to life the science and application of the film’s themes.

  2. Work time on the Happiness Project and Extra Credit Opportunities
You will have ALL of the next two class periods to work on the projects. They are due next Friday 5/24 at the beginning of class.

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  1. AP Student Questionnaire (complete in Google Classroom)
  2. AP Psych Post-Exam Debriefing Survey (complete in Google Classroom)
  3. "Happy" Documentary - the first 45 minutes

    • HAPPY is an award-winning, feature-length documentary that takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, HAPPY brings to life the science and application of the film’s themes.

  4. Happiness Project and Extra Credit Opportunities explained (see handouts below and pick them up in class.
You will have the next three class periods to work on the project (except for watching the last 30 minutes of the video on Thursday). Projects are due next Friday 5/24 at the beginning of class.

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Relaxation Day! We had many students out today due to the AP U.S. History exam so students had the day to relax after their test yesterday.
 
We will start the Happiness Project on Tuesday.

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  1. Students got back their final exams and reviewed questions they got incorrect.
  2. Positive encouragement - students wrote notes of encouragement to their peers that will be placed in their goodie bags for test day
  3. Cupcake Review!
Good luck to those of you taking the AP Exam tomorrow! Stop by and pick up your goodie bag before the test!

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Final Exam Day!
 
No homework. Just spend the next few days reviewing in preparation for Thursday. You will get your final exams back on Wednesday and we'll spend some time casually reviewing.

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Today was a self-paced work day since we had students needing to complete a variety of tasks. Once the two items below were completed, students could work on the extra credit project or the practice tests.
  1. Day 36 Bell Ringer (Social Psych) - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Finish Social Psych notes packet using resources posted in Google Classroom
EXTRA CREDIT is due by 2:45 TOMORROW! (Friday 5/3) - I will NOT accept it late for any reason!
FINAL EXAM on Monday 5/6 for everyone not taking APES - 100 Multiple Choice and 1 FRQ

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  1. Day 35 Bell Ringer (Social Psych) - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Class Notes - Social Psych (see PPT below as well as video links)
HW: None - you should be spending your homework time studying and/or working on the extra credit
  • Extra credit projects are due on Thursday or Friday of this week. They will NOT be accepted late!
  • Review materials can be found in Google Classroom. There are review packets for every unit in addition to some extra resources from other teachers.
  • Final Exam on Monday 5/6 unless you are taking it early due to AP testing. Final Exam will be 100 multiple choice and 1 FRQ covering material from the entire year. No extra credit on this last test.
    • If you are taking the test this week due to AP testing, I have posted the resources for Thursday's classwork in Google Classroom so you can complete the last section on Social Psych in preparation for the test.
  • Two practice exams have been made available in Jupiter. They are set up as tests rather than practice but you will be able to see your incorrect responses when you are done. They will be available until Sunday at 9:00 PM

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  1. Day 34 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom if you were absent
  2. QUIZ - Abnormal Behavior and Treatment
  3. FRQ
NO HOMEWORK!
 
* Extra credit is due on Friday 5/3. We don't have class that day so make sure you get it turned in. I will NOT accept it late.
* The FINAL exam for AP Psych will be on Monday 5/6. If students have AP conflicts and need to take it early, they are welcome to do that on Thursday 5/2 or Friday 5/3 during both lunches or during an open period.
* Posted below are review packets that were available in class in preparation for the final exam and the AP exam.
* Over the weekend I will be posting new practice tests in Jupiter for exam prep. They are not worth extra credit but many students have found them to be helpful.

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Short period due to the CAASPP testing schedule. Students completed the Day 33 Bell Ringer in Google Classroom. The "Other Disorders" packet was collected and returned during class. I gave students a handout that summarized the Treatment methods. Students then used that in their groups to analyze a series of scenarios and apply the treatments to them.
 
* Quiz on Friday covering Abnormal Behavior (all the disorders) and Treatment Methods
* FRQ on Friday that will be the first of two for your FINAL exam
* Extra credit is due on Friday 5/3. We don't have class that day so make sure you get it turned in. I will NOT accept it late.
* The FINAL exam for AP Psych will be on Monday 5/6. If students have AP conflicts and need to take it early, they are welcome to do that on Thursday 5/2 or Friday 5/3 during both lunches or during an open period.

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  1. Day 32 Bell Ringer (Other Disorders) - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Class Notes - Personality Disorders (Cluster C)
    • The PPT for this is posted in Google Classroom
  3. Research on "Other Disorders" that don't neatly fit into another category. 
    • Students worked in their groups or individually to complete research to determine the general nature, categories, causes, and treatment for several other disorders that don't fall into any of the categories we have done.
    • Resources are available in Google Classroom or you can research on your own.
HW: The entire "Other Disorders" packet is due on Wednesday.
 
* QUIZ and FRQ on Friday!
* Extra Credit Booklets are due next Friday 5/3.

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  1. Students turned in the following packets (any that are turned in late will NOT receive full credit unless you were absent...
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Mood Disorders
    • Schizophrenia
  2. Students complete the "Other Disorders" packet that was handed out in class using the resources in Google Classroom. This should have been done during class but if not it should be completed as homework.
Next Monday: Finish the remaining disorders and discuss treatment methods
Next Wednesday: Finish treatment and Kahoot
Next Friday: BIG quiz on Disorders and Treatment AND a FRQ that will be part of your final exam grade.

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We changed plans for today and focused on Schizophrenia which students completed on their own. All resources and links are posted in Google Classroom. 
 
HW: Finish Schizophrenia packet.
 

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  1. Class Notes - Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD
    • I posted all the resources for these class notes in Google Classroom as there are a number of video clips that we watched in class. The handout is posted below but you will need to go to Google Classroom to complete it.
  2. Day 29 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  3. Mood Disorders - Students completed the notes for this on their own using the resources in Google Classroom. We will come back to this topic on Tuesday.
HW: Mood Disorders Notes and Crash Course

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  1. QUIZ - Testing and Individual Differences
    • If you were absent, please make plans to take this quiz (outside of regular class time) sometime in the next week.
    • Quiz was open-note and then the packet was turned in.
  2. Day 28 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  3. VIDEO: John Oliver discussing mental illness
    • The version we watched in class had been edited for classroom purposes but you should also be able to find it on YouTube. It is a good analysis of some of the issues surrounding our discussions of psych disorders.
  4. Surveys - we ran out of time to get into our notes so students completed two short surveys on anxiety and fears in preparation for the work we will do on Friday.
HW: Crash Course #29 Viewing Notes (this is in the back of the packet for period 2 but was handed out separately for period 6)
 
EXTRA CREDIT Sketch Notes Booklets are due on Friday, May 3. Instructions are posted in Google Classroom.

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Sorry for getting a little off track in the week before Spring Break. We are back now and ready for the final push to AP Exam on May 9 and the end of the semester.
  1. FRQ Scoring - We peer- and self-assessed the FRQs from the test before Spring Break. Each FRQ had two peers score it before the writer self-assessed. I then looked at all three scores and assessed any discrepancies before final scores were assigned.
    • Students then received their final test scores by the end of the period. They will get posted in IC in the next couple of days.
  2. Day 27 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  3. Introduction to Psychological Disorders
    • Using the resources posted in Google Classroom, students worked their way through this introduction to Abnormal Behavior. Starting next class, we will be working through each of the categories of abnormal behavior and how they are treated.
    • This should have been completed during class so students could focus on the "Testing and Individual Differences" packet as homework.
HW: Testing and Individual Differences Packet (handed out before Spring Break). There will be a quiz on Wednesday and this packet will get turned in. We are not covering this topic in class at all so students are 100% responsible for their own study of it.
 
EXTRA CREDIT REVIEW PROJECT - The instructions are posted below as well as in Google Classroom. You will need one of the booklets provided in class in order to complete it. Your completed Sketch Notes Review Booklet is due on Friday, May 3.

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  1. Day 24 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Due to the number of absences for the rally and field trips, students worked independently or with their groups to complete the following tasks...
    • Finish the Piaget charts using the toys in class or by searching online for examples from each age group.
    • Complete the Social Development notes and activities (see PPT in Google Classroom or below)
    • Complete the Moral Development notes and activities (see PPT in Google Classroom or below)
HW: Development and Personality packets collected on Tuesday - make sure they are both complete. The extra credit practice questions #8-11 will be available until Tuesday at 9:00 PM
 
Test on Thursday 3/28 (100 MC from the entire year and 1 FRQ)

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  1. Personality and Development Projects were turned in.
  2. Day 23 Bell Ringer (Wellness Wednesday) - Today students wrote a letter to their 8-year-old self as part of their mindfulness activities. If you were absent, you can make this up next time you are in class; just ask me for the paper to write on.
  3. Kahoot Review of Physical Development
  4. Cognitive Development Notes (see PPT below)
  5. Piaget's Stages
    • Students used boxes of toys to classify them based on Piaget's stages of cognitive development. Groups that didn't get done will have more time on Friday to finish this up.
HW: Playing the Piaget Way (page 20 in your packet)
 
Test next Thursday 3/28. 100 multiple choice and 1 FRQ covering all of the units we have done up to this point.

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  1. Day 22 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Developmental Psychology
    • Students used the resources posted in Google Classroom to complete pages 1-12 of this packet covering Research Methods, Conception & Gestation, and Physical Development.
    • We will continue with Cognitive and Social Development on Wednesday.
  3. Project Work Time
HW: Finish your Development Scrapbook and Personality Mask & Portfolio (due at the beginning of class on Wednesday)
 
Extra credit practice questions for the first 6 units have been extended to Friday. A new set will get added this week for the more recent units.

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Short class periods due to the minimum day schedule.
  1. Day 21 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Crash Course Personality - we watched the two Crash Course videos for a quick overview of personality before the quiz.
  3. QUIZ (Personality) - if you were absent, please make arrangements to come in to take this outside of class before next Wednesday
  4. Project Work Time - we only had a short amount of time left so students had that time to work on their projects.
HW: Work on the two projects that are due next Wednesday - Development Scrapbook and Personality Mask/Portfolio

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  1. Day 20 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Finish Painting - students that needed extra time had the period to finish up their One Word Paintings from Friday
  3. Personality Notes - the PPTs are posted in Google Classroom
    • We will watch the two Crash Course videos before we take the quiz on Thursday.
HW: Personality Packet (open-note QUIZ on Thursday)
 
REMINDER: Development Scrapbook and Personality Mask/Portfolio are due next Wednesday 3/20
 
EXTRA CREDIT PRACTICE QUESTIONS - The first six units will be available in JupiterEd from 6:00 tonight until 6:00 PM next Tuesday 3/19. This first round of them are worth 1 point each extra credit on the next unit test grade. The next five practice tests will be available starting next Tuesday for one week. Since that is more recent material, those will be worth 2 points each on the next unit test grade. This will be the ONLY extra credit opportunity for the upcoming unit test.

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Today was our de-stressing ink blots and painting day! Students had a fun day creating the ink blots for their personality project and creating a painted canvas with their one motivational word. They will have a little bit of time on Tuesday to finish if they didn't get completely done.
 
No Homework :)

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  1. Day 18 Bell Ringer - Mindfulness Journal (Feeling Happy)
  2. QUIZ - Emotion
    • If you were absent, please make arrangements to come in outside of class to complete this before next Friday 3/15.
  3. Stress and Health Notes
    • Students used the PPT posted in Google Classroom (or below) to complete the notes in their packet. The entire packet should be done at this point and will be collected on Friday.
HW: Stress Management - Personalized (Handout)
  • Just a reminder that you should be continuing to work on your Development and Personality projects that are due on Wednesday, March 20.

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  1. Day 17 Bell Ringer (Emotion 2) - complete in Google Classroom
  2. "Inside Out" - Students watched this Pixar movie that has so many great references to psychology including emotion, personality, memory, and motivation. Students completed the notes in their packet while watching.
HW: Make sure everything in your packet is done through emotion by Wednesday.
 
QUIZ on Wednesday on Emotion

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  1. Day 16 Bell Ringer (Emotion) - completed in Google Classroom
  2. Motivation QUIZ - If you were absent, please make arrangements to come in and take this outside of regular class time. Students were able to use their notes but there was also a time limit on the quiz (30 minutes)
  3. Notes and Activities - Theories of Emotion
    • Students worked independently to complete the notes and activities in their packet. All PPTs and links that are needed are posted in Google Classroom.
    • Anything you don't finish is homework but most students got everything done in the time allotted.
  4. Project Handouts
    • I handed out instructions, showed examples, and explained the two projects that are due on March 20.
    • Both are to be completed individually, outside of class.
    • Instructions and useful links are posted in Google Classroom.
    • Masks for the Personality Project can be picked up in my classroom at any time.
    • The rest of the Personality Project should be completed and turned in on the document in Google Classroom.
HW: All work should be completed through emotion except for the video notes. Emotion QUIZ next Wednesday.
 
* We are watching Inside Out on Monday. You are welcome to bring snacks :)

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  1. Day 15 Bell Ringer (Motivation) - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Turn in "Reflecting On Your Own Motivations"
  3. Hunger, Sexual, and Social Motivation Notes and Activities
    • In Google Classroom, there are a series of notes, articles, and links that students used to work through the work in their packet as well as the supplemental handout from class. 
HW: Students are expected to have all work on Motivation (up through Module 40 and the supplemental handout) completed by Thursday. QUIZ on Thursday.

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Today students watched the Aron Ralston story. Aron was a hiker who became trapped in Blue John Canyon in Utah by himself. After 6 days, he had to cut off his own arm in order to survive. The video we watched was an NBC special where Tom Brokaw takes Aron back to the canyon to hear his story. Students filled in notes in their packet as they watched making connections to the various motivational theories they had learned about in the previous class.
 
If you were absent, please watch the video on your own. Below is the link to Part 1. From there it is easy to get to the other 5 parts. Each part is about 13-15 minutes.
HW: Reflecting on Your Own Motivations

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  1. Wellness Wednesday - "How I Feel" 
  2. Test Analysis and Reflection
    • If you were absent or have not taken the test yet, you will need to come in outside of class to complete this so you can analyze you test.
  3. PPT - Theories of Motivation
    • Students completed these notes in their packet on their own since everyone finished the Test Analysis and Reflection at different times.
    • These theories are one of the essential parts of this unit so make sure you take the time to review them.
HW: Reflecting on Your Own Motivations (due on Tuesday 2/26)

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UNIT TEST DAY!!
  • We move onto Motivation, Emotion, and Stress next week.
  • All missing or incomplete assignments are due by Friday, February 22.
  • No homework! Enjoy your 4-day weekend.

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Sorry that I am a day late posting this!
 
Today we finished the Cognition Stations in groups and then did some Kahoot Review. Students turned in extra credit concept cards and the Cognition (Part 2) packet so if you were absent, please make sure you get it turned in.
 
Review packets were passed out for Learning and Cognition (see handouts below)
 
Unit Test is on Thursday - 100 multiple choice (from all the units we have covered) and 1 FRQ
 
The last of the extra credit distributed practice questions will close at 3:00 PM on Wednesday. At that point, all of the practice questions will be available again until 5 minutes before class starts but they will not be worth extra credit.

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Sorry for posting this a day late!
  1. Day 10 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Cognition Stations - we finished 4 out of the 8 so we will continue this activity on Tuesday.
HW: Cognition Part 2 packet (will be graded on Tuesday)
 
Each day leading up to the test, there will be a set of practice questions made available in Jupiter each day at 3:00. They will be available for 24 hours only. The goal is to practice the distributed practice and testing effect concepts that we have been focusing on in class to prepare for the unit test.
 
Extra credit concept cards on Cognition are due on Tuesday 2/12
 
Unit Test is next Thursday 2/14

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Sorry for posting this a day late!
  1. Bell Ringer - Wellness Wednesday (Goal Setting Journal)
  2. QUIZ (Memory)
  3. Cognition - Part 2
    • Students had the rest of the period to work their way through the notes (see PPTs below) on the 2nd part of Cognition which covers thinking, creativity, problem solving, decision making, and language. These notes should be finished by Tuesday in preparation for next Thursday's unit test.
    • Friday we will be doing Cognition Stations where students will put to use many of the vocabulary terms from this section.
HW: "Finish This Picture" Creativity Activity
 
Each day for the next week, there will be a set of practice questions made available in Jupiter each day at 3:00. They will be available for 24 hours only. The goal is to practice the distributed practice and testing effect concepts that we have been focusing on in class to prepare for the unit test.
 
Extra credit concept cards on Cognition are due on Tuesday 2/12
 
Unit Test is next Thursday 2/14

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  1. Day 8 Bell Ringer - students worked in groups to complete another set of the Memory Brain Benders
  2. Class Notes - Retrieval and Forgetting (see PPT below)
    • The PPT posted below also has some additional slides that may help you review for Wednesday's quiz.
  3. Students had the rest of the period to work on the homework assignment.
    • There is an extra credit article posted in Google Classroom that students may complete in their packet.
    • I also posted the links to two Crash Course videos to help you review before the quiz.
HW: Module 33 Reading Guide and the last two PsychSims - packets will be collected on Wednesday.
 
QUIZ Wednesday - it will NOT be open note or with a partner so study accordingly
Extra Credit concept cards are due next Tuesday 2/12
UNIT TEST next Thursday 2/14
 

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  1. Day 7 Bell Ringer (Memory) - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Pop Quiz - students were allowed to use their notes on this quiz covering Encoding.
  3. Class Notes - Memory Storage (see PPT below)
  4. Students had the rest of the period to get started on the homework assignment.
HW: Module 32 Reading Guide and the first TWO PsychSims (links are in Google Classroom)
 
* The first unit test of the semester will be on Thursday, February 14. It will be 50% from Learning and Cognition and 50% from 1st semester content. 100 multiple choice and 1 FRQ. The review packets for both Learning and Cognition are posted below and will be handed out in class on Monday.
 
* Extra Credit Concept Cards for Cognition are posted below or in Google Classroom. They are due on Tuesday, February 12.

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I changed up my plans for today to give everyone a chance to get caught up and back on track. 
  1. Cognitive Learning - Students completed the "Check Yourself" section and then turned this in to be graded.
  2. Bend Your Brain Activities - Students worked with their groups to complete these activities and turned them in for a Bell Ringer grade.
  3. Students had the rest of the period to complete everything in their packet through page 11. This should get everyone through the encoding process of memory and allow us to move forward on Thursday.
HW: Anything you have not finished in your packet through page 11.

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  1. Day 5 Bell Ringer - completed in Google Classroom
  2. QUIZ - Learning 3 (Cognitive Learning)
    • No notes on this quiz.
  3. Brain Games - "Remember This"
  4. Brain Benders - Memory 
    • Students worked with their partners to try to complete these memory puzzles 
    • We didn't have time to finish these so partners will finish them on Tuesday for 5 points
    • This set are the "easy" ones. Next week groups will work on more challenging memory puzzles.
HW: Complete the notes on pages 5-7 in your packet using the PPT below and then complete the Module 31 Reading Guide. There will NOT be a quiz on Tuesday.
 
EXTRA CREDIT - Learning Concept Cards are due on Tuesday

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  1. Wellness Wednesday (The Great Outdoors) - Students completed and turned in the journal prompt for today.
  2. Checked answers for the Operant Conditioning Scenarios - see below
  3. QUIZ - Learning 2 (Operant Conditioning)
    • If you were absent today or last Friday, please make arrangements to take the quiz outside of class before next Thursday.
  4. Notes - Cognitive Learning (see PPT below)
HW: Module 29 Reading Guide
  • The last QUIZ on learning will be on Friday before we move on to Cognition
  • Extra Credit concept cards are due next Tuesday

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  1. Day 3 Bell Ringer (Google Classroom)
  2. Finished Operant Conditioning Class Notes - see PPT below
  3. Work time to complete the practice scenarios
    • You will have time to check your answers before the quiz on Wednesday
  4. Real World Applications
    • Video links are posted in Google Classroom
    • Follow the directions which are asking you to apply what you have learned to different scenarios
HW: Module 27 Reading Guide; QUIZ on Wednesday covering the Operant Conditioning packet

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  1. Wellness Wednesday - Finding Gratitude
    • After struggling to find a focus for our Wellness Wednesday's last semester, I have turned to "The Mindfulness Journal" as our focus for this semester.
    • Students first read an article about mindfulness while annotating and noting the connections to psychology.
    • Students then completed a writing prompt (by hand; see handout below) on Finding Gratitude.
  2. QUIZ - Classical Conditioning
    • Students had a few minutes to review the key for the Classical Conditioning practice problems (see below) before they took the quiz.
    • If you were absent, please make arrangements to take the quiz before the end of next week. The quiz was open-note.
  3. Class Notes - Operant Conditioning
    • We only finished the first page (front and back) of the notes and then students spent a little time on the first section of practice scenarios. We will continue on Friday.
    • See PPT and handout below.
HW: Module 27 Reading Guide (Due next Wednesday)

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  1. Day 1 Bell Ringer - complete in Google Classroom
  2. Class Notes - Classical Conditioning
    • See PPT and notes handout below
  3. Group Practice - Students worked with their groups to complete the practice problems for Classical Conditioning. If they had time, they could start on the homework assignment.
HW: Module 26 Reading Guide; QUIZ next class
 
* The instructions for the extra credit concept cards for the learning unit are posted in Google Classroom and below. They are due on Friday, January 25.