AP Psychology - Semester 2 (Periods 3 and 5) (West Ranch High School) //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Class Name: AP Psychology - Semester 2 (Periods 3 and 5) Instructor(s): Kate Povletich en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 05/13/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4329677 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Project Work Day!
]]> Fri, 13 May 2016 14:32:50 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/11/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4326483 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Students were assigned their final projects today. They have 3 class periods to work on it before it is due at the beginning of class on Thursday 5/19. There are two parts to the project...
  1. Psychological Analysis of a Favorite Story
  2. Happiness Poster
The details for the projects are attached below.

]]> Wed, 11 May 2016 10:57:21 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/09/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4325069 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Today we watched a documentary called "Happy" as a lead in to a project on positive psychology. Students completed several pre-viewing questions.
 
If you were absent, you can watch segments of the documentary on YouTube but I don't think it's available as a complete movie. Do you best to get the gist of what you missed.

]]> Tue, 10 May 2016 12:01:37 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/05/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4325065 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ With more than half of each class out today due to the AP Calc exam, students had another day to relax before we start working on projects next week.
]]> Tue, 10 May 2016 11:58:48 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/03/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4315849 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ As a reward for their hard work in preparing for the AP exam, we had a relaxing day of food, games, and studying for the next tests that many students have over the next few days.
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  • Peer graded one of the two FRQs that I had not gotten done.
  • Item-analysis of Monday's multiple choice test in order to see areas of focus for studying.
  • AP Score predictor
  • Final questions.
    • Good luck on Monday!!!

    ]]>     Tue, 03 May 2016 09:37:30 PDT     <![CDATA[Due: 04/27/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4309242 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Unit 9 Free-Response Questions!
     
    If you have been absent for either one of the test days, please make arrangements to take the make-up tests as soon as possible.
     
    HOMEWORK: Keep studying for the AP test (only 5 days to go!!!)

    ]]>     Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:34:46 PDT     <![CDATA[Due: 04/25/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4309235 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Unit 9 Multiple Choice Test!
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    CUPCAKE REVIEW!!!
    • Before starting the review, students had a chance to check their answers and getting any missing information from the Group Behavior reading guide since not all of it was in the text. The answer key is posted below if you need it.
    • Students then complete a series of 35 questions related to a cupcake sitting on their desks. As they completed each page, they were able to check their answers with the key posted around the room (also posted below).
    Last multiple choice test is on Monday!

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  • People, Studies, and Confusing Terms Heads Up Review
  • AP Exam Pre-Admin (some students in each class needed to complete the pre-administration process for the AP Exam - those that did not, will be completing it in another of their classes; while they did that, the remaining students continued their review.
  • Last Lecture and Class Notes of the Year!!! - see PPT below for the last lecture on Groups, Prejudice, Attraction, and Aggression.
    • Notebooks will be graded in class on Monday (I mistakenly told 3rd period it would be Thursday but it is not until Monday). We will finish the reading guide on Groupthink on Thursday before our review activity.
     
    Additional review materials for the AP Exam are posted below.
     
    HOMEWORK: Continue studying! The Unit 9 Multiple Choice test is on Monday.

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  • Key People Heads Up
  • Important Studies Review
  • Handed out Confusing Pairs flashcards and gave students time to fold/glue them. For these ones, the full sheet should be folded in half so the confusing pairs stay together while you study. These are pairs of words that Psych teachers have determined consistent cause confusion for students.
  • 425 Terms You Should Know (OPTIONAL) - this is a big document and I only gave it to students that wanted to use it; it is divided by topic and covers all of the major vocabulary words that could show up on the test
  • Crash Course #37: Social Thinking (for 5th period that did not get to watch it on Wednesday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6HLDV0T5Q8&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOPRKzVLY0jJY-uHOH9KVU6&index=37
  • Class Notes (Social Psychology) - use the PPT provided to complete the notes
    • HOMEWORK: Group Behavior Reading Guide (Module 76) - I was unable to access the ebook for Myers for AP so you will need to use your own textbook and do as well as you can (pages 741-745); I will go over any answers that could not be found in the text on Tuesday

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  • Key People Heads Up Review
  • Important Studies Flash Cards (if you were absent, I will have your set available for you in class)
  • Organize notebooks for Unit 9 (Social Psychology)
  • ARTICLES: Asch Conformity and Milgram Obedience Experiments (read and annotate/highlight for both a social psych concepts and review of research methods/ethics)
  • PsychSim5 Everybody's Doing It - Use the link to the Psych Textbook (you will be looking for the PsychSim in Unit XIV)
  • Crash Course #37 Social Thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6HLDV0T5Q8&index=37&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOPRKzVLY0jJY-uHOH9KVU6)
    • HOMEWORK: Unit 9 Key Terms and Examples (due by Monday 4/25)

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  • Unit Plan discussion - only 3 weeks to the AP Exam!
  • Review - Key People Heads Up!
  • Review - Key Concepts for History, Approaches, and Research Methods (group rotations)
  • Documentary: Stanford Prison Experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb4Q20z0T1Q&nohtml5=False)
    • HOMEWORK: Reading Guide (Module 74 - Myers for AP)

    ]]>     Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:18:50 PDT     <![CDATA[Due: 03/31/2016]]> //www.westranchhighschool.com/homeworkItem4272897 //www.westranchhighschool.com/apps/classes/737935/assignments/ Unit Test Day!
     
    No homework over Spring Break but come back ready to make the final push to the AP exam!

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  • The Case Studies homework was collected and graded while students read and highlighted/annotated their notes on Therapies - pay careful attention to biomedical therapies and the drugs that are used for the different disorders.
  • Students worked in group to review symptoms and diagnoses on their case studies. They divided the case studies within their groups, used the answer key to check their work, and then explained each case to the rest of their group to check for accuracy.
  • PsychSim 5 - Mystery Therapist and Computer Therapist
  • Grade Notebooks (5th period only - I will grade the 3rd period notebooks during the test on Thursday)
    • Unit Test Thursday - multiple choice only

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