Assignments,+Activities,+Due+Dates

lecture on History of Psychology || N/A || For next class period FNCP: Read Chapter 1 || Web site for your high intelligences - Gardiner Multiple intelligences: http://www.literacynet.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html ||  ||   || Chapter 1 || Start Lecture Chapter 2 || Test: 40 Multiple choice questions. 3 essay questions || Answering Essay questions see below: ||  || Chapter 2 || N/A || Read pages 31-42 || Understanding Research: http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/02/e02expand.html ||  || Chapter 2 ||  || Read pages 43-56 ||   ||   || Lecture
 * ** Date ** || ** Content ** || ** Due Today ** || ** Activities/ **
 * Assignments ** || ** Connections & **
 * Interactive follow-up ** || ** Other things you need to know ** ||
 * Aug 25/26 || Disclosure
 * Aug 27/28 ||  || Be Ready for a starter Quiz || Psychic Challenge ||   ||   ||
 * Aug 29/Sep 2 || Test on
 * Sep 3/4 || Lecture
 * Sep 5/8 || Lecture
 * Sep 9/10 ||  ||   ||   || http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=ur ||   ||
 * Sep 11/12 || Test Review ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Sep 15/16 || Test chapter 2 ||  || Read 63-72 for next class period || Draw the neuron - understand its parts ||   ||
 * Sep 17/18 || The Neuron

Neuron Quiz (B) || Reading for 63-72 || Read pp. 73-80 || Zimbardo video The Behaving Brain:

http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1525 ||  || Neuron Quiz (A) Lecture on the Neuron ||  ||   || Zimbardo video - The Responsive brain http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1526 || http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2008/None/ChristopherdeCharms_2008-480p.mp4 The story of Phineas Gage:http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1592 Allan Jones the map of the brain
 * SEPT 19 || MIDTERM
 * Sep 19/22 ||  ||   || REad 80 to 92 ||   ||   ||
 * Sep 23/24 || Lecture on Evolutionary Psychology || Read 92-106 || The story of Phineas Gage:http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1592 ||
 * Sep 25/29 ||  || Quiz on the brain || The story of Phineas Gage:http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1592 || Ted Talks: Pet Scans-

http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain#t-75310 ||  || http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1573 ||  || Read 117 - 147 vision || Visual information processing: http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1577 ||  || http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1510 ||  || http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1511 ||  ||
 * Sep 30/Oct 1 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Qct 2/3 ||  ||   ||   || Split Brain:
 * Oct 6/7 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Oct 8/9 || Sensation/Perception || The Eye ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Oct 10/13 || Sensation/Perception || The Ear || Experiment IB collect Statistics ||  ||   ||
 * Oct 14/15 || Sensation Perception || Taste || Experiment Collect Statistics
 * Oct 20/21 ||  ||   || Read 147- 165 hearin,taste, smell, skin senses. Body senses, ||   ||   ||
 * Oct 22/23 || REview for test ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Oct 24/27 || Test on Sensation & perception ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Oct 28/29 || Start Consciousness ||  || IB Charts/Graphs due on your statistics || The Mind awake and asleep:
 * Oct 30 || END OF TERM ||  ||   || The mind hidden & Divided:
 * Tips for the AP Psychology Free Response:** __These are tips for the AP Free Response section of the exam. The most important part for your summer work essay is the “writing the essay” section.__
 * Tips for the AP Psychology Free Response:** __These are tips for the AP Free Response section of the exam. The most important part for your summer work essay is the “writing the essay” section.__
 * Tips for the AP Psychology Free Response:** __These are tips for the AP Free Response section of the exam. The most important part for your summer work essay is the “writing the essay” section.__


 * General Information:**
 * You will be required to use pen on exam day
 * You will have 50 minutes to complete TWO free-response essays (no choice of essay)
 * Practice, Practice, Practice….use former test questions or __exam guide__ questions to create timed practice sessions. Break down the question, then formulate and write an essay. Score it using the guide and compare the answer to samples provided. Create your own questions based on the format of the practice questions you have available. Break down the question and answer it.
 * Write as legibly as you can in the time you have. At the end of the test, look through and re-write any particularly messy words.
 * One essay is usually based on analysis and critique of a research methodology. (ex: find and fix flaws in an experimental design, identify a hypothesis or it major aspects, answer questions about a study, compare research methods)
 * The second essay is often the application of a particular perspective of psychology (ex: biological, cognitive, psychoanalytic etc.) or will list 5-6 psychological terms/concepts (ex: schema, projection, cognitive mapping, object permanence, etc.) to be defined or applied to an overarching theme or idea.
 * One of the two essays usually seems to include information from one of the chapters near the end of the book.

(ex: If 10 pieces of information are required then each correct answer would have a multiplier of 2.5= 10x2.5=25. If you correctly answered 7/10 pieces=7x2.5=17.5/25)
 * Reading (Grading of the Essay):**
 * The process of scoring the exam is called Reading. The readers are high school teachers and college professors. They are typically required to read hundreds of essays.
 * They first create a rubric by which the essay is graded. This rubric usually identifies 8-12 pieces of information to be addressed within the essay.
 * The essay portion of the exam will be 33 1/3 % of your final grade on the exam
 * Each essay will be worth 16 2/3 % of your overall grade or 25 out of 150 Points
 * Points are given for each correct answer unless directly contradicted within the same point. There are no deductions and you are not scored on style or aesthetics.
 * Readers scan essays very quickly. They are trained to look for appropriate psychological terminology. If used properly, through definition and/or example, it can demonstrate your knowledge and award you a point.


 * Breaking Down the Question:**
 * 1) Allocate no more than 30 seconds to FREAKING OUT!
 * 2) Then allocate 1-2 minutes to break down each question (Do this during your practice sessions as well)
 * 3) Write notes on the actual test question
 * 4) Read the entire question then go back and break it down piece by piece
 * 5) Circle action words (compare, contrast, define, give examples etc.) in the question that identify each aspect of the topic that is to be addressed
 * 6) Underline critical terms or topics
 * 7) __Optional: CREATE YOUR OWN SCORING GUIDE__ by estimating the number of pieces of information that will be identified on the Reader’s rubric. Write and number each piece of information as it appears in the test question in an outline form below the actual test question. You may want to draw boxes around the connected concepts that can symbolize paragraphs in your essay.

Readers like and often expect to see appropriate __examples__ that are clearly relevant to the point being addressed. They should __NOT be a hypothetical or personal__ (from your own life) example. Good
 * Writing the Essay: **
 * 1) __Do not waste time with a lengthy introduction__ (or conclusion.) Possibly include an introductory or concluding sentence that does NOT repeat the question. **You do not need an intro. or conclusion.
 * 2) __You may use bullets for each point you are writing about.__ So, it may not look like the proper essay format! Use complete sentences.
 * 3) __Use the structure of your scoring guide__ to answer the question addressing each point in an orderly fashion. If structured properly a reader will easily see that all parts of the question have been addressed.
 * 4) *Each new concept (possible each new point) should have __a new paragraph__.
 * 5) __*Underline__ main ideas
 * 6) If you need to add text in the middle of your response, clearly indicate where the additional text should go. It may be helpful to __skip a few lines between each paragraph__ for this purpose.
 * 7) __Keep it simple__. Address and dismiss. Don’t add fluff. Be Concise. Readers want to see your knowledge of the best and most common techniques, methods, theories, etc. Do not waste time explaining unnecessarily complicated concepts unless directly asked to within the question.
 * 8) __*USE PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS and PROPER NAMES THEORIES, THEORISTS and PSYCHOLOGISTS__
 * 1) examples will come from this course’s text and the additional articles assigned.
 * 2) Give yourself approximately __15-20 minutes maximum__ to actually write the first essay
 * 3) Then allocate 1-2 minutes to go back to the original scoring guide that you created. Use it as a __checklist to be sure you addressed all the points__.
 * 4) Use any remaining time after completing both essays to put the finishing touches on your essay. Examine word choice, spelling, examples, and terminology. Make sure it looks good. The better it looks the more positive the reader is likely to regard it.


 * What __NOT__ to do: **
 * DO NOT PANIC!!!!!!! If you are clueless about part of the essay, do your best to write something. You may be surprised, you may actually hit on what the rubric was asking for and if not, you will not be penalized for trying. Missing one point will not ruin your score, losing focus through panic could ruin your score.
 * Do not begin writing until you have fully read the question, created a scoring rubric outline, and have clue about what you are supposed to be writing.
 * Do not write an outline as your essay. Readers are not allowed to give any points for an essay written as an outline. __Write your essay in sentences and paragraphs__.
 * Do not go overboard in the opposite direction either…do not write EVERYTHING you know. Stay focused on the question.
 * When asked to define a word do not use the actual word in its definition
 * Do not restate the question in your essay
 * __Do not describe a feeling or cognitive process when asked to describe a behavior. Behaviors are observable.__
 * When asked to provide a description, do not give a simple description. Provide a complete explanation
 * Do not make vague statements like “the subject would feel bad” especially when discussing ethical concerns in research
 * Do not suggest anything that could be misconstrued as unethical


 * THE BEST WAY TO STUDY FOR THE FREE RESPONSE PORTION OF THE EXAM IS TO PRACTICE, PRACTICE, AND PRACTICE!!!!!!!! (We will be doing this all year.) **