12/18-1/4 Neural Function

1. Ch. 6 S1&2 and the Nervous System

2. Learn 360 Video on the Nervous System.

Extra Credit for the Break:

PSY I Extra Credit Project:
* Research Project (30 pts). Research a person, psychological issue or disorder that is important to the field of psychology.
After researching you may do one of the following:
A. Write a two-three page paper explaining what this topic is about. Explain why knowledge of this topic is important to understanding the field of psychology.
B. Do a 15 slide PPT.
C. Make a poster or diorama of the topic.

A bibliography is necessary to validate your research. (2 Sources Minimum)
An informal presentation to the class on the date which we return (1/4-5 2010).

For 15 pts. you may do one of the following:

1. Watch a psychological movie or documentary (not shown in class) and write up a review (1-2 pages typed).
2. Read an article from a newspaper or periodical that is psychologically significant and write up a summary (with article attached)---1 to 2 pages typed.

12/16-17 ABNORMAL EXAM

1. Abnormal Psych Exam (Ch. 16)
2. Intro to Ch.6 & 7

12/14-15 Antisocial Personality

1. Anti-social personality-- Cornell Notes
2. Psychology of Drug Abuse--Cornell Notes
3. Time to work on Unit Packets---As Review for Exam

12/10-11 Suicide Prevention

1. Suicide prevention pamphlet for Jackson County.
2. Intro to Anti-social disorder and Drug Abuse

12/8-9 Intro to Mood Disorders

1. Sybil Conclusion and questions.

2. Mood Disorders (Unipolar and Bipolar)
Causes/Symptoms/Treatments

12/4-7 Sybil

Sybil

12/2-3 D.I.D.

Intro to somatoform disorders and D.I.D

Begin Sybil

11/30-12/1 Intro Somatoform Disorders

1. Wrap up Schizophrenia along with write-up of "A Beautiful Mind"
2. Intro to Somatoform Disorders

11/19-20 Schizophrenia

1. "A Beautiful Mind"

2. Extra Credit: For extra credit (20 points), research a topic in psychology. After doing your research write up a summary paper (2 pages long, standard MLA, typed, double-spaced). The paper is due on our return from break.

11/17-18 Quiz and Intro to Schizophrenia

1. Quiz on Ch. 16 S1 & 2---Overview and Anxiety Disorders.

2. Intro to Psychotic Mental Disorders--Schizophrenia

3. "A Beautiful Mind"

11/13-16 Anxiety Disorders

1. Finish "As Good As It Gets"
2. Reflective Paragraph on the Video Due next period:
OCD—“As Good As It Gets”

In a reflective paragraph, answer the following question off of the video.

How did Melvin Udall display classic characteristics of OCD? In what ways were his symptoms lessened during the movie? What were the reasons for his recovery?

3. Begin Section Reviews and Unit Goals

11/10-12 OCD

1. What is OCD and What's not?

2. "As Good As It Gets"

11/6-9 Anxiety Disorders

What are anxiety disorders?

OCD-overview.

"As Good As It Gets"

11/4-5 Abnormal Psych

1. Overview of Abnormal Psych.
2. What is normal and abnormal from a clinical standpoint.
a. deviation from normality
b. adjustment
c. psychological health

3. Ch. 16 S1 RG Due
Abnormal Psych – Ch. 16 S1----Getting started.

What makes a person abnormal?
What 3 ways do psychologists draw the line from normal to abnormal?
What does Szasz argue about mental illness?
What is DSM-IV?
What are the 4 descriptions included in each diagnostic category?
What are the five major axes in the DSM 4?
If you are diagnosed under one of the five axes in DSM-IV, does that mean you’re crazy?

11/2-3 Learning and Memory Exam Ch. 9 & 10

1. EXAM!!!

2. Intro to Abnormal Psych.

10/29-30 Memory Retrieval

1. Clustering--Allows for more to be held in STM and more to be uploaded to LTM.

2. Retrieval involves 4 main parts: recognition, recall, relearning and forgetting.

Wrapped up 40 items of unit. Study and use on the exam next period.

psychology.glencoe.com ---website that is useful in preparing for the exam.

10/27-28 Memory Pt. 1 --storage

3 parts of memory. encoding --storage --retrieval.

3 stage theory---sensory memory, short term memory (working memory) and long term memory.

Memory is both implicit and explicit.

Implicit memory includes both semantic and episodic.

Explicit memory includes both declarative and procedural.

10/23-26 Mental Maps - Cognitive Wkst.

1. Cognitive learning includes latent learning (implicit memory)---this is shown by drawing cognitive maps (mental maps) of your house and route from your house to Sprague.

2. Cognitive learning deals with the issues of motivation, attribution theory and learned helplessness. Wkst. completion over these topics.

10/21-22 Skits

1. Skits on Operant Conditioning.
2. Intro to Social Learning.
3. Work up to #24 on the Vocab List.

10/19-20 Operant Conditioning --Skit Intro

1. Operant Conditioning Lecture.
2. Skits organized.

10/14-15 Classical Conditioning

1. Ch. 9 S1 RG
2. Lecture on Classical Conditioning

10/12-13 Personality Exam

1. Personality Exam
2. Intro to learning.

10/7-8 Trait Theory

1. Trait Theory of Personality
2. Ch. 14 S5 RG Due next period.

10/5-6 Humanism theories of personality

1. Quiz over Ch. 14 S1-3.
2. Humanist theories----Maslow and Rogers.

10/1-2 Behaviorist Theories of Personality

1. Intro to Behaviorism in the study of personality.
2. Watch short clips on Classical Conditioning (Pavlov) and Operant Conditioning (Skinner)
3. Work on Behaviorism Questions
4. Watch two short clips on Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura).
5. Quiz--Take Home on Psychoanalytic Approach and the NeoFreudians to the Behaviorist Approach.

6. Psychoanalysis (Freud) Concept Map due next class meeting.

9/29-30 Freud and Personality Theory

1. Turned in the internet based personality assignment---see link under all assignments.
2. Discussed Freud and his contributions to personality theory.
3. Watched a biography video on Freud. Absent students should read the following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

4. Turned in Freud Reading Questions---see link under all assignments.
5. Introduction to the Concept Map using Freud's main ideas: unconscious, conscious, libido, id, ego and superego. This will be due next week.

9/25-28 Internet Activity

1. Using the Internet Activity on Personality from the "All Assignments" link--open up and do questions #1-5.

9/23-24 Overview Personality

1. Personality Writing in Journal:

What is Personality? Why are personality theories useful?

2. Personality Video w/notes from learn 360 video.

3. NeoFreudian lecture for notes.

9/21-22 Intro Unit Exam

1. Intro Unit Exam.

*Any student that is unhappy with their results from the intro exam may download it from the "all assignments" link and retake it as a take-home quiz.

2. Intro to Personality--Ch. 14. Ch. 14 Freud Reading Guide.

9/17-18 Group Projects

1. Group Projects on Ch. 1 Sec 2 &3
2. Assign Yellow Vocab Sheet for Ch. 1 Sec 1-3 Due next class
3. Assign Gold Reading Guide Ch. 1 Sec 1-3 Due next class
4. Review for Quiz on Ch. 1

9/15-16 Ch. 1 Sec 1&2

1. Assign Vocab list Ch. 1 Sec 1&2
2. Video Clip

9/11-14 Psycho Cruise

1. Syllabus turned in.
2. Text Search
3. Psycho Cruise with Review
4. SQ3R explained--Intro to Ch. 1

9/9-10 Intro to 2009-10 School Year

Syllabus
Library to get Text
Personality Survey

post test

test