Course+Calendar


 * __2017-18 School Year __**


 * Trimester 3 **

Mon, Mar 19 - Welcome/Intro; Syllabus, website/article reviews, connectors, Classroom/Remind; Boundary Breakers; questionnaire; "8 Study Tips" article Tues, Mar 20 - Getting to Know You & textbooks; discuss "8 Study Tips"; What is Psychology?; hindsight bias & overconfidence; Aphorisms Weds, Mar 21 - discuss Group & Self article; work on Historical Evolution of Psychology group presentations; start "The Story of Psychology" Thurs, Mar 22 - finish Evolution of Psychology presentations; finish "Story of Psychology"; current perspectives & practice questions; Elephant story Fri, Mar 23 - ESP demonstration; "Secrets of the Psychics"

Mon, Mar 26 - Nature v. Nurture Tues, Mar 27 - Methods Psychologists Use Weds, Mar 28 - Experimentation Thurs, Mar 29 - Ethics; Review Fri, Mar 30 - //(No school)//

Mon, Apr 2 - **Unit 1 Test (Careers & Research Methods)** Tues, Apr 3 - //(ACT Testing - non-class day)// Weds, Apr 4 - review test results; Random Brain Facts; Brain Project Thurs, Apr 5 - Methods of Studying the Brain; video clips Fri, Apr 6 - Nervous System & Neurons; Endocrine system

Mon, Apr 9 - finish Nervous System & Nuerons; student neuron demo; start "Awakenings" Tues, Apr 10 - "Awakenings" Weds, Apr 11 - finish "Awakenings" Thurs, Apr 12 - Brain Hemispheres & demos Fri, Apr 13 - ** Unit 2 Test (The Brain) **

Mon, Apr 16 - (snow day) Tues, Apr 17 - review test results; intro to Learning; mental mazes Weds, Apr 18 - Classical Conditioning Thurs, Apr 19 - finish Classical Conditioning; start Operant Conditioning Fri, Apr 20 - finish Operant Conditioning

Mon, Apr 23 - //(No School)// Tues, Apr 24 - Observational Learning; Cognitive Influences on Learning; "Discovering Psychology: Learning" Weds, Apr 25 - start Memory Thurs, Apr 26 - Memory Fri, Apr 27 - Memory

Mon, Apr 30 - Memory Tues, May 1 - finish Memory; memory failure - Clive Wearing, Elizabeth Loftus Weds, May 2 - ** Unit 3 Test (Learning & Memory) ** Thurs, May 3 - review test results; What is Personality?; Psychodynamic Approach Fri, May 4 - finish Psychodynamic Approach

Mon, May 7 - Freud Biography clip; Neo-Freudians jigsaw; Projective tests Tues, May 8 - Perceived vs. Ideal Self; Humanistic Approach Weds, May 9 - Trait Perspective & Trait Lab Thurs, May 10 - Social-Cognitive Perspective & Positive Psychology Fri, May 11 - ** Unit 4 Test (Personality) **

Mon, May 14 - review tests; What is Abnormal?; DSM & Perspectives on Psychopathology Tues, May 15 - Anxiety Disorders Weds, May 16 - Dissociative Disorders Thurs, May 17 - Mood Disorders Fri, May 18 - Schizophrenia

Mon, May 21 - Somatoform & Personality Disorders; PsychSim: Mystery Client Tues, May 22 - Methods of Therapy Weds, May 23 - Methods of Therapy; PsychSim: Mystery Therapist Thurs, May 24 - ** Unit 5 Test (Disorders & Therapy) ** Fri, May 25 - review for CSA

Mon, May 28 - //(No School)// Tues, May 29 - ** Final Exam (CSA) ** Weds, May 30 - Thurs, May 31 - Fri, June 1 -

Mon, June 4 - Tues, June 5 - Weds, June 6 - Thurs, June 7 -


 * // (End of Trimester 3) //**