*Summer Assignment details

Week 1: Historical Background - Ch 1: Summer Assignment & Spiral Notebook check

Week 2: Research and Statistics in Psychology/Ch 2: Statistics,Variables & Experimental Design

Week 3: Biological Basis of Behavior - Ch 3/ Brain anatomy and neurology

Week 4:Sensation and Perception - Ch 4/ Illusions, Sights, Sounds & Senses

Week 5:Variations in Consciousness - Ch 5/ Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, Drugs, Biological Clocks

Week 6:Learning through Conditioning - Ch 6/ Pavlov, Skinner & Operant Conditioning,
              Observational Learning

Week 7 : Human Memory - Ch 7/ Long Term, Short Term & Amnesias
 

Week 8:  Language and Thought - Ch 8/Cognitive Problem Solving, Chimp Language & Human too

9th Week:  Final Exam Quarter 1 - Chapters 1-8, followed by:

InterSession Break  !!!

Week 10:  Intelligence and Psychology Testing - Ch 9

Week 11: Motivation and Emotion - Ch 10

Week 12: Human Development - Ch 11

Week 13: Personality: Theory Research and Assessment - Ch 12

Week 14:  Stress, Coping & Health - Ch 13 - Project Proposal Due

Week 15:  Psychological Disorders - Ch 14

Week 16:  Psychotherapy - Ch 15

Week 17 :  Social Behavior ? Ch 16

Week 18:  Study Project Presentations & Final Exam Review

February: Sign-up for AP Psychology Exam ($5.00)    March &  April: Weekly Study Sessions TBA

AP Psychology ExamMonday, May 14th, 2001, morning session
 
 

Grading categories
for AP Psychology

Tests and Quizes = 55%
Homework, Classwork & Interactive Notebooks = 25%
Final Exam =10%
Study Project = 10% (Second quarter only)