AP Psychology Assignment Sheet
January to February
DATE
Jan. 16
ASSIGNMENT
Class: TEST UNIT 7 B
Jan.
HW: R & TN pgs. 327-348
Class: Identify & apply basic motivational concepts to understand the behavior of humans & other
animals; discuss biological underpinnings of motivation
HW: R & TN pgs 349-365
Class: Compare/contrast motivational theories; describe classic research findings in specific
motivation systems (eating, sex, social)
HW: R & TN pgs. 366-384
Class: Compare/contrast theories of emotion; Describe how cultural influences shape emotional
expression, including variations of body language
HW; pgs. 386-406
Class: Identify key contributors in the psychology of motivation & emotion; discuss theories of
stress and the effects of stress on psychological/physical well-being
HW STUDY FOR UNIT 8 TEST!
Class: TEST UNIT 8A AND B
HW: R & TN pgs. 411-441
Class: Discuss the interaction of nature/nurture om the determination of behavior; explain
process of conception and gestation and maturation of motor skills
HW: R & TN pgs. 442-473
Class; Obj: Describe the influence of temperament and other social factors on attachment and
appropriate socialization
HW: Breakfast Club Assignment—FRQ format DUE:
Classs: Obj: Explain how parenting styles influence development; describe how sex and gender
influence socialization and other aspects of development
HW: STUDY for Unit 9 TEST!!
Class: TEST UNIT 9 Developmental Psych
HW: R &TN pgs 479-490
Class: Compare & contrast the major theories and approaches to explaining personality
(Psychoanalysis); Identify key contributors to personality theory
HW R & TN pgs 491-503
Class: Compare & contrast the major theories and approaches to explaining personality
(Humanist, cognitive) Identify key contributors to personality theory;
HW R & TN pgs. 503-518
Class: Compare & contrast the major theories and approaches to explaining personality (social,
behavioral) Identify key contributors to personality theory; Speculate how cultural context can
facilitate or constrain personality development
HW: STUDY FOR TEST Unit 10
Class: UNIT 10 TEST Personality
HW: R & TN pgs. 523-531
Class: Obj; Define Intelligence and list characteristics of how psychologists measure intelligence
(abstract v. verbal, speed of processing); Cultural influences on definition of intelligence
HW R & TN pgs. 532-544
Class: Obj: Compare & contrast historic and contemporary theories of intelligence
HW R & TN pgs. 544-557