Weekly Lesson Plans
Teacher: Tasha Bowman
Subject: Psychology
Week of: 9.16.13-9.20.13
Monday
DATE
9/16/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Explain the principles of classical conditioning.
Materials
Learning PowerPoint, Learning Guided notes, Unit 3 Vocabulary, Unit 3 Study Guide, Ch 6 Section 1
Homework Questions, powdered lemonade, small paper cups, Pavlov Bio
Activities
Warm Up: Read the brief biography of Ivan Pavlov. In 3-5 sentences, explain who he was and why we
study him in psychology.
Lesson:
-Create a list of habits and preferences that are part of students’ daily lives. How were these acquired?
-Notes on classical conditioning
-Lemonade experiment
- Reflect on the lemonade experiment we performed. What happened by the end of the class period?
Cool Down: Refer to the list of habits we identified earlier. Briefly explain how classical conditioning
played a role in creating those personal habits and preferences. Identify the conditioned and
unconditioned stimuli and the response elements in each process.
Homework
Complete the section 1 homework questions.
Tuesday
DATE
9/17/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Explain the principles of operant conditioning and describe how they are applied.
Materials
Learning PowerPoint, Learning Guided Notes, Ch6 Section 2 Homework Questions
Activities
Warm Up: Chapter 6 Truth or Fiction; Define cause and effect. Give examples of cause and effect
relationships.
Lesson:
-Notes on operant conditioning
-Individual and then group activity: Students will be assigned either Continuous and Partial
Reinforcement, Interval Schedules, or Ratio Schedules to read. Once students have read their sections,
all students reading a particular section will form a group and create a notes poster about that schedule of
reinforcement. They will present their notes to the class.
Cool Down:
Identify the reinforcers in your advertisement, and explain how each is used to sell the advertised
product.
Homework
Complete the section 2 homework questions.
Wednesday
DATE
9/18/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Discuss the cognitive factors in learning.
Materials
Bandura Bio, Learning PowerPoint, Learning Guided Notes, Ch 6 Section 3 Homework Questions
Activities
Warm Up: Read the brief biography of Albert Bandura. In 3-5 sentences, describe who he is and why we
study him in psychology.
Lesson:
-How do you know where objects are in your home, school, and neighborhood? How many things have
you learned from observing other people, reading books, or watching television? Create a map of the high
school. How are our maps similar? Different?
-Notes on cognitive factors in learning.
Cool Down: What might you learn from observing various media? What are some pros and cons in the
access young people have to the media?
Homework
Complete the section 3 homework questions.
Thursday
DATE
9/19/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Identify the steps of the PQ4R method of learning.
Materials
Ch6 Section 4 Homework Questions.
Activities
Warm Up: Glance over section 4 in your textbook. Create questions about the section without reading
the entire section.
Lesson:
- Notes on the PQ4R method
-“Misunderstood Minds” online activity- assign students a different section and have students complete
the activity for that section and answer the questions associated with it.
Cool Down: Reflect on the online activity. Was the activity easy? Difficult? How does this modify your
view of learning disabilities?
Homework
Complete the section 4 homework questions. Chapter 6 vocab and study guide due tomorrow.
Friday
DATE
9/20/13
Objectives/Standards
1. Review for quiz.
2. Demonstrate learning with a chapter quiz.
Materials
Education Portal Videos, Education Portal Video Questions, Chapter 6 Quiz
Activities
Warm Up: Choose a specific behavior and develop a hypothesis about the types and schedules of
reinforcement that would work best to modify that behavior.
Lesson:
-Education Portal videos and questions
-Chapter 6 Quiz
Cool Down:
Homework
Work on Unit 3 vocabulary and study guide. (Chapter 7 due Wednesday)