AP Psychology January Lesson Plans Week One and Two
Monday 01-04
Teacher Workday
Tuesday 01-05
Standard: Identify key contributors in intelligence research and testing (e.g. Alfred Binet, Francis Galton,
Howard Gardner, Charles Spearman, Robert Sternberg, Louis Terman, David Wechsler)
Standard: Compare and contrast historic with contemporary theories of intelligence
Essential Question: Who are the key figures in the study of intelligence?
Warm Up: Give back and discuss first semester final exam and list behaviors students consider as
intelligent
Activity:
 Students will work on folder activity (create a table with information about important people in
intelligence)
 This should take the period to complete and will be completed for homework
Wednesday 01-06
Standard: Identify key contributors in intelligence research and testing (e.g. Alfred Binet, Francis Galton,
Howard Gardner, Charles Spearman, Robert Sternberg, Louis Terman, David Wechsler)
Standard: Explain how psychologists design tests including standardization strategies and other
techniques to establish reliability and validity
Standard: Interpret the meaning of scores in terms of the normal curve
Essential Question Who are the key figures in the study of intelligence and How do psychologists define
and study intelligence
Warm Up: Go over person table to start the class fill in and answer any questions
Activity:
 Go over information about standardization, reliability, validity through the normal curve
Wrap Up: Take the Remote Associates Test home and complete
Thursday 01-07
Standard: Explain how psychologists design tests, including standardization strategies and other
techniques to establish reliability and validity
Essential Question: How do psychologists know whether a test is reliable and or valid? Why are these
qualities important?
Warm Up: Give students World War I IQ Test
Activity:
Discuss standardization, reliability and validity
Divide into groups and have each group come up with an operational definition of friendliness and
develop a five item survey based on their definition have other groups complete survey Complete
statistical analysis of survey
Homework: Study for Vocabulary Quiz
Friday 01-08
Standards are all of the above standards
Essential Questions above
Activity: Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 11 Intelligence
Activity: Students present articles related to psychology
Monday 01-11
Standard: : How do psychologists know whether a test is reliable and or valid? Why are these qualities
important?
Essential Question: How do psychologists define and study intelligence?
Warm Up: Go over Mensa worksheet
Activity: Students work in groups to operationally define friendliness and create five questions and
collect data from other students and come up with mode, median, mean, range, and standard deviation
Wrap Up: Discuss validity and reliability after exercise remind them to have questions completed
Tuesday 01-12
Standard: Discuss the stability of intelligence scores and discuss evidence for both genetic and
environmental influence on intelligence
Essential Question: How do testing scores differ between group administration and individual
administration of intelligence tests? Between genders? Races? Socioeconomic groups?
Warm Up: Discuss previous validity and reliability activity
Activity: Jigsaw Activity about genetic and environmental effects on intelligence
Wrap Up: Go over information
Wednesday 01-13
Standard: Discuss the history of eugenics
Essential Question: What is Eugenics?
Activity: Students work with a partner to analyze a visual about eugenics and present to the class
Wrap Up: Discuss any questions for the test
Thursday 01-14
Free Response Questions
Friday 01-15
Multiple Choice Test