A.P. Psychology Qrt. 1 Textbook Reading Schedule
SY 2014-2015
TEXT: Myers’ Psychology For AP:
Students are responsible for completing the assigned readings as noted on the calendar and required to take Cornell
notes or other pre-approved note taking format. There will be announced and unannounced reading quizzes covering one
or more of the assigned readings. Students must follow the reading schedule REGARDLESS of where we are at in the
class discussions and activities.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SAT/SUN
8/4
8/5
8/6
8/7
8/8
8/9-8/10
Issues
&
Fields
of
Ch.
1-A:
Intro
To
Ch.
7-A:
Full School
Psychology, Pp. 8Psychology
Memory
Returns
Roots &
12
Phenom &Model
Development,
Pp.
2of Memory,
AUGUST
8
Pp.255-258
8/11
8/12
8/13
8/14
8/15
8/16-8/17
Encoding, Pp.
Storage, Pp. 265- Retrieval, Pp. 274Forgetting, Pp.
No School;
258-265
274
278
278-284
STATEHOOD
DAY
8/18
8/19
8/20
8/21
8/22
8/23-24
Review Pp. 255Review Pp. 265Review Pp. 274-284
Memory
Memory
Improving
265
274
Construction, Pp.
Construction, Pp.
Memory, Pp.
285-289
289-293
293-297
8/25
8/26
8/27
8/28
8/29
8/30-31
Scientific Method & Correlation, Pp.
Experimentation,
Ch. 1-B: Research
Description, Pp. 26- 30-36
Pp. 36-39;
& Statistics
(handout) Limits &
30
Statistical
Attitudes; Pp. 19-24
Reasoning Pp.
39-44
SEPTEMBER
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sat/Sun
9/1
9/2
9/3
9/4
9/5
9/6-9/7
Questions About
Nervous System, Endocrine System, Ch. 3-B, The
Mid Quarter 1 Ch. 3-A,
Psychological
Pp. 59-62
62-66 Brain
Interim Grades Neurobiology,
Research Pp. 44Neural
Pp. 66-69
are DUE
49
Communication Pp.
Older Brain, Pp.
51-59
69-74
Labor Day/
No School!
9/8
9/9
9/10
9/11
9/12
9/13-9/14
Cerebral CortexCerebral CortexThe Divided Brain,
The Brain &
Ch. 3-C Nature
Structure &
Language &
Pp. 83-89
Consciousness, Pp.
v. Nurture;
Function, Pp. 74Plasticity Pp. 8089-93
Genetics, Pp. 9479
83
102
9/15
Evolutionary
Psychology, Pp. 103
- 107
9/17
Ch. 9 Developmental
Psychology; Prenatal
Dev. Pp. 411-415
9/18
Infancy & ChildhoodPhysical Dev., Pp.
415-417
9/23
9/24
Infancy &
Parents & Peers, Pp.
Childhood441-445
Gender
Development, Pp.
435-441
9/29
9/30
AdulthoodAdulthood-Social
Cognitive Dev.,
Dev., Pp. 465-471
Pp. 461-465
9/25
AdolescencePhysical &
Cognitive Dev., Pp.
445-450
9/22
Infancy &
Childhood-Social
Dev., Pp. 432 435
9/16
Nature v. Nurture,
Pp. 108-113
9/19
Infancy &
Childhood-Cognitive
Dev., Pp. 417-423
(Piaget)
9/20-9/21
CloseUp-Autism,
Pp. 424-426
Infancy &
Childhood-Social
Dev., Pp. 426-432
9/26
9/27-28
AdulthoodPhysical Dev.,
Pp. 455-461
AdolescenceSocial Dev. &
Emerging
Adulthood, Pp.
450-455
Monday
Tuesday
OCTOBER
Wednesday
10/1
3 Major
Developmental
Issues, Pp. 471-477
Thursday
10/2
Friday
10/3
End of Quarter 1
Sat-Sun
10/4-10/5
Fall break
begins next
week- 10/610/10-NO
CLASSES!
10/6
10/7
10/8
10/9
10/10
10/11-10/12
Infancy &
Infancy &
CloseUp-Autism,
Infancy &
Infancy &
Ch. 9
ChildhoodChildhood-Cognitive Pp. 424-426
Childhood-Social
ChildhoodDevelopmental
Psychology;
Physical Dev.,
Dev., Pp. 417-423
Infancy &
Dev., Pp. 432 - 435 Gender
Prenatal Dev. Pp.
Pp. 415-417
(Piaget)
Childhood-Social
Development,
411-415
Dev., Pp. 426-432
Pp. 435-441
10/13
10/14
10/15
10/16
10/17
10/18-10/19
Parents & Peers,
AdolescenceAdolescence-Social
Adulthood-Physical Parents & Peers,
AdolescencePp. 441-445
Physical &
Dev. & Emerging
Dev., Pp. 455-461
Pp. 441-445
Physical &
Adulthood, Pp. 450Cognitive Dev.,
Quarter 2 Begins Cognitive Dev.,
Pp. 445-450
455
Pp. 445-450
10/20
Adolescence-Social
Dev. & Emerging
Adulthood, Pp. 450455
10/24
3 Major
Developmental
Issues, Pp. 471-477
10/25-10/26
Unit 4:
Experiencing The
World
Ch. 4 Sensation
& Perception;
Sensing The
World, Pp. 116124
10/27
10/28
10/29
10/30
10/31
Vision, Pp. 124 –
Hearing, Pp. 133
Other Senses, Pp.
Perceptual
Perceptual
133
– 141
141-151
Organization, Pp.
Interpretation &
151-159
Extrasensory
Perception, Pp.
159-169.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
11/3
11/4
11/5
11/6
11/7
Sleep Disorders &
Hypnosis; Pp. 192- Drugs &
Dreams; Pp. 185 – Veteran’s Day/
197
Consciousness; Pp.
192
197-210
NO SCHOOL
NOVEMBER
11/1-11/2
Ch. 5 States of
Consciousness;
Sleep Pp. 176 185
Sat/Sun
11/8-11/9
11/10
Unit 5: Intelligence
& Language
Ch. 7B Thinking,
Problems Solving,
Creativity &
Language –
Thinking; Pp. 298 312
10/21
Adulthood-Physical
Dev., Pp. 455-461
10/22
Adulthood-Cognitive
Dev., Pp. 461-465
10/23
Adulthood-Social
Dev., Pp. 465-471
NO STUDENTS/
Teacher Institute Day
11/11
11/12
Language; Pp 313319
11/13
Thinking &
Language; Pp. 319322
11/14
11/15-11/16
11/17
11/18
11/19
The Dynamics of
Ch 11 Testing & Assessing
Intelligence;
Individual Intelligence – Pp.
Differences - 532 - 539
Pp.539-544
What is
Intelligence; Pp.
524 – 332
11/20
Genetic &
Environmental
Influences on
Intelligence; Pp.
544-554
11/21
11/22-11/23
Unit 6: Making
Changes
Ch. 6 Learning –
How Do We
Learn; Pp. 215 218
Election Day/
NO SCHOOL
11/24
DECEMBER
Monday
12/1
Ch. 8A Motivation
– Motivational
Concepts; Pp. 328
– 331
11/25
11/26
11/27
Classical
Operant
Operant
Conditioning; Pp.
Conditioning, pt. 1; Conditioning, pt. 2;
218 - 228
Pp. 228 - 238
Pp. 238 – 242
11/28
THANKSGIVING
BREAK/NO
SCHOOL
THANKSGIVING
DAY
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
12/2
12/3
12/4
Hunger; Pp. 331 – Sexual Motivation;
Need To Belong;
348 Pp. 348 - 359
Pp. 359 - 362
12/8
12/9
12/10
Expressed
Experienced
Stress & Health; Pp.
Emotions; Pp. 377 Emotion; Pp. 384 – 397 - 403
- 384
397
12/15
12/16
12/17
11/29-11/30
Learning By
Observation, Pp.
242-245
12/11
Friday
12/5
Ch. 8B Emotions,
Stress, & Health –
Theories &
Biology; Pp. 366377
12/12
Sat/Sun
12/6-12/7
12/13-12/14
12/18
12/19
12/20-21
End Qrt.2/Sem1
Semester Finals
Semester Finals
Semester Finals
Semester Finals
12/22
12/23
12/24
12/25
12/26
12/27-12/28
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break
12/29
12/30
12/31
JANUARY 1/1
1/2
1/3-1/4
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break/
Happy New Year!
Winter Break
Winter Break
Monday
1/5
Teacher’s Return
Winter Break
Tuesday
1/6
Wednesday
1/7
Friday
1/9
Sat/Sun
1/10
Winter Break
Winter Break
Thursday
1/8
End of Winter
Break;
End of
Semester 1
Dec. 12/22-1/8
2015
Student’s Return +
Semester 2 Begins