LESSON PLAN BOOK
SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013
AP Psychology
BY
DR. ROGER S. BILLINGS
August 20, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Introductions and class overview/format
AGENDA: Pass out and collect information cards; pass out class syllabus
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: N/A
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: 3 X 5 card for each student, textbook, syllabus, projector, and PPT slides
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will complete info card and share information about background and goals.
Students will understand nature of class, format, expectations, and grading system.
HOMEWORK: None
ESOL STRATEGIES: 19 & 25
TEXTBOOK: N/A
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE: N/A
REMARKS: N/A
August 21, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Classroom and school rules; classroom procedures, create distribution list, finish 3 by 5 cards and
go over syllabus visit school website
AGENDA: Inform students of rules and procedures for the school year. Go over syllabus highlighting tests and
projects –collect any documentation
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: N/A
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: Faculty handbook, student handouts, projector, and relevant PPT slides
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will understand rules and procedures. Students will provide essential
information for good communication and take home or return required documentation
HOMEWORK: Complete documentation
ESOL STRATEGIES:
TEXT PAGES: N/A
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE: N/A
REMARKS: N/A
August 22, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Introduction to AP Psychology
AGENDA: Define and address the field of Psychology and go through syllabus.
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: Psychology
FREE RESPONSE: How does the field of psychology relate to and help the individual, the family, groups,
businesses and the animal kingdom?
RESOURCES: Instructor notes & syllabus
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion and multi-media
DESIRED OUTCOME: Class leaders will be identified.
HOMEWORK: None.
ESOL STRATEGIES: 19 & 25
TEXT PAGES: N/A
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE: 1
REMARKS: You should have your notebook and folder
August 23, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Psychology Pre-Test & CNN news
AGENDA: To measure the knowledge students possess with regard to basic terms, people and concepts in the field
of Psychology; look at psychology in current events.
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: N/A
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: 80 question pre-test for the first semester
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/direction
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will reveal current knowledge level in the field of Psychology .
HOME WORK: Think about project option
ESOL STRATEGIES: 19, 22 & 25
TEXT PAGES: N/A
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE: N/A
REMARKS: N/A
August 24, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Psychology Pre-Test – continued & CNN news if time permits
AGENDA: To measure the knowledge students possess with regard to basic terms, people and concepts in the field
of Psychology; look at psychology in current events.
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: N/A
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: 80 question pre-test for the first semester
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/direction
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will reveal current knowledge level in the field of Psychology .
HOME WORK: Think about project option – which perspective interest you the most
ESOL STRATEGIES: 19, 22 & 25
TEXT PAGES: N/A
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE: N/A
REMARKS: N/A
August 27, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Define Psychology and identify early milestones in the field
AGENDA: Introduction to Psychology
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: Empiricism, Wilhelm Wundt, Structuralism, William James,
Functionalism, Mary Calkins & Margaret Washburn
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: Textbook, Prologue Quiz, Wordle website, & Intro video: Past, Present & Promise (from
Discovering Psychology Video series)
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion, survey and multi-media
DESIRED OUTCOME: Drawing from prior knowledge and discussion, students will recall and reinforce their
knowledge areas and concepts of psychology as well as survey their disposition with regard to various aspects of the
field
ESOL STRATEGIES:
HOMEWORK: Review today’s vocabulary words
TEXTBOOK: Prologue-The Story of Psychology (pages 1-17)
REMARKS: If you do not have your 70-100 page, college ruled notebook and folder (2 pockets/3 prongs) you are
wrong. As of today a tardy counts so don’t be late
WEBSITES: www.wordle.net
August 28, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Define Psychology and identify early milestones in the field
AGENDA: Read Prologue-The Story of Psychology (pages 1-17) and complete reading guide on YOUR PAPER
not the reading guide
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: Sigmund Freud, John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, nature, nurture,
natural selection, basic research, applied research, professional services, clinical psychologist, & psychiatrists
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: Textbook and 10 questions T/F quiz (closed book – last 5 minutes of class)
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Silent reading with music/testing and measurement
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will read and understand what Psychology is and how it began and developed
into solid discipline of study
ESOL STRATEGIES:
HOMEWORK: Review today’s vocabulary and answer the objective (using the appear in the center of your
folder)
TEXTBOOK: Prologue-The Story of Psychology
REMARKS: If you do not have your 70-100 page, college ruled notebook and folder (2 pockets/3 prongs) you are
wrong and officially on my _____list
WEBSITES: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/historyofpsych.html
August 29, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrasts the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Power point presentation: Introduction and the perspectives and assign group project
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: Hindsight bias, critical thinking, theory, hypothesis, operational
definition, & replication
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: Textbook & handout on perspectives (page 11 in textbook), & Power Point
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion and multi media
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will gain a basic understanding of the 7 psychological perspectives
HOMEWORK: Review today’s vocabulary and work on your perspective
TEXTBOOK: Prologue-The Story of Psychology
REMARKS: Notebook? Folder?
WEBSITES: http://www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/history/history_nonflash.html
August 30, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrasts the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Group work to start project
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: case study, survey, false consensus effect, population, random
sample & naturalistic observation
FREE RESPONSE: Tomorrow is your first extended free response question
RESOURCES: Textbook, laptops & project guidance (reproduce guidance)
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion and cooperative groups
DESIRED OUTCOME: Groups will gather facts and figures for their perspective
HOMEWORK: Review today’s vocabulary and work on your perspective
TEXTBOOK: Prologue-The Story of Psychology
REMARKS: Free response tomorrow – HINT: Early milestones, pioneers and the growth of the field
WEBSITES:
August 31, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrasts the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Extended free response and group work
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: correlation coefficient, scatter plot, illusory correlation
RESOURCES: Textbook, laptops & project guidance
TEACHING STRATEGIES: RTW and cooperative groups
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will express their knowledge of the “The Story of Psychology” and gain both an
appreciation for and understanding of the 7 Perspectives or Approaches in the field of Psychology
HOMEWORK: Review today’s vocabulary and answer the objective (using the appear in the center of your
folder)
TEXTBOOK: Prologue-The Story of Psychology
REMARKS: Group presentation and individual paper on perspective due 9/6/2011;Hey – HEY – Hey is your name
on the notebook -DUH?
WEBSITES: http://www.all-about-psychology.com/what-is-psychology.html
FREE RESPONSE (25 minutes): Identify and discuss early milestones in the field of psychology to include the
roots of psychology, pre-scientific psychology, the birth of psychological science and the development of
psychology as a science. In your discussion include and relate the following terms, concepts and names: Greek
philosophers, Wundt, James, structuralism, functionalism, modern day psychologists, nature-nurture debate, and
psychology’s subfields.
September 3, 2012: Labor Day Holiday
September 4, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Identify subfields of psychology
AGENDA: Read chapter 1pages 19-30 and complete reading guide
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: experiment, double-blind procedure, placebo effect
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: AP Psych book
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Silent reading with music
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will gain a basic understanding of research methods
HOMEWORK: Read pages 31 to 53 and finish reading guide – (due Friday 9/7/2012)
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1- Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
REMARKS:
WEBSITES:
September 5, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrast the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Power Point and group work: develop 15 minute presentation of your group’s perspective using
guidelines
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: experimental condition, control condition, random assignment
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
RESOURCES: Textbook, overhead projector, perspectives guidelines and internet
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Cooperative groups
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will complete outline of group presentation and discuss individual paper
requirement
HOMEWORK: Work on paper, study vocabulary and complete any missing work
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1- Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
REMARKS: Perspective paper is due September 19, 2011 AND MUST SIGN UP FOR PRESENTATION
ONE DAY NEXT WEEK (
Informal leaders let me know ASAP)
WEBSITES:
September 6, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrast the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Video – Intro to Psychology
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: independent variable, dependent variable, mode
mean, median, range
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Cooperative groups
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will complete outline of group presentation and discuss individual paper
requirement
HOMEWORK: Work on paper, study vocabulary and complete any missing work
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1- Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
REMARKS: Perspective paper is due September 19, 2011
WEBSITES
September 7, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Review intro to Psychology
AGENDA: Quiz
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: standard deviation, statistical significance, culture
RESOURCES: Textbook and power point
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will revisit the history of the field and gain a basic understanding of the many
subfields of psychology
HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary and rewrite free response
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1- Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
REMARKS: Sign up for group presentations which start Tuesday
WEBSITES: http://www.all-about-psychology.com/history-of-psychology.html
FREE RESPONSE: Psychology has a variety of complementary yet incomplete perspectives that help us
understand behavior. How might each of the following perspectives explain aggression?
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Biological
Cognitive
Evolutionary
Social-culture
September 10, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Identify subfields of Psychology
AGENDA: Power point of the on research
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: developmental psychology, zygote, embryo, fetus
RESOURCES: Textbook and power point for research
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will take vital notes, ask relevant questions and learn the 3 main types of
research
HOMEWORK: Study power point notes
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1
REMARKS: Presentations start tomorrow
WEBSITES: N/A
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
September 11, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrast the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Group presentations and make-up work
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: teratogens, fetal alcohol syndrome, rooting reflex, habituation
maturation, schema, assimilation, accommodation
RESOURCES: Textbook, projector, student visual aides
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Student presentations, lecture & discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will display their knowledge of the different perspectives in psychology
HOMEWORK: Study notes for Chapter 1 test on Monday
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1
REMARKS:
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
September 12, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrast the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Group presentations and make-up work
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: cognition, sensorimotor stage
RESOURCES: Textbook, projector, student visual aides
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Student presentations, lecture & discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will display their knowledge of the different perspectives in psychology
HOMEWORK: Study notes for Chapter 1 test
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1
REMARKS: Do you present tomorrow?
WEBSITES:
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
September 13, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrast the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Group presentations and make-up work
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: conservation, egocentrism, theory of mind, autism
RESOURCES:
TEACHING STRATEGIES:
DESIRED OUTCOME:
HOMEWORK:
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1
REMARKS:
WEBSITES: http://www.pbs.org/opb/raisingcain/message.html
September 17, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Compare and contrast the psychological perspectives
AGENDA: Group presentations and make-up work
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: conservation, egocentrism, theory of mind, autism
RESOURCES:
TEACHING STRATEGIES:
DESIRED OUTCOME:
HOMEWORK:
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1
REMARKS:
WEBSITES: http://www.pbs.org/opb/raisingcain/message.html
September 18, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Intro to Nature vs Nurture Debate
AGENDA: Finish power point on psychological research –Read Chapter3 and complete reading guide
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: concrete operational stage, formal operational stage
RESOURCES: Textbook and Reading guides
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture discussion and silent reading with music
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will acquire a basic understanding of research and experimentation in the field
Psychology and be introduced to the nature/nurture debate
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Chapter 3 and guided reading
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1- Thinking critically with Psychological Science/ Chapter 3 Nature vs. Nurture
Chapter 4- Developmental Psychology
REMARKS: Test for Chapter 1 on Thursday !!!!PAPER DUE TOMORROW!!!!!
WEBSITES:
September 19, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Review for test on research
AGENDA: Practice with variables and discuss the 4 goals of psychology and the 3 types of research
approaches; review for test
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: stranger anxiety and attachment
RESOURCES: Textbook and Power Point for Research; Textbook and podcast site:
http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2008/02/episode-45-basic-research-design-part-1/ (15 minutes long) ruler, and
website: http://getyourwebsitehere.com/jswb/rttest01.html , cups, mountain dew, ice, water (dew & water for ruler
experiment)
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will learn and understand basic research terms
HOMEWORK: Study for Test on Chapter 1
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1- Thinking critically with Psychological Science
REMARKS: PERSPECTIVE PAPER DUE TODAY!!!!!
WEBSITES:
FREE RESPONSE: N/A
September 20, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Measure knowledge of basic research methods
AGENDA: CNN and review for test on Research Methods
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: critical period, imprinting, & basic trust
RESOURCES: Textbook – Chapter 1 & 4
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Lecture/discussion
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will know and understand basic research terms and be prepared for test on
Chapter 1
HOMEWORK: Finish chapter 3 and reading guide (Due 9/24/12)
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1 & 3
REMARKS: Study and complete all work over long weekend
WEBSITES:
FREE RESPONSE: Design an experiment to determine whether a new drug that is supposed to reduce
hyperactivity in children actually does. Your essay should include and identification and description of all the
components of your experimental design, including sampling, independent and dependent variables, controls, and
the method that you would employ to evaluate the outcome (TAKE HOME.- 1 Page to 1 ½ Pages – DUE
MONDAY 9/24)
October 1, 2012
OBJECTIVE: Basic Research Methods
AGENDA: Test on Research methods
VOCABULARY WORD(S) OF THE DAY: None = take out piece of paper and number 1 to 50 (all on front)
RESOURCES: Textbook and Test
TEACHING STRATEGIES: Testing and measurement
DESIRED OUTCOME: Students will take and pass test on research methods
HOMEWORK: Study new vocabulary for Chapter 4
TEXTBOOK: Chapter 1 & 4
REMARKS:
WEBSITES:
FREE RESPONSE: N/A