Table
Merima
Hamzic
Rachel
Karngbaye
Daniel Welch
Sailee
Vishnubhatt
Mia
Gvirtsman
Nikki Kapany
Kaye Yap
Rachel Ward
David Tran
Nicolas
Fricker
John Jarrell
Corrina
Yanagawa
Alysia Wang
Varsha Suresh
Kumar
Marissa
Freitas
Adriana
Hardwicke
Begimay
Samykbaeva
Melissa Reed
Nico Mayoral
Glenda
Chavez
Justine Fanget
Megan
Robinson
Travon
Newsome
Samuel Marks
Alvin Lu
Rishma
Mandhekar
Natasha
Kothari
Jeffrey Cao
Angela
Kobayashi
Windows
White Board
Closet
LCD Screen
Leah Kidd
Alec Flowers
Madison
Fiorentino
Madelyn Cook
Computer
Desk
Ashley Avery
White Board
Neha
Cheemalavagu
Bookshelf
Yasmin
Ghalambor
Timothy
Heselton
Jonathan
Sorensen
Ankit Sharma
Allie Dong
Laurel Haspert
Marie
Johansen
Karlwillie
Wilson
Tyler Smith
Laura Rutner
Elena
DeAngelis
Lexi Greenberg
Dylan
Hoefling
Eric Theil
Nicole Silva
Margaux Roth
Diego De La
Torre
Jolie Goolish
Alex Caber
Tram-anh Cao
Alesandra Rau
Erica Moy
Andrew
McCormick
Lili Raghian
Oren Merry
Hannah Lau
Lauren Burns
Windows
White Board
Closet
LCD Screen
Maggie
Costales
Kira Cattell
Kate Camacho
Computer
Desk
Kyung-Hoon
Park
Table
Spencer
McKean
Andrea Koch
Katherine
Allen
White Board
Adam Call
Bookshelf
LCD Screen
Anne Lee
Andrew
Thornberry
Liam
Sidebottom
Luke Dickey
Marissa
Klazura
Nicole Worthy
Run
Thapanangkun
Sam Sevely
Simran Dhalla
Celeste
Ingersoll
Bethany
Tinklenberg
Hansmeet
Singh
Lauren Scott
Jasper Deng
Taylor
Houston
Haley
Sawamura
Erin Rempola
Margarita
Patio
Max
Blumenstein
Skyler Russert
Anjalee
Raman
Juan Nava
Kiana
Ariyama
Mihajlo
Radonjic
Nicole
Hakahama
Adriane Rowe
Table
Kareena
Hirani
Tania Gres
Mirko
Mostaghimi
Windows
White Board
Closet
Tarun Nair
Lindsey
Marent
Arielle De
Chavez
Dana Camin
Sophie Brotzel
Computer
Desk
Sarah Alkadri
White Board
Sarah Brotzel
Bookshelf
Homework for the Week
• Monday 8/19
• Notes: Prologue pgs. 1-5
• Personal Statement: Due Friday
• Signed CIS: due tomorrow
• *Optional decorated 3x5 card: due tomorrow
• Tuesday 8/20
• Notes: Prologue pgs. 6-14
• *Improve Your Retention section is optional (but helpful )
• Block Day 8/21 & 8/22
• Notes: Chapter 1 pgs. 16-23
• Friday 8/23
• Notes: Chapter 1 pgs. 24-30
Agenda: Monday 8/19/13
1. Seats
2. Introduction and brief overview of class
1. Rules & Class Structure
3. Expectations
4. Personal Statement
5. Homework:
1. Reading Notes: Prologue pgs 1-5
2. Personal Statement
3. CIS
4. Optional 3x5 card decoration
MRS. GABRIEL’S CLASS
Welcome & Introduction
Class Schedule
• 1st Period- AP Psych
• 2nd Period- AP Psych
&
Help/Makeup Work
• Make an
appointment
• 3rd Period- Prep
• Revisions are
• 4th Period- AP Psych
encouraged
• Test Corrections
• 5th Period- US History
•
6th
Period- US History
• 7th Period- Prep
• There will be ½ credit test
corrections available.
However, they must be
completed in my
classroom on specifically
designated days. We will
talk about this more later.
Food?
• Food and drinks are
okay as long as you
clean up after
yourself!
Attendance/Participation
• “on time, one at a time”
• Participation and class work
is essential for success in this
course.
• If you are tardy or absent,
you obviously cannot
participate.
• RESPECT!
Cell Phones & Music?
• Texting in class
• Phone goes to the office
• Phone rings in class
• Treats to the class
• -or• Phone goes to the office
• Your headphones should
never be in your ears. Once in
awhile we will have quiet
work time, I will explicitly give
you permission to listen to
music on such rare occasions.
Bathroom Policy
• Quietly, leave your
phone in the box by
the door.
• One at a time
• If you forgot your
phone or do not have
one, please tell me.
• You have 5 minutes to
use the restroom
Course Information Sheet: due tomorrow
HELP, HOMEWORK,
MISCELLANEOUS?
http://www.mvla.net/teachers/ElizabethG/Pages/default.aspx
https://sites.google.com/site/mrsgabrielmvhs/
Organizational Tips
• Binder
• You may share this with another class, but please have dividers for
the following:
• Handouts
• Class Notes/Work
• Completed work: this will be returned to you after it’s been graded. Keep
this work because the information in class is cumulative and you will
want it to study later.
• Bring your agenda planner to school everyday.
• Leave your textbooks at home 
• Vocabulary: See Handout for terms (also available online)
• Biweekly oral vocabulary quizzes will occur
• Definition & a content specific real world example is required for
credit.
Reading Calendar
• Also available online.
• https://sites.google.com/site/mrsgabrielmvhs/ap-psychology-reading-calendar
• The reading is due the following day from when it is assigned on the
calendar (this is different from USHAP but not regular US)
• Do not fall behind.
• No reading on Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday and every other Wednesday.
• How are your notes assessed?
• Although I will not have notebook checks at the beginning of the year, you are
expected to take notes in pen nightly and if necessary, I will also implement random
notebook checks at my discretion.
• Daily class discussions
• Bring your notes to class daily: they will be annotated during class activities
• You may use your notes during these discussions
• Biweekly vocab quizzes
• Biweekly tests.
• *There may be additional HW added to the calendar that you are responsible for.
• Example: Personal Statement
• Agenda Planner! 
3x5 Cards:
*Optional: You may take the card home to decorate the back, due tomorrow.
First Name (your
preferred name)
Last Name
Vocabulary:
Comprehensive
Content
Advanced (Correct
information)
Basic
(Attempted
information)
Far Below Basic
(Did not attempt to
answer the
question)
Email Address
Quarter 1 Critical
Thinking
Quarter 2 Critical
Thinking
Mandated Reporting
• As your teacher, I am required to report the following:
• Abuse/Harm:
• Types of harm
• Physical
• Mental
• Substance Abuse
• When is it reported?
• Someone harming you
• You harming yourself
• You harming someone else
• Neglect
• Incest
Expectations for the Class
• G.R.O.W.
• G: Growth Mindset
• R: Respect the Process
• O: Own your
• W: Work!
Personal Statement: due Friday
• Motivation: In order to get to know you better, I would like
to learn what I can about how you view yourself and the
world in which you live.
• This information is confidential (*except for mandated
reporting criteria)
• Write in complete sentences (use a pen or type)
Personal Statement: due Friday
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
What kind of person are you? Qualities, talents, abilities, etc.
What kind of family and friends do you have and how have they
affected your life?
How has your gender, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs, and/or
socioeconomic status affected your attitude(s) and life?
What are two of your greatest achievements?
What have been or are your greatest problems/struggles?
Describe any unusual circumstances or challenges that you have
faced and the way(s) in which you have responded.
What do you plan for yourself after high school, after college, or
whatever?
What are your interests? List as many areas that come to mind,
i.e. academic, sports, hobbies, leisure activities, etc.
What subjects, issues, questions in psychology would you like us
to discuss in depth?
What question(s) do you have for me as your teacher?
Agenda: Tuesday 8/20/13
1. Turn in the following:
1. Decorated 3x5 Cards
2. Signed CIS
2. Reading discussion
3. Myths & stereotypes in Psychology
4. Homework
1. Reading Notes: Prologue pgs 6-14
2. Personal Statement: due Friday
Reading Discussion: Prologue pgs. 1-5
• What is the purpose of psychology?
• What is structuralism?
• What is functionalism?
• Why are these two early psychological principles easily
dismissed today?
• Who are considered the fathers of modern psychology?
Vocabulary Cards
• Term:
• Structuralism
• Chapter & Pg #:
• Prologue, Pg. 3
• Definition:
• Edward Titchener, late 1800s
• Titchener’s goal of looking to discover the mind’s structure. Used
introspection to help people report their feelings as they
experienced various things (i.e. immediate sensations, images,
etc).
• Example:
• Although unreliable, the idea of understanding the working of the
mind will evolve into the field of cognitive psychology.
Vocabulary Cards
• Term:
• Functionalism
• Chapter & Pg #:
• Prologue, Pg 3
• Definition:
• William James, late 1800s
• The adaptive behavior of thinking was used for human survival;
therefore, it has evolved over time. Understanding consciousness
will help us to consider our past, adjust to our present, and plan our
future.
• Example:
• James and his student Mary Calkins will serve to introduce
psychology to the educated public. This will inspire future “modern”
psychologists such as Skinner, Watson, and Freud.
PRE ASSESSMENT!
Agenda: Block Day 8/21 & 8/22
• Go over pre assessment (if necessary)
• Why people believe weird things?
• http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_t
hings.html
• Discuss
• Discuss HW
• Improve your retention
• Careers in Psychology Advertisement Activity
• Homework
• Notes: Chapter 1 pgs. 16-23
• Finish personal statement
Discuss HW (Prologue pgs. 6-14)
• What is the biggest and most persistent issue in
psychology?
• What are the levels of analysis in psychology?
• Why are they important?
• What is the difference between basic research and
applied research?
*Improve Your Retention
• How will the testing effect be implemented in this class?
• Do you think SQ3R is useful? What are some drawbacks
to this approach?
• S- Survey
• Q- Question
• 3R- Read, Retrieve, Review
• What other tips form this section will you use moving
forward?
Careers in Psychology Job Advertisement
Why would someone want to be a
psychologist and what type of
psychologist would he/she want
to be? You will research this and
create a job advertisement that
will have the following
information:
1. Job Description
2. Level of Education
3. Salary (if available)
4. Where are these jobs located?
Resources: Pages10-11,
Appendix A, The Laptop COWS
1. Counseling
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Psychologist
Clinical Psychologist
Psychiatrist
Forensic Psychologist
IndustrialOrganizational
Psychologist
School Psychologist
Sport Psychologist
Agenda: Friday 8/23/13
• Collect personal statement
• Finish Presentations (if necessary)
• Homework
• Notes: Chapter 1 pgs. 24-30
The Need for Psychological Science
Using Psychological research, we have found out some
interesting things. For each of the following research
results, please generate an explanation:
1. Study shows females are more tolerant of same-sex
peers.
2. Relative harmlessness: the effects of bullying only last
until the early twenties for most Americans.
3. Individuals with clean desks are found to be more
creative than their messy desk counterparts.
Randomness
• Coin Flipping Activity
• Does it really work?
• Why do we gamble? Have superstitions
• The Psychic Octopus?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ZZ7sZMXQ4
• Remember: Hindsight Bias, overconfidence, and our
tendency to perceive patterns in random events often lead
us to overestimate our intuition. Scientific inquiry can help
us sift reality from illusion.
Curious, Skeptical, and Humble
• Why are these qualities necessary in psychology? Give
examples
• Curious
• Skeptical
• Humble