DATE
Thursday
September 20
CLASS CALENDAR / INFORMATION
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO COURSE / CLASS WEBSITE /
EXPECTATIONS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: READ Alligator River HAND-OUT
TOPIC: What is Psychology?
Friday
September 21
Monday
September 24
CLASS PRESENTATION: Introduction to Psychology
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Complete What Motivates You? Activity
TOPIC: MOTIVATION / GOALS AT START OF SCHOOL YEAR
CLASS PRESENTATION: STUDENT SELF-EVALUATION
** TOPIC: EXPERIMENT IN PREJUDICE
Tuesday
September 25
CLASS PRESENTATION: Video - A Class Divided
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: COMPLETE A Class Divided QUESTIONS
TOPIC: VALUES CLARIFICATION
Wednesday
September 26
READING: Fall-Out Shelter Exercise
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Start your research on STRANGER PAPER
PROJECT
Thursday
September 27
Friday
September 28
NO CLASS
TOPIC: INTELLIGENCE AND LEARNING STYLES
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: ONLINE TESTS FROM Psychology Today
TEST RESULTS AND YOUR REACTIONS ARE DUE AT THE START OF
CLASS ON MONDAY
TOPIC: SEXUAL PERCEPTIONS
Monday
October 1
CLASS ACTIVITY: 24 Hour SEX CHANGE?
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON STRANGER PAPER PROJECT
** TOPIC: MEASURING / EXPLAINING GOOD AND EVIL
Tuesday
October 2
CLASS PRESENTATION:
Video - ARE YOU GOOD or EVIL?
VIDEO WORKSHEET - DUE WEDNESDAY
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON STRANGER PAPER PROJECT
TOPIC: ARE YOU GOOD OR EVIL? - Part 2
Wednesday
October 3
Thursday
CLASS ACTIVITY: Test Your Morality experiment
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON STRANGER PAPER PROJECT
NO CLASS
October 4
Friday
October 5
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: NOTES FOR STRANGER PAPER DUE IN
CLASS ON FRIDAY
TOPIC: WORK ON ESSAY IN CLASS
PROJECT #1 - ESSAY GUIDELINES
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: ESSAY DUE AT START OF CLASS ON
MONDAY
TOPIC: ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP? IS HOW / WHEN YOU
SLEEP AFFECTING YOUR GRADES?
Monday
October 8
READING: LARKS AND OWLS: How Sleep Habits Affect Grades
CLASS PRESENTATION: Sleep and Academic Success
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SLEEP JOURNAL - COMPLETE DAY #1
OF WEEK-LONG SLEEP JOURNAL
** TOPIC: SLEEP SELF-ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH
Tuesday
October 9
CLASS ACTIVITY: SLEEP ACTIVITIES
- PART 1: SLEEP QUIZ -- TAKE ALL 5 AND SUMMARIZE YOUR
RESULTS
- PART 2: SLEEP WEB QUEST -- ANSWER ONE of the 5 QUESTIONS
DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SLEEP JOURNAL - COMPLETE DAY #2
OF WEEK-LONG SLEEP JOURNAL
TOPIC: STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS - DREAMS
Wednesday
October 10
CLASS PRESENTATION: Dreams / DREAM JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT
NOTES:
1. Sleep and Dreams
2. How to Analyze Your Dreams
Thursday
October 11
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SLEEP JOURNAL - COMPLETE DAY #3
OF WEEK-LONG SLEEP JOURNAL
NO CLASS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SLEEP JOURNAL - COMPLETE DAY #4
OF WEEK-LONG SLEEP JOURNAL
TOPIC: TEENAGER SLEEP HABITS
Friday
October 12
CLASS ACTIVITY: Any Evidence of Sleep Deprivation at Beaver Creek
Ranch?- EXPERIMENT #1
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SLEEP JOURNAL - COMPLETE DAYS
#5-6-7 OF WEEK-LONG SLEEP JOURNAL - DUE ON MONDAY
START WORK ON DREAM JOURNAL - DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
TOPIC: SLEEP DISORDERS
Monday
October 15
CLASS PRESENTATION: Sleep Disorders
NOTES: Siesta Facts
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: EXPERIMENT #1 FOLLOW-UP
** TOPIC: DREAM RESEARCH
Tuesday
October 16
Wednesday
October 17
Thursday
October 18
Friday
October 19
Monday
October 22
CLASS PRESENTATION: Video - Why Do We Dream?
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON DREAM JOURNAL - DUE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
PSAT
NO CLASS
TOPIC: DREAM ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: DREAM ACTIVITIES
- COMPLETE ALL FOUR AND WRITE A BRIEF SUMMARY /
EVALUATION OF YOUR RESULTS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON DREAM JOURNAL
ASSIGNMENT
CLASS ACTIVITY: TRUST EXERCISES
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON DREAM JOURNAL
ASSIGNMENT - DUE FRIDAY
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
Tuesday
October 23
CLASS PRESENTATION: Video - ADDICTION
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON DREAM JOURNAL
ASSIGNMENT - DUE FRIDAY
Wednesday
October 24
Thursday
October 25
Friday
October 26
NO CLASS - COMMUNITY SERVICE
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
CLASS ACTIVITY: ADDICTIONS Web Quest - Day #1 -- DUE MONDAY,
OCTOBER 29th
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON DREAM JOURNAL
ASSIGNMENT - DUE FRIDAY
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
CLASS ACTIVITY: ADDICTIONS Web Quest - Day #2 -- DUE MONDAY,
OCTOBER 29th
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
Monday
October 29
Tuesday
October 30
CLASS ACTIVITY: ADDICTIONS Web Quest - Day #3 -- DUE AT END OF
CLASS TODAY
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Video - WE LOVE CIGARETTES
CLASS ACTIVITY: STUDENT TOBACCO SURVEY
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
Wednesday
October 31
READING:
1. Video Game Addiction No Fun (against video gaming)
2. Video Games: An Hour A Day Is Key To Success in Life (in favor of gaming)
3. 5 Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying To Get You Addicted
CLASS PRESENTATION: ABUSE, DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTION TO
TECHNOLOGY
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: START VIDEO GAMES RESEARCH
PROJECT
Thursday
November 1
Friday
November 2
NO CLASS
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
OPTION 1: COMPUTER GAMING - RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
OPTION 2: SOCIAL MEDIA ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: CURRENT EVENTS - 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Monday
November 5
CLASS ACTIVITY: 2012 Presidential Candidates Quiz: Find Your Match
2012 Presidential Candidate Positions on 75 Issues: A Side by Side Comparison
** TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
Tuesday
November 6
CLASS PRESENTATION: Extreme Lives - Addicted Beyond Control
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Worksheet for Extreme Lives - Addicted
Beyond Control
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON PROJECT
Wednesday
November 7
PROJECT RESOURCES:
1. How Is Facebook Addiction Affecting Our Minds?
2. QUIZ - How Addicted Are You To Facebook?
3. Is Facebook Harder To Quit Than Smoking?
4. Gamer Addiction: A Threat to Student Success
5. Video Game Addiction Test
OPTION 1: COMPUTER GAMING - RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
OPTION 2: SOCIAL MEDIA ASSIGNMENT
Thursday
November 8
Friday
November 9
NO CLASS
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON PROJECT - DUE ON FRIDAY,
11/16
OPTION 1: COMPUTER GAMING - RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
OPTION 2: SOCIAL MEDIA ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
Monday
November 12
CLASS ACTIVITY: ADDICTIVE PERSONALITIES AND BEHAVIOR
- COMPLETE THE 3 ACTIVITIES AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON INTERNET ADDICTION
PROJECT - DUE ON FRIDAY, 11/16
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
Tuesday
November 13
CLASS PRESENTATION: FRONTLINE - THE METH EPIDEMIC
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: THE METH EPIDEMIC WORKSHEET DUE WEDNESDAY
Wednesday
November 14
- WORK ON INTERNET ADDICTION PROJECT - DUE ON FRIDAY, 11/16
TOPIC: ADDICTIONS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORK ON INTERNET ADDICTION
PROJECT - DUE ON FRIDAY, 11/16
Thursday
November 15
Friday
November 16
NO CLASS
INTERNET ADDICTION PROJECT DUE
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: PROJECT 2022 - DUE WEDNESDAY,
11/28
THANKSGIVING VACATION
** TOPIC: SELF-EVALUATION AND SETTING EXPECTATIONS
Tuesday
November 27
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: PROJECT 2022 - DUE WEDNESDAY,
11/28
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Psychological Disorders
Wednesday
November 28
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PROJECT
2. PROJECT DEADLINES
3. SCORING RUBRIC FOR PROJECT
PROJECT SIGN-UP LIST
Thursday
November 29
Friday
November 30
Monday
December 3
Tuesday
December 4
Wednesday
December 5
Thursday
December 6
Friday
December 7
Monday
December 10
NO CLASS
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PROJECT
2. PROJECT DEADLINES - PROJECT PART #1 DUE AT END OF CLASS
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PROJECT
2. PROJECT DEADLINES - PROJECT PART #2 DUE AT END OF CLASS
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PROJECT
2. PROJECT DEADLINES - PROJECT PART #3 DUE AT END OF CLASS
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PROJECT
2. PROJECT DEADLINES - PROJECT PART #4 DUE AT END OF CLASS
NO CLASS
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS PROJECT
2. PROJECT DEADLINES - PROJECT PART #5 DUE AT END OF CLASS
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: FINISH WORK ON PRESENTATION
TOPIC: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Tuesday
December 11
Wednesday
December 12
STUDENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
TOPIC: PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTRACTION
CLASS ACTIVITY - ONLINE TEST:
- Take the following online test
- EMAIL or WRITE or PRINT OUT A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESULTS
THE ONLINE ATTRACTION TEST
Thursday
December 13
NO CLASS
TOPIC: PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTRACTION
Friday
December 14
CLASS PRESENTATION:
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: CHRISTMAS VACATION ASSIGNMENT
- DUE WEDNESDAY, 1/9
THE Dear Abby ASSIGNMENT - What Advice Would You Give Someone
With A Relationship Problem?
CHRISTMAS VACATION
** TOPIC: PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTRACTION
Tuesday
January 8
CLASS PRESENTATION: ATTRACTION and CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED FOR THE Dear Abby ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: CHRISTMAS VACATION ASSIGNMENT
- DUE AT END OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, 1/9
THE Dear Abby ASSIGNMENT - What Advice Would You Give Someone
With A Relationship Problem?
TOPIC: PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTRACTION
Wednesday
January 9
CLASS PRESENTATION: ATTRACTION and CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED FOR THE Dear Abby ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: CHRISTMAS VACATION ASSIGNMENT
- DUE AT END OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, 1/9
THE Dear Abby ASSIGNMENT - What Advice Would You Give Someone
With A Relationship Problem?
Thursday
January 10
Friday
January 11
Monday
January 14
Tuesday
January 15
Wednesday
NO CLASS
TOPIC: PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTRACTION
CLASS ACTIVITIES:
1. Reasons Why Men Lie to Women
2. Red Flags / Warning Signs When Meeting Girls
TOPIC: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
CLASS ACTIVITY: ANALYSIS OF ONLINE PERSONAL ADS
1. DIRECTIONS / OVERVIEW
2. WOMEN SEEKING MEN Personal Ads
3. MEN SEEKING WOMEN Personal Ads
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
4. ANALYSIS TABLE - SCORE SHEET
5. SUMMARY / QUESTIONS
** TOPIC: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: CREATE A PERSONAL AD - Email ad for
you + mystery student by END OF STUDY HALL TONIGHT
TOPIC: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
January 16
CLASS ACTIVITY: CONTEST - MATCH THE PERSONAL AD WITH THE
PERSON!
Thursday
January 17
NO CLASS
TOPIC: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
CLASS ACTIVITY - ONLINE TESTS:
- Take the following online test
- EMAIL A SUMMARY + EVALUATION OF YOUR RESULTS
Friday
January 18
1. ATTACHMENT STYLE
Go to PERSONALITY LAB - TAKE THE FOLLOWING TESTS:
2. UNDERSTAND YOURSELF
3. SELF-PEER PERSONALITY TEST - TAKE WITH A PARTNER
4. CLOSE RELATIONSHIP QUIZ
OPTIONAL / EXTRA CREDIT: MY LIFE GOALS
TOPIC: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
Monday
January 21
CLASS ACTIVITY - ONLINE TESTS - AT WHAT AGE SHOULD / WILL
YOU GET MARRIED?:
- Take the following online tests
- EMAIL A SUMMARY OF YOUR RESULTS
- EVALUATION:
1. AT WHAT AGE DO YOU EXPECT TO GET MARRIED?
2. HOW DO THE RESULTS COMPARE TO YOUR CURRENT ATTITUDE
ABOUT MARRIAGE?
1. http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/hello/warrior03857/what-age-will-you-getmarried-for-any-one/#
2. http://www.gotoquiz.com/when_will_you_get_married_1
3. http://lolzparade.com/quizzes/relationships/what-age-will-you-marry-at
** TOPIC: STRESS AND COPING SKILLS
Tuesday
January 22
Wednesday
January 23
CLASS PRESENTATION: EMOTIONAL & INTELLECTUAL BASIS OF
STRESS
2. STRESS MANAGEMENT
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: QUESTIONNAIRE - HOW DOES SCHOOL
STRESS AFFECT YOU?
TOPIC: STRESS AND COPING SKILLS
CLASS PRESENTATION: STRESS MANAGEMENT
Thursday
January 24
Friday
NO CLASS
TOPIC: PERCEPTION
CLASS PRESENTATION: STAIRS & STAIRS INSTRUCTIONS
January 25
CLASS ACTIVITY: OPTICAL ILLUSIONS: WHAT DO YOU SEE? -- Try
these mind-benders!
TOPIC: PERCEPTION - MEMORY & EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY
Monday
January 28
CLASS ACTIVITY:
1. ARE YOU A GOOD EYEWITNESS - PART 1? AFTER OBSERVING THE
VIDEO CLIP IN CLASS, GO TO THE SITE BELOW AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
http://www.youramazingbrain.org.uk/asp/eyequestion1.asp
2. ARE YOU A GOOD EYEWITNESS - PART 2? AFTER OBSERVING THE
"CRIME" AND THE "LINE-UP" CLIPS IN CLASS, GO TO THE SITE
BELOW AND PICK THE GUILTY MAN.
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/~glwells/theeyewitnesstest.html
3. HOW OBSERVANT ARE YOU? - HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU FIND
IN THE PICTURE?
** TOPIC: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY - The Dark Side of Human Nature
PROJECT
Tuesday
January 29
Wednesday
January 30
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: The Dark Side of Human Nature PROJECT
TOPICS / GUIDELINES / RUBRIC
DUE DATES:
1. PRESENTATION - BY END OF STUDY HALL (9:30 pm) ON MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 4th
2. PEER REVIEW / EVALUATION - BY END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 5th
TOPIC: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY - The Dark Side of Human Nature
PROJECT
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: The Dark Side of Human Nature PROJECT
TOPICS / GUIDELINES / RUBRIC
DUE DATES:
1. PRESENTATION - BY END OF STUDY HALL (9:30 pm) ON MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 4th
2. PEER REVIEW / EVALUATION - BY END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 5th
Thursday
January 31
Friday
February 1
NO CLASS
TOPIC: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY - The Dark Side of Human Nature
PROJECT
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: The Dark Side of Human Nature PROJECT
TOPICS / GUIDELINES / RUBRIC
DUE DATES:
1. PRESENTATION - BY END OF STUDY HALL (9:30 pm) ON MONDAY,
Monday
February 4
FEBRUARY 4th
2. PEER REVIEW / EVALUATION - BY END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 5th
TOPIC: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY - The Dark Side of Human Nature
PROJECT
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: The Dark Side of Human Nature PROJECT
TOPICS / GUIDELINES / RUBRIC
DUE DATES:
1. PRESENTATION - BY END OF STUDY HALL (9:30 pm) ON MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 4th
2. PEER REVIEW / EVALUATION - BY END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 5th
CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY - The Dark Side of Human Nature PROJECT
Tuesday
February 5
AHMED - Eddie Gein
ARRITA - Angels of Death (Doctors and Nurses)
DEA - The Psychology of School Shootings
JASPER - The Zodiac Killer
KEVIN - Dr. H.H. Holmes
KJELEENA - The Psychology of Gangs
MIKAELA - Charles Manson
PERRY - McVeigh & Nichols (OKC Bombing)
PETER - Dr. Harold Shipman
RODDICK - Green River Killer
SKY - The Psychology of Terrorism
TRISTAN - Jack the Ripper
WENBO - Jeffrey Dahmer
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Dark Side PROJECT EVALUATION
SHEET
- FILL OUT THIS FORM FOR FOUR OF THE PROJECTS POSTED
ABOVE
- THE FIRST should be YOUR PROJECT
- THE OTHER 3 are your choice -- ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS
** TOPIC: END OF SEMESTER PROJECT
PSYCHOLOGY SEMESTER EXAM WEBQUEST
Wednesday
February 6
Thursday
February 7
Friday
February 8
TOPIC: END OF SEMESTER PROJECT
NO CLASS
TOPIC: END OF SEMESTER PROJECT - DUE THURSDAY AT 1:00
TOPIC: END OF SEMESTER PROJECT - DUE THURSDAY AT 1:00
Monday
February 11
Tuesday
February 12
Wednesday
February 13
Thursday
February 14
SEMESTER EXAM FACT SHEET
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
8:30 - MATH
1:00 - GOVERNMENT/US HISTORY/WORLD
CULTURES
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
8:30 - ENGLISH
1:00 - SPANISH
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
8:30 - SCIENCE
1:00 - PSYCHOLOGY (in Classroom)
Part I - Semester Exam WEBQUEST - DUE AT START OF EXAM PERIOD
Part II of Exam
- Complete A. What's Your EQ? survey
- Answer B. Opinion / Evaluation question
- Hand in or email to me
- CONGRATULATIONS! Exams are over - Enjoy the Long Weekend!