Ms. Taaffe

Feb. 15-19 The Brain

 Feb. 15: TEST - Module 7

· Review the terminology for the module via a handout in class. 

· Visit the Thinking About Psychology textbook web site to take a Drag and Drop Review, a module quiz, and a flashcard review.  Check out the textbook website frequently.   Bookmark it!

· Handout packet for Module 8.  Handouts 8-1, 8-4 and 8-5 should be completed for homework.  Also, be sure to continue following the reading pacing guide.  Pages 139 - 145 are due for tomorrow.   Handout 8-1 Download ho_81001.pdf ;    Handout 8-4 p. 2   Download ho_84b005.pdf   Handout 8-5 Download ho_85006.pdf

Feb. 16: Limbic System and Cortex

· Quiz on the information we have so far covered on the brain:  Download quiz_1_pp. 139-145.doc

· Watch  a Phineas Gage Film - segment #25

· Here's a good INTERACTIVE SITE for review of the brain.

· Homework:  Read pp. 145 - 148 (top).  STUDY this for a possible quiz!

Feb. 17: Phineas Gage and the brain

· Review using a PowerPoint presentation on Download BRAIN.ppt .

· Watch a film segment on Phineas Gage today.  It's #25 on The Brain series:  Phineas Gage.

· See a short segment from Understanding the Brain on hemispherectomy and cochlear implants.  Complete a film worksheet based on these segments:  Download film_notes_understanding_the_brain.doc  

Feb. 18: Brain Web Quest and Review

· Here's a BRAIN WEB QUEST that will be a good review of the material you need to know for this module.

· A second activity for today, ADOLESCENT BRAIN WEB QUEST, should be done after the first quest is finished.

· And ONE MORE BRAIN QUEST that has some interesting areas to explore.

Feb. 19: Test - The Brain

· Brain review videos-   5. The Divided Brain -The Brain Series;   6. Language and Speech: Broca's and Wernicke's Areas - The Brain Series;   5. Endorphins: The Brain's Natural Morphine -  The Mind Series; 6. Brain Mechanisms of Pleasure and Addiction - The Mind Series; 7. The Frontal Lobes: Cognition and Awareness - The Mind Series;  The Power of Half - a child whose left hemisphere was damaged before birth - Scientific America Frontiers;  How Phineas Lost It - A segment on Phineas Gage

· Brain puzzle review prior to the test:  Download brain_puzzle.pdf

· After the test, students will read the following fascinating excerpts from Ramachandran's Notebook.  We are going to be watching Nova's Secrets of the Mind, so these excerpts will serve as a great introduction to Ramachandran's research.  Copies of the notebook can be read here (along with lots of other information), or you can read/print them from these PDF files:  Download ramachandran_notebook_case_1.pdf ;  Download ramachandran_notebook_case_2_1.pdf  Download ramachandran_notebook_case_22.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_31.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_32.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_4.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_51.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_52.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_61.pdf ; Download ramachandran_notebook_case_62.pdf

· Homework for tonight:  finish the case files and read pp. 157 - 162 in our next unit: SENSATION.

 

Jan. 25 - 29: Child Development

January 25 – 29: Gifted Psychology – Taaffe

Child Development and Adolescence

 

 

Jan. 25 –

· PowerPoint Review of Module 4: Infancy & Childhood

· Handouts – Module 4

· HW: Read 68-77

· HW: Do online PsychSim Tutorial on Cognitive Development

· HW: Work on Project!

 

Jan. 26

· Film and film notes:  Life’s Greatest Miracle

· Digital Media Archives clips: 12, 13, 14, 15

· HW: Crossword Puzzle Review of development

· HW: Study for test tomorrow

 

Jan. 27

· TEST – Modules 3 and 4

· HW: Read pp. 80-84

· HW: Work on Project

 

Jan. 28

· Adolescence – Handouts to Module 5 - - due MONDAY

· Film: American Teen – complete handout sheet for tomorrow.

· HW: 85-88

· HW: Handout sheet from American Teen

· Work on Project

 

Jan. 29

· Review test from Wednesday

· Collect and discuss American Teen handout

· PowerPoint Review of Module 5 with handout note sheet

· Finish American Teen film

· HW: Handouts to Module 5 due

· HW: Work on Project

Feb. 1 - 5: Development - Adolescence

Feb. 1: Play-Doh Check

Check Handout 5 from last Thursday.  Discuss in class.

Film:  Everyone Rides the Carousel with note sheet – Erik Erikson’s 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development

HW: Projects due Wednesday

HW:  Read pp 88-95

Feb. 2: Play-Doh Check

Finish film:  Everyone Rides the Carousel.  Collect and check notes.

Crossword Puzzle on Adolescent Development:  Contest for 1^st three finishers

HW: Projects are due tomorrow

HW:  Read pp. 93-96

Feb. 3: Play-Doh Check

Presentation of Adolescent Projects

Bring PlayDoh!

Feb. 4: Play-Doh Check

Finish presentation of Development Projects

Watch and discuss film:  Inside the Teen Brain

If time permits, students will read Module 8:  Adult development

HW:  Study for test on Module 5

HW: Bring PlayDoh

Feb. 5:

TEST – Module 5

Begin homework:  Module 7:  Neurons and Neural Communication – pp. 121-124

January 19-22: Nature/Nurture

Jan. 19:

Turn in “The Way I Am” for a grade.

PowerPoint Review of Humanism and Module 26

HW: Study for test tomorrow – Modules 1, 25, 26

Jan. 20:

Test on Modules 1, 25, 26

HW: Handout 3-2 (Nature/Nurture web)

HW: Read 39-45and 45-50

Jan. 21:

Nature vs Nurture

Lifespan Development Project assigned – due 2/3

Collect Nature/Nurture web (Handout 3-2)

Do the Self-Test pp. 51-53 in class.  Turn in for a grade.

HW: Read 57-63

Jan. 22:

 Pep Rally – short periods

PowerPoint Review of Nature/Nurture (Thinking about Ψ)

Handout 3-8  Discuss with students

HW: Read 63-68

January 11-15: History and Personality

Week 2 :  Joyce Taaffe – Gifted Psychology

Finish History of Psychology

Personality – Modules 25 & 26

STANDARDS

HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

CONTENT STANDARD 1: Contemporary perspectives used by psychologists to understand behavior and mental processes in context.

Introduction and Research Methods

1.1 Describe and compare the biological, behavioral, cognitive,and sociocultural perspectives.

PERSONALITY AND ASSESSMENT

CONTENT STANDARD 1: What is meant by personality and personality constructs

1.1 Define personality as the individual’s unique way of thinking, feeling, and acting.

1.2 Explain the role of personality constructs as a framework for organizing behavioral phenomena.

CONTENT STANDARD 2: Personality approaches and theories

2.1 Explain the characteristics of the psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and trait approaches.

2.2 Identify important contributions to the understanding of personality.

CONTENT STANDARD 3: Assessment tools used in personality

3.1 Distinguish between objective and projective techniques of personality assessment.

3.2 Describe tests used in personality assessment.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Essential Question:

1.  How do psychologists define and study personality?

2.  What advantages and limitations exist for each theory’s description of personality?

How do psychologists reliably measure personality and interpret personality’s role in behavior?

January 11:

I’m in Shape Presentations

HW:  Handouts to Module 1

HW: Read pp. 489 - 496

January 12: History of Psychology

Finish Presentations

Module 1 Handouts

Ethics Articles

HW: Self Test – pp. 15-16

HW: Read pp. 499-505

January 13: Personality

Review Module 1

Notes - - PP. Introduction

Students will take and turn in the North Dakota Null-Hypothesis Inventory

HW: Handouts to Module 25

HW: Read 505-516

January 14: Personality

Film: Self-Esteem – the story of John Foppe

HW: Handouts to Module 26

HW: Control Zone Personality Profile

January 15: Personality

PowerPoint Review of PsychoAnalysis – Myers

Pass out Personality Profiles from the North Dakota Null-Hypothesis Inventory.  Ask students to vote on accuracy.

Control Zone Scores – Analyze results.

HW: The Way I Am – 114 Open Ended Questions

HW: Study for test on Wednesday

January 5 - 8, 2010 Opening of Semester

JANUARY 5 - First Day of School

Welcome, Gifted Psychology students!  It's a pleasure and honor for me to be your teacher this semester.  Keep this site bookmarked so that you can check it for assignments when you're absent and as a resource for extra material on each unit. 

Keep up to date with your reading, keep down absences,  pay attention in class, and you'll have an enjoyable, successful semester.

One of the MOST IMPORTANT WEB SITES for you to bookmark is that of your TEXTBOOK PUBLISHER. Possibly the best site you can refer to is this Companion Site to our textbook.  You will have to register as a student the first time you use the site.  Use your first and last name as your username and use a password that you will remember.  (You need to use your regular name as a username so that when you submit quizzes I will know whose they are.) 

When you submit quiz/activity results to me, please use my gmail address: TaaffeAP@gmail.com. My school email gets full quickly, so this gmail address works best.

Here are some of the items I will be giving you during the first few days of class.  You can print out a copy if yours gets lost:

Student Information sheet: Download student_information_sheet.doc   (I will collect a copy from each student on the first day of class.)

Notebook Content Sheet: Download content_sheet.doc

Grade Sheet: Download grade_sheet.doc

Course Syllabus and Expectations:  Download Gifted Psychology Syllabus 2009

Notebook Requirement Sheet: Download PSYCHOLOGY NOTEBOOK REQUIREMENTS

Notebook Check Form: Download notebook_check_form.doc

Request for Parents' Email Address Letter: Download Request for Gifted Psych parents' email addresses

 

JANUARY 6 - I'm in Shape Project

• Check homework signatures for Letter from Parents and Syllabus - 5 points each.
• Assign textbooks.  BOOKS MUST BE COVERED!  Deadline for book covers is Monday, Jan. 12.  This is a 10 point homework assignment!
• Assign "I'm in Shape Project."  Download im_in_shape_project_revised_2008.doc; and project rubric - I'm in Shape Project Rubric: Download im_in_shape_rubric_2008.doc .   Projects will be turned in and presented on Monday, Jan. 12th.  For full credit, projects MUST be submitted on Monday!  Have a parent bring in your project if you cannot be in school.
• Notebook Requirements:  Download PSYCHOLOGY NOTEBOOK REQUIREMENTS  .  The grading rubric for the notebooks is Download Notebook Check Form .
• The Reading Schedule for the semester (with test dates) is in two formats: 
  •  A calendar  Download 2008-09 Calendar  
  • A  table format  Download Semester Reading Schedule Spring 2009  
•   Homework:  Read pp. 3-11 and 31-33.   (Also, get book covers and start I'm in Shape Project )

Jan 7 - Psychology's Roots and Perspectives

• Discuss last night's reading - use Thinking About Psychology Module 1:  Download Module01-1  Take notes on important points!
• Watch film:  The Magic of the Mind.  Fill in worksheet.  
• Homework:  Read pp. 478-486;  Cover books;  work on projects. 

Jan. 8 - Partner work on Introductory Matieral

• Handouts 1-4; 1-5; 1-6 from Instructor's Resource Manual - Thinking About Psychology.  Students will work with a partner, using textbooks, to fill out material.
•  After completing the material, begin homework reading for Monday.
•  Homework - Read pp. 486-489;  Get books covered;  complete I'm in Shape Projects.

 

 

Nov. 9 - 13 Psychological Disorders

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Weekly Lesson Plan Template

 

Unit Title:        Abnormal Psychology                                                                                   Subject/Teacher(s):  Joyce Taaffe /  AP Psychology

Day	Date	Standard	Essential Question	Lesson Plan Outline	Assessments
M	Nov. 9	CONTENT STANDARD 2: Methods used in exploring abnormal behavior 2.1 Identify the purpose of different research methods. 2.2 Characterize the advantages and limitations of different research methods for studying abnormal behavior.	1.  How do psychologists measure and define abnormal behavior? 2.  How are the various psychological disorders identified and studied?	Finish anxiety disorders Discuss MOOD disorders - PPoint   HW: 669-677
Tu	Nov. 10	CONTENT STANDARD 3: Major categories of abnormal behavior 3.1 Discuss major categories of abnormal behavior. 3.2 Explore the challenges associated with accurate diagnosis.	3.  Same	Schizophrenic Disorders HW: 677 – 683 Progress Tests – CH 16
W	Nov. 11	Same CONTENT STANDARD 4: Impact of mental disorders 4.1 Consider factors that influence vulnerability to abnormal behavior. 4.2 Discuss the stigma associated with abnormal behavior. 4.3 Speculate about means for promoting greater understanding of abnormal behavior.	Same	Dissociative Disorders Personality Disorders “Paul’s Case” – with film sheet Reading Guide – CH 17 HW: 685 - 699	Film Sheet – “Paul’s Case”
Th	Nov. 12	CONTENT STANDARD 1: Prominent methods used to treat people with disorders 1.1 Describe availability and appropriateness of various modes of treatment for people with psychological disorders. 1.2 Describe characteristics of effective treatment and prevention.		Review and TEST	TEST
F	Nov. 13	2.1 Identify therapists according to training. 3.1 Describe the intersection between mental health and law.	· How are the various psychological disorders identified and studied? · What impact do these psychological disorders have on individuals, families, communities, and society?	Therapy Finish Paul’s Case Psychotherapy – psychoanalytical and psychodynamic;  TEST review.  HW Read 700-710

Nov. 2-6 Personality

Nov 2 - Finish Personality chapter - PowerPoint;  HW: Progress Tests and Vocabulary X-word

Nov 3 - No school for students HW: Finish MASK PROJECT - Due Thursday

Nov 4 - Review;  TEST on Personality; Pass out Reading Guides for Chapter 16  HW: Read pp. 639-649 + RG

Nov 5 - Mask Presentations;  HW: Read pp. 649 - 658 + RG

Nov 6 - Read pp. 658 - 669 + RG

Oct. 26-30 STRESS and Health; PERSONALITY

Oct. 26 - Substitute Day.  Read pp. 575-592 in class.  That finishes chapter on Stress.  Do Handout 14-2 (Stressed out?), 14-3 (Susceptibility to Stress), and 14-8 (Are you Type A or B?). Get the Progress Test packet and complete as much of it as you can.  Whatever you cannot finish should be completed for homework.  Get X-word for Chapter 14 and complete for homework.   HW: x-word puzzle, chapter 14; Work on personality mask project!

Oct. 27 - Digital Media Archives.  Check progress tests. Reading Guide - Chapter 15 - Personality; Vocabulary 15.  HW: Chapter 15 - Read 595-609 and Reading Guide.

Oct. 28 - Stress Quiz.  Chapter 15 Vocabulary.  Personality Handouts.  HW: Read pp. 595-609 + reading guide.

Oct. 29 - Stress Powerpoint;  Personality Video (United Streaming).  HW: Chapter 15 - 609-623 + reading guide

Oct. 30 - Personality PowerPoint.  Inside/Out video on Personality.  Quiz on film.  HW: Chapter 15 - 623 - 636 + reading guide

Oct. 19-23 Emotion

Oct. 19   Pre-Test Packet Check and Review from Friday;  Distribute Reading Guide, Chpt. 13; Digital Media Archive videos:  Reading non-verbal communication and Ekman's Studies on Facial Expressions of Emotion;  PowerPoint Review;  HW: 513-532 + Reading Guide

Oct. 20 PsykTrek 3.0 - Elements of Emotion; Theories of Emotion; PowerPoint Review; Moving Images:  Venting Anger;  PsykSim5: Expressing Emotion; Vocabulary Words for Chapter 13; HW: 532-546

Oct. 21 Progress Test Packet - Chapter 13;  X-word review; Study for TEST tomorrow - both chapters

Oct. 22 Review:  Motivation and Emotion;  TEST - Chapters 12 and 13;  Distribute Reading Guide - Chapter 14:  Stress and Health;  HW Read 549-561 + Reading Guide

Oct. 23 - Rob Adams/Substitute;  In-class Reading pp. 562-594;  Complete in class and do Reading Guide as you read.   HW: PsychSim 5:  All Stressed Out - do over the weekend.