Ms. Taaffe

May 15: Finish Sybil

Discuss part one of the film.  Then show part two of Sybil.

Handout terms, names, concepts to review for final exam. Download 2008_final_exam_review.doc

HW: Study Module 29!

May 14: SYBIL

Discuss the controversy over the story of Sybil.  Discuss vocabulary: triggers, alters, integration, and losing time.

Show first part of Sybil

Homework:  Read pp. 565-569.  Study the entire chapter!

May 13: Mental Disorders

Discussion of Multiple Personality Disorder.  Show 15 minute film clip of Chris Sizemore.

Open Book Quiz - Module 28.

HW:  Read pp. 560-565.

May 12: Finish Presentations

Finish student PowerPoint presentations of mental disorders.

Classes who finished early will take the self-test for Module 28 and turn it in for a grade during the period.

Homework:  Read 560 - 565  Schizophrenia

May 9: Mental Disorders - Presentations

Student presentations of Mental Disorders Powerpoints presented today.

May 8: Project Work

Final day to work on projects.  All work must be completed today and saved to students' Wheeler folders.

Homework:  Read pp. 533-542 (top)

May 7: Project Work

Students worked all period on their Mental Disorders projects - -   Study Sheets must be printed out before class on Friday - - enough for each classmember to have one.

Homework:  Read pp. 524-530.

May 6: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY! The Project

For the next three days, we're going to be working in class (individually or in pairs) to create a PowerPoint presentation and a Study Sheet on specific mental disorders.  Students were assigned partners (if they chose to work with one) and disorders - - all randomly.  Laptops were brought in so that all work could be done in class. Here are the sheets for the project and the grading rubric: Download powerpointproject_gradesheet.doc ; Download mental_disorders_powerpoint_project.doc

Students MUST save their work to their Wheeler folders so that they can be accessed for presentation on Friday.

HOMEWORK:  Read pp. 518-523.

May 5: Social Psychology Wrap Up and Test

Students who did the extra credit Deviant Behavior project presented their projects today.  Only a few in each class were brave enough or took the time to do a project.  Remember not to beg for grades at the end of the semester!  You had a chance to raise your grade by up to 25 points with this project!

Today was test day for Module 32.

We watched the short film on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" today as an example of social psychology - - groups/traditions.  Some traditions are good!  Others . . . ??

May 2 - The Wave

TEST MONDAY on Social Psychology Module 32.  We did a PowerPoint review of the terms in the chapter.  Download Module32-2.ppt .  For the test, students should also review their film notes from Hippies and Cults in America, Cults - Justice Files, and The Wave.   You can watch The Wave Video online.

We discussed the Kitty Genovese case that led to the "bystander effect."  Information on Kitty Genovese can be read at on Wikipedia or in great detail in an online book:  A Cry in the Night: The Kitty Genovese Murder

Film:  The Wave - Film Quiz following the film.

HW:  Crossword Puzzle on Social Psychology terms.  Finish for homework. Download module_32_xword.pdf