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Northeast Senior High
Winter/Spring 2007 Syllabus
Coach Owens
AP Psychology

Week/Dates

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Methods Domain
    Introduction &  
    Research  
    Methods
    IA-1,4-6

January 22 – January 26

Last Day
Fall/Winter Semester

Teacher
Workday

Text books issued
Class outline, Syllabus, Parental Information

History and Approaches:
Logic, Philosophy and the History of Science

History and Approaches: Biological

Methods Domain
    Introduction &  
    Research  
    Methods
    IA-1,4-6

January 29 – February 2

History and Approaches: Behavioral

History and Approaches: Cognitive

History and Approaches: Humanistic

History and Approaches: Psychodynamic

TEST: History and Approaches
Biological Bases of Behavior: Physiological Techniques

Biopsychological Domain
   Biological   
   Bases of
   Behavior
   IIA 1-7

February 5 – February 9

Biological Bases of Behavior:
Neuro-anatomical

Biological Bases of Behavior:
Functional Organization of the Nervous System

Biological Bases of Behavior:
Neural Transmission

Biological Bases of Behavior:
Endocrine system

Biological Bases of Behavior: Genetics

Cognitive Domain
   Memory
   Thinking &   
   Language
   IVB 1-6
   IVC 1-5

February 12 – February16

TEST: Biological Bases of Behavior
Cognition:

Cognition:
Memory

Cognition: Language
Early Dismissal

Cognition:
Thinking

Cognition:
Problem Solving and Creativity

Biopsychological Domain
   Motivation &
   Emotion
   IIC 1-7

February 19 – February 23

TEST: Cognition:
Motivation and Emotion: biological

Motivation and Emotion:
Theories of Motivation

Motivation and Emotion:
Hunger, Thirst, Sex, and Pain

Motivation and
Emotion:

Social Motives

 Motivation and Emotion: Theories of Emotion

Biopsychological Domain
   Motivation &
   Emotion
   IIC 1-7

Biopyschological
Domain
   Sensation &
    Perception
    IIB 1-3

February 26 – March 2

Teacher
Workday

Motivation and Emotion: Stress

TEST: Motivation and Emotion: Sensation and Perception: thresholds

Sensation and Perception:
Sensory mechanisms

Sensation and Perception:
Sensory adaptation

Biopyschological
Domain
   Sensation &
    Perception
    IIB 1-3

Cognitive Domain
   Learning
   IVA 1-5

March 5 – March 9

Sensation and Perception: Attention

Sensation and Perception: Perceptual
Processes

TEST: Sensation and Perception: Learning: Classical Conditioning

Learning:
Operant Conditioning

Learning:
Cognitive Pocesses in Learning

Cognitive Domain
   Learning
   IVA 1-5

Developmental Domain
   Lifespan
   Development
   IIIA1-4

March 12 – March 16

Learning: Biological Factors

Learning:
Social Learning

TEST: Learning: Developmental Psychology:
Life-span Approach
Early Dismissal

Developmental Psychology:
Research Methods

Developmental Psychology:
Heredity  Environment

March 19 – March 23 Developmental Psychology: Developmental Theories Developmental Psychology:
Sex Roles; Sex Differences
Developmental Psychology: Dimensions of Development TEST: Developmental Psychology
Abnormal Psychology: Theories
Abnormal Psychology: diagnosis of psychopathology

Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Psychological
   Disorders
   VA 1-4

March 26 – March 30

Abnormal Psychology:
Anxiety Disorders

Abnormal Psychology: Somatoform Disorders

Midterm Exams

Midterm Exams

Teacher
Workday

Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Psychological
   Disorders
   VA 1-4

April 9 – April 13

Abnormal Psychology:
Mood and Dissociative Disorders

Abnormal Psychology: 
Schizophrenic Disorders

Abnormal Psychology: Organic and Personality Disorders

TEST: Abnormal Psychology:
Social Psychology: Group Dynamics

Social Psychology: Attribution Processes

Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Social & Cultural  
   Dimensions of  
   Behavior
   VC 1-3

April 16 – April 20

Social Psychology: Interpersonal Perception

Social Psychology: Conformity, Compliance, and Oobedience

Social Psychology: Organizational Behavior

Social Psychology: Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

TEST: Social
Psychology:
Research Methods
:Experimental, Correlational, and
Clinical Research

Methods Domain
    Introduction &   
    Research  
    Methods
    IA-2-3

Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Personality and
   Assessment
   IIIB 1-3

April 23 – April 27

Research Methods: Statistics; Descriptive and Inferential

Research Methods: Ethics in Research

TEST: Research Methods: Personality: Personality Theories and Approaches

Personality: Assessment Techniques

Personality: Self-concept and Self Esteem

Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Personality and
   Assessment
   IIIB 1-3

    Individual
    Differences
    IVE 4
Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Treatment of
   Psychological
   Disorders
   VB 1-2

April 3- – May 4

Personality: Growth and Adjustment

TEST: Personality: Testing and Individual Differences:
Standardization and Norms

Testing and Individual Differences: reliability and validity

Testing and Individual Differences:
Types of Tests

Testing and Individual Differences: Ethics and Standards

Cognitive Domain
    Individual
    Differences
    IVE 4

May 7 – May 11

Testing and Individual Differences: Intelligence

Testing and Individual Differences: Heredity/Environment

Testing and Individual Differences: Human Diversity

TEST: Testing and Individual Differences: Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Insight Therapies

Treatment of Psychological Disorders:
Behavioral Approach

Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain
   Treatment of
   Psychological
   Disorders
   VB 1-2

May 14 – May 18

Treatment of Psychological Disorders: cognitive approaches

Treatment of Psychological Disorders:
Biological Approaches

Treatment of Psychological Disorders:
Modes of Therapy

Treatment of Psychological Disorders:
Community and Prevention

TEST: Treatment of Psychological Disorders:

Cognitive Domain   
   States of 
   Consciousness
   IVD 1-4

May 21 – May 25

Holiday

States of Consciousness:
Sleep

States of Consciousness: Hypnosis

States of Consciousness: Psychoactive Drug Effects

TEST: States of Consciousness:

 

May 28  – June 1 Manson Murders: Power Point Manson Murders:
Power Point
Manson Murders: Video Manson Murders:
Video

Manson Murders: Video

 

June 4 – June 8 Exam review Exam review Exam review Exam review EXAMS

 

June 11 – June 15

Snow make-up Snow make-up Snow make-up Snow make-up Snow make-up


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