Top 5 reasons to take AP Psychology
5. You could get college credit! If you pass the AP Exam in the spring, you may earn credit for your general ed. Psychology class at the school of your choice.
4. You can earn up to 5 GPA points, rather than the usual 4. AP classes are weighted. AP Psych. can help increase your overall GPA.
3. You've always wondered what Trichotrillomania, Munchausen Syndrome, and Kuru are.
2. You want to know the real differences between boy brains and girl brains.
1. One word. AGNELLO!!! :)
4. You can earn up to 5 GPA points, rather than the usual 4. AP classes are weighted. AP Psych. can help increase your overall GPA.
3. You've always wondered what Trichotrillomania, Munchausen Syndrome, and Kuru are.
2. You want to know the real differences between boy brains and girl brains.
1. One word. AGNELLO!!! :)
A Checklist for SuccessInspired by Jeff Norby, Elk Grove high School
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Weekly Lesson Plans: check GoogleClassroomClassroom code: ouedpcr
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Socratic Seminars
Men vs WomenAre the brains of men and women more alike or more different? In what ways?
male vs. female stress reaction
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0403-men_are_from_mars.htm |
Trashing TeensTeen rights
"What's Wrong With The Teenage Mind" Lil' AlbertEthics in Research
Tiger MomsParenting and motivation
EducationDiscuss the effectiveness of your education. What worked? What didn't?
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Unit Documents/Links/Supplementals
Intro
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Test Review
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If you miss the video in class, go to this site and view the slideshow.
http://www.prisonexp.org/
http://www.prisonexp.org/
The Brain
The Adolescent BrainThe Human Spark: Brain Matters (link to Nova video)Brain Magic |
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After a Strokehttp://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html
TED talks - Our brains: predictably irrational http://www.ted.com/playlists/74/our_brains_predictably_irrati.html Can the damaged brain repair itself? http://www.ted.com/talks/siddharthan_chandran_can_the_damaged_brain_repair_itself.html 24-year-old Woman Born Without a Cerebellum http://www.iflscience.com/brain/24-year-old-woman-born-without-cerebellum-her-brain |
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Watch a Neurosurgeon perform brain surgery
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/watch-neurosurgeon-perform-subdural-hematoma-operation
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/watch-neurosurgeon-perform-subdural-hematoma-operation
Nature vs Nurture
Epigenetics
http://video.pbs.org/video/1525107473/ Biological Memories of Past Environments - Epigenetic pathways to health pathways http://groups.anthropology.northwestern.edu/lhbr/kuzawa_web_files/pdfs/Thayer%20&%20Kuzawa%202011%20Epigenetics.pdf Greenland Biomarkers - epigenetics http://rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=1362 Myths about evolution http://blog.ted.com/2013/07/11/myths-and-misconceptions-about-evolution-a-ted-ed-lesson-about-the-subtleties/ |
What is epigenetics?
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-choices-you-make-can-affect-your-genes-carlos-guerrero-bosagna Test Review
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Development
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Test Review
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Sensation |
Perception |
www.visualexpert.com
Take the tour, and select "collection of articles." |
Touch, Feeling and Pain vocab
http://quizlet.com/29136018/3-the-somatosensory-system-touch-feeling-and-pain-flash-cards/ http://quizlet.com/54147173/touch-sensation-flash-cards/ Proprioception
https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/ch-6-vocab-words/deck/2479498 https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/overcoming-gravity-vocab/deck/11939196 |
What color is Tuesday?
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-color-is-tuesday-exploring-synesthesia-richard-e-cytowic Test your Brain - Perception http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq1rfl_national-geographic-test-your-brain-episode-2-perception_shortfilms How we see color - ted ed http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-we-see-color-colm-kelleher Test Review
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Test Review
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Consciousness
The quest to understand consciousnessThe Mind After Midnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stXhGMVJuqA Test Review
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Learning
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http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/prtut/_
Positive Reinforcement tutorial |
Sheldon Shaping Penny on Big Bang Theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teLoNYvOf90 Links to unethical research sites http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science/strange-but-true/item/top_ten_unethical_psychology_experiments http://www.highestfive.com/mind/5-unethical-psych-experiments/ http://www.mindpowernews.com/UnethicalExperiments.htm |
Little Albert
http://www.openculture.com/2015/01/the-little-albert-experiment.html http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/01/little-albert.aspx_ Test Review
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Memory
How Memory Works
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-memory-works.html Eyewitness http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_fraser_the_problem_with_eyewitness_testimony.html The future of Memory Manipulation http://blog.ted.com/2014/02/19/think-youve-got-a-terrible-memory-you-dont-know-the-half-of-it/ Memory can be passed down through the generations in our genes! http://www.realfarmacy.com/memories-passed-through-genes/ |
Test Review
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Thinking, Language and Intelligence
Motivation and Emotion
The surprising truth about what motivates us
http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-drive Flow is the secret to happiness http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow?utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=on.ted.com-facebook-share&awesm=on.ted.com_b07sL The Psychology of Pleasure and Pain - Tedtalk http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure?utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_medium=on.ted.com-facebook-share&utm_source=facebook.com&awesm=on.ted.com_h0Chj&utm_campaign=
Niall Breslin http://www.upworthy.com/why-so-many-men-are-thanking-an-irish-guy-for-revealing-a-secret-theyre-too-afraid-to-admit?c=ufb2 |
Test Review
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Personality
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Trait Theory
http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/trait-theory.htm Powerpoint - Trait Perspective http://www.appsychology.com/appsychPP/appsychology/Personality/Trait%20Perspective.ppt#256,1,The Trait Perspective The Power of Introverts http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html |
Social Psychology
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Social Darwinism isn't Dead - Rich people really think they are different from you and me
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/social_darwinism_and_class_essentialism_the_rich_think_they_are_superior.html?wpsrc Ted Talk: Lessons from Death Row Inmates http://www.ted.com/talks/david_r_dow_lessons_from_death_row_inmates Link to Milgram expl. http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/milgram.htm Even Capuchin Monkeys believe in equal pay for equal work!
http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals.html |
Disorders
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Unraveling the cause of Schizophrenia http://www.iflscience.com/brain/scientists-unravel-causes-schizophrenia http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/07/21/creativity-and-mental-illness/ |
Monsters of Mental Illness
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/09/the-monsters-lurking-behind-8-mental-illnesses/ 5 Rare and Unusual Disorders https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/machiavellians-gulling-the-rubes/201608/5-rare-and-unusual-psychological-syndromes The 5 Percent Solution for Depression https://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/03/the-5-percent-solution-for-depression/ |
Exploring the mind of a killer
http://www.ted.com/talks/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_killer?language=en Restorative Justice www.ted.com/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice Psychopath vs Sociopath http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/02/12/differences-between-a-psychopath-vs-sociopath/ http://www.diffen.com/difference/Psychopath_vs_Sociopath https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wicked-deeds/201401/how-tell-sociopath-psychopath http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/psychopaths-versus-sociopaths-what-difference http://www.the-open-mind.com/understanding-the-difference-between-psychopaths-and-sociopaths/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-neuroscientist-who-discovered-he-was-a-psychopath-180947814/ Test Review
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Classic Studies in Psychology |
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