1st QUARTER
Unit 0: Introduction to Psychological Science Practices
Module 0.1: Scientific Attitude, Critical Thinking & Developing Arguments
Essay: 1. Critical Thinking Skills; 2. James Randi (choose 1); 3. SQ3R (Videos) Aug. 14
Module 0.2: Need for Psychological Science
Essay: 1. Brain Injury; 2. Little Hans; 3. Hidden Biases; 4. Shopping Cart Study (Videos) Aug. 18
Module 0.3: Scientific Method
Essay: 1. Case Study Tim; 2. Naturalistic Observations (videos) Aug 19
Module 0.4: Correlation & Experimentation
Essay: Types of Validity (video) Aug. 20
Module 0.5: Research Design & Ethics in Psychology
Essay: Duck or Rabbit (Video) Aug. 21
Module 0.6: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Unit 1: Biological Bases of Behavior
Module 1.1: Interaction of Heredity & Environment
Essay: 1. DNA & Behavioral Genetics; 2. Epigenetics; Nature or Nurture (videos) Aug. 27
Analyze: Trut-Fox Study Aug. 27
Module 1.2: Overview of the Nervous System
Essay: Nervous System (Video) Aug. 28
Module 1.3a: Neuron & Neural Firing: Neural Communication & the Endocrine System
Essay: 1. Absolute Threshold; 2. Action Potentials; 3. Synapse; 4. LTP; 5. Reflex Arc; 6. Endocrine System (videos) Sep. 1
Module 1.3b: Neuron & Neural Firing: Substance Use Disorders & Psychoactive Drugs
Poster 1: Violent Crime Sep. 4
Poster 2: Advertising Techniques Sep. 9
Poster 3: Caffeine Sep. 11
Module 1.4a: The Brain: Neuroplasticity & Tools of Discovery
Essay: 1. CT; 2. EEG; 3. PET; 4. MEG; 5. MRI; 6. fMRI (videos) Sep. 15
Module 1.4b: The Brain: Brain Regions & Structures
Essay: 1. Amygdala & Emotion; 2. Cerebral Cortex; 3. Dopamine & Reward; 4. Optogenetics; 5. Hemispherectomy; 6. Limbic System; 7. Self-recognition (videos) Sep. 16
Module 1.4c: The Brain: Damage Response & Brain Hemispheres
Essay: 1. Split-Brain (choose 1); 2. Neurogenesis (videos) Sep. 17
Brain Model Sep. 29
Module 1.5a: Sleep: Consciousness
Essay: Eye Witness Testimony (video) Sep. 30
Analyze: Shopping Mall Experiment (video) Sep. 30
Module 1.5b: Sleep: Sleep Stages & Theories
Essay: 1. Spicy Foods; 2. Appetite; 3. Athlete Sleep (choose 1); 4. Fatigue Effects on Driving; 5. Sleep Dependent Memory Consolidation; 6. Sleep Stages; 7. Sleep Important for Teens (videos) Oct. 1
Module 1.5c: Sleep: Sleep Loss, Disorders, & Dreams
Essay: 1. Circadian Sleep Disorders; 2. Depression & Sleep; 3. Insomnia; 4. Narcolepsy; 5. Sleep Deprivation & Memory; 6. Sleep Debt (videos) Oct. 2
Research Paper: Behavioral Modification 1.1 Oct. 3
Presentation 1: Sleep Disorders
2nd QUARTER
Module 1.6a: Sensation: Basic Concepts
Essay: 1. AAA; 2. Absolute Threshold; 3. Bottom-up; 4. Taste Perception Thresholds (videos) Oct. 14
Module 1.6b: Sensation: Vision
Essay: 1. Blindsight; 2. Face Recognition; 3. Retina; 5. Necker Cube; 6. Dot Illusion; 7. Afterimage (videos) Oct. 15
Module 1.6c: Sensation: Hearing
Essay: 1. Human Ear; 2. Decibel Addition; 3. Cochlear Implant; 4. Hearing Loss (videos) Oct. 16
Module 1.6d: Sensation: Skin, Chemical, & Body Senses & Sensory Interaction
Essay: 1. Gate Control Theory; 2. McGurk Effect; 3. Phantom Limb; 4. Taste; 5. Synesthesia; 6. Need Pain to Feel Happiness (videos) Oct. 20
Unit 2: Cognition
Module 2.1a: Perception: Influences on Perception
Essay: 1. Perceptual Set; 2. Selective Attention (videos) Oct. 27
Module 2.1b: Perception: Perceptual Organization & Interpretation
Essay: Monocular Cues (video) Oct. 28
Module 2.2a: Thinking, Problem Solving, Judgments, & Decision Making: Concepts & Creativity
Essay: 1. Receptive Behavior; 2. Bad Decisions; 3. Divergent Thinking; 4. Creative Processes (videos) Oct. 29
Module 2.2b: Thinking, Problem Solving, Judgments, & Decision Making: Solving Problems & Making Decisions
Essay: 1. Available Heuristic; 2. Belief Perseverance; 3. Overconfidence Effect; 4. Confirmation Bias; 5; Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (videos) Oct. 30
Analyze: Chimpanzee Insight (video) Oct. 30
Module 2.3: Introduction to Memory
Essay: 1. LTP; 2. Parkinson's; 3. Alzheimer's (videos) Nov. 3
Module 2.4: Encoding Memories
Essay: 1. Chunking; 2. Encoding; 3. Miller's Law; 4. Mitochondrial Density; 5. Testing Effect; 6. Telomeres (videos) Nov. 4
Module 2.5: Storing Memories
Essay: 1. Amygdala; 2. Hippocampus (choose 1) Nov. 5
Module 2.6: Retrieving Memories
Essay: 1. ECT; 2. Mood-Congruent Memory; 3. Priming Effect; 4. Serial Position Effect (videos) Nov. 6
Module 2.7: Forgetting & Other Memory Challenges
Essay: 1. H.M.; 2. Clive Wearing; 3. Dissociation; 4. Encoding Failure; 5. Oliver Sacks; 6. Deja vu (videos) Nov. 10
Poster 2: Media vs. Beliefs Nov. 12
Module 2.8a: Intelligence & Achievement: Theories of Intelligence
Essay: 1. Emotional Intelligence; 2. Howard Gardner; 3. Triarchic Theory; 4. Savant Syndrome (videos) Nov. 13
Module 2.8b: Intelligence & Achievement: Assessing Intelligence
Essay: 1. Flynn Effect; 2. IQ Score Distribution; 3. Stanford Binet; 4. Wechsler Test (videos) Nov. 17
Module 2.8c: Intelligence & Achievement: Stability of, & Influences on, Intelligence
Essay: 1. Fluid & Crystallized Intelligence; 2. Gifted Children; 3. Stress Over Poverty; 4. Down Syndrome (videos) Nov. 18
Module 2.8d: Intelligence & Achievement: Group Differences & the Question of Bias
Essay: 1. Intelligence is Gender-based; 2. Stereotype Threat; 3. Racial Differences; 4. Sexist (videos) Nov. 19
Unit 3: Development & Learning
Module 3.1: Themes & Methods in Developmental Psychology
Module 3.2a: Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Prenatal Development, Infancy, & Childhood
Essay: 1. 7-9 Month Milestones (choose 1); 2. Brain Development; 3. Face Recognition; 4. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; 5. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; 6. Temperament & Personality (videos) Nov. 25
Module 3.2b: Physical Development Across the Lifespan: Adolescence & Adulthood
Essay: 1. Exercise Improve Mental Fitness; 2. Life Expectancy; 3. Teen Brain Development (videos) Nov. 26
Research Paper: Behavioral Modification 1.2 (finalized version of first method) Nov. 28
Presentation 2: Growing Old Dec. 1
3rd QUARTER
Module 3.3a: Gender & Sexual Orientation: Gender Development
Essay: 1. Carol Gilligan; 2. Deborah Tannen; 3. Gender Similarities; 4. Gender Stereotypes; 5. Why Women are More Religious (videos) Jan. 6
Module 3.3b: Gender & Sexual Orientation: Biology & Psychology of Sex
Essay: 1. Female Sex Hormone System; 2. Freud's 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development; 3. Lust to Love; 4. Truth About Porn; 5. Matching Phenomenon; STDs (videos) Jan. 7
Module 3.3c: Gender & Sexual Orientation: Sexual Orientation
Module 3.4: Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan
Essay: 1. Kohlberg's 6 Stages of Moral Development; 2. Piaget's Stages of Development; 3. Delayed Gratification; 4. False Belief Test; 5. Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development (videos) Jan. 12
Analyze: Goldfish & Broccoli Study Jan. 12
Module 3.5: Communication & Language Development
Essay: 1. Phonemes; 2. Aphasia; 3. Deafness, Language, & Literacy; 4. Receptive Language Difficulties; 5. Speaking Multiple Language; 6. Steven Pinker (videos) Jan. 15
Presentation 3: Neurological Language Disorders
Module 3.6a: Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan: Infancy & Childhood
Essay: 1. Parenting Styles; 2. Empathetic Listening; 3. Play & Learning; 4. Geese Imprinting; 5. Attachment Theory (videos) Jan. 19
Analyze: Harlow's Monkeys (video) Jan. 19
Module 3.6b: Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, & Adulthood
Essay: 1. 8 Stages of Development; 2. Infant Reflexes; 3. Helen Fisher; 4. 5 Stages of Grief (videos) Jan. 20
Pamphlet: Divorce Jan. 21
Module 3.7a: Classical Conditioning: Basic Concepts
Essay: 1. Classical Conditioning; 2. Generalizations; 3. Prosopagnosia (videos) Jan. 22
Analyze: Pavlov's Dogs Jan. 22
Module 3.7b: Classical Conditioning: Applications & Biological Limits
Module 3.8a: Operant Conditioning: Basic Concepts
Analyze: 1. Pigeon's Identify Cancer; 2. Marshmallow Test (videos) Jan. 27
Module 3.8b: Operant Conditioning: Applications & Biological Limits
Essay: Classical & Operant Conditioning; 2. Biofeedback (videos) Jan. 28
Module 3.9: Social, Cognitive, & Neurological Factors in Learning
Analyze: 1. Bobo Doll; 2. Violent Videogames; 3. Tolman's Rats (videos) Jan. 29
Unit 4: Social Psychology & Personality
Module 4.1: Attribution Theory & Person Perception
Essay: 1. Attribution Theory; 2. Implicit Bias; 3. Prejudices; 4. Scapegoating (videos) Feb. 4
Module 4.2: Attitude Formation & Attitude Change
Essay: 1. Central vs. Peripheral; 2. Cognitive Biases; 3. Cognitive Dissonance; 4. Attitudes; 5. Foot in the Door (videos) Feb. 5
Analyze: Stanford Prison Experiment (video) Feb. 5
Module 4.3a: Psychology of Social Situation: Conformity & Obedience
Analyze: 1. Asch Conformity; Milgram Experiment (videos) Feb. 9
Module 4.3b: Psychology of Social Situation: Group Behavior
Essay: 1. Ringelmann Effect; 2. Deindividuation; 3. Group Polarization; 4. Groupthink; 5. Culture Affects Your Personality; 6. Social Facilitation (videos) Feb. 10
Presentation 4: Groupthink Feb. 12
Module 4.3c: Psychology of Social Situation: Aggression
Essay: 1. Violence People; 2. Homicide & Firearms; 3. Pornography & Sexual Violence; 4. Theories of Aggression (videos) Feb. 16
Module 4.3d: Psychology of Social Situation: Attraction
Essay: 1. Attractiveness; 2. Mere Exposure Effect; 3. Sex Study; 4. Science of Love (videos) Feb. 17
Module 4.3e: Psychology of Social Situation: Altruism, Conflict, & Peacemaking
Essay: 1. Pygmalion Effect; 2. Reciprocity Norm; 3. Conflict Theory; 4. Bystander Effect (videos) Feb. 18
Module 4.4: Introduction to Personality
Module 4.5a: Psychodynamic & Humanistic Theories of Personality: Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Theories
Essay: 1. Alfred Adler; 2. Carl Jung; 3. Eric Kandel; 4. False Consensus Effect; 5. Fear of Death; 6. Jungian Archetypes; 7. Karen Horney; 8. Roy Baumeister (videos) Feb. 23
Module 4.5b: Psychodynamic & Humanistic Theories of Personality: Humanistic Theories
Module 4.6a: Social-Cognitive & Trait Theories of Personality: Trait Theories
Essay: 1. Eysenck's Personality Theory; 2. MMPI; 3. Myers-Briggs; 4. Big Five Personality Traits (videos) Feb. 25
Module 4.6b: Social-Cognitive & Trait Theories of Personality: Social-Cognitive Theories
Research Paper: Behavioral Modification 2.1 Feb. 27
Module 4.6c: Social-Cognitive & Trait Theories of Personality: Exploring the Self
Essay: 1. Self-efficacy; 2. Self-optimization; 3. Dunning Kruger Effect; 4. Narcissism; 5. Spotlight Effect (videos) Mar. 2
4th QUARTER
Module 4.7a: Motivation: Motivational Concept
Essay: 1. Beth Hennessey; 2. Maslow (videos) Mar. 9
Module 4.7b: Motivation: Affiliation & Achievement
Essay: 1. Bloom's Taxonomy; 2. Bunny Effect; 3. Grit; 4. SDT; 5. Ostracism (videos) Mar. 10
Analyze: Schacter's Affiliation Study (video) Mar. 10
Module 4.7c: Motivation: Hunger Motivation
Essay: 1. Brain & Hunger; 2. Food Neophobia; 3. How Food Affects Your Brain; 4. Mental Health & Weight Gain; 5. Genetic Basis of Obesity; 7 Types of Hunger (videos) Mar. 11
Analyze: Nudging (video) Mar. 11
Module 4.8a: Emotion: Theories & Physiology of Emotion
Essay: 1. Emotional Style; 2. Automatic Bias; 3. Constructed Emotion (video) Mar. 12
Module 4.8b: Emotion: Expressing & Experiencing Emotion
Essay: 1. Kinds of Smiles; 2. First Impressions; 3. Role of Intuitions; 4. Snack Attack; 5. Why We Laugh (videos) Mar. 16
Unit 5: Mental & Physical Health
Module 5.1a: Introduction to Health Psychology: Stress & Illness
Essay: 1.Broken Heart Syndrome; 2. Aging & Stress; 3. Catharisis Hypothesis; 4. Selye Stress Response; 5. Stress & Cardiovascular Disease; 6. Tend & Befriend (videos) Mar. 18
Module 5.1b: Introduction to Health Psychology: Coping with Stress
Essay: 1. Stress Reducers; 2. Emotion Focused Coping; 3. Loneliness & the Body; 4. Learned Helplessness; 5. Optimism vs Pessimism; 6. Religion & Self-control (videos) Mar. 19
Module 5.2a: Positive Psychology: Positive Emotions & Traits
Essay: 1. Happiness & Stress; 2. Positive Psychology; 3. Genetics of Happiness (videos) Mar. 23
Module 5.2b: Positive Psychology: Enhancing Well-Being
Module 5.3: Explaining & Classifying Psychological Disorders
Essay: 1. DSM-V; 2. Brain Scans; 3. Diathesis Stress Model; 4. What Everyone Should Know About Suicide (videos) Mar. 25
Module 5.4a: Selection Categories of Psychological Disorders: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders, & Trauma- & Stressor-Related Disorders
Essay: 1. Anterior cingulate; 2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder; 3. OCD; 4. Hypervigilance; 5. PTSD (videos) Mar. 26
Analyze: Little Albert (choose 1) (video) Mar. 26
Poster 5: Phobias Mar. 31
Module 5.4b: Selection Categories of Psychological Disorders: Depressive & Bipolar Disorders
Essay: 1. Bipolar Disorder; 2. Diet & Depression; 3. Dysthymia; 4. Role of Norepinephrine; 5. Serotonin & Depression; 6. Major Depressive Disorder (videos) Apr. 1
Module 5.4c: Selection Categories of Psychological Disorders: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Essay: 1. Cross-species; 2. Disorganized Schizophrenia (video) Apr. 2
Module 5.4d: Selection Categories of Psychological Disorders: Dissociative, Personality, Feeding & Eating, & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Essay: 1. Binge Eating Disorder; 2. ADHD; 3. Antisocial Personality Disorder; 4. Autism Spectrum Disorder; 5. Borderline Personality Disorder; 6. Bulimia Nervosa; 7. Disruptive Mood Dysregulation; 8. Dissociative Disorders; 9. Somatic Symptom Disorder; 10. Tijin Kyofusho (videos) Apr. 7
Module 5.5a: Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Introduction to Therapy, & Psychodynamic & Humanistic Therapies
Essay: 1. Therapeutic Approaches; 2. Client Centered Therapy; 3. Psychoanalysis; 4. Psychodynamic Therapy; 5. Psychotherapy (videos) Apr. 8
Module 5.5b: Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Behavioral, Cognitive, & Group Therapies
Essay: 1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; 2. Exposure Therapy; 3. Token Economy; 4. Unconditional Positive Regard; 5. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (videos) Apr. 9
Analyze: Garcia Effect (video) Apr. 9
Module 5.5c: Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Evaluating Psychotherapies
Essay: 1. Evidence-based Treatment; 2. EMDR; 3. Light Therapy; 4. Meta Analysis; 5. Stossel Test (videos) Apr. 20
Module 5.5d: Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Biomedical Therapies & Preventing Psychological Disorders
Essay: 1. Lobotomy; 2. DBS; 3. ECT; 4. Antidepressant; 5. Hypnosis (choose 1); 6. Pharmacology (choose 1); 7. RTMS; 8. Placebo Effect (videos) Apr. 21
Enrichment
Module EM. 1: Influences on Drug Use
Module EM. 2: Psychology at Work
Research Paper: Behavioral Modification 2.2 (Finalized version of the second method) Apr. 24
Module EM. 3: Animal Thinking & Language
AP Exam May 6-16