Course Calendar

2025-26 School Year

Trimester 1

Weds, Sept 3 - Welcome/Intro; Syllabus, parent letter, Rdg Sched, website/Classroom/Remind; MyAP Classroom signup; Boundary Breakers; Intro Reflection; "8 Study Tips" article

Thurs, Sept 4 - "quiz"; discuss "8 Study Tips"; Fools Demo; intro Stranger Paper; textbooks/pre-test

Fri, Sept 5- debrief pre-test; Hindsight Bias & Overconfidence; Andrea Yates case; psychological perspectives; "Blind Men & the Elephant"

Mon, Sept 8 - School Observation Lab; Operational Definitions; "Words of Wisdom"

Tues, Sept 9 - "Words of Wisdom"; review people & perspectives; APA divisions/research areas; start Research Methods ppt

Weds, Sept 10 - finish Research Methods; What's Wrong With This Study?

Thurs, Sept 11 - Experimentation; ethics 

Fri, Sept 12 - Statistics & Correlation; normal curve practice questions

Mon, Sept 15 - Sampling Lab; review

Tues, Sept 16 - Unit 0 Test (Scientific Foundations of Psychology); Unit Reflection

Weds, Sept 17 - review test results; Why Biology?; Random Brain Facts ppt; intro Brain Project

Thurs, Sept 18 - Methods of Studying the Brain; Phineas Gage video; Mapping the Brain video; assign "40 Studies" articles

Fri, Sept 19 - Neurons ppt; flushing demo; neurotransmitter handout

Mon, Sept 22 - Nervous System ppt & demos; Endocrine System handout

Tues, Sept 23 - Brain Hemispheres & demos; Scientific American clip

Weds, Sept 24 - Nature vs Nurture ppt & Evolutionary Psychology; share "40 Studies" articles; assign Online Discussion (sleep) 

Thurs, Sept 25 - Sleep IQ Test; Sleep Stages & Circadian Rhythm; "How Science Changed Sleep Forever"

Fri, Sept 26 - Sleep Deficit Scale; Sleep Disorders ppt & videos

Mon, Sept 29 - Dreams ppt; "The Mind Explained: Dreams"; introduce Eyskube Addiction XC

Tues, Sept 30 - drug vocab; "Curiosity: Your Body on Drugs"; Mouse Party

Weds, Oct 1 - Brain Project Presentations

Thurs, Oct 2 - finish Brain Project Presentations; Case Studies in Neuroanatomy; Brain & Cerebral Cortex clickers; "How To EBQ"; review

Fri, Oct 3 - Unit 1A Test (Biological Bases of Behavior)

Mon, Oct 6 - review test results; peer review EBQs; S&P Unit pre-test; start Sensation ppt & demos

Tues, Oct 7 - finish Sensation ppt & demos; subliminal messages demo; CrashCourse: Homunculus

Weds, Oct 8 - Visual Process ppt & demos

Thurs, Oct 9 - finish Visual Process & demos; Auditory System; sound localization demo; assign PsychSim: Visual Illusions

Fri, Oct 10 - Sensation Stations Lab

Mon, Oct 13 - Demos - selective attention, change blindness, perceptual set, top-down processing; start Perception ppt & demos

Tues, Oct 14 - finish Perception ppt & demos; Visual Illusions ppt

Weds, Oct 15 - special secret demo; review

(MEA Break)

Mon, Oct 20 - (No School - Staff Development)

Tues, Oct 21 - Unit 1B Test (Sensation & Perception)

Weds, Oct 22 -  review test results; Cognition Unit pre-test; 7 Dwarfs memory activity; start Memory ppt & demos

Thurs, Oct 23 - continue Memory ppt & demos; assign Loftus article

Fri, Oct 24 - continue Memory ppt & demos; assign online discussion ("The Boy With the Incredible Brain")

Mon, Oct 27 - continue Memory ppt & demos

Tues, Oct 28 - finish Memory; 60 Minutes video - Eyewitness Testimony

Weds, Oct 29 - Thinking, Problem Solving, & Judgement; problem-solving challenges; heuristics practice questions

Thurs, Oct 30 - finish Thinking, Problem Solving, & Judgement; "Discovering Psych" clip; assign "40 Studies" articles

Fri, Oct 31 - Intelligence & Testing pre-test; What is Intelligence?; A Brief History of Intelligence Testing ppt; "12 Surprising Facts About Intelligence"

Mon, Nov 3 - Theories of Intelligence ppt; Emotional Intelligence test; discuss Marshmallow Test; start "Battle of the Brains"

Tues, Nov 4 - Psychological Assessments ppt; Mensa Test & reflection

Weds, Nov 5 - Intelligence Lab

Thurs, Nov 6 - finish "Battle of the Brains"; jigsaw "40 Studies" articles; review

Fri, Nov 7 - Unit 2 Test (Cognitive Psychology)

Mon, Nov 10 - review test results; Learning Unit pre-test; definition of Learning activity; Learning Intro ppt; assign "40 Studies" article

Tues, Nov 11 - Classical Conditioning ppt; practice quiz

Weds, Nov 12 - finish Classical Conditioning; spray bottle conditioning demo; start Operant Conditioning ppt; assign Media Violence articles

Thurs, Nov 13 - finish Operant Conditioning; practice questions; What Kind of Conditioning?; "Online All the Time?" clip

Fri, Nov 14 - Observational Learning; Cognitive Influences on Behavior

Mon, Nov 17 - Social-Cognitive Perspective on Learning; jigsaw "40 Studies" articles; review

Tues, Nov 18 - Unit 3A Test (Learning)

Weds, Nov 19 - review test results; Review Jeopardy for Final Exam

Thurs, Nov 20 - Final Exam

Fri, Nov 21 - review T1 Final Exam results; Development Unit pre-test; 3 Themes/Questions; "Decades of Life"; intro "Generating Lifelines"

(End of Trimester 1)

(Thanksgiving Break)

Trimester 2

Mon, Dec 1 - Early Physical Development ppt; clips from "The Mind"; Identifying Developmental Landmarks

Tues, Dec 2 - Cognitive Development ppt; "Piaget Meets Santa"

Weds, Dec 3 - Language demo; Language ppt; "Genie" video

Thurs, Dec 4 - start Social Development ppt (Attachment)

Fri, Dec 5 - finish Social Development (parenting styles); Parental Authority Questionnaire & reflection paper; "How Well Do You Know Your Children?"

Mon, Dec 8 - Gender Development; assign "40 Studies" article

Tues, Dec 9 - Erickson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development; matching activity; start "Who Am I?" activity

Weds, Dec 10 - finish "Who Am I?" activity; Ecological Systems Theory & reflection questions

Thurs, Dec 11 - "Freaks & Geeks" (episode 1) & analysis

Fri, Dec 12 - share "40 Studies" articles; Aging Quiz; "Brain Games: Battle of the Ages"; review

Mon, Dec 15 - Unit 3B Test (Developmental Psychology)

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(WINTER BREAK!!!)

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Mon, Jan 19 - (No School - MLK Day)

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Mon, Feb 16 - (No School - President's Day)

Tues, Feb 17 - (No School - Staff Development)

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(End of Trimester 2)