Course Calendar

2024-25 School Year

Trimester 3

Tue, Mar 18 - Welcome/Intro; Syllabus, website, Classroom, Remind; Connectors, Website/Article Review; Get to Know You; textbooks; Boundary Breakers; Psych I Review

Weds, Mar 19 - Sensation ppt & demos

Thurs, Mar 20 - finish Sensation (backmasking); start Visual Process & demos

Fri, Mar 21 - finish Visual Process & demos; Auditory System, ear diagram & sound localization demo

Mon, Mar 24 - Sensation Stations lab

Tues, Mar 25 - demos: selective attention, change blindness, perceptual set, top-down processing; start Perception ppt & demos

Weds, Mar 26 - finish Perception ppt & demos; Monocular Cues picture project; "8 Mind Blowing Optical Illusions; Visual Illusions ppt

Thurs, Mar 27 - "Brain Games: Watch This"

Fri, Mar 28 - Eyskube XC; Sleep IQ Test; Sleep deficit scale; PsychSim: EEG & Sleep Stages

Mon, Mar 31 - Sleep mini-lecture; "How Science Changed Sleep Forever"; Sleep Disorders

Tues, Apr 1 - Dreams mini-lecture; "The Mind Explained: Dreams"

Weds, Apr 2 - drug terms; "Curiosity: Your Body on Drugs"

Thurs, Apr 3 - "The Science of Hypnosis"; The Truth and Hype of Hypnosis" article; review

Fri, Apr 4 - Unit 1 Test (Sensation, Perception, & States of Consciousness)

Mon, Apr 7 - review test results; 3 Themes of Development; Prenatal & Infant Development ppt

Tues, Apr 8 - Identifying Developmental Landmarks; Early Cognitive Development; Piaget Meets Santa

Weds, Apr 9 - Early Social Development (Attachment)

Thurs, Apr 10 - finish Early Social Development (parenting style); Parental Authority Questionnaire & reflection; "How Well Do You Know Your Children?"

Fri, Apr 11 - Erickson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development

Mon, Apr 14 - Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development; "The Mind Explained: Teenage Brain"; Who Am I? activity (OM-EIS)

Tues, Apr 15 - "Freaks & Geeks" (episode 1) & reflection

Weds, Apr 16 - "Brain Games: Battle of the Ages"; Aging Quiz; Kubler-Ross 5 Stages of Grief

Thurs, Apr 17 - Language Development; "Genie" clip; review

Fri, Apr 18 - (No School - Staff Development Day)

Mon, Apr 21 - Unit 2 Test (Developmental Psychology)

Tues, Apr 22 - ACT Testing Day

Weds, Apr 23 - review test results; What is Personality?; Psychodynamic Approach ppt; Id, Ego, Superego roleplays

Thurs, Apr 24 - finish Psychodynamic Approach; defense mechanisms practice; Freud clip

Fri, Apr 25 - Neo-Freudians jigsaw; Projective Tests of personality

Mon, Apr 28 - Perceived vs. Ideal Self; Humanistic Approach ppt; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

Tues, Apr 29 - Trait Perspective handout; SciShow clip; Trait Lab

Weds, Apr 30 - Social-Cognitive Perspective; Positive Psych

Thurs, May 1 - "The Mind Explained: Personality"; Personality Soundtrack

Fri, May 2 - work day for Personality Soundtrack; review

Mon, May 5 - Unit 3 Test (Personality)

Tues, May 6 - review test results; Social Traps/Prisoner's Dilemma; Discovering Psych: Power of the Situation

Weds, May 7 - Attribution; assign Stanford Prison Experiment article

Thurs, May 8 - start Social Influences on Behavior ppt

Fri, May 9 - finish Social Influences; Social Norms; assign "Violating Social Norms"

Mon, May 12 - Attitudes ppt; "Explained: Cults"

Tues, May 13 - Milgram Obedience Study

Weds, May 14 - Cross Cultural Psych & Social Conflict; "5 Tricks" game

Thurs, May 15 - finish Cross Cultural Psych & Conflict; "Scientific American: Hidden Prejudice"; IAT 

Fri, May 16 - Altruism & Helping ppt

Mon, May 19 - "Brain Games: Laws of Attraction"; PsychSim: Dating & Mating; review

Tues, May 20 - Unit 5 Test (Social Psychology)

Weds, May 21 - Overview of Stress & Name That Stressor; start "Stress: Portrait of a Killer"

Thurs, May 22 - finish "Stress: Portrait of a Killer"; Coping With Stress; work time for study guide

Fri, May 23 - Stress Scales; Crash Course: Emotions, Stress & Health; Type A/B inventory; work time for study guide

Mon, May 26 - No School - Memorial Day

Tues, May 27 - Stress mini-unit Quiz; review for CSA

Weds, May 28 - Final Exam (District CSA); course evals

Thurs, May 29 - 

Fri, May 30 - (Seniors' Last Day)

Mon, June 2 - 

Tues, June 3 - 

Weds, June 4 - 

Thurs, June 5 - 

Fri, June 6 - 

(End of 3rd Trimester)