Course Calendar
2022-23 School Year
Trimester 3
Tue, Mar 19 - Welcome/Intro; Syllabus, website, Classroom, Remind; Connectors, Website/Article Review; Get to Know You; textbooks; Boundary Breakers; Psych I Review
Weds, Mar 20 - Sensation ppt & demos
Thurs, Mar 21 - finish Sensation (backmasking); start Visual Process & demos
Fri, Mar 22 - finish Visual Process & demos; Auditory System, ear diagram & sound localization demo
Mon, Mar 25 - SNOW DAY
Tues, Mar 26 - Sensory Experiments Lab
Weds, Mar 27 - selective attention, change blindness, perceptual set, and top-down processing demos; Perception ppt & demos
Thurs, Mar 28 - finish Perception; Monocular Cues picture project; Visual Illusions
Fri, Mar 29 - (NO CLASS - STAFF DEVELOPMENT)
Mon, Apr 1 - "Brain Games: Watch This"
Tues, Apr 2 - Sleep IQ Test; Sleep Deficit Scale; PsychSim: EEG & Sleep Stages
Weds, Apr 3 - Sleep mini lecture; "How Science Changed Sleep Forever"; Sleep Disorders
Thurs, Apr 4 - Dreams mini-lecture; "The Mind Explained: Dreams"
Fri, Apr 5 - overview of drug terms; "Curiosity: Your Body on Drugs"
Mon, Apr 8 - "The Science of Hypnosis"; Truth & Hype of Hypnosis article; review
Tues, Apr 9 - Unit 1 Test (Sensation, Perception, & States of Consciousness)
Weds, Apr 10 - 3 Themes; Prenatal & Infant Development ppt; clips from "The Mind"; Identifying Developmental Landmarks
Thurs, Apr 11 - Early Cognitive Development ppt & videos; Piaget Meets Santa
Fri, Apr 12 - Early Social Development (Attachment) ppt; assign Parent Trap article
Mon, Apr 15 - finish Early Social Development (parent styles); Parental Authority Questionnaire & reflection; "How Well Do You Know Your Children?"
Tues, Apr 16 - Erickson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
Weds, Apr 17 - Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development; "Crash Course: Adolescence"; Who Am I? activity (OM-EIS)
Thurs, Apr 18 - "Freaks & Geeks" (episode 1) & reflection
Fri, Apr 19 - "Brain Games: Battle of the Ages"; Aging Quiz; Kubler-Ross 5 Stages of Grief
Mon, Apr 22 - Language Development; "Genie" video; review
Tues, Apr 23 - ACT Testing
Weds, Apr 24 - Unit 2 Test (Developmental Psychology)
Thurs, Apr 25 - review test results; What is Personality?; Psychodynamic Approach ppt & Id, Ego, Superego roleplays
Fri, Apr 26 - finish Psychodynamic Approach; defense mechanism questions; Freud Biography clip
Mon, Apr 29 - Neo-Freudians jigsaw; Projective Tests of personality
Tues, Apr 30 - Humanistic Approach ppt
Weds, May 1 - Trait Perspective handout & Trait Lab
Thurs, May 2 - Social-Cognitive Perspective
Fri, May 3 - "The Mind Explained: Personality"; Personality Soundtrack
Mon, May 6 - work day for Personality Soundtrack; review
Tues, May 7 - Unit 3 Test (Personality)
Weds, May 8 - review test results; Social Traps, Prisoner's Dilemma & "Golden Balls"; Discovering Psych: Power of the Situation
Thurs, May 9 - Attribution ppt; assign Stanford Prison Experiment article
Fri, May 10 - Attitudes ppt; "Explained: Cults"
Mon, May 13 - post-its activity; Social Influences on Behavior ppt
Tues, May 14 - finish Social Influences on Behavior; Social Norms; assign "Violating Social Norms"
Weds, May 15 - Milgram Obedience Study
Thurs, May 16 - Cross-Cultural Psychology and Social Conflict - activity & start ppt
Fri, May 17 - finish Cross-Cultural Psych & Social Conflict; "Scientific American: Hidden Prejudice"; IAT assignment
Mon, May 20 - Altruism & Helping Behavior ppt
Tues, May 21 - "Brain Games: Laws of Attraction"; PsychSim: Dating & Mating; review
Weds, May 22 - Unit 5 Test (Social Psychology)
Thurs, May 23 - (Stress mini-unit) Overview of Stress; Name That Stressor; start "Stress: Portrait of a Killer"
Fri, May 24 - finish "Stress: Portrait of a Killer"; Coping With Stress; work time for study guide
Mon, May 27 - (No School - Memorial Day)
Tues, May 28 - Stress Scales; Crash Course: Emotions, Stress, & Health; Type A/B Inventory; work on study guides
Weds, May 29 - Stress mini-unit quiz; review for CSA
Thurs, May 30 - CSA & course evaluations (**Last day of class for Seniors**)
Fri, May 31 -
Mon, June 3 -
Tues, June 4 -
Weds, June 5 -
Thurs, June 6 -
(End of 3rd Trimester)