The first unit we explore together includes chapters 1+2 in the blue book -in Purple books, just chapter 1, this is called the scientific foundations of psychology. There will be no TEDs this unit. How to earn an exc point on leaves. (how to do FRQs)
Week of 9/22/25
Monday: 3,7 descriptive stats activity!
Tuesday: 1,3 review! I am out. here are your options:
Quizziz:Scientific Practice or
Quizlet Research Overview or
Blooket: Scientific Practices or
Wednesday: UNIT ONE TEST -is 50 multiple choice test questions.
Thursday: p1 test rest of you begin development and move to next unit page!
Friday: We got to slide 21 in devt, see development page going forward
PLEASE PICK UP TESTS BEFORE THE WEEKEND!!!! ty. yes, you can take home tests. I write new ones every year.
Week of 9/15/2025
Monday: 7,1,3 scavenger hunt to review and then quiz on research methods vocabulary. MC, low stress. If you are freaking out, go through the slide deck, or crash course or get psyched and know that your unit 1 vocab sheet is your study guide.
AP classroom codes. You must go to your college board AP classroom and sign up, or this is not AP on your transcript. Thanks!
Period 1 NX9R4G
Period 3. 6AYMMV
Period 7. JJ26V3
Tuesday: 7,1 stats and if confused: generalizability worksheet
Wednesday: 3 stats
Thursday: 7,1,3 Back to school night for your grown ups.
NO PROJECT DUE!
Friday: 7,1 CP day: TED talk scaffolded assignment due Monday. Test on the 24th, which is next Wednesday. if you are concerned about the stats part, here is a great study video . This test is the lowest score for a lot of people, please make sure you study for it, not cramming, but a little bit every day.
Week of 9/8/2025
Monday: 3 quiz and hand note on perspectives.
careers in psych and the types of research methods.
Tuesday: 7,1,3 naturalistic observations vs case studies vs surveys (aka correlational data) exc point for parent signature due this week. Please talk to your adults about what we are going to be doing in psych and have them sign your form. Thanks!
Wednesday: 7,1 operational definitions suggestions to help brainstorm. begin research design. notes
Thursday: 3,7 correlation vs causation and scavenger hunt
Friday: 1,3 vocab quiz monday for all of unit 1 vocab. The quiz is MC and focuses on do you know the terms, not yet expecting application. Malcolm Gladwell
Week of 9/3/2025
Tuesday: first day meet!
Wednesday: 1,3 handouts! website, AP test vs dual enrollment, vocab application, TED talk structure,
Thursday: 7,1,3 how to apply vocab and pick TED talk topics -quiz for p3 delayed till M. 7 and 1 have quiz F. Make sure you signed up with your personal email for a signupgenius account, it is fine if you don't have an account, but then you are locked in on your topic, so plan accordingly. Thanks!
HW: read your textbook, you can skim the history part, but please take handwritten notes on research methods! You have the full list of vocab in your 3 ring binder. The list is shorter than the full collection of vocab in the book. Read them all, but notes really only needed for the vocab on the sheet. These are the core terms that will/can be on the AP exam. Thanks for reading all this, hope it clarifies, if it doesn't...ask me questions. Have the research methods chapter read by next Friday. Thank you!!!
Friday: 7,1 quiz on course and TED expectations. notes on perspectives, draw hands!
Link to quizlets for Chapter 1 History/Approaches Chapter 2 Research Methods Unit 1 guided reading (notecatcher) if you want to print out: link (optional)
Notes is the slide deck for unit 1. digital copy of participation bingo review jeopardy
Test review stuff: resources for this unit! perspectives practice link to notes if you like. Mr. Sinn video channel or Mandy Rice videos and/or CC videos (note that you need to look at title of content for videos, not unit number as CC is numbered from how the test was 10yrs ago. The info is still accurate!
ppt for chapter 1 Some of you will think you are blocked. Don't take it personally. Close down your school email and suddenly you will no longer be protected from my ppts which I make or store in my own gmail for obv tech reasons. First project