AP Psychology Welcome

Welcome to AP Psychology

This year will be a fast-paced, hands-on tour of psychology including (but not limited to) learning and memory, biology and the brain, nature versus nurture, theories and theorists, drooling dogs and lever-pushing rats, personalities and intelligence, and the art of persuasion. As you're building a deeper understanding of psychology, methods of research, and theories, I hope to surprise you with interesting facts and engaging activities that make the information in the textbook relevant and interesting to your life. Together we will create a life hack version of AP Psych.

~ Weil

Class Principles

Each student in this class contributes to the learning, success and fun of every student in this class.

Be curious
Uphold integrity
Lean into struggle
Own your education
Respect yourself and others
Be a learner not just a finisher

Contact Info

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at weill@cislions.org. I will be happy to schedule a meeting with you.

Textbook

We will be using a digital copy of David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall, Psychology for the AP Course, 3rd Ed., Updated.

Late Policy

To earn full credit, assignments and corrections must be submitted by the beginning of class on the due date unless otherwise stated. Assignments submitted after that can earn up to 70% credit until the day of the related unit exam. After that, late work will not earn credit.

About

Lisa Heffernan Weil has been a member of the CIS community for 17 years. Her son attended CIS from 2005 until his graduation in 2017. She joined the faculty in 2016 and teaches AP Psychology, Mind Matters, AP US History, and Finding Our Voices: An Exploration of American History. In addition, she serves as the director of the CIS Fellows Program. She holds a bachelors in history with a minor in psychology from WashU, and a masters in journalism from Mizzou.