Thursday, June 9th

1. Continued Presentations


2. Journals Due on Monday!

Tuesday, June 7th

1. Began Abnormal Psych Project Presentations


2. Seniors- Journals due today


3. 1st period- continued watching A Beautiful Mind

Friday, June 3rd

1. Began watching A Beautiful Mind



2. Assignment: Final Journal Prompt (see below)



3. Presenations begin Tuesday

Psychology Journal: Final Prompt

Part 1- Notes on the Presentations (25 points)

Part 2- Answer the following questions (25 points):
1. Reflect on your very first journal entry, did you gain what you had hoped from this class?
2. Explain a concept that you learned this semester.
3. Reflect on your final project. Do you feel that it reflected what you learned? What would you do differently? Overall, how do you feel you did on the project?
4. As you watch A Beautiful Mind take note of any symptoms John Nash exhibits prior to being diagnosed. What treatments are available to him? At what point in the movie did you become aware that he has schizophrenia?
5. Given the choices Nash had for dealing with his condition (either taking drugs with horrible side effects, or fighting with himself to ignore the voices), do you think he made the right choice? What would you choose to do in that situation?

Wednesday, June 1st

1. Worked in the computer lab on projects- today was the last day in class to work on them, presentations begin 6/7


2. Turned in an outline of presentation, including technology needs


3. Meet in the classroom on Friday

Thursday, May 26th

1. Worked in the computer lab on projects


2. Article Review #3 due today


3. Meet in the Blue Computer Lab on Wednesday 6/1

Tuesday, May 24th

1. Went to the library and worked on projects.


2. Reminder: Article Review #3 Due on Thursday.


3. Meet in Blue computer lab Thursday.

Friday, May 20th

1. Went to the library to do research for project.


2. Must sign up for a topic by 5/24

Wednesday, May 18th

1. Test- Chapters 7 and 14


2. Journals due today


3. Reviewed guidelines for Abnormal Psych Project

Monday, May 16th

1. Activity- Altered State?


2. Reviewed for Test


3. Journal #12- prompt pg. 205 (Journals due 5/18)

Thursday, May 12th

1. Discussed Sleep and Dreams research and Circadian Rhythm project- turned both in.


2. Notes- Psychoactive Drugs


3. Assignment: See last slide on notes for task.

Tuesday, May 10th

1. Discussed Dream Journal assignment and turned in.


2. Surrealism and dreams


3. Dream Interpretation activity


4. Hypnosis- complete the following statements: Hypnosis is... Hypnosis is not... Hypnosis my be used to... in journals and discusses


5. Meditation- demonstrated techniques


6. Assignment: Remembering Dreams Project (get handout from me)


7. Reminder- Circadian Rhythm Project due on Thursday

Friday, May 6th

1. Discussed the stages of sleep.


2. Shared research on sleep and dream questions.


3. Created a graphic organizer about the 5 sleep disorders- symptoms and causes (in journal).


4. Assignment: Circadian Rhythms project- due 5/12, see me for directions


5. Dream Journal- due 5/10

Wednesday, May 4th

1. Brainstormed questions about sleep and dreams.


2. Went to the library to research the answers- due Thursday, 5/12

Monday, May 2nd

1. Video- Inside Out: Alterted States of Consciousness


2. Vocabulary- Made a poster with vocab word from Chapter 7


3. Assignment- Keep a dream journal for 5 days


4. Journal #11- prompt pg. 182

Wednesday, April 27th

1. Trait Theory- 4 Square Activity


2. Presented 4 Square posters

Monday, April 25th

1. Discussed the 2 List Assignment from Thursday.


2. Activity- True Colors

Thursday, April 21st

1. Guest Speaker- Trisha Stickler from DeVry



2. Acitivity- Self-Actualization



3. Assignment: Keep 2 lists for the next 3 days- 1. Things that made you smile and 2. New Discoveries (doesn't have to be "book learning")



4. Article Review Due Today!

Tuesday, April 19th

1. Activity: Behaviorist and Humanist Approaches to Personality (see me to get handouts)



2. Assignment: Self-Worth

Thursday, April 14th

1. Went to the library and researched on-line personality tests. Took 5 tests. For each test you need to write a summary of the results, identify the school of personality theory, and discuss the accuracy of the results.


2. Find an article for the article review that is due next Thursday the 21st.

Tuesday, April 12th

1. Activity- Defense Mechanisms


2. Assignment- complete work not finished in class (see me to get worksheets you need)

Friday, April 8th

1. Activity- The Psychoanalysts


2. Assignment- Handout #56- create a visual representation for each theorist using their terminology (i.e. Freud and the iceberg)

Wednesday April 6th

1. Video- Inside Out- The Enduring Self: Personality. Took notes in journal on video, arrange to make this up if you were gone.


2. Notes- Introduction to Personality Theories


3. Assignment: Handout #54- The Psychoanalysts (see me to get this)

Monday, April 4th

1. Learning and Memory Test



2. Journals Due

March 9th-31st

Completed a variety of activities around Learning Theories and Memory. See me if you missed any of these classes to get the work you missed.

Monday, March 7th

1. Reviewed Classical Conditioning
2. Created a storyboard about a classical conditioning experiment
3. Shared storyboards

Thursday, March 3rd

Video- The Learning Machine
Notes- Classical Conditioning
Activity- Classical Conditioning Experiment
Assignment- Journal Entry #5- prompt on pg. 240

Tuesday, March 1st

• Shared Survey results- turned in posters
• Journal time- finished up journal entries and answered 2 questions
• Due Today- Letter assigned on Friday and Journals
• Due Thursday- Article Review

Friday, February 25th

1. Activity- Ethics of Human Research- see me to get the handouts and directions for assignment
2. Assignment- Letter from activty
3. Journal Entry #4- prompt pg. 57 (journals are due next class 3/1)

Wednesday, February 23rd

1. Created a poster about your survey- poster should have a title, at least 2 graphs of your data, and a conclusion.
2. The plan had been to share the posters but so many weren't done collecting data that the posters are due on the 1st.
3. Assignment- Correlations WKST- due next class (see me to get this)

Friday, February 18th

1st Period

1. Filled out Methods of Research graphic organizer in journal.
2. Activity- Lab 1-2: Observation. See me for the directions.

3rd Period
1. Activity/Assignment- Create and conduct a survey. You can work by yourself or with a partner. Pick any topic that interests you. Your survey must have a minimum of 5 questions, including age and gender. Choose a sample size that will give you adequate results (probably at least 20 people). Data must be collected by next Wednesday the 23rd.

2. Handed out the directions for writing an Article Review. 1st article review is due March 1st.

3. Went to library to find an article for Article Review assignment and/or work on survey.

Wednesday, February 16th

1st Period

1. Activity/Assignment- Create and conduct a survey. You can work by yourself or with a partner. Pick any topic that interests you. Your survey must have a minimum of 5 questions, including age and gender. Choose a sample size that will give you adequate results (probably at least 20 people). Data must be collected by next Wednesday the 23rd.
2. Handed out the directions for writing an Article Review. 1st article review is due March 1st.
3. Went to library to find an article for Article Review assignment and/or work on survey.

3rd Period

1. Filled out Methods of Research graphic organizer in journal.
2. Activity- Lab 1-2: Observation. See me for the directions.

Monday, February 14th

1. Presented Subfields research.
2. Activity- M&M Sampling
3. Assignment: Create a chart about the 7 research methods discussed on pgs. 37-39- description, advantages, disadvantages.
4. Journal Entries- #2- pg. 31 and #3- pg. 34

Thursday, February 10th

I was gone today but here is what you did with the sub:

1. Turned in pg. 22 #5 assignment from Tuesday.
2. Broke into small groups and researched the various subfields of psychology. Presentations will be on Monday. See me to get the handout with the directions.

Tuesday, February 8th

1. Video- The Story of Psychology, we just watched, it's an introduction to psychology.
2. Notes/Activity- The Goals of Psychology
3. Notes- Brief History of Psychology
4. Assignment- #5 on pg. 22

Friday, February 4th

1. Finished and shared Personal Suitcases
2. Went to the library and checked out textbook- Understanding Psychology
3. Seating chart-picked seat for the semester
4. Assignment- Journal Entry #1- see prompt on pg. 6 of textbook

Wednesday, February 2nd

Activity: Personal Suitcase- using the outline of a suitcase given in class, create a collage about yourself. Who are you? What are your interests, beliefs, goals, etc.?

Tuesday, February 1st

Welcome to 2nd Semester Psychology!!

Each class day I will post what we did in class that day, links to notes and assignments, and any reminders. Also, look for information about extra credit along the right side and quick links to resources.

Today:

1. Went over syllabus- parent signature page is due Friday the 4th
2. Activity- Cruise Through Psychologyland, this is just an introduction to what we will be covering this semester, nothing to turn in.
3. Assignment: Bring a photo of yourself and any magazines that can be cut up to class tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 26th

1. Finished presentations.
2. Final Journal prompt due today.

Presentations have been graded and scores are available on InTouch. If you have any questions about your grade please come and see me.

If you would like your journal back you can come out and get it. I'll keep them until the end of next week, then recycle.

It was a great semester!

Monday, January 24th

1. Continued with presentations.
2. Assignment: Last Journal prompt- due Wednesday

Journal Prompt:
Part 1- Notes on the Presentations (25 points)
Part 2- Answer the following questions (25 points):
1. Reflect on your very first journal entry, did you gain what you had hoped from this class?
2. Which types of activities helped you learn the material best (lecture, labs, presentations,
etc.)? Which helped you the least?
3. Explain a concept that you learned this semester.
4. As Miss Connolly is preparing for next semester, what would you tell her to keep, add,
and delete from the course?
5. Reflect on your final project. Do you feel that it reflected what you learned? What would
you do differently? Overall, how do you feel you did on the project?

Thursday, January 20th

Activity- Normal/Abnormal: Who Decides?- see me to get the handouts. We did turn in work for this.

Presentations will resume on Monday.

Tuesday, January 18th

Continued with presentations.

Journal- take notes on each presentation

Thursday, January 13th

Project presentations.

Journal- take notes on each presentation. You will be turning your journals in one more time.

Tuesday, January 11th

Careers, Inc. presentation by Trisha Stickler of DeVry University

Presentations begin on Thursday!

Friday, January 7th

Went to the library for last day of research. Presentations begin on Thursday the 13th. Make sure to give me copies of anything you need photocopied.

Wednesday, January 5th

• We did several activities around what is stress, how can you cope with it, what impact does it have on your health, and created a plan for managing stress in your life.
• There isn't anything specific you need to make up.
• Friday will be our last day in class to work on your projects. Presentations begin on the 13th. Make sure you give me anything that needs to be sent to print.

Monday, January 3rd

Happy New Year!!

Today we went to the computer lab and continued working on your project. Friday will be the last day in class that I will give you time to work on it. Presentations begin the 13th!