Do Now: Write your name on the index card
provided to you. Fold your index card so that
it faces the front of the classroom.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Outline of chapter 1 from Review Book due on
Wednesday, September 16!
If you have not already purchased the Barron’s
Review book, please do your best to have it by
this date 
Bring back signed syllabus by Friday, September
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Aim: Why do we study psychology?

1. Three ring binder with loose leaf paper, or
spiral notebook with folder
2. Blue or black pens
3. Maintain all handouts, worksheets, quizzes
and graded tests
Aim: Why do we study psychology?

Students will be prepared to sit the Advanced Placement Psychology
Examination. (Monday, May 2, 2016 at 12pm)
Students will critically analyze the major theories in the field of psychology.
They will define, recognize, and incorporate psychological terms into their
daily vocabulary.
Students will learn psychological research methods. They will practice these
research skills by completing several independent research projects.
Students will become familiar with various psychological experiments and
assess how psychologists answered questions through experiments, case
studies, self-reports, and surveys.
Students will develop critical thinking skills through the incorporation and
discussion of various controversial topics in the field of psychology.
Aim: Why do we study psychology?

History and Approaches
Research Methods
Neuroscience
Sensation and Perception
States of Consciousness
Learning
Cognition
Motivation and Emotion
Developmental
Psychology
Personality
Testing and Individual
Differences
Abnormal Psychology
Treatment
Social Psychology
Aim: Why do we study psychology?

Treat everyone in the classroom with respect. No insults, name calling,
profanity, or derogatory words
Bring all materials, as required, and be prepared for class with all homework
and assignments
Refrain from speaking out while others are addressing the class. You may
disagree with an idea or opinion, but you must do so politely.
Arrive to class on time and be seated when the bell rings, ready to go
In the event that a student misses a class, it is the student’s responsibility to
determine what he or she missed
Electronics may NOT be used in the classroom during scheduled instructional
time unless teacher directed as a planned part of lesson or learning activity
Aim: Why do we study psychology?

Aim: Why do we study psychology?

Aim: Why do we study psychology?

Definition of Psychology: the
scientific study of behavior and mental
processes.
Psychology falls under the Behavioral
Science.
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Psychologist is someone who is trained to observe and
influence behavior in people.
Psychiatrist is a medical doctor that can prescribe medicine.

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• Phrenology
led scientists to study
the bumps on the head
to determine human
behavior)
• Considered a
pseudoscience (false
science)
sparkmuseum.com
Aim: Why do we study psychology?

Pre-Scientific Psychology
How are ideas formed?
Some Ideas are Inborn:
Socrates & Plato
The Mind is a Blank Slate:
Aristotle & Locke

ReneDescartes “IthinkthereforeIam”
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plato.stanford.edu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKLrqxC70c
Dualism: the concept
of the mind and body
are separate and
distinct.

Theory of natural selection (1859)
Darwin’s theory encouraged scientific inquiry
Very controversial
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(1809-1882)
Aim: Why do we study psychology?

3 Things you need to remember about
your daddy:
1. Wilhelm Wundt opened the first
psychology laboratory in Germany.
2. Changed psychology from a
philosophy to a science.
3. Studied introspection. Introspection
means looking within yourself. How
do you feel about this or that. How
does that rose make you feel?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWv3tQUY-9k

Write down a list of topics you hope to learn
about this year in AP Psychology

Aim:How ispsychology viewedfrom
different perspectives?
DoNow:Explainwhatthe process of
introspection involves?
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Homework
1. Get Barron’s AP Psychology 6th Edition by next Wednesday!
2. Complete Cornell notes for chapter 1 of the review book (I have resent the
guidelines to you)
3. Bring back signed syllabus by next Wednesday!

WilliamJames. KnownastheFather
ofAmericanPsychology.Hewrote
the1st PsychologyBookandFather
ofFunctionalism.
Structuralism: breaksdownmental
processesintoitsbasiccomponents
Functionalism: explainsthemental
processesinamore
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Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?
Review of yesterday

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

ContemporaryPsychology
 Psychology’s Perspectives
 A lot depends on your viewpoint
 Eclectic means that you use several of the theories
to describe behavior.
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Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Focuses on Darwinism.
We behave the way we
do because we inherited
those behaviors.
Thus, those behaviors
must have helped ensure
our ancestors survival.
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?
Also called
Psychoanalytic.
Study of unconscious
motives and conflicts
that determine behavior.
Unconscious are motives
that you are not aware
of. Conscious are motives
that you are aware of.

sciencedaily.com
CognitiveApproach
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Cognitive Psychologists return
to the study of learning,
memory, perception, language,
development & problem solving Example:
Is your boyfriend dumping you traumatic or do
you just think it is therefore you are depressed?
Or..your ability to do math compared to a 5 year
old. You can understand abstract thinking that
goes along with statistics.
Cognition is the mental
processes
involved in acquiring,
processing,
storing & using information
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?
Worked in France
administering Binet’s IQ
test.
Children do not think like
adults. Why?
Created 4 stages of
cognitive ability that
accurately explain the
behavior of children.
Influenced teachers and
school system.
Jean Piaget

Biological Approach
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Focus
How the body and brain create
emotions, memories,
and sensory experiences.
Sample Issues
• Depression and antidepressants. Problems with
thyroids.
• How are messages transmitted within the body?
• How is blood chemistry linked with moods and
motives?
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Rb9n_sQDg&feature=related
Behavioral Approach
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Scientific Psychology
should focus on
observable behavior.
John Watson
(1878-1958)
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to
positive outcomes & they tend not to repeat responses
that lead to neutral or negative outcomes.
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Social-CulturalApproach HumanisticApproach
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Focus
How behavior and thinking vary
across situations
and cultures.
Sample Issues
• How are we, as members of different
races and
nationalities, alike as members of
one human family?
• How do we differ, as products of
different social contexts?
• Why do people sometimes act
differently in groups than
when alone?
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?
Youhavethe potentialto begreat.
SelfActualization.
FeelGoodapproach.
ClientCenteredTherapy
Hierarchyof needs.
Carl Rogers believed in “client
centered therapy”
Abraham Maslow came up
with the Hierarchy of needs

Classify each of the following examples as representing
either the Biological, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Socio-
cultural, Psychodynamic, or Humanistic approaches to
psychology. Be sure to explain why?
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Why do many psychologists have an eclectic
view of psychology?

Aim:How ispsychology viewedfrom
different perspectives?
DoNow: TakeoutyourIncredibleHulkWorksheetfrom
Friday
*submitscenarioworksheetandsyllabusifyouhavenotyet
donesoandhaveoutyourchapter1CornellNotes
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Homework
1. Outrageous celebrity project due Friday, September 18!
2. Baseline Assessment Tomorrow and Friday
3. Chapter 2 Cornell Notes due next Friday, September 25!

Psychoanalytic
Perspective:
“hitchhiking”-
refers to past or
past experiences.
How past
experiences
influence current.
Cognitive
perspective:
represents
thinking
Behavioral
Perspective:
“flipping someone
off” is a learned
behavior
Humanist Perspective: try to lift
your ring finger straight up.
Needs help of other fingers to
stand up to its full potential.
Biological
perspective:
“Pinky and
the…” The
pinky is
small and
so is our
knowledge
of the
functions of
the brain.
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Team Evolutionary
Jason
Tabby
Nia
Imani
Elizabeth M
Jelani
Team Socio-cultural
Wineldy
Gibran
Chenyi
Djenane
Sumaiya
Team Biological
Avery
Michael
Jade
Kieran
Laura
Team Psychodynamic
Rashawn
Kenneth
Iyabode
Elizabeth K
Diana
Jeremy
Team Behavioral
Micaella
Lissa
Fernanda
Yeniliz
Team Cognitive
Kiara
Fatoumata
Israt
Louise
Jessica
Min Jing
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Team Evolutionary
Jason
Tabby
Nia
Imani
Elizabeth M
Jelani
Team Socio-cultural
Wineldy
Sumaiya
Chenyi
Djenane
Gibran
Team Biological
Avery
Michael
Jade
Kieran
Laura
Team Psychodynamic
Rashawn
Kenneth
Iyabode
Elizabeth K
Diana
Jeremy
Team Behavioral
Micaella
Lissa
Fernanda
Yeniliz
Team Cognitive
Kiara
Fatoumata
Israt
Louise
Jessica
Min Jing
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Team 1
Jason
Jelani
Rashawn
Kiara
Avery
Micaella
Wineldy
Team 4
Kieran
Imani
Elizabeth K
Jeremy
Yeniliz
Djenane
Team 2
Kenneth
Tabby
Fatoumata
Min Jing
Michael
Lissa
Sumaiya
Team 5
Elizabeth M.
Laura
Diana
Gibran
Jessica
Chenyi
Micaella
Team 3
Israt
Nia
Iyabode
Jade
Fernanda
Chenyi
Louise
A few of you
are being asked
to present your
findings to two
groups. Please
join that group
when you are
done with your
first group.
Thanks 
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

After his radioactive accident, the Hulk no longer
feels safe and secure because he is in fear of
becoming the hulk and harming others.
This affects the other stages of Maslow’s hierarchy
because he does not belong anywhere and cannot
love others, due to the fact that he may harm them
Treatment: client centered therapy to allow for the
Hulk to talk freely about his insecurities. This would
allow for the Hulk to take control and not feel
judged by his therapist.
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

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Problem: The hulk is constantly suffering from explosions of anger.
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

You will have 7 minutes to work with your
expert group to evaluate the issues that the
Hulk faces through the perspective that you
have been assigned and decide what you and
your group members believe to be the best
treatment.

You will now have 15 minutes to teach your
group members about the perspective you have
become an expert on.
Make sure that you are taking down
notes/information as your group members
speak

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

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Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Aim:How ispsychology viewedfrom
different perspectives?
DoNow: TakeoutyourIncredibleHulkWorksheetfrom
Friday
*submitscenarioworksheetandsyllabusifyouhavenotyet
donesoandhaveoutyourchapter1CornellNotes
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Homework
1. Outrageous celebrity project due Friday, September 18!
2. Baseline Assessment Tomorrow and Friday
3. Chapter 2 Cornell Notes due next Friday, September 25!

Team 1
Jason
Jelani
Rashawn
Kiara
Avery
Micaella
Wineldy
Team 4
Kieran
Imani
Elizabeth K
Jeremy
Yeniliz
Djenane
Team 2
Kenneth
Tabby
Fatoumata
Min Jing
Michael
Lissa
Sumaiya
Team 5
Elizabeth M.
Laura
Diana
Gibran
Jessica
Chenyi
Micaella
Team 3
Israt
Nia
Iyabode
Jade
Fernanda
Chenyi
Louise
A few of you
are being asked
to present your
findings to two
groups. Please
join that group
when you are
done with your
first group.
Thanks 
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

You will have 8 minutes to finish your share out
in your new jigsaw groups that you ended in on
Friday
If you finish early, you should begin on your
reflection
One paragraph explaining which perspective best
explains and treats the issues faced by the
incredible hulk (claim)
One paragraph explaining why someone else might
support a perspective other than the one that you
have selected (counterclaim)
Aim: How is psychology viewed from different perspectives?

Do Now: Make a list of key terms you could connect
to the following perspectives
• Biological
• Cognitive
• Evolutionary
Homework:
1. Outrageous Celebrity Assignment due tomorrow
2. Baseline part 2 tomorrow
3. Cornell Notes for chapter 2 due next Friday
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Answer all of the questions to the best of your
ability
You will have 70 minutes to complete the 100
multiple choice (35 minutes today and 35
minutes tomorrow)