Mr. Ingram
Psychology
Woodland Park High School

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Dear Parents,
 Psychology gives us a better understanding of ourselves and others.  Humans are social animals, thus an understanding of Psychology allows us a better opportunity to interact with others by understanding what makes us act and react like we do and what makes others act and react like they do.  Psychology is not just a theory, it is a science we can use day to day.  One of the most active uses of psychology is in the field of sales.  Where a salesman’s understanding of the customer’s needs and feelings helps him make the sale and satisfy the customer.  In addition, all the great leaders of our country have been active practitioners of psychology.  The ability to lead is the ability to understand those who you lead.   The students will be assigned psychological experiments to understand how environmental stimulus creates psychological responses.  The students will also be assigned research reports which, in addition to teaching research techniques, will give a better understanding of complex and technical topics.

     Finally, the theory will be put into practice as the students will be given projects where they will put what they have learned into real life situations.  Using psychological techniques, they will research the problems and programs of the local community and present their finding to the class.

     During the lesson, vocabulary words and thematic questions will be reviewed and facts covering the assigned chapter will be discussed.  Activities which will help the student to understand the subject matter will be accomplished in class.  Videos and overhead projector slides will be used to bring the lesson to life.

    If your son / daughter begins to have problems with the school work or has a discipline problem, I will contact you to discuss this. If the problem continues, I will request that we meet face to face, along with the student to resolve the problem. If you have any questions or concerns during the school year, please send a note through your son / daughter or call the school at 686-2067 and leave me a message. E-Mail - agcsret@hotmail.com

Please be assured that the success of your son / daughter is my highest priority. Together we can provide the best learning experience possible.

Day 1
Introduction, Syllabus, ,Academic expectations, Classroom Standards

Day 2
Demonstration of how to do Homework, Quarter projects, Honor Code, Class officers

Day 3: Chap 1: Introduction to Psychology
Objectives: Students will be able to: Define Psychology, describe the work of psychologists.
HW-1:
Vocabulary Words: Psychology, Research Psychologists, Applied Psychologists, Charles Darwin, Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, John B. Watson
Short Answer Questions:
1. What important theory did Sigmund Freud propose?
2. What special approach to psychology is associated with John Watson?
3. Why might people think that introspection is unscientific?

Day 4: Chap 1: Psychological approaches
Objectives: Students will understand the following Psychological approaches:  Neurobiological Approach,   Behavioral Approach,  Humanistic Approach,  Psychoanalytical Approach
HW-2
Vocabulary Words: Biopsychological, Behavioral approach, Humanistic approach, Psychoanalysis, B.F. Skinner, Cognitive approach, Sociocultural approach
Short Answer questions:
1. Which of the 6 approaches assumes that the individual has the most control over his or her behavior?
2. Maria wants to ask for a raise, but begins to sweat uncontrollably every time she even gets near her boss.  Using the 6 approaches, explain why this happens.  - Humanism, - Cognitive, - Psychoanalytic, - Behaviorism, - Neurobiology, - Sociocultural

Day 6: Chap 2: Scientific Method
Objectives: Students will understand the following:  Naturalistic observation,  Interviews,  Case study,
Psychological tests
HW-4
Vocabulary Words: Survey, Naturalistic observations, Interview, Case Study method, Psychological tests,
Short answer questions:
1. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of Naturalistic observations?
2. What are two potential problems with both interviews and the case study method?
3. List 3 stereotypes about sex differences.  Tell whether you believe they are true and explain why.

Day 7 : Chap 2: Scientific Method
Mini Project Due, Discuss outcome of (mini-project)
Objectives: Students understand the following: The ethics of experimentation.
Unit-1 Exam next Class

Day 8Unit 1 Exam:
Intro Into Unit 2,
Assignment of Project -1 (Research)

Day 10: Chap 3:  The glandular systems
Objectives: Students will understand the connection between the endocrine system and psychology
HW-6
Vocabulary Words: Hormones, Glands, Endocrine system, Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Metabolism, Adrenal glands, Estrogen.
Short answer questions:
1. Describe the roles of the following neurotransmitters: Acetylcholine, endorphins, and dopamine?

Day 11 :  Quiz Chap 3 - Chap 4: Sensation and Perception
-Objectives: Students will understand the difference between sensation and perception and Visual sense.

Day 12 : Chap 4 - The 5 Senses
Objectives: Students will understand the senses of  Hearing, taste, smell, touch sensation.
                   Students will understand the concepts of Illusion and ESP.
HW-7
Vocabulary Words: Sensation, Perception, White light, Audition, Decibels, Auditory nerve, Olfaction, Pheromones,  Depth perception, Similarity, Illusion
Short answer questions:
1.  Does subliminal perception work?  Explain.
2. If you had to give up one sense, which would it be? Explain why.

Day 13 : Quiz Chap 4 - Chap 5: Motivation and Emotion
Objectives: Students will understand how symbolism is tied to the basic drives.
                   Students will understand the concepts of motivation and emotion.

Day 15 :  Quiz Chap 5 - Chap 6: States of Consciousness
Objectives: Students will understand the following:  The levels of Consciousness, - Cronobiological biology clocks,
The circadian rhythm

Day 16 : Chap 6 – Dreams & Hypnosis
Objectives: Students will understand the concepts of Dreaming and Hypnosis
HW-9
Vocabulary Words: Construct, Consciousness, Subconscious, Unconscious, Cronobiology, Biological clocks, REM sleep, Insomnia, Narcolepsy
Short answer questions:
1. What is the length of the human circadian rhythm?
2. If you could automatically remember

Day 17: Special Lesson
Review of Project-1

Day 18: Unit 2 Exam
Project-1 Due - Presentations

Day 19
Project-1 presentations

Day 21:  Chap 7 – Social learning & the Cognitive approach
Objectives: Students will understand the concepts of Social learning and the cognitive approach to learning
HW-10
Vocabulary Words: Classical Conditioning, Stimulus, Response, Extinction, Operant conditioning, Reinforcement, Punishment, Generalization, Shaping, Chaining.
Short answer questions:
1. Describe a fear that you once had that is pretty much extinguished today.  Why or how was the fear extinguished?
2. If you wanted someone to become addicted to watching television, which schedule of reinforcement (positive or negative) would be most effective?  Explain which schedule would be least effective?

Day 22 :  Quiz Chap 7 - Overview Chap 8:
Objectives: Students will understand the following: - Acquiring, processing, and retaining - Learning curves and attention spans - Transfer of training

Day 23 : Chap 7 – Learning processes
Objectives: Students will understand the following: - Schema, special learning process - Recall vs Recognition
HW-11
Vocabulary Words: Attention, Learning curve, Transfer of training, Information processing, Schema, Principle learning, Recognition, Short-term memory, Long-term memory, Consolidation
Short answer questions:
1. In two to three sentences, describe a time when you’ve experienced positive transfer and a time when you’ve experienced negative transfer.
2. Teachers often use both recall and recognition in their tests.  In you opinion, which method more accurately measures how much you actually know?  (be honest)  Explain why.

Day 25 : Chap 9: Quantifying intelligence
Objectives: Students will understand the following: - Wechsler performance scale - The source of intelligence(Environment or Heredity) (Nurture or Nature)
HW-12
Vocabulary Words: Intelligence, Stanford-Binet test, Adaptability, Mental age,  Intelligence quotient, Verbal scale, Performance scale,  Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Short answer questions:
1. See the Wechsler Test, (pg. 260).  A verbal intelligence test such as this provides not only numerical data, but also depicts strengths and weaknesses.
2. Write 5 questions that would indicate a person’s intelligence.
Cover the 5 categories:  General Information, General Comprehension,  Arithmetic,  Similarities, and
Vocabulary

Day 26 : Chap 9 : Mental retardation & Creativity
Objectives: Students will understand the concepts of mental retardation and creativity
HW-13
Vocabulary Words: Creativity, Set, Break set, Mental retardation, Theory of multiple Intelligence’s.
Short answer questions:
1. Can creativity be measured?   If so, how?  If not, why?
2. What personal characteristic other than intelligence might affect real-life success?  Is this characteristic more or less important than intelligence?  Explain.

Day 27 : Unit 3 Exam
Assignment of Project-2 (Point Paper)
Overview of Unit 4 (Chap 10-12)

Day 28 : Chap 10 – Childhood psychology
Objectives: Students will understand the following: - Infancy and Childhood
- The Importance of Heredity and environment in human development., maturity process.
- The role of the Mother and father - Causes of Child abuse
HW-14
Vocabulary Words: Heredity, Environment, Maturation, Imprinting, Nuclear family, Extended family
Short answer questions:
1. Some communities from time to time pass ordinances that ban the sale of toy guns, the implication being that violence is provoked in large part by what we learn in the environment.  Do you agree or disagree with this type of ordinance?  Explain why.
2. Describe the several aspects of your personality that are clearly influenced mainly by heredity, and describe several aspects that are clearly influenced mainly by environment.

Day 30: Quiz Chap 10
- Develop Guide book for teenagers

Day 31: Chap 11 - Adolescence
Objectives: Students will understand the following: - The physical changes of adolescents - The differences in rates of maturity.

Day 32: Chap 11 – Adolescent identity
Objectives: Students will understand the following: - Conformity and groups – Erickson’s: Identity and identify confusion - Marcia’s states of identity.
HW-16
Vocabulary Words: Puberty, Growth spurt, Rite of passage, Crowds, Clique, Identity, Moratorium, Fidelity, Diffusion
Short answer questions:
1. If you could be considered, as of this moment, a full-fledged, 100 percent, certified adult, would you want that?  Explain your answer.
2. Marcia acknowledges that parts of an individual may be foreclosed, another achieved, and so on.  for example, an individual may make a firm and personally meaningful commitment to career and be achieved in this area, but this same individual may wander and be diffused in matters of religion.  Pg 334 Pick 2 of the 4 identity states and explain how you might fit into each category at this stage of you life.

Day 33:  Chap 11 – Parent  vs. Child conflict
Objectives: Students will understand sources of conflict between parents and adolescents.
HW-17
Vocabulary Words: Social contracts, universal ethical principals, Juvenile delinquency
Short answer questions:
1. As mentioned in the chapter, surveys show that teenagers and adults usually agree on the important issues of education, work, politics, drugs.  If you and your parents were surveyed on these four areas, what would the results be?  Would the agreement be high?  Explain.
2. In what ways is the term Generation Gap accurate?  In what ways is it inaccurate?

Day 34: - Quiz Chap 11
- Freshman orientations

Day 35: - Project Presentations
Day 36: - Project Presentations
Day 37: - Final Exam Review
Day 38: - Final Exam

HW - 18    Chap 12
Vocabulary Words: Empty-nest period, Menopause, Geronthology, Senile dementia,
Alzheimer’s disease
Questions:
1. When you hear about research on manipulation of genes to prolong the life span, do you tend to become excited about the prospect, or do you think the life span is something that shouldn’t be toyed with.  Explain.

HW-19         Chapter 12
Vocabulary Words: Thanatology, Hospice care
Questions:
1. If you found out you had only a year to live, would you be likely to continue to live life as usual, or would you drastically alter your lifestyle?  Explain.

HW - 20          Chapter 13
Vocabulary Words: Gender, Androgen, Estrogen, Spatial skills, Menstrual cycles,
Premenstrual syncrome (PMS)
Questions:
1. What conclusions have researchers reached about activity level and aggression in males and females?
2. Why do females grades drop at the junior high school age?

HW - 21          Chapter 13
Vocabulary Words: Gender role behavior, Identification, Androgyny
Questions:
1. If you were a parent would you consider buying your daughter a toy gun, or your son a doll. Explain.
2. Males: Describe the advantages of being Female
    Females: Describe the advantages of being Male

HW-22         Chapter 14
Vocabulary Words:  Personality,  Psychoanalitic theory, Unconscious,  Free Association, Repression, Id, Superego, Ego.
Questions:
1. Would you like to be psychoanalyzed?  Yes, No.   Explain why or why not.
2. Explain how the id, ego, and superego interact?

HW-23     Chapter 14
Vocabulary Words : Archetypes, Collective unconscious, Persona, Karen Horney, Alfred Alder, Eric Erickson
Questions:
1.  Jung introduced the concept of collective unconscious.  Explain this term and relate how he believed it influenced personality.
2. Sharon suffers from a severe bout of depression.  How would Horney’s explanation of her depression differ from Adler’s?
3. Pg 419: According Erickson’s Eight Stages: Which stage are you in?  Explain why you believe this?

HW-24       Chapter 14
Vocabulary Words: Behaviorism,  B.F. Skinner, Reinforcements, Albert Bandura, Modeling, Humanism, Carl Rogers, ideal self, Abraham Maslow, personality traits.
Questions:
1. Explain the behavioral approach to personality development?
2. Carl Rogers believes that people are basically good.  Do you agree?  Explain why or why not.

HW-25        Chapter 15
Vocabulary Words: Psychological tests, Norms, Validity, Reliability, projective tests,
Rorschach test
Questions:
1. Would the results of a personality inventory indicate (Ethics: knowledge of right and wrong) or (Personal confidence)?  Explain
2. Would you ever want to take a personality inventory?  Explain why or why not.

HW-26       Chapter 15
Vocabulary Words: Aptitude, Scholastic Aptitude Test, Vocational interest test,
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, Halo effect, Reverse halo, Standoutishness,
Situation assessment
Questions:
1. What is your opinion of the effectiveness of the SAT?  Explain your reasons.
2. In a vocational interest test, why would several occupations which seem so different be clustered together on some of these test results?
3. In your opinion do students attempt to achieve a halo effect more often during middle school or high school?  Explain you choice.

HW-27      Chapter 16
Vocabulary Words: Frustration, Conflict , Approach-approach conflict, Approach-avoidance conflict, Avoidance-avoidance conflict, Double approach-avoidance conflict
Questions:
1. Which would be more stressful to you:  Moving to a new school or breaking up with your
boy/girlfriend? Explain why.

HW-28      Chapter 16
Vocabulary Words: Anxiety, Stress,  Eustress,  Distress, Fight or flight reaction.
Questions:
1. Read article Pg 468-469: Are you a Type-A personality or Type-B personality?  Give some examples of your behavior which prove your answer.
2. In regard to reducing stress, the author of the text explains how one may control a stressful situation in which you finds yourself at the mercy of a teacher who is making your life miserable.  How would you handle yourself if you were in that situation.

HW-29     Chapter 16
Vocabulary Words: Substance abuse,  Substance dependence,  Alcoholic withdrawal delirium,  Tolerance, Psychological dependence, Opiates, Physical dependence, Hallucinogen, Steroids
Questions:
1. How much of an effect do you believe that peer pressure has in teenagers beginning to drink alcohol?  Give reasons for your answers.
2. Do you believe that alcohol consumption leads to marijuana use?  Explain why you think so.
3. There are many myths about suicide.  What would you do if you overheard a friend of yours say they were thinking about killing themselves?

HW-30      Chapter 17
Vocabulary Words: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Autistic disorder, Echolalia,  Anxiety disorders, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Phobic Disorder, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Conversion disorder
Questions:
1. In a court verdict, “Not guilty by reason of insanity,” instead of jail a person is committed to mental institution.  Do you agree with this Type of verdict?  Or do you believe that insane criminals should be treated like any other criminals?
2. If you were to develop an obsession, what would it be about?  Describe how you would act.
HW - 31 Chapter 17
Vocabulary Words: Dissociative disorders, Amnesia, Fugue, Mood Disorder, Major depression,
Mania, Bipolar disorder, Learned helplessness
Questions:
1. What do you think may cause depression among teenagers?  What advice would you give to a friend who was suffering from a mild case of depression?

HW - 32 Chapter 17
Vocabulary Words: Psychosis (psychotic disorder), Though disorder, Schizophrenia,
Catatonic Schizophrenia, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Undifferentiated Schizophrenia,
Psychotic episodes, Personality disorder
Questions:
1.  The most dangerous personality disorder in our society is antisocial personality disorder, formally called psychopath.  If confronted by someone with this disorder, how would you act to try an protect yourself from that person?

HW-33       Chapter 18
Vocabulary Words:  Counseling psychologists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Psychoanalysis, Transference, Humanistic therapy, Person-centered therapy, Nondirective therapy, Unconditional positive regard, Behavioral Therapy
Questions:
1. What are the major differences between psychologists and psychiatrists?
2. Of the three types of therapies discussed in this chapter, (Humanistic therapy, Person-centered therapy, Behavioral therapy),  which one would work best on a teenager suffering from depression?  Why do you think so?

HW-34        Chapter 18
Vocabulary Words: Systematic desensitization, Adverse conditioning, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Internalized sentences, Group therapy, Encounter groups, Electroconvulsive therapy.
Questions:
1. Describe how Group therapy accomplishes its goals.
2. If a member of your family was suffering from massive depression would you recommend the use of Electroconvulsive therapy?  YES/NO Explain the reasons for you decision.

HW-35       Chapter 19
Vocabulary Words:  Attribution theory, Antecedents, Attribution,  Consequences
Questions:
1. An alien being captures you and explains that the only way it will set you free is if you adequately define the concept of love.  Explain it.
2. There are two old saying:  “Birds of a feather stick together,”     and     “opposites attract,”
Which do you believe in.  Give reasons for your answer.

HW-36    Chapter 19
Vocabulary Words: Deindividuation, Risky shift phenomenon, imitation learning, Catharsis,
Diffusion of responsibility, Evaluation apprehension, Personal space
Questions:
1. Describe how diffusion of responsibility might happen in your family.
2. Describe a way in which deindividuation might happen in Woodland Park High School.
3. Describe how you might contribute to a decrease in deindividuation at Woodland Park High School.

HW-37      Chapter 20
Vocabulary Words:  Culture, Internalize,  Reference group,  Stereotype, Prejudice, Illusory correlation’s, Scapegoating
Questions:
1. List several stereotypes of teachers.  Describe (without using names) whether your teachers this year fit these stereotypes.
2. List several stereotypes you believe people have about you.  Explain why they are not true.
3. What is the most common prejudice you have seen at Woodland Park high school?
- Cowboys, Goths, Blonds, Teachers, Coaches

HW-38       Chapter 20
Vocabulary Words:  Cognitive dissonance, Immunization, Sensory Deprivation,
Questions:
1. We are daily bombarded with persuasive arguments to do this, buy that, and think this way or that way.  Explain how one may resist this barrage of propaganda?
2. In what way does peer pressure influence you.  Do you believe you were more susceptible to peer pressure in middle school or in high school.