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WEEK 15
2nd Semester
MAY 12-16
AP EXAM WEEK!
SENIORS LAST WEEK

MONDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Pass back Time Capsule from the beginning of the year. How much have you changed?

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • Module 5.5a Psychotherapies:
    • Explain the difference between psychotherapy & biomedical therapies.
    • Explain free association, resistance, interpretation, & transference in regards to how they relate to psychanalysis.
    • Explain the difference between interpersonal therapy and psychodynamic therapies.
    • What did Rogers call his therapy and how does it work?
    • What qualities are needed in a therapist for succesful Humanistic/Client Centered Therapy?
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapies and explain what is meant by an eclectic approach to treatment.
  • Module 5.5b: Behavioral Therapies:
    • How is behavior therapy different from psychoanalytic & humanistic therapies?
    • What did Mary Cover Jones do?
    • Describe the following forms of classical conditioning therapy: systematic desensitization, virtual reality therapy, bell & pad treatment, aversive conditioning.
    • Describe the following forms of operant conditioning therapy: positive reinforcement, extinction, shaping, token economies.
  • Module 5.5c: Evaluating Psychotherapies:
    • What evidence is there supporting the effectiveness of Psychotherapies?
    • What are the APA ethical guidelines for therapists?

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • AP EXAM IS FRIDAY! - STUDY THE AREAS YOU ARE STILL UNSURE OF!
TUESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION:

  • Will you be attending class on Exam Day? Please let me know via this survey.

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • Module 5.5b: Cognitive Therapies:
    • What is the basic goal and assumption of cognitive therapy?
    • Explain how Albert Ellis's ABC Model of Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) differs from Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy.
    • Explain how cognitive-behavioral therapy works.
    • How does group and family therapy work and what is the advantage of them?

  • Module 5.5d: Biomedical Therapies:
    • For each of the following medications, explain how they work and the advantage and disadvantage for each: antipsychotic drugs, antianxiety drugs, lithium, antidepressants, electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT).

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

  • AP EXAM IS FRIDAY! - STUDY THE AREAS YOU ARE STILL UNSURE OF!
WEDNESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Hypnosis - a demonstration from TEDX

  • 4:45 - Quick Hypnotic Suggestibility
  • 7:05 - Hypnotic Induction
  • 9:45 - Hypnotic Sleep Explained
  • 11:20 - Hypnotized People do what is Suggested
  • 13:10 - How Hypnosis is like REM
  • 17:30 - TEDX Kung-Fu
  • 19:20 - Chicken/Cucumber Demo

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • Module 5.5d: Biomedical Therapies:
    • Explain how the following work and the advantage and disadvantage for each: deep brain stimulation, magnetic stimulation, electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT).
    • How does Hypnosis work?

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

THURSDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Any Last Minute Questions before the exam?

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • Reminders for the AP Exam.
  • Explain what is expected in the AAQ and EBQ free response questions.

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FRIDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! YOU'VE GOT THIS!

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • PASS THE AP EXAM WITH A 3, 4, OR 5!

AGENDA:

  • Reminders for the Exam (SEE YESTERDAY'S LESSON FOR THESE OR CLICK LINK)

    • A.P. EXAM TODAY AT GH COMMUNITY CENTER
      • TESTING TIME:  11:45AM-3:30PM
      • BRING WITH YOU:  PICTURE ID, PENCIL
      • Do NOT bring in your cell phone, smart watches, earbuds, or anything psych related to the testing area.
      • Do NOT share essay or MC questions with people online or your tests will be voided!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:


 

WEEK 16
2nd Semester
MAY 19-23

MONDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: How did the exam go?

Words of advice for next year's students.

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • What topics and terms from class can be applied to this movie?

AGENDA:

  • Start watching A Beautiful Mind – complete handout as you watch.
    • Miss watching A Beautiful Mind? – you can watch it on Amazon Prime earn class points if you complete handout as you watch.
  • Discuss the film as a class.

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

TUESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: At what point in the film did you come to realize what was real and what was not?

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • When do you start to question the reality of John Nash's life?

AGENDA:

  • Start watching A Beautiful Mind – complete handout as you watch.
    • Miss watching A Beautiful Mind? – you can watch it on Amazon Prime earn class points if you complete handout as you watch.
  • Discuss the film as a class.

ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:


WEDNESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION:

 

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • What does our treatment of the mentally ill say about our society's view of mental illness?
  • How should the mentally ill be taken care of in regards to treatment? Who should pay for this?

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Get your movie permission slip signed ASAP
  • TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

THURSDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Should it be the state government's responsibility to care for mentally ill people that are too poor to care for themselves? Why or why not?

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • What does our treatment of the mentally ill say about our society's view of mental illness?
  • How should the mentally ill be taken care of in regards to treatment? Who should pay for this?

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Get your movie permission slip signed ASAP
  • TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.
  • Those who need to take the exam due to absences, please see me to arrange when you want to take it.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FRIDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW qUESTION: If a person is a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness, what can be done for them?

LEARNING TARGETS:

  • What are the difficulties that families of the mentally ill find when they seek out treatment for their sick family member?
  • How does our failure to address the lack of mental health care in society contribute to things like mass shootings?
  • What are some examples of programs that are working well in their treatment of the mentally ill?

AGENDA:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Get your movie permission slip signed and turned for MONDAY! - Last chance to do so!
  • TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOK! - If you didn't today.

 

WEEK 17
2nd Semester
MAY 26-30

MONDAY - AP PSYCH

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TUESDAY - AP PSYCH

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WEDNESDAY - AP PSYCH

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FRIDAY - AP PSYCH

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