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2010-2011 AP Psychology Syllabus will be posted in July 2010 - come back for more information! 2009-2010 AP Psychology Syllabus.pdf

{stained glass}

People are like stained glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun's out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if there is light within.

~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004)


Swiss American Psychiatrist & Author

This year-long course is designed to be as challenging as a college introductory psychology class. This class will introduce you to systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. As prescribed by the College Board, the course traces the emergence of scientific psychology and covers the development of the major schools of psychology. You will be exposed to psychological facts, theories, and phenomena within psychology including personality development, behavior, learning and memory. You will learn, evaluate, and employ various research methods that psychologists use in practice. You will also study and think critically of the ethical issues within psychology.

The pace of this class will be intense, the reading and assignments will be challenging, and we will cover a lot of material in preparation for the AP Exam.

Lastly, we will have fun!
 
 
2010-2011 AP Psychology Students
 
 
Summer Assignment
 
You have two reading assignments this summer, and will be tested on both during the first week of classes. The test will be OPEN NOTE (not open book), so make sure that you take good notes.
 
1)
 
The first reading is to introduce several key concepts and psychological studies that we will study throughout the year. Read and take notes on the below chapters / readings in Roger Hock’s (2008) 6th Edition of Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research. Don’t forget to read the preface!
 

·         Preface: pp. xi-xix, R. Hock (2008)

·         Chapter 1: Biology and Human Behavior - Readings 1, 2, 3, 4

·         Chapter 2: Perception and Consciousness - Reading 5, 6, 7, 8

·         Chapter 3: Learning and Conditioning - Readings 9, 10, 11, 12

·         Chapter 5: Human Development - Readings 17, 18, 19, 20

·         Chapter 10: Social Psychology - Readings 37, 38, 39, 40

 
You will have a total of 20 Readings + the preface in this book for your summer assignment.
 
You may use the attached study guide below to help you pull out the most important information from each study. An example has been included for you on the first psychological study in the book. However, you must still read and take your own notes to help you remember what is most important for Reading #1.
 
I will be collecting your notes at the beginning of the school year to assess your note taking skills.

AND 
 
2)
 
The second reading is a great book about life lessons as told by its author, Professor Randy Pausch (2008), in The Last Lecture. In this quick read, he combines humor, inspiration and intelligence in answering:

"What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance?

If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?"

Be sure to read this book because it will not be enough to watch a video clip of Pausch’s last lecture. If you choose to do so, you may also listen to the unabridged audio book version. Most libraries and major bookstores should carry this book.

Please check the pdf file below for more information.
 
 
 
 
The books:
 

Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research (Paperback)
by Roger R. Hock

Sixth Edition, 2008

 

This unique book closes the gap between psychology books and the research that made them possible. Its journey through the “headline history” of psychology presents 40 of the most famous studies in the history of the science, and subsequent follow-up studies that expanded their findings and relevance. Readers are granted a valuable insider's look at the studies that continue to be cited most frequently, stirred up the most controversy when they were published, sparked the most subsequent related research, opened new fields of psychological exploration, and changed most dramatically our knowledge of human behavior.

~ From Amazon.com

 

 

The Last Lecture (Hardcover)
by Randy Pausch

2008

 

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt,

just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch

 

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

~ From Amazon.com

 

 


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