AP Psychology Journal

Begins 3/17/2014

Today’s Lesson 3/17/2014

• Journal entry: Coping• Promoting Health Activity• Tests returned• Regarding test make-up: After today, a

completely different randomly generated test on Chapters 11-12.

• I will assign an extra credit paper next class. Begin Chapter 13 Personality

Journal prompt 3/17/2014• 1.4 Identify and explain physiological,

cognitive, and behavioral strategies to deal with stress • Journal prompt: p. 549

How do problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping differ?

Small group activityReview of Emotions and Stress

• Each group will present a small poster discussing at least one major research study.

• Be sure to boldly recognize relevant vocabulary terms.– Perceived control– Optimism– Social Support– Pets– Aerobic Exercise– Biofeedback– Relaxation– Alternative medicine– Spirituality and faith

Today’s Lesson 3/23

• Journal Prompt: Personality• Handouts– Issues in Personality – Defense Mechanisms – Optional project assignment

• Video: The Hidden Nature of Man• Notes: Freudian psychoanalysis– NEXT CLASS: NOTES QUIZ on Freud.

Journal Prompt 3/23Students are able to 1.1 Evaluate psychodynamic theories.

p. 553How would you describe your personality? What characteristics make up your typical patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting?Identify and explain at least four characteristics.

Today’s Lesson 3/25/2014

• Journal prompt: Modern take on defense mechanisms

• Handouts: – Defense mechanisms (front & back)– Chart: Personality Theories (Homework)– Locus of Control (on back)

• Quiz: Freudian psychology– Including scientific criticisms

Journal Prompt 3/25/2014

Perspectives on personality: Students evaluate psychodynamic theories. defense mechanisms

p. 561-563How does modern research support Freud’s ideas about defense mechanisms for anxiety?

Today’s Lesson 3/27/2014

• Journal prompt: Self-esteem• Discovering Psychology• Chapter 13 Vocabulary due next class 3/31• Handouts– Chart: Personality Theories – Locus of Control (on back)– True/ False

Journal Prompt 3/26

3.4 Discuss self-concept.

Carl Rogers agreed with Abraham Maslow that people are basically good. Rogers believed people can nurture our personal growth through unconditional positive regard. He said if our self-concept is positive, we act and perceive the world positively. Other psychologists (Mezulis and Myers) point out that people have a potent self-serving bias. ***********************************Prompt: p. 588. What have psychologists found about the “dark side of self-esteem?” Give specific examples.

Self-serving bias

Today’s Lesson 4/2/2014

• Journal Prompt: Psychological Disorders• Pass out Psych Sim packet to work on at home. • Video Shine• Notes re: – DSM V – Labeling

Journal Prompt 4/2/2014

• Content Standard 1: Perspectives on abnormal behavior

• 1.1 Define psychologically abnormal behavior.

• What is a Psychological Disorder? What are the axes of the DSM V?

Today’s Lesson 4/4

• Journal Prompt: What do you fear? • Notes: Anxiety disorders• Video: Discovering Psychology• For Planning:

– Library activity 4/10 Second half. Personality disorders. – TEST on Chapter 14 Tuesday April 14. Will have free response. – Journals due 4/14 also. – I will begin handing out preparation materials for AP exam next

week. Full practice exam the week of April 30 for ALL STUDENTS, quiz grade.

– AP Study session 4/26 Saturday 8:30 to 11:30.

Journal Prompt 4/4/

• 2.3 Describe symptoms and causes of major categories of psychological disorders (including schizophrenic, mood, anxiety, and personality disorders)

Prompt: p. 603-605Write down three things you fear. Read Understanding Anxiety disorders. Which of your fears may have an biological explanation? Which fears may have been learned by conditioning or observational learning?

your phobias illustrated

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Phobias

Marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that disrupts

behavior.

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Psychological Disorders

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

William James (1842-1910)

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Anxiety Disorders

Feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety.

1. Generalized anxiety disorder

2. Panic disorder3. Phobias4. Obsessive-compulsive

disorder5. Post-traumatic stress

disorder

Today’s Lesson 4/8/2014

• Journal prompt: Explanatory Styles. • Notes: Depression; Psychosis• Learning Risk Factors for Suicide • EXAM on CHAPTER 14 Monday 4/14.

Journal prompt 4/8

2.4 Evaluate how different factors influence an individual’s experience of psychological disorders.

Explanatory StylesAs I read a series of individual words, pause for a few seconds to think of a past experience you associate with the word.

Depression and Memory

• Ice• Wood• Letter• House• Race• Sign• Meeting• Travel• Machine

Depression and Memory

• Tally the total number of pleasant and unpleasant experiences you recalled

• When we are depressed, we remember more unpleasant than pleasant events.

• Copy the graphic on explanatory styles.

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Negative Thoughts and Moods

Explanatory style plays a major role in becoming depressed.