AP Psychology Lesson Plan — Danku Week 2, Days 1-5

Weekday Monday 9/2 Tuesday 9/3 Wednesday 9/4 Thursday 9/5 Friday 9/6
Topic No School – Foundations of Introduction to Introduction to Using Statistics
Labor Day Psychology Scientific Scientific
Foundations Foundations
Objective 1.1.3 Explain 1.2.2 Describe 1.2.2 Describe 1.2.3 Describe
SWBAT how the early how how positive and
psychologists psychological psychological negative
sought to theories guide theories guide correlations, and
understand the scientific scientific explain how
mind’s structure research. research. correlational
and functions, and 1.2.10 Explain 1.2.10 Explain measures can aid
identify some of the difference the difference the process of
the leading between an between an prediction.
psychologists independent and a independent and a 1.2.11 Explain
who worked in dependent dependent how statistical
these areas. variable. variable. principles, help
1.1.4 Describe 1.2.3 Describe 1.2.3 Describe describe data.
the evolution of positive and positive and 1.2.12 Describe
psychology as negative negative the three measures
defined from the correlations, and correlations, and central tendency
1920s through explain how explain how and tell which is
today. correlational correlational most affected by
measures can aid measures can aid extreme scores.
the process of the process of 1.1.13. Describe
prediction. prediction. two measures of
1.2.9. Relate the 1.2.9. Relate the variation.
placebo effect. placebo effect. 1.1.14 Explain
how psychologists
decide whether
differences are
meaningful.
Administrative -Hand out syllabi -Show -hand out quiz on -hand out quiz on
-show class expectations for Historical figure Historical figure
websites & vocab vocab -Show -hand out practice
expectations for worksheet with
vocab central tendencies
and scatterplots
Subtopics -structuralism -the scientific -the scientific -creating order
-functionalism attitude & critical attitude & critical using statistical
-psycho-dynamics thinking thinking reasoning
-behaviorism -the scientific -the scientific -descriptive
-humanism method method methods
-current -theory v. -theory v. -correlation
perspectives hypothesis hypothesis -scatterplots
-big debate: -the research -the research -correlation v.
nature v. nurture process process causation
-experimentation -experimentation -illusory
-independent -independent correlation
variable variable -describing data:
-dependent -dependent measures of
variable variable central tendency,
-extraneous -extraneous measures of
variables variables variation
 -experimental and -experimental and -making
control conditions control conditions inferences
-placeboes -placeboes -reliability &
-reducing bias -reducing bias validity

Guided -Discuss syllabus -Finish Toasts & -Start Intro to - The Scientific
Instruction, & grading deliver them Scientific Attitude &
Activities & -Finish Toasts & -Start Intro to Foundations Experimentation
Differentiation deliver them Scientific - The Scientific ppt
Foundations Attitude & -Design Your
- The Scientific Experimentation Own Scientific
Attitude & ppt Experiment
Experimentation -Design Your
ppt Own Scientific
Experiment
Skills & Use of -research & -Google -Google
Technology creative writing Presentation Presentation
-application of -application of
vocabulary vocabulary

Homework OB: 19-30 OB: 30-44 OB: 30-44 OB: 44-49

WB: 5-14 WB: 27-37 WB: 27-37 WB: 39-41