Advanced Placement Psychology 4220
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Course Notes and Other Materials
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Brain Storm Study Booklet
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Prologue: Introduction to the History and Science of
Psychology
Modules 1,2 &3
Module 1:
The Story of Psychology - Module 1 Overview
Notes - Module 1
Movers and Shakers Tracker Sheet
Maintain this sheet throughout the course as you will be expected to know about these individuals and their work.
Maintain this sheet throughout the course as you will be expected to know about these individuals and their work.
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Video Question Sheet
Past, Present, and Promise is the first program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. It provides an introduction to and overview of psychology, from its origins in the nineteenth century to current study of the brain's biochemistry. You'll explore the development of psychology in general and some of the paths scientists take to determine relationships among the mind, the brain, and behavior. |
Module 2&3:
Thinking Critically with Psychological Science - Module 2 Overview
Notes - Module 2&3
Video for Module 2:
Video Question Sheet Module 2
Understanding Research is the second program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program examines how we know what we know. You'll explore the scientific method, the distinction between fact and theory, and the different ways in which data are collected and applied, both in labs and in real-world settings. |
Module 3:
Supplementary Videos
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Data Analysis:
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Probability
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Correlation, Variables and Probability
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Unit 1: The Biology of the mind: modules 4, 5, and 6
Notes Module 4,5,and 6
Video for Module 4:
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Video Question Sheet for Module 4
The Behaving Brain is the third program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program looks at the structure and composition of the human brain: how neurons function, how information is collected and transmitted, and how chemical reactions relate to thought and behavior. |
The Brain: Interactive Flash Activity
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Supplementary Videos
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CNS and PNS
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Module 4: Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 5:Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures
Module 6: The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain
Unit 2: Consciousness and the two track mind: modules 7,8,9,10
Notes for Modules 7,8,9, and 10
Module 7: The Brain and Consciousness
The Brain and Consciousness: Module 7 Overview
Video for Module 7
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Question Sheet for Video
Cognitive Neuroscience is the twenty-fifth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program looks at scientists' attempts to understand how the brain functions in a variety of mental processes. It also examines empirical analysis of brain functioning when a person thinks, reasons, sees, encodes information, and solves problems. Several brain-imaging tools reveal how we measure the brain's response to different stimuli. |
Module 8: Sleep and Dreams
Video for Module 8
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Question sheet for video
The Mind Awake and Asleep is the thirteenth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. Drawing on the theories of early modern psychologists Wilhelm Wundt and William James, this program looks at conscious and unconscious awareness, how the mind functions awake and asleep, and the biological rhythms of activity, rest, and dreaming. |
Module 9: Hypnosis
Module 10: Drugs and Consciousness
Unit 3: Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity: Modules 11 & 12
Module 11: Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology
Videos for Module 11 and 12
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Published on Nov 13, 2011
Dr. Nancy Segal has studied reunited twins for more than 30 years. With Lisa Ling acting as her research assistant, together they interview twins Linda and Doreen, who spent 35 years apart. The results of their interviews will help science understand the effects of nature vs. nurture on traits present in each twin |
Module 12: Environmental Influence or Behavior
Unit 4: Developing Through the Life Span: Modules 13, 14, 15 & 16
Videos for Modules 13-16
Question Sheet for Video
The Developing Child is the fifth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program introduces examples of cognitive, perceptual, and behavioral development in children. You'll explore the roles of heredity and environment in child development, and children's incremental understanding of such phenomena as object permanence, symbolic reasoning, and perception of visual depth. |
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Piaget: Conservation
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Piaget: Concrete operational stage-deductive reasoning
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Erikson's Eight Stages of Development - How to Memorize Them Once and for All
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Question Sheet for Video
Maturing and Aging is the eighteenth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program looks at the human life cycle in spans of 20-25 years, and what happens physically and mentally as we age. Popular misconceptions about the elderly are examined, often in contrast to the reality of growing old. Researchers, who are developing mental exercises to improve mental efficiency, explain senile dementia and other effects of aging. |
Module 13: Prenatal Development and the Newborn
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Module 14: Infancy and Childhood
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Module 15: Adolescence
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Module 16: Adulthood, & Reflections on Developmental Issues
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Unit 5: Sensation and Perception: Modules 17-22
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Question Sheet for Video: Part 1, Sensation
Stop Video at 14:30 Question Sheet for Video: Part 2, Perception Start Video at 14:30 Sensation and Perception is the seventh program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program unravels the complex process of how we see. You'll learn about visual illusions and what causes them, the biology of perception, the visual pathway, and how the human brain processes information during perception. |
Module 17: Introduction to Sensation and Perception
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Module 18: Vision
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Module 19: Hearing
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Module 20: Other Senses
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Module 21: Perceptual Organization
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Module 22: Perceptual Interpretation
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Unit 6: Learning Modules 23,24 & 25
Videos for Learning
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Question Sheet for Video: Learning
Learning is the eighth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program discusses the basic principles of how we learn; classical, instrumental, and operant conditioning; and the role that stimuli and consequences play in learned behavior and habits. You'll explore how renowned researchers Ivan Pavlov, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, and John B. Watson contributed to what we know about human and animal learning. |
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Operant Conditioning - Skinner
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Skinner and his opinions
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Sheldon trains Penny
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Watson's Baby Albert Experiments
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Module 23: Classical Conditioning
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Module 24: Operant Conditioning
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Module 25: Learning by Observation
Unit 7: Memory - Modules 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30
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Question Sheet for Video for Memory
Remembering and Forgetting is the ninth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program looks at the complexity of memory: how images, ideas, language, physical actions, even sounds and smells are translated into codes that are represented in the memory and retrieved as needed. |
Module 26: Introduction to Memory
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Module 27: Encoding
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Module 28: Storage Retaining Information
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Module 29: Getting Information Out
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Module 30: Forgetting, Memory Construction,
and Improving Memory
and Improving Memory
Unit 8: Thinking, Language and Intelligence - Modules 31, 32, 33, 34 & 35
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Question Sheet for Video on Language
Language Development is the sixth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program outlines the development of language in children. It highlights linguist Noam Chomsky's theories about the human brain's predisposition to understand language, and then profiles three scientists working on aspects of psycholinguistics. |
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Question Sheet for Video on Intelligence
Testing and Intelligence is the sixteenth program in the DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY series. This program explores the history of intelligence tests, based on the work of Alfred Binet. You'll also explore the field of psychological assessment, potential biases in testing, and the influence of cultural beliefs and stereotypes on test performance. |
Module 31: Thinking
Module 32: Language and Thought
Module 33: Introduction to Intelligence
Module 34: Assessing Intelligence
Module 35: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Unit 9: Motivation and Work - Modules 36, 37, 38 & 39
Module 36: Introduction to Motivation
Module 37: Hunger
Module 38: Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong
Module 39: Motivation at Work
Unit 10: Emotions, Stress and Health - Modules 40, 41, 42, 43 & 44
Module 40: Introduction to Emotion
Module 41: Expressed Emotion
Module 42: Experienced Emotion
Module 43: Stress and Health
Module 44: Promoting Health
Unit 11: Personality - Modules 45, 46 & 47
Module 45: The Psychoanalytic Perspective
Module 46: The Humanistic Perspective
Module 47: Contemporary Research on Personality
Unit 12: Psychological Disorders - Modules 48, 49, 50, 51 & 52
Module 48: Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 49: Anxiety Disorders
Module 50: Dissociative, Personality, and Somatoform Disorders
Module 51: Mood Disorders
Module 52: Schizophrenia
Unit 13: Therapy - Modules 53, 54 & 55
Module 53: The Psychological Therapies
Module 54: Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 55: The Biomedical Therapies
Unit 14: Social Psychology - Modules 56, 57, 58 & 59
Module 56: Social Thinking
Module 57: Social Influence
Modules 58 & 59: Antisocial and Prosocial Relations