1. AP Psychology Day 3 – August 29
Seats
Name Assignments/Disclosure Forms
Rewind
1999 Exam (doh!)
MC Test Tips
FRQ Test Tips
Notes guide – Unit 1

2. New Seats Introductions Name assignments
Turn in name assignments and disclosure forms

3. Rewind Remember …. Make an honest attempt Don’t rescue
Help clarify after an attempt has been made
Use handouts to help

4. CCN (color-coded notes)
Q & A
Reminders
*No review unless red section at end of unit
*ONLY do MC/FRQ listed on your vocabulary sheet

5. 1999 Exam
Score
What did you notice about the MC questions on this exam? Describe …
What did you notice about the FRQ? Describe …
What are your initial impressions?

6. MC and FRQ Tips (Important Papers section of notebook)
Read the MC (front page) and highlight
Reflect
Use these for the first reading quiz next time
Read the FRQ (back page) and highlight
Use these tips beginning with next week’s CCN

7. Super secret names Used for FRQ’s to maintain confidentiality
Put this somewhere in your notebook that you can find
Paperwork will say when to use this name

8. August 31
Rewind
CCN Correction
Quiz
Notes Guide
Module 1

9. Taking Notes in Class Note-taking Tips:
We don’t cover EVERYTHING in the book in class. But you ARE responsible for knowing all of it.
Notes SUPPLEMENT the book. Sometimes the book does not cover everything necessary for the AP exam. BOTH notes and book are essential.
ENGAGE! Try to make personal connections and ask questions, when necessary. ADD TO YOUR CCN WHENEVER POSSIBLE
We will stick to our reading/notes schedule. If time is short, we will move on anyway. READ and DO CCN!!
These notes are due when complete (see calendar). They are scored based on completion.
6. What should you do if you are absent and miss notes?

10. Some Common Symbols *Use these for in-class notes and CCN
What are some helpful note-taking symbols to use in this class?
psychology:
behavior: Beh mental processes: M.P.
Physical:
at: before: b/f and: & with: w/
male: female: after: a/f because: b/c

11. Module 1
Psychology’s History

12. 1. Definition of PSYCHOLOGY
The scientific study of –
behavior
(what we do)
mental processes
(sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings)
Psyche – soul
Logos – the study of

13. Prescientific psychology
Psychology is just over 100 years old as a science
2. Previously it was more of a philosophy
Are we controlled by natural elements or supernatural elements?
Religion vs. Science
Philosophy vs. empirical evidence

14. Psychology’s Roots
Psychological science is born when the first psychological laboratory is established by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879.
Empiricism
Knowledge comes from experience via the senses
Science flourishes through observation and experiment

15. Wilhelm Wundt
Wundt is referred to as the “father of psychology” because in 1879 he started the first laboratory in psychology for studying humans.
He broke into parts the elements of feelings and thought to find the very “atoms” of the mind. This became known as STRUCTURALISM.
Taught his subjects to use a procedure called “introspection” he introduced scientific procedure to study feelings.

16. P. 5. Discovering psy.
E. B. Titchener (1867–1927)

17. 4. Without showing another student your puzzle piece, turn it over and describe its structure

18. William James
James is considered to be one of the founders of American psychology.
In 1890, he published Principles of Psychology. The book was 1400 pages long, two volumes in length and it took him 12 years to write.
Unlike Wundt, he did not want to break behavior into parts; instead, he never wanted to lose sight of the individual as a whole. His goal was to uncover the “functions” of the mind …FUNCTIONALISM

19. 5. Look at all four of your pieces together at your table
5. Look at all four of your pieces together at your table. What is the function of each piece?

20. Wortheimer, Kohler, Koffka
Late 1800’s in America
Theories related to perceptual organization and thought. They were the original cognitive psychologists.
Gestalt: The whole is the sum of its parts.

21. 6. Put the puzzle together as a class. What is the puzzle
6. Put the puzzle together as a class. What is the puzzle? What do you think about when you see the image as a whole?

22. Calling all Ladies