Higgins: IB Psychology Syllabus Schedule 201011

Week Week 1 8/238/27 Text (ALL READINGS TO BE COMPLETED IN ADVANCE) Instructional Objectives Introduction to IB Syllabus -Psychological Perspectives -Optional Areas -Assessment -Research Methodology -Ethics Introduction to Psychology -History of Psychology Research Methods -Research Process -Experimental -Nonexperimental Description Correlation Experimentation Statistical Reasoning IA Experiment Replication -Research design Ethics Select Topic for Internal Assessment (IA) Cognitive Level of Analysis -Cognitive Processes Learning -Classical Conditioning -Operant Conditioning -Learning by Observation Memory -Encoding -Storage -Retrieval -Forgetting -Memory Construction Cognition and Emotion Emotion -Theories of Emotion -Embodied Emotion -Expressed Emotion -Experienced Emotion An Integrative Look at Happiness Homework Assignment s Assessments Summer Video Assignment Due First Day of School!!!

Week 2 8/309/3 Week 3 9/69/10

Crane 1.1 Crane 11,12,13 Myers Prologue Crane 1.2-1.3 Myers Ch. 1

Week 4 9/139/17

Crane 1.2-1.3 Myers Ch. 1 Review PowerPoint on IA: http://www.slideshare.net /Tank/ib-psychologyinternal-assessment Crane 3.1 Myers Ch. 8

Select Topic for Internal Assessment (IA)

Examination on Research Methodology

Week 5 9/209/24

Week 6 9/2710/1

Crane 3.1 Myers Ch. 9

Week 7 10/410/8

Crane 3.2 Myers Ch.13

Week 8 10/11-

Crane 3.3 Myers Ch.10

Cognitive Level of Analysis

Higgins: IB Psychology Syllabus Schedule 201011

10/15 -Blending Biological, Cognitive, and Sociocultural Thinking and Language Crane 12 Work on Internal Assessment Aims Essay Examination

Week 9 10/1810/22 Week 10 10/2510/29

IA Aims Due! (End of 1st Quarter)

Crane 2.1 Myers Ch. 2

Biological Level of Analysis -Physiology and Behavior -Neural Communication -The Nervous System -The Brain

Week 11 11/111/5

Crane 2.2 Myers Ch. 3

Genetics and Behavior Nature and Nurture of Behavior -Genes -Behavior Genetics -Environmental Influence -Nature and Nurture of Gender Genetics and Behavior Intelligence -Defining Intelligence -Assessing Intelligence -Dynamics of Intelligence -Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence An Integrative look at Criminal Behavior Examine related studies Sociocultural Level of Analysis -Sociocultural Cognition Social Psychology -Social Thinking Social and Cultural Norms Social Psychology -Social Influence

Week 12 11/811/12

Crane 2.2 Myers Ch. 11

Week 13 11/1511/19 Week 14 11/2211/23 Week 15 11/29-

Crane 2.3

Crane4.1 Myers Ch. 18 (p.694-701)

Biological Level of Analysis Essay Examination Introduction to Internal Assessment (IA)Due!

Crane 4.2 Myers Ch. 18 (p.702-713)

Higgins: IB Psychology Syllabus Schedule 201011

12/3 Week 16 12/612/10 Week 17 12/1312/17 Week 18 1/31/7 Week 19 1/101/14 Week 20 1/191/21 Crane 4.3 Myers Ch. 18 (p.714-737) An Integrative approach to prejudice and discrimination Social Psychology -Social Relations Recap Sociocultural Level of Analysis/ Examination Work on Internal Assessment (IA) Introduction Review for Mid-Term Mid-Term Exams Sociocultural Level of Analysis Essay Examination Mid-Term Exam Review Mid-Term Exams

Crane 4.1-4.3 Myers Ch. 18

Crane 5.1 Myers Ch. 16 (p.618-626)

Abnormal Psychology -Concepts of Normality -Normal v. Abnormal Psychological Disorders -Perspectives Affective Disorders -Depression Mood Disorders Abnormal Psychology -Anxiety (PTSD) Anxiety Disorders Abnormal Psychology -Eating disorders: Bulimia Abnormal Psychology -Implementing Treatment -Depression -PTSD -Bulimia Internal Assessment Due! Abnormal Psychology Essay Examination Final Copy of Internal Assessment Rough Draft of Internal Assessment (IA) Due!

Week 21 1/241/28 Week 22 1/312/4 Week 23 2/72/11 Week 24 2/142/17 Week 25 2/21-

Crane 5.2 (p.148-157) Myers Ch. 16 (p.633-645)

Crane 5.2 (p.157-161) Myers Ch. 16 (p.627-630) Crane 5.2 (p.161-165)

Crane 5.3 Myers Ch. 17

Crane 12

Higgins: IB Psychology Syllabus Schedule 201011

2/25 Week 26 2/283/4 Week 27 3/73/11 Week 28 3/143/18 Week 29 3/213/25 Week 30 4/4-4/8 Week 31 4/114/15 Week 32 4/184/22 Week 33 4/252/29 Week 34 5/2-5/6 FCAT Testing (IA) Due! Review for External Assessment Essay on Memory Essay on Memory Essay on Memory (End of 3rd Quarter) Mock External Assessment

Crane 2.1-2.3 Myers Ch. 9 Crane 3.1-3.3 Myers Ch. 9 Crane 4.1-4.3 Myers Ch. 9

Making Connections: Biological Factors of Memory Making Connections: Cognitive Factors of Memory Making Connections: Sociocultural Factors of Memory Review for External Assessment FCAT Testing Review for External Assessment FCAT Testing Review for External Assessment Review for External Assessment External Assessment

Mock External Assessment