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y Read Chapter 5, History & Approaches, and Chapter 6, Research Methods (Pgs. 43-60) of 5 Steps to a5: AP Psychology, and complete outline notes on the 2 chapters. Outlines should beneatly

handwritten on college ruled notebook paper. No typed papers will be accepted. The chapter outlines

are due on the first day of class- NO EXCUSES.

y Read the following (20) selections from 40 Studies that Changed Psychology:One Brain or Two?, pg 1

Are You a Natural?, pg 18

Watch Out for the Visual Cliff, pg 26

Unromancing the Dream, pg 48

Its Not Just About Salivating Dogs, pg 64

Little Emotional Albert, pg 71

Knock Wood!, pg 77

See Agression Do, pg 84

Thanks for the Memories!, pg 116

Discovering Love, pg 126

How Moral are You?, pg 142

Are you the Master?, pg 192

The One; the Many, pg 217

Whos Crazy Here, ?, pg 226

Youre Getting Defensive Again!, pg 234

Projections of Who You Are, pg 272

Picture This!, pg 279

The Power of Conformity, pg 295

To Help or Not to Help, pg 300

Obey at Any Cost?, pg 308

y Summarize each of the studies in 2-3 paragraphs, each. Be sure to mention the name of the scientist orresearcher, the purpose of the study, the set-up, and the significant outcomes. Summaries must be

neatlyhandwritten on college ruled notebook paper. No typed papers will be accepted. This

compilation of summaries is due on the first day of class NO EXCUSES.

y Using your textbook website or another source, define each of the bolded terms below and give anoriginal example of each term (do not use the examples from the text!). There are 54 terms here and

close to 600 to know by the AP exam. Please number each term and keep them in order. Terms must

be neatlyhandwritten on college ruled notebook paper. Typed definitions will not be accepted and

are due on the first day of class, as well. Again, NO EXCUSES!

You must be intrinsically motivated to be in this class for there are very few extrinsic motivators. Hopefullyyoull get in the flow even before class begins. Im certain that all of you did not miss the critical period,

therefore you should be able to use both fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence to find answers.

Additionally, you will be using your Brocas area and Wernickes area to communicate with everyone in our

class while using correct grammar, proper syntax, morphemes, and phonemes. There will be all sorts of

transduction and parallel processing happening in our brains

as we journey into the world ofPsychology. Our hippocampi will be very busy as we encode and find storage

for information. Youll be asked to recall and retrieve for the unit tests without the use of artificial intelligence

or other assistance. Instead you can use mnemonics, chunking, imagery, and acronyms. Even though your

hormones may be raging, hopefully no one in our class will be suffering from narcolepsy, sleep apnea,

insomnia, night terrors, split brain, or a lobotomy, as that will make learning very difficult to say the least! I

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can guarantee that this class will test your ideas of what is and is not a norm. I can also guarantee that this

class will at times upset you, forcing you into criticalthinking, self disclosure, and into belief perseverance. At

the same time, this class will enlighten you about those of us who may have psychological disorders, autism,

or mental retardation, and help to remove our fixations (non-Freudian definition here please), functional

fixedness, prejudices, and stereotypes. But fear not, even though we enter the world of the abnormal, we

head right into therapy to help us solve some problems and may inspire us to be more altruistic. Yourcreativity will be valued in this class. Your attitude is critical for success and socialloafing, slacking,

procrastinating, copying or cheating are never good ideas. Working together to pass the AP Exam is one of our

superordinate goals. So, have a wonderful summer. Keep your neural networks going and be certain to

protect your brainstem, limbic system, and cerebral cortex safe as our brains have only so much plasticity.

y You will be tested on the material from 40 Studies That Changed Psychology and the defined terms atthe end of the first week of school. Since we cannot go over all the material in three days, much of the

first test will measure your desire and discipline to conduct the summer study, as well as how well you

can absorb and critically apply information on your own.

A final word is in order about the nature of this course and what I expect of you. First and foremost, you must

realize that I am just your guide through your first course in psychology. It is you, and you alone, who is

responsible for your success in this class. You must set out to own the knowledge through your own sweat and

desire.

I will set a high standard of expectation, and I expect you to keep up the work and to meet that standard. As

with most college courses, there is no way to expect all the information to be discussed in class. Excuses such

as We never went over this stuff,or You werent specificabout what we were supposed to knoware to be

left outside the door. If I tell you that you are responsible for all the information in a chapter, then I should not

have to spell out the tiniest details contained therein.

I expect you to pace yourself while completing these assignments over the summer. None of this work shouldbe difficult to complete, but it does require time. I look forward to meeting and working with you next school

year.

All Assignments due: August 23, 2010(First day of school, or first day of class)

- Chapter 5 & 6 Handwritten Outline Notes- 20 Studies Handwritten Summaries- Handwritten Definitions & Examples of Terms