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 AP Psychology Summer Assignment

Access the textbook pages for the Prologue here
http://msconner.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/prologue-pages.pdf

 

 

Part I – Reading Assignment

            Psychology is everywhere. Everything we do, think, feel or believe is of interest to psychologists. A great deal of popular culture can also be understood using psychology. So in preparation in preparation for your study of psychology next year, read the following:

         Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink, 1st ed. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005

When you have finished reading the book, write a three (3) page paper in which you will react to the book overall and, in particular, to four (4) specific essays. Think about the following while you write your paper:

-         What is your overall reaction to the book?

-         Pick 4 essays you found particularly informative or interesting and discuss what you enjoyed about each of them. Include specific examples of what your learned from the essay and, how what you learned, can be applied to your life.

-         What has reading the book done to enhance your knowledge of, or interest in, psychology?

-         Would you recommend this book to a friend? Would you recommend this book be used again in a summer reading assignment? Why or why not? And if you would not recommend this book be used again, what book would you recommend and why?

Keep this in mind. In all papers and essays (not just this one), you are expected to use specific examples in your writings. This is also true in the essay portion of the AP Psychology exam. Using specific examples is the best way to enhance (or diminish) your scores, both in class and on the AP Psychology examination. Some general rules about papers:

-         All papers will be typed, double-spaced

-         All papers will be 12 point pitch, Times New Roman

-         All papers will be proofread and spell-checked prior to submission. DO NOT rely on Word to do this for you. Points will be deducted for glaring spelling and grammar errors that you should have caught.

-         Multiple page papers will numbered at the bottom right hand corner, be stapled once, in order, in the upper left hand corner. DO NOT use paper clips, binder clips, folders, report covers, etc.

-         All papers will be turned in on time, when due. Late work IS NOT accepted.

 

Part II – Vocabulary Terms

Using your textbook or another source, define each of the terms in the Prologue (access prologue textbook  pages here) as illustrated below. Additionally, complete the Prologue Study Guide pages. If you DID NOT get the summer assignment from guidance like you were suppose to, you can access the study guide pages for the prologue below, Additionally, Study Guides for Myer’s Psychology (7th edition) are available from J.P. Taravella’s book room (Room 625). Either way, this assignment, along with all of the other portions of the summer assignment, are due on the first day of school - August 20, 2012! Myer’s Psychology for AP* (1st edition) is a new adoption for the 2012-2013 school year. It may not be available in hard copy. However, you should be able to access it through B.E.E.P. Regardless, There will be a test the second day of school.

Prologue Study Guide Page 1
Prologue Study Guide Page 2
Prologue Study Guide Page 3
Prologue Study Guide Page 4


Below is an example of how your index card for each term above will be formatted:

Text Box: Unit  #                    UnitTitle                 (pg #)                         FLOW   (front of card)

Text Box: A completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self and time, resulting in optimal engagement of one’s skills. Example – I was so involved with my AP Psychology studies that I lost all track of time and wasn’t even aware of my surroundings. I was experiencing what Csikszentmihalyi (chick-SENT-me-hi) called flow.     (back of card)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part III – Famous Psychologists

Create study cards using 3X5 cards for the first five (5) of the following 27 famous psychologists. On one side you will write the psychologist’s name, pertinent personal information, and their psychological perspective (their school of psychology – not the college they attended). Write their significant contributions to the field of psychology on the back of the card. Following the list of psychologists is an example of a card. Follow its format for the first five (5) psychologists listed.

  1  B.F. Skinner                                                 2. William James
  3. Jean Piaget                                                   4. David McClelland
  5. Sigmund Freud                                             6. Raymond Cattell
  7. Albert Bandura                                             8. John B. Watson
  9. Leon Festinger                                            10. Kurt Lewin
11. Carl Rogers                                                12. Donald O. Hebb
13. Stanley Schachter                                       14. George A. Miller
15. Neil Miller                                                  16. Lawrence Kohlberg
17. Edward Thorndike                                      18. Carl Jung
19. Abraham Maslow                                       20. Ivan Pavlov
21. Gordon Allport                                           22. Walter Mischel
23. Erik Erikson                                               24. Karen Horney
25. Hans J. Eysenck                                         26. Philip Zimbardo
27. Stanley Milgram

 

Text Box: Abraham Maslow                School of Psychology –Humanistic Born – 1 April 1908 Brooklyn, New York Died – 8 June 1970 - California PhD from Wisconsin worked with Thorndike at Columbia; interested in human sexuality. Also spent time working with Harry Harlow (monkeys and behavior) Taught at Brooklyn College full time, came in contact with Adler, Fromm, Horney and other Gestalt and Freudian psychologists.  (front of card)

  

 

Text Box: While chair of the Psychology Department at Brandeis, Maslow met Kurt Goldstein, who had originated the idea of self-actualization in his famous book, The Organism (1934).  He began his crusade for a humanistic psychology -- something ultimately much more important to him than his own theorizing. Developed Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs.   (back of card)

  

 

 

 

 

 

Due Dates. All three summer assignments (the paper, the vocabulary cards and the first five psychologist’s cards) are due on the first day of class – NO EXCUSES!

Questions?  Email Mr. Thomas at lcdrthomas@yahoo.com      

 

One last note – Please read and consider the following very carefully

AP Psychology is a college level course in which you will be expected to do a great deal of independent reading and note-taking to prepare you for class and to understand the material. You must be highly motivated and focused to do well in this class. If you are not prepared to work, consider whether or not you truly belong in this class. Your success or failure in this course is up to you; you alone are responsible for your own learning, or lack thereof. You can succeed and pass the AP Psychology exam if you put forth the sustained effort necessary to master the material.

That said, you are required to bring all three of the above assignments to class on the FIRST day! In addition, you are expected to have in your possession the Myer’s Psychology textbook companion Study Guide by Richard O. Straub (ISBN -10: 0716728001; ISBN – 13: 978-0716728009). It is available from a variety of sources including the school bookroom, Amazon and others. It must be free and clear of all writing.