“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates / Artwork: The Son of Man, Rene Magritte, 1964
Welcome to Theriault’s AP Psych homepage. Consider this your source for all things related to this course. Directly below you will find a course syllabus, which contains course information with regard to course expectations, grading, etc. Further down the page are links to all the unit plans — these links are really important. Within those unit plans are sub-links to homework assignments, lesson plans, and other coursework.
SYLLABUS
The College Board and the Advanced Placement Program
AP Psych Expectations and Policies
AP Psych Grading
AP Psych Required Materials
AP Psych Exam Review Materials
Taking the AP Psych Exam | 2019-20 Registration Info and Link
***AP Psych Summer Assignment, 2019-2020***
UNIT PLANS
Essential Question: Are we more than our brains?
Unit 1: History, Approaches, and Methods (Aug 30/31 – Sept 12/13)
Unit 2: Neuroscience/Biology (Ch. 2) and Sensation (Ch. 5) (Sept 14/15 – Oct 2/3)
Unit 3: Perception (Ch. 6) and Consciousness (Ch. 7) (Oct 4/5 – Oct 31/Nov 1)
Essential Question Project I
Essential Question: How much control do you have over the person become?
Unit 4: Developmental Psychology (Ch. 3-4) (Nov 2/3 – Nov 19/20)
Unit 5: Motivation (Ch. 12) and Emotion (Ch. 13) (Nov 26 – Dec 17/18)
Unit 6: Social Psychology (Ch. 18) and Personality (Ch. 15) (Dec 19/20 – Feb 7/8)
Essential Question Project II
Essential Question: Are we primarily rational or irrational creatures?
Unit 7: Learning (Ch. 8) and Memory (Ch. 9) (Feb 9/12 – Mar 8/11)
Unit 8: Thinking, Language (Ch. 10) and Intelligence (Ch. 11) (Mar 13/14 – Apr 10/11)
Essential Question Project III
Essential Question: What is “normal”?
Unit 9: Abnormal Psych (Ch. 16) and Treatment of Disorders (Ch. 17) (April 10/11- Apr 29/30)
Unit 10: AP Exam Review
Final Project
Unit 11: Post-exam Project
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