AP Psychology
Summer Reading Assignments 2009
Mrs. Kimberly Gilbert
kgilbert@ccboe.net
Welcome to AP Psychology. I look forward to another challenging year that will prove to be both rigorous and fun. We will be covering the entire College Board curriculum so we will move quickly and self-motivation is a necessity. You have two assignments to complete over the summer and they are due on the first day we return from summer break. No late work will be accepted…you have all summer to do this so no excuses will be accepted.
Assignment #1: All of psychology is based on research, thus its classification as a social science. Your first assignment is to read The Forty Studies that Changed Psychology edited by Roger Hock, 6th edition. The book can be found at any bookstore or ordered online at sites such as amazon.com. You may also go to my teacher webpage at www.lhspanthers.com. Click on the ‘AP Psychology” link and from there you will find a link entitled “Books for Sale”. Many of my previous students would like to sell this book to next year’s students. Their email addresses are listed and it is up to you and the seller to agree on a price. I am just providing this as help for them. This book provides a good overview of the whole course so you will have a basic understanding of what we will be doing this year. You will read all 40 studies in the book and be prepared for a test in the first week of class. After you read the studies you must choose 25 studies (at least 1 from each main section) and complete the assignment outlined below. You must type your assignments and the studies must be numbered #1-#25.
The Assignment:
1) Title of the study- the actual title not the title our book gives it
2) The authors
3) A summary of the ‘theoretical prepositions’
a) this must be in your own words-not words from the book
b) you may not simply make a list of propositions
4) A detailed description of the methods
5) An explanation of the results
6) An explanation of the discussion and criticisms of the study
7) Recent applications some of these studies were done over 40 years ago and they have been updated- How? Why?
Assignment #2: You are to define all of the vocabulary words listed on my website. You will find this on the same page as above with the link entitled "Summer Reading 2009". The words are located at the bottom of the page. These are considered by most psychologists to be essential words that students should know. These are to be handwritten and kept in your binder.
For the first day of class you need:
1. 40 studies assignment
2. Ethics pledge (LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THIS PAGE)
3. Vocabulary assignment
AP Psychology
Summer Reading 2009
Ethics Pledge
By signing below, I, _________________________, hereby certify that:
1. I have read each study completely that is reported on in this assignment.
2. The whole summer reading assignment is in my own words.
3. None of the attached summer reading assignment has been copied, in whole or in part, from any other source, including other students currently in this course.
4. I understand that dividing the studies between students to complete is not acceptable under any circumstances.
5. None of this work has been plagiarized and I understand the definition of plagiarism.
6. I understand that I have the entire summer to complete this assignment. Because of this, there is no good reason that will be accepted for late work and I understand late work will not be accepted. I understand late work is equal to a zero.
7. I understand my summer reading assignments are due on the 1st day of class when the bell rings and no later that day.
8. I have read and understand the above guidelines.
9. I understand that failure to return this sheet, signed by myself and my parents/guardians with the assignment will result in an AUTOMATIC ZERO for the assignment.
10. I understand that if I have any questions over the summer I can email Mrs. Gilbert at kgilbert@ccboe.net.
Student Signature Parent Signature
AP Psychology
Words Every Psychology Student Must Know
Absolute Threshold
Action Potential
Adolescence
Affective disorders
Aggression
Alcohol
Algorithms
Amnesia
Anal stage
Anxiety
Artificial Intelligence
Attachment
Attitudes
Autonomic Nervous System
Axon
Behavior
Behavior modification
Behaviorism
Binocular depth cues
Biofeedback
Brain
Case study
Central Nervous System
Cerebellum
Cerebral Cortex
Cerebral hemispheres (split brain)
Chromosomes
Classical conditioning
Client-centered therapy
Cochlea
Cognitive development
Cognitive dissonance
Concrete operations
Conditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioning
Conflict
Conformity
Consciousness
Control group
Corpus Callosum
Correlation Coefficient
Correlation method
Cross sectional research
Defense mechanisms
Delusions
Dendrites
Dependent variable
Depression
Depth perception
Discrimination
Distance cues
Drugs
Ego
Electroencephalogram
Emotion
Empiricism
Experimental group
Extinction
Forgetting
Formal operations
Free association
Fundamental attribution error
Genes
Genital stage
Gestalt principles of perception
Gestalt psychologists
Hallucination
Hearing
Heredity
Heuristics
Humanistic psychology
Hunger
Hypnosis
Hypothalamus
Hypothesis testing
Id
Identification
Imprinting
Independent variable
Intelligence
Intelligence quotient
James-Lange theory
Just noticeable difference (JND)
Language
Law of Effect
Learned helplessness
Learning
Limbic system
Longitudinal research
Long-term memory
Mental illness (models)
MMPI
Mnemonics
Modeling
Multiple personality
Needs
Negative reinforcement
Nervous system
Neuron
Neurosis
Neurotransmitters
Normal distribution
Obedience
Oedipus Complex
Operant conditioning
Oral stage
Pain
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Perception
Peripheral Nervous System
Personality
Personality disorders
Phallic stage
Phobia
Placebo
Positive reinforcement
Preoperational stage
Projection
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Psychosis
Psychotherapy
Puberty
Punishment
Rapid eye movement
Rationalization
Reaction formation
Recall
Recognition
Regression
Rehearsal
Reinforcement
Repression
Retina
Rods
Rorschach Test
Sample
Schizophrenia
Self-actualization
Semantic memory
Sensory-motor stage
Serial position effect
Shaping
Short-term memory
Sleep
Smell
Social psychology
Socialization
Spontaneous recovery
Stereotyping
Stress
Superego
Sympathetic nervous system
Synapse
Systematic desensitization
Taste
Thalamus
Thematic Apperception Test
Token economy
Traits
Transference
Unconditioned response
Unconditioned stimulus
Unconscious
vision
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