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AP* PSYCHOLOGY
Martin Anderson
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Dr. Martin Anderson has taught psychology and AP* Psychology at San Gabriel High School for 38 years. He has been an AP* Reader and Table Leader since 1995. He has presented at numerous College Board* one-day workshops and has presented numerous weeklong workshops over the last six summers. He received his doctorate in psychology in 1981 and taught for several years at Rio Hondo College.

contact

You can e-mail Martin at martyanderson1@verizon.net

goals and objectives
  • Reviewing the AP* psychology course, AP* psychology test, and AP* program in general.
  • Reviewing methods and strategies that will increase their students success
  • Reviewing the AP* psychology syllabus and relevant demonstrations and experiments.
  • Reviewing different ways in which an AP* psychology course can be structured.
  • session outline
    Monday
    Starting Activities
    General Overview
  • College Board* Materials, Textbooks, Class Objectives
  • Resources
  • Organizations, Tools, Publications
  • Other possible activities for the week:
  • Preparation of syllabus: course calendar/chapters/supplemental readings/videos/projects
  • Development of class activities and demonstrations
  • Development of free response questions and rubrics
  • Scientific Basis of Psychology
  • Historical Background
  • Research Methods
  • Statistical Procedures
  • Tuesday
    Biological Processes
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Neural Transmission
  • Biological/Cognitive Processes
  • Sensation and Perception
  • Consciousness
  • Emotion
  • Motivation
  • Wednesday
    Cognitive Processes
  • Learning
  • Memory
  • Cognition
  • Language
  • AP* Scoring 1
  • Rubric for 2008 AP* exam (Question 1)
  • Strategies for taking the multiple choice section
  • Thursday
    Individual Differences
  • Intelligence
  • Personality
  • Disorders
  • Treatment
  • AP* Scoring 2
  • Rubric for 2008 AP* exam (Question 2)
  • Previous Questions
  • Previous Rubrics
  • Friday
    Developmental Psychology
  • Infancy/Childhood
  • Adolescence
  • Adulthood
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Thinking
  • Social Influence
  • Social Relations



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