Calendar

Below is the calendar for our first term of psychology. I hope this will help you keep up to date with the topics we will be covering and give you plenty of time to revise and prepare for up coming SACs.

30/1 || Monday || N/A || Holiday homework ||
 * **Year 11 Psychology Term 1, 2013** ||
 * Week 1
 * ^  || Wednesday || * Scope of psychology including specialist career field and fields of application and their contribution to understanding human behaviour
 * Classic and contemporary theories that have contributed to the development of psychology from philosophical beginning to an empirical science, including the relationship between psychology and psychiatry

Check completion of holiday study (sign up those who haven’t) Revision activity – questions and celebrity heads

4/2 || Monday || * Major perspective (biological, behavioural, cognitive and socio-cultural) that govern how psychologists approach their research into human behaviour
 * Major perspective (biological, behavioural, cognitive and socio-cultural) that govern how psychologists approach their research into human behaviour || Read pgs. 26-31 in preparation for next lesson ||
 * ^  || Friday || * Major perspective (biological, behavioural, cognitive and socio-cultural) that govern how psychologists approach their research into human behaviour || Read pgs. 31-35 in preparation for next lesson ||
 * Week 2

Complete learning activity 1.14 p.36 || Complete dotpoints booklet

Read pgs. 37-41 in preparation for next lesson || 11/2 || Monday || // SAM Excursion // || Revise for the SAC - use revision cards, dotpoints booklet, create mind maps, complete practice questions || 18/2 || Monday || ** SAC 1 – Nature of Psychology test ** || || Students each set themselves a goal result for the next SAC - characteristics of the visual perceptual system (posters) || || (Miss Bailey absent) || - characteristics of the visual perceptual system (posters) ||  || 25/2 || Monday || - characteristics of the visual perceptual system (questions) ||  || 4/3 || Monday || - the visual processes involved in detecting and interpreting visual stimuli (Visual perception principles) ||  || 11/3 || Monday || // Labour Day – Public Holiday // || Visual perception questions || 18/3 || Monday || Revise for SAC 2 ||  ||
 * ^  || Wednesday || * Major perspective (biological, behavioural, cognitive and socio-cultural) that govern how psychologists approach their research into human behaviour ||   ||
 * ^  || Friday || * Difference between contemporary psychological research methods and non-scientific approaches to investigating and explaining human behaviour || Complete dotpoints booklet ||
 * Week 3
 * ^  || Wednesday || Revise for SAC 1 || As above ||
 * ^  || Friday || Revise for SAC 1 (school photos) || Reflect on the SAC ||
 * Week 4
 * ^  || Wednesday || Discussion of SAC 1 results
 * Application of psychological perspectives to explain visual perception:
 * ^  || Friday
 * Week 5
 * ^  || Wednesday || - characteristics of the visual perceptual system (clips) ||   ||
 * ^  || Friday || - the visual processes involved in detecting and interpreting visual stimuli (Visual perception principles) ||   ||
 * Week 6
 * ^  || Wednesday || - the effect of psychological factors on perceptual set ||   ||
 * ^  || Friday || - the effect of psychological factors on perceptual set ||   ||
 * Week 7
 * ^  || Wednesday || - distortions of visual perceptions by illusions ||   ||
 * ^  || Friday || - distortions of visual perceptions by illusions ||   ||
 * Week 8
 * ^  || Wednesday || ** SAC 2 – Visual perception visual presentations ** ||   ||
 * ^  || Friday || Discussion of SAC 2 results


 * Research methods and ethics associated with the study of psychology

Steps in psychological research (7) Research methods (Experimental and descriptive)

Experimental research (variables, groups, procedures) Descriptive research (case & observational studies) Qualitative and quantitative data Making sense of data ||  || 25/3 || Monday || Ethics and professional conduct in psychological research Use of animals in psychological research ||  ||
 * Week 9
 * ^  || Wednesday

(Miss Bailey absent) || Research methods and ethics quiz time – student written and answered game questions (Wheel of fortune PP) Begin working on the research methods and ethics booklet

Set holiday homework || ||
 * ^  || Friday || // Good Friday – No School // || ||

__Important Information__
 * 22 lessons for Term 1


 * Monday 18th February || SAC 1 – Nature of Psychology test ||
 * Wednesday 20th March || SAC 2 – Visual perception visual presentation ||
 * 1st lesson back in Term 2 || Research methods mini test ||