AP Psychology Lesson Plan — Danku YL Week 23 Days 1-5

Weekday Monday 2/17 (A) Tuesday 2/18 Wednesday 2/19 Thursday 2/20 Friday 2/21
Topic Thinking & Thinking & Multiple Multiple No school - TWD
Problem-solving Problem-solving Intelligences Intelligences
Objective 5.I: Identify 5.I: Identify 5.L: Define 5.L: Define
SWBAT problem-solving problem-solving intelligence and intelligence and
strategies as well strategies as well list characteristics list characteristics
as factors the as factors the of how of how
influence their influence their psychologists psychologists
effectiveness effectiveness measure measure
5.C: Identify the 5.C: Identify the intelligence intelligence
contributions of contributions of 5.M: Discuss how 5.M: Discuss how
key researchers in key researchers in culture influences culture influences
cognitive cognitive the definition of the definition of
psychology psychology intelligence intelligence
5.N: Compare 5.N: Compare
and contrast and contrast
historic and historic and
contemporary contemporary
theories of theories of
intelligence intelligence
5.O: Identify the 5.O: Identify the
contribution of contribution of
key researchers in key researchers in
intelligence intelligence
research and research and
testing testing

Administrative -Memory Quiz -Memory Quiz

Subtopics -cognition -cognition -intelligence -intelligence

-concepts -concepts defined defined
-prototype -prototype -Spearman’s -Spearman’s
-problem-solving: -problem-solving: general general
trial & error, trial & error, intelligence (g) intelligence (g)
algorithms, algorithms, -Thurstone’s -Thurstone’s
heuristics, insight, heuristics, insight, primary mental primary mental
reasoning reasoning abilities abilities
-obstacles to -obstacles to -Gardner’s -Gardner’s
problem solving: problem solving: multiple multiple
confirmation bias; confirmation bias; intelligences intelligences
fixation, mental fixation, mental -Sternberg’s three -Sternberg’s three
set, functional set, functional intelligences intelligences
fixedness fixedness -emotional -emotional
-problematic -problematic intelligence intelligence
heuristics: heuristics: -intelligence & -intelligence &
representative representative creativity creativity
heuristic, heuristic,
availability availability
heuristic, heuristic,
overconfidence, overconfidence,
 framing, belief framing, belief
bias, belief bias, belief
perseverance perseverance

Guided -Thinking- -Thinking- -Rainman -Rainman

Instruction, Cognition ppt Cognition ppt counting counting
Activities & -Anchor Bias -Anchor Bias toothpicks scene toothpicks scene
Differentiation Experiment Experiment -savants on 60 -savants on 60
-CrashCourse -CrashCourse minutes minutes
Psychology: Psychology: -creativity -creativity
Cognition Cognition brainstorm on brainstorm on
Padlet Padlet
-Multiple -Multiple
Intelligences Intelligences
Activity Activity
Skills & Use of -Powerpoint -Powerpoint -YouTube -YouTube
Technology -YouTube -YouTube -Padlet -Padlet
-InThinking -InThinking -Google -Google

Homework OB: 410-422 OB: 410-422 OB: 442-454 OB: 442-454

WB: 312-319 WB: 312-319 WB: 286-291 WB: 286-291