Intro to PsychologyA-Day: 3rd Period

11:58 – 2:06

Seating Chart1 – Kaelyn Allen2 – Daniel Beck3 – Scout Caputi4 – Alyse Cooper5 – Christian Cortes6 – Andrew D’Rozario7 – Caitlyn Friend8 – Taylor Fusselman9 – Destinee Garcia10 – Meghan Guevara11 – Jonathan Hu12 – Rumaila Hussain13 – Nicholas Kozakis14 – Erin Massey 15 – Adriana Medrano16 – Alexis Mendozo17 – Kristina Miggans

18 – Andrew Parker19 – Vendela Persson20 – Cameron Powell21 – Zachery Resio22 – Alexis Salazar23 – Garrett Scotch24 – Natalia Segura25 – Maraa Sotomayor De La Cruz26 – Janet Swinney27 – Alfred Tarrant28 – Michelle Thomas29 – Patrick Verdi30 – Ashton Wilson31 – Roy Young

Bell Work• Shake My Hand – Introduce Yourself• Get Personal Notecard – Find Your Seat• Fill Out Personal Notecard– Name– Why are you taking this class? BE HONEST– What do you love to do? Be Specific/Appropriate– What are your pet peeves? Be Appropriate– What are you involved in outside of school?– What are your plans after high school?

Introduction

• Trent Vittrup (Coach V)• Born and raised in College Station,TX• Graduated from Texas A&M in May ’14

The House that Johnny Built

A Little More Info…

• I have 3 Siblings – all younger– Kendall 20– Chase 18– Aimee 14

Kendall and I

A Little More Still…

• I’m coaching Football and Girls Basketball

• I’m teaching Psychology, Sociology and US Government

• This is my first year teaching

My Card• Trent Vittrup (Coach V)• What are my plans after High School?– Apparently it was to come right back

• What are my pet peeves?– People who smack when they chew

• What do I love?– Sports, Fishing, Hiking, Doing Woodwork, Memes

• Why am I teaching this class? – Because Mr. Streeter told me to

Syllabus

• On my at GCISD under… Psychology Syllabus

Classroom Expectations

• Good Attitude• Be Respectful

• Be Prepared and Push Yourself• Be Accountable • Be Honest

• Have a Sense of Humor• E.L.E.

We only have one rule…

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2nXJe9i70DE#t=5

Classroom Procedures

• Pick up your papers from the table on the way in

• Get Started on Bell Work• Turn Cell Phones on Silent• Turn Papers into Class Folder on table• Go Hard or Go Home

True Colors Assessment

• Fill out the True Colors Survey– Blues in the Front Right Corner– Greens in the Front Left Corner– Golds in the Back Left Corner– Oranges in the Back Right Corner

http://campusrec.unc.edu/sites/campusrec.unc.edu/files/Personality%20Test.pdf

What does each color mean?

• http://campusrec.unc.edu/sites/campusrec.unc.edu/files/Personality%20Test.pdf

Epic Rap Battles in Psychology

• Our big semester project will be Epic• You will be put into groups of 3 (one group of

4)• You will have all semester to work on this

project with your group• More details will come later• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-

6G6CZT7h4k

Why Study Psychology?

• Read the Handout– Circle Key Words/Vocab– Underline Major Claims– Highlight Key Points/Concepts

Pick which one of the Top 10 Reasons most interests you – Why?