AP – Independent Reading Assignment

Students – please review your list of choices for a supplemental reading assignment to compliment your studies in this course. You will need to select one text (with parent approval) and read the text outside of class. You will also eventually complete a project to demonstrate that you have completed the reading. Your reading project will be assigned on March 23rd and it will be due on April 10th.

Title Author Brief Description

Brain Sex: The Real Difference Anne Moir & David Jessel The authors set out to answer the Between Men & Women question, “if men & women are equal, why have males been the dominant sex virtually throughout all of world history?”

Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and Steven Johnson Memory, love, fear alertness – all the the Neuroscience of Everyday Life multitude of states housed in our brains are shown to be the results of chemical & electrical interactions that are constantly fed & changed by the

input from our senses. A Man Without Words Susan Schaller A moving account of a 27-year-old man who is otherwise normal except that he has no idea of language much less the ability to speak or write. Sheds light on the role of language in thinking. The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Dr. Judith Rapoport Drawing on the extraordinary Washing experiences of her patients, Dr. Judith Rapoport unravels the mysteries surrounding this irrational disorder. : Understanding Dr. Philip Zimbardo Zimbardo revisits the famous “Stanford How Good People Turn Prison Experiment” and applies his theories to historical examples of injustice & atrocity.

Blink: The Power of Thinking Malcolm Gladwell The author discusses the lasting impact Without Thinking of our “snap judgements” and instead urges the reader to rely on our “adaptive unconscious” to provide us with essential information.

An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison Written as a remarkable testimony of her revelations from her reflections on struggling through adolescence and adulthood with manic-depression. The Gift of Fear Gavin DeBecker In this empowering book, de Becker, the man Oprah calls the nation's leading expert on violent behavior, shows you how to spot even the most subtle signs of danger—before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, de Becker, offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love. On Knowing: Essays for the Left The left hand has traditionally Hand represented the powers of intuition, feeling, and spontaneity. Bruner inquires into the part that these qualities play in determining how we know what we know; how we can help others to know--that is, to teach; and how our conception of reality affects our actions and is modified by them. Please Understand Me: Character David Kiersey & Marilyn Bates We are different for a reason, and that and Temperament Types reason is probably more good than bad. Keirsey and Bates believe that not only is it impossible to truly change others, it's much more important to understand and affirm differences. Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Marguerite Sechehaye Although outdated in its presentation Girl: The True Story of “Renee” of treatment & diagnostic care, This is one of the few times that a reader can see what it's like to have schizophrenia from the viewpoint of the person with schizophrenia. The Anatomy of Motive : The FBI's John Douglas & Mark Olshaker As a former agent from the FBI's elite Legendary Mindhunter Explores serial-crime unit, John Douglas pieces the Key to Understanding and together motives behind violent Catching Violent Criminals sociopathic behavior. He not only takes us into the darkest recesses of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, assassins, serial killers, and mass murderers, but also the seemingly ordinary people who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace. Twitch and shout: A Touretter’s Lowell Handler In this revealing memoir, Handler tells tale of how Tourette's has shaped his life and provides insight into the strange symptoms that are often debilitating and alienating. However - it is no plea for pity; it is a heartfelt and often humorous effort to reclaim and humanize a disorder that can keep others at a distance. First person plural: My life as a Dr. Cameron West “West tells of ‘my guys,’ and his multiple. struggle facing Dissociative Identity Disorder. As the 24 people who haunt his mind insist on telling their story, West desperately hangs on to the slender thread that connects him to his wife and son and some semblance of normal life.”