Sunday, September 27, 2015

Format for Unit 3A and Unit 3B Flashcards

Keep an eye out for the reading schedule. Also, bring candy to class on Tuesday for our Candy Neurons group activity. (Four students to a group; plan together what candy each person can contribute for the assignment.)

Cards Unit 3A, 3B

For units 3A and 3B, some terms can be done the way you normally do your cards, but others are anatomical parts that you might not find names and examples for. If you have an anatomical term like "axon," use the format below. You need to have 6 things on the back of each card still. 

Front
1. Term
2. Key word or mnemonic
3. Initials

Back 
1. Definition
2. SKETCH! If the term can be sketched (if it's a part of a neuron or a part of the brain), do a little sketch with an arrow pointing to the part. You may copy illustrations from the book. Otherwise, write a detail from the book that is important.
3. Normal Function (what this thing does normally)
4. Possible Malfunction (what could go wrong related to this thing, or describe any possible related disorders)
5. How does it interact with other structures
6. Class notes

TERMS TO ADD:
1. Make a card for each of the neurotransmitters in the neurotransmitter chart in the first section. 
2. ALSO please add a card for every term that is in italics in the reading and for all terms in charts.
3. Also be sure to add a concept card for any section in the reading that doesn't have a vocab card. You need to know EVERYTHING in the textbook!

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Unit 7A Study Guide

UNIT 7A POWERPOINT SLIDES FROM CLASS:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4xdTlrmZTl3WUlKNjFSVmRYd3c/edit?usp=sharing

YOUR UNIT 7A TEST IS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 9/25

Online quizzes for practice: worthpublishers.com/myersap1e

VIDEOS

Crash Course (two ten-min videos)
1. How we make memories  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSycdIx-C48
2. Remembering and forgetting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVWbrNls-Kw

TED TALKS: 
Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness memory  http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory?language=en
Peter Doolittle on working memory
http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world?language=en

Animation: What happens when hippocampus is removed https://www.pinterest.com/pin/119908408804060604/

Clive Wearing Videos http://www.learner.org/resources/series150.html#

What is Alzheimer's disease? (3 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wv9jrk-gXc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Experiencing Alzheimer's (8 minutes)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_Gq7Shc-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player


AUDIO 

Patient HM's story on NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7584970

Earworms
In class, we mentioned earworms- those annoying songs that get stuck in your head as a result of automatic encoding. Some of our earworms were:
- free credit report .com
- get connected, for free, at education connection!
- the Spongebob theme song

Take a listen to the interview with a psychologist who collects and studies earworms:
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/12/148460545/why-that-song-gets-stuck-in-your-head
Or check out this article:

Then post your most bothersome earworms in the comments below!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Reading Schedule and Assignments for Unit 7A: Memory

Reading Schedule: 

Friday 9/11: 255-260

Tuesday 9/15: 261-265

Wed9/16:  266-273

Thurs9/17: 274-279

Fri 9/18: 280-284

Mon 9/21: 285-293

Tues 9/22: 294-297

Wed 9/23: Online quizzes & study!


TEST UNIT 7A WILL BE THURSDAY, 9/24


HOMEWORK ON 9/15-9/16: PsychSim5 Memory Unit 7A


Find the following tutorial on the menu: ICONIC MEMORY

http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html 


Print out and complete the matching worksheet: worthpublishers.com/myersap1e Unit 7A: Iconic Memory


EXTRA CREDIT: Create your own mnemonic device with the mneominicizer!


http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/cognition/tutorials/mnemonics/index.html


VIDEOS!

What is Alzheimer's disease? (3 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wv9jrk-gXc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Experiencing Alzheimer's (8 minutes)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_Gq7Shc-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Friday, September 11, 2015

Getting Started on Unit 7A: Memory

Hi guys!

Hope you're having a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.  Thanks for making the time for AP Psych!

Please read pages 255-260 and and make flashcards for those terms. I will do a spot check of your cards in class on Tuesday morning, so make sure that your cards are filled with good stuff from your reading!

Here's my YouTube playlist for this unit. Take some ideas from these videos for #5 on your cards!
Psych: Memory Vids: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh1g8MKLEqHb1tkZjlRiY3BU1oN1PkN_A

Just in case you need a refresher, here's the format for your 4"x6" cards:

Front (blank side) of card: (4 items)
- Vocabulary term goes in the center
- An important keyword or mnemonic goes underneath
- Draw a simple sketch related to the term
- Write your full name on the first card, and only your initials on every other card.

Back (lined side) of card: (6 items)
1. Define the term. You may put the book's definition in your own words.
2. List names of any relevant psychologists
3. A fact from the reading
4. An real life example from the reading
5. A personal link (an example or link from your real life)
6. Notes from class

You should do everything at home except for #6 on the back. Come to class prepared to ask questions and discuss what you read and wrote! I can't wait to hear all of your examples :)







Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Unit 2 Home Learning and Fun Stuff!

Design an Experiment Assignment (Due Fri. 9/11)

Plan a psychology-related experiment that you would like to conduct on humans. Write your plan in paragraph form. Address the following in your paragraph: 
  • theory
  • hypothesis
  • independent variable
  • operational definition of the dependent variable
  • experimental group
  • control group
  • How will you control for bias? (give two techniques)
  • What ethical considerations will you use? (give two)
See the American Psychological Association's guide for high school experiments here: https://www.apa.org/education/k12/science-fair-manual.pdf


FUN LINKS:

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/Lara_Herrera/Psych_Unit_2:_Research_Methods
Here you'll find the links to Spurious Correlations, The Amazing Randi's TED Talk, and more!

And remember to watch Crash Course for every unit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFV71QPvX2I

IMPORTANT DATES:

Thursday, September 10

  1. Unit 2 Cards spot check in class
  2. Complete BOTH Unit 2 Online Quizzes for homework
  3. STUDY your cards for the test!

Friday, September 11

  1. Unit 2 Cards due, worth 30 points, follow instructions from previous blog post for unit 1 cards
  2. Design an Experiment HW Due
  3. Last chance to turn in Descriptive Statistics PsychSim Worksheet
  4. Unit 2 TEST: 40 multiple choice and one essay
  5. Begin Unit 7: Memory for homework


Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Unit 2 Home Learning Reading and Flashcard Schedule

Hello All!

You survived  your first AP Psych test! Well, it was a short one... but now you know what you need to do. Be sure that you stick to this schedule and do your flashcards each night so that you're prepared for class discussion. Refer to instructions from the previous post. 

HOME LEARNING SCHEDULE UNIT 2
Tuesday 9/1: p. 19-26
Wednesday 9/2: p.27-33
Thursday 9/3: p. 34-36
Friday 9/4: p. 37-41  and PsychSim Statistics WS and Online Quiz
Tuesday 9/8: p. 42-46
Wednesday 9/9: p. 47-49 and Design an Experiment HW
Thursday 9/10: Online Quizzes Unit 2

TEST UNIT 2 FRIDAY, 9/11