UNIT 7A: MEMORY - POWERPOINT SLIDES

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

YOUR UNIT 7A TEST IS TOMORROW, 9/19.

BE SURE TO COMPLETE ONLINE QUIZZES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. QUIZZES ARE AT: WWW.WORTHPUBLISHERS.COM/MYERSAP1E

Extra Credit Activities for Unit 7A (Memory)

PsychSim5 Memory Activities and Worksheets

Find the following tutorials on the menu: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html
Iconic Memory
Short Term Memory
Forgetting
When Memory Fails
Trusting Your Memory

Print out the matching worksheets:

Art Extra Credit! Word Wall Transparency 

Get a transparency from me in class, and illustrate one vocab term on it using markers. The transparency 'word wall' will be displayed on the classroom windows.
Instead of a term, you may choose to create a transparency that illustrates a mnemonic device related to unit 7A. It may be one you invent or one you heard in class.

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

Earworms! Unit 7A

Today 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:
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- 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:

http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/why-music-moves-us/201202/where-do-earworms-come

Then post your most bothersome earworms in the comments below!

Unit 2 Test is Monday, 9/9!

 On Monday, be prepared to turn in the following*:

• research methods chart
• vocab flashcards completed with four items on the back
• three PsychSim worksheet activities 
• online quizzes for unit 2 (complete by midnight Sunday)

*Instructions for all of these items can be found in a previous post or on Pinnacle.

Here's my unit 2 powerpoint that I used in class. (Some of you asked me to post the chart and the ethics slide, so they are both here.)  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4xdTlrmZTl3aWtHd3lyWVBHeTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Here's some fun stuff for this unit: 

Video: Award-winning teen science fair projects- TED talk - three girls talk about their research:
http://www.ted.com/talks/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action.html

25 Famous Psych Experiments:
http://list25.com/25-intriguing-psychology-experiments/

Top 10 Unethical Psych Experiments:
http://listverse.com/2008/09/07/top-10-unethical-psychological-experiments/

Here's my psychology board on Pinterest... if you like infographics, you'll love this!
http://pinterest.com/lara14387/psychology/

Science fair projects

If you are doing a science fair project involving psych, here is the American Psychological Association's handbook for high school psych science fair projects. At the end it has templates for all of the consent forms you need!
http://www.apa.org/education/k12/science-fair-manual.pdf