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 :)

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

Unit 2 Slides used in class: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4xdTlrmZTl3VUtVNnhsOWNuZmM/view?usp=sharing

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

Second Home Learning Assignment... Unit 1 Flashcards!!!

Hey everyone, I know this is the moment you've all been waiting for... instructions for your flashcards! Tonight you will begin your cards for Unit 1 and Appendix A. Completed flashcards will be graded on Tuesday. Be sure to bring cards to class daily for whichever unit we're working on. Start with the first ten pages of terms.

Please do everything for this class in PEN and use 4"x6" index cards. Email me if you cannot obtain materials for financial reasons.

Front (blank side) of card:
- 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:
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 :)

Reminders:
First Period, bring all of your first day forms!
All periods, remember to bring your Psychology's Timeline worksheet and do the online quiz tonight (see details in the previous post).