June 6th 2017 Motivation

Please click here and read the article. When the article is completed please go to the exit slip and complete.

When done with the first section of the exit slip take the Psychology Today's: Motivation & Needs Test. There is also a section on the exit slip where you are to respond. This is all due at the conclusion of the class. 

AP Psych fiesta 5/5

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Another online practice test.

This practice test is broken down by section click here to review. Try to choose weakness area to focus on. Remember any studying is helpful... Gas for the tank. Fuel for the fire.

Here is the 2004 exam with answers, click here

Tips and Tricks for Preparing for Your AP Psych Exam

Tips and Tricks for Preparing for Your AP Psych Exam

There are SO many things you can do to help you review for your AP Psych Exam, and it can be hard to know where to start. Never fear! Here are some links and general tips, including some important "Do's" and "Don'ts" to help you out.

What NOT to Do:
The following strategies have been shown by researchers to be ineffective (people using them don't do much better than people who hadn't studied at all), so DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THEM.

• Re-reading your textbook. Skimming over previously read passages of your text is a terrible way to study, in part because 1.) it is time-consuming, 2.) you don't actually retain any more info after doing this, and 3.) (even worse) it fosters the "illusion of mastery,"  which leads to WORSE performance. For example, you may think you "know" something just because you think to yourself, "oh, sure, that seems familiar," when actually you aren't able to answer questions about it correctly. Of course, this tip assumes you read the textbook the first time. Also, note that there is nothing wrong with looking up a specific topic that you don't understand in order to get a question clarified or answered. Just avoid passive re-reading of whole chapters (or the whole book).
• Highlighting stuff in your notes. While it sure makes stuff look pretty, there is little processing going on when you highlight terms or ideas in your notes. Since memory is the product of thinking about something, you're better off doing something that forces you to think about the material.

What works?

• Distributed Practice. You may remember this being called "the spacing effect" in your textbook. Spacing out study of your material, rather than planning one giant cram session, leads to better memory. In fact spacing is most powerful once a little "forgetting" has set in. So, study a topic until you feel you've "got it," then come back to it in a day or two and quiz yourself. This strategy can also be a time-saver, since less overall time is needed to achieve the same result as cramming. However, it takes more planning, which is the hard part.
• Retrieval Practice or Self-Testing. There is NO BETTER way to prepare yourself for a test than to practice pulling information from memory. There are LOTS of online tools to help you do this, and I've included some of them below.
• Use what you've learned this year about memory! If you are continuously stumbling over the same term, researcher name, or list of things you need to recall, use encoding strategies to help you! Mnemonics, acronyms, chunking, and DEEP PROCESSING/ELABORATIVE REHEARSAL (thinking about connections between course concepts and what you already know.

So...where do I start?

1. Take a practice test. This will help you identify areas of strength and weakness and provide you with feedback about how "far" you have to go yet to achieve mastery. If you haven't already taken advantage of a weekend practice exam, here are some options to get you started:
• There are online full-length practice tests available for free.
• Don't have time for a full-length one? This one gives you 25 new questions each time.
• Others will provide you with some free content, but charge for full-length versions.
• The College Board also has publicly released two previously given tests, and you could print these for your own practice: the 1999 Released Exam and the 1994 Released Exam. Granted, these are pretty old, but they still aren't bad for practice purposes.
2. Narrow your focus and make a plan. If you found out that you rock at Abnormal Psychology, but are not exactly comfortable with Developmental Psych, use that to plan your study sessions! 
• Write in "Study Time" on your calendar, and the topic you plan to work on each day.
• Plan to review your weakest areas more than once. You may need to go back and watch a video about a topic that is particularly confusing before testing yourself on it again. Some more tricky topics are explained here, too. 
• Brush up on the vocab for a topic by using Quizlet flashcards.
• Then, try out some practice multiple choice questions on a topic that has been troublesome. 
3. In the last couple of days before the test, plan time for "polishing." 
• Review Famous Psychologists to help practice many different areas of the course. Can you identify how these people are similar to each other? Different? 
• Use the "combine sets" feature on Quizlet to study multiple topic areas at once.
• Study with a friend: take turns quizzing each other on major course topics (using flashcards or term lists).

Disorder Project

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Watch this great reinforcer on intelligence.Good for after module 62

Unit 11 PowerPoint

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Vote

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PowerPoint Unit 10

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PowerPoint for Unit 9 Mods 45-54

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P.P. for Unit 8

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Stroop Effect

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Helpful link

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Please watch the following videos. Anytime left please work on module 10 homework!

PLease click here for introduction to Psychology video The next video is a great connector to module 9 please click here for The Chemical Mind.It's a great reinforcer! With the time left over work on module 10! Books are under the window. Please return before the end of class!

Welcome back!

Welcome to the A.P. Psychology website! Keep this site handy so you can use this as an extra resource.

Study Unit 8 exam is Thursday!!!

Please study using motes and powerpoint that is linked to the right side of the page.

Study on Monday

Please Click here for Unit 6 PowerPoint. (Please use this and your notes to study for the exam which will be Tuesday. Make sure to get you notecards done and please turn in your module multiple choice questions and answers. Study!!!

Link to Myers

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Today in the Library!!! Lets do something fun thanks to Psychology today!

Today you get to take a Gender Roles test...

Males click here to take your test.

Females click here to take your test.

At the completion of the test, Open a word document, preferable a google doc, share it with me (jim.reed@washougalsd.org). Copy and paste your results in the document.
Then you are going to write up a response about 2 paragraphs 10 sentences on analyzing, agreeing or disagreeing with the test...



If you get done with the gender roles test, check out this anxiety test.
Copy and paste your results into the word document.
Write a 5 sentence (1 paragraph reaction agreeing or disagreeing with the results)