Tuesday, May 5, 2009

New AP Review Site--excellent--Test Yourself

http://classes.burrburton.org/Social_Studies/dmiceli/AP%20Psychology/AP%20Psychology%20WebTest/Index.htm

This has two 20-question quizzes that get graded online for almost instant feedback.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

AP Review Options

Good Day Everyone! You've got several options for reviewing for your AP test.
First is your review assignment--work on that

  1. Read/re-read your textbook
  2. Come to class every block and work on FRQs with us
  3. Go over your previous exams and quizzes you've received back
  4. Use the questions/review documents in your workbook
  5. Use the review readings and practice quizzes and tests in your review books (Barron's or Princeton)
  6. Use the review materials by your classmates (once they are done and online)
  7. Use the Sparknotes review site: http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/ap/
  8. Use the text online resources: Coon and Mitter Online Resources to Use for Review
  9. Use the Glossary of Terms from Psychology Matters
  10. If you like using videos for part of your review, please see this site: http://www.psychexchange.co.uk/videos/
  11. Come to the Saturday and Sunday review sessions to examine and discuss concepts from the course
  12. Some excellent review sites that will help you if you use them correctly. http://quizlet.com/ --search for ap psychology terms
    http://www.course-notes.org/Psychology
    http://appsychology.com/
    http://home.mindspring.com/~j-squared/apreviewsite/index.html http://academics.tjhsst.edu/psych/oldPsych/
    http://www.bubbabrain.com/bbsr.php http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html http://twoulfemac.googlepages.com/appsych
  13. Go to the ETS site for taking the GRE exam--download their .pdf file with over 200 review questions--

Sunday, April 19, 2009

New AP Review Site--excellent

Sparknotes has a nice free AP review site. You need to register, but once you do you can take a diagnostic AP exam to identify strengths and weaknesses. http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/ap/

Sunday, April 5, 2009

How to Review for the AP Psych Exam

How to Review for the AP Psych Exam

Coon and Mitter Online Resources to Use for Review
Spanish Glossary

Glossary of Terms from Psychology Matters

  1. The first step will be organization--gather all you old exams and review the ideas contained within

  2. Take time each day (including weekend and spring break days) to review/re-study material

  3. Begin with the oldest material first--re-examine that to refresh your memory of the ideas we've convered already

  4. Once you've refreshed your memories, which topics gave you the most difficulty? Begin the formal review there first

  5. Create a coverage chart to make sure you deal with everything over the course of the next month

  6. Create a time to study AP Psych each day--whether working on the practice FRQs, going over class materials or old quizzes and exams, creating vocab cards, studying vocab cards, doing online practice quizzes from text, using the study book from your text; or some other form of study

  7. When going over practice tests and online testing, identify what material you need work on--go back and relearn that material

  8. Review the key studies mentioned in the review guide (see handout)
  9. Follow the instructions about how to read and write an FRQ (see handout)

See your review book for additional recommendations

If you like using videos for part of your review, please see this site: http://www.psychexchange.co.uk/videos/

Friday, April 3, 2009

AP Weekend Review for 4/4 and 4/5

Saturday 4/4--9 am beginning to go over and correct the 1994 released exam and the 2005 FRQ on perception, cogition and conclusions. We will work until noon or until everyone has satisfied his/her thirst for knowledge.

Sunday 4/5--4 to 7 pm. Same situation and deal as Saturday morning.

Motivation Review Guides from Class

http://www.sbhsd.k12.ca.us/~cschallhorn/psy/motivation/index.htm

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Multiple Intelligences EC

Here is a Gardner Multiple Intelligence Inventory:

Linguistic
1. You enjoy word play. Making puns, tongue-twisters, limericks.
2. You read everything—books, magazines, newspapers, even product labels.
3. You can easily express yourself either orally or in writing, i.e. you’re a good story-teller or writer.
4. You pepper your conversation with frequent allusions to things you've read or heard.
5. You like to do crosswords, play Scrabble or have a go at other word puzzles.
6. People sometimes have to ask you to explain a word you’ve used.
7. In school you preferred subjects such as English, history and social studies.
8. You can hold your own in verbal arguments or debates.
9. You like to talk through problems, explain solutions, ask questions.
10. You can readily absorb information from the radio or audio cassettes.
Total:

Logical-Mathematical
1. You enjoy working with numbers and can do mental calculations.
2. You’re interested in new scientific advances.
3. You can easily balance your checkbook; do the household budget.
4. You like to put together a detailed itinerary for vacations or business trips.
5. You enjoy the challenge of brain teasers or other puzzles that require logical thinking.
6. You tend to find the logical flaws in things people say and do.
7. Math and science were among your favorite subjects in school.
8. You can find specific examples to support a general point of view.
9. You take a systematic, step-by-step approach to problem-solving.
10. You need to categorize, group or quantify things to properly appreciate their relevance.
Total:

Visual-Spatial
1. You have an appreciation of the arts.
2. You tend to make a visual record of events with a camera or camcorder.
3. You find yourself doodling when taking notes or thinking through something.
4. You have no problem reading maps and navigating.
5. You enjoy visual games such as jigsaw puzzles and mazes.
6. You’re quite adept at taking things apart and putting them back together.
7. In school you liked lessons in art and preferred geometry to algebra.
8. You often make your point by providing a diagram or drawing.
9. You can visualize how things look from a different perspective.
10. You prefer reading material that is heavily illustrated.
Total:

Bodily-Kinesthetic
1. You take part in a sport or regularly perform some kind of physical exercise.
2. You’re quite adept at ‘do-it-yourself.’
3. You like to think through problems while engaged in a physical pursuit such as walking or running.
4. You don’t mind getting up on the dance floor.
5. You like the most thrilling rides at the fun fair.
6. You need to physically handle something to fully understand it.
7. The most enjoyable classes in school were PE and any handicrafts lessons.
8. You use hand gestures or other kinds of body language to express yourself.
9. You like rough and tumble play with children.
10. You need to tackle a new learning experience ‘hands on’ rather than reading a manual or watching a video.
Total:

Musical
1. You can play a musical instrument.
2. You can manage to sing on key.
3. Usually, you can remember a tune after hearing it just a couple of times.
4. You often listen to music at home and in your car.
5. You find yourself tapping in time to music.
6. You can identify different musical instruments.
7. Theme music or commercial jingles often pop into your head.
8. You can’t imagine life without music.
9. You often whistle or hum a tune.
10. You like a musical background when you’re working.
Total:

Interpersonal
1. You enjoy working with other people as part of a group or committee.
2. You take great pride in being a mentor to someone else.
3. People tend to come to you for advice.
4. You prefer team sports—such as basketball, softball, soccer, football—to individual sports such as swimming and running.
5. You like games involving other people—bridge, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit.
6. You’re a social butterfly. You would much prefer to be at a party rather than home alone watching television.
7. You have several very close personal friends.
8. You communicate well with people and can help resolve disputes.
9. You have no hesitation in taking the lead; showing other people how to get things done.
10. You talk over problems with others rather than trying to resolve them by yourself.
Total:

Intrapersonal
1. You keep a personal diary or log to record your innermost thoughts.
2. You often spend ‘quiet time’ reflecting on the important issues in your life.
3. You have set your own goals—you know where you’re going.
4. You are an independent thinker—you know your own mind, make up your own mind.
5. You have a private hobby or interest which you don’t really share with anyone else.
6. You like to go fishing by yourself or take a solitary hike. You’re happy with your own company.
7. Your idea of a good vacation is an isolated hilltop cabin rather than a five-star resort and lots of people.
8. You have a realistic idea of your own strengths and weaknesses.
9. You have attended self-improvement workshops or been through some kind of counseling to learn more about yourself.
10. You work for yourself—or have seriously contemplated ‘doing your own thing.’
Total:

Naturalist
1. You keep or like pets.
2. You can recognize and name many different types of trees, flowers and plants.
3. You have an interest in and good knowledge of how the body works—where the main internal organs are, for example, and you keep abreast on health issues.
4. You are conscious of tracks, nests and wildlife while on a walk and can ‘read’ weather signs.
5. You could envision yourself as a farmer or maybe you like to fish.
6. You are a keen gardener.
7. You have an understanding of, and interest in, the main global environmental issues.
8. You keep reasonably informed about developments in astronomy, the origins of the universe and the evolution of life.
9. You are interested in social issues, psychology and human motivations.
10. You consider that conservation of resources and achieving sustainable growth are two of the biggest issues of our times.
Total:


Try this as well:

Multiple Intelligences Assignment
Read:
Utopian SchoolsBy Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/articles/utopian_schools.htm
Multiple Intelligences:by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm

Due ______________________________________
Plan a lesson based upon the theory of multiple intelligences for another one of your classes. Pick any subject and any topic. These don’t need to be overly long, definite two page max, one page preferable, and can be in paragraphs, outline form, or any other constructive format.
Grading Rubric
· 20-18 pts: A well thought out and detailed (yet flexible) plan incorporating most, or all, “intelligences” of a quality I can, and will, give to another teacher.
· 17-14 pts: A plan that workably incorporates several “intelligences”.
· 13-10 pts: Either a fair amount of effort that fails to incorporate many “intelligences”, a convoluted unworkable plan incorporating many of the “intelligences”, or a moderately workable plan with 3 or 4 “intelligences”
· 9-1 pts: Little effort and only incorporates a few “intelligences”
· 0 pts: Late work or anything that clearly shows no effort

Intelligence Links

IQ tests online--take at your own risk

o www.queendom.com/intellig.html
o www.iqtest.com
o www.shrinktank.com
o www.queendom.com/tests.html
o www.armory.com/tests/nerd.html
o www.mentalhealth.com

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sleep and Sleep links/videos

· http://shakespeare.about.com/cs/criticismmisc/a/sleep.htm
· Sleep quotes—http://www.quotegarden.com/sleep.html

· Circadian, infradian, and ultradian rhythms
· Tips for Good Sleep


· Using sleep issues and how people react to sleep pattern changes, create a work schedule that alters the sleep schedule that will get an employee to quit and/or do something stupid to get fired (use a 4–week period)

· Perkin’s Restaurants and how to get rid of an employee (Days, Nights, Evenings, Days + mtgs)

Neuroscience for Kids site about sleep
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/sleep.html

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/

http://www.smmc.com/index.php?id=39

Signs of Sleep Disorders


Videos about narcolepsy and cataplexy
http://www-med.stanford.edu/school/Psychiatry/narcolepsy/

Cataplexy definition-- http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10470

Monday, March 2, 2009

For the next unit-consciousness

Please go to this site:
http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfacts

Download the entire .pdf file--there are some great sections that will be helpful for you in your review for the AP test.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Skinner and Google

Here is how Google gets such great search results--Skinner's pigeons.
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

Dissociative Fugue State--New Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/thecity/01miss.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=life%20interrupted&st=cse

Check it out--fascinating.

Mon 3/2 and Wed 3/4


Good morning,

Monday's class will be for working on the case studies I've given you already for examining classical and operant conditioning. We will also be quizzing on the latest reading over modeling/observational learning.

We will have a demo on shaping.

Finally, we will be looking at a larger set of details that combine all the forms of conditioning.

During the first half Wednesday, we will review. Second half will be for the unit exam.

Our next unit is states of consciousness (sleep, drugs, hypnosis).

Here are some additional links for you to check out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ctJqjlrHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl7jr9EVcjI&feature=related

or simply go on youtube and search for "classical conditioning," "skinner," "operant conditioning," "observational learning," or "bandura." You will get some great results. Please share any good ones with us here in the comments section.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Neuroplasticity and Classical Conditioning

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=saving-new-brain-cells

Check out this Scientific American article that combines several of our topics.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

HW for 2/13--Classical Conditioning

Read 262-269--Classical Conditioning

We are getting into Pavlov and Skinner with the emphasis away from cognition and toward a focus on behavior only.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Sneetches and Exam Review

Sneetches Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3V0HgW4eM

Sneetches Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LgMpfLD1Y

Be sure to review:
Review book
Work book from text
Textbook website with review quizzes
SQ4R from chapters 18-19

Thursday, February 5, 2009

McDonald's Strip Search Case and Social Psychology

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051009/NEWS01/510090392

This addresses most of the questions we had in class related to the case. Also, see the following links for more details on this topic.
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/index.aspx?doc_id=873
for all things social psychological and related content

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/
Jane Elliott and the show that made her famous
http://www.janeelliott.com/

http://prisonexp.org/

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Thursday 2/5

Just a reminder that there will be a quiz over the reading that was due last class, the section on prejudice. Then we will be seeing some zimbardo vids to see original research footage.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Tuesday 2/3--in room 477-the computer lab

We will be meeting in the computer lab for Tuesday's class to work on a web search and discover--bring your brains and a pen. I'll provide the rest.

CDS

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Links to check out-Therapy and Social Psych

Check out the resources below. People who check these out and make constructive comments about at least two of them in the comment section of this blog post will receive extra credit.



Atypical Antipsychotic Medications

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/25569107/bitter_pill



http://www.sbhsd.k12.ca.us/~cschallhorn/psy/socialpsych/index.htm



Court TV video: Human Behavior Experiments
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5444760
http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/human_behavior_experiments/index.html
http://www.sundancechannel.com/film/?ixFilmID=7085



Watch it on google video—follow this link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bv_ky5cBVNg


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/arts/television/01huma.html?ex=1306814400&en=92f86522d28c6137&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss



Cognitive Dissonance
o e.g. Incoming Frosh to HS or college—former concept of self as student and realities of next level
o http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/cognitive_dissonance.htm
o http://www.answers.com/topic/cognitive-dissonance
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
o http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/dissonance.htm



Video: learner.org: Constructing Social Reality
http://www.learner.org/resources/series138.html


Jane Elliott links
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/
http://www.trainingabc.com/xcart/customer/search.php?substring=jane+elliott
http://www.janeelliott.com/
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues05/sep05/elliott.html
http://www.oprah.com/tows/vintage/past/vintage_past_20010720_b.jhtml

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Learn from the best at MIT

Check out this link:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

If you love to learn, you will love this site with links to all sorts of different courses. Check it out!