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 Dear Future AP Psych Students, Let me start off by saying this is a fun course and you're going to enjoy taking it! One thing I would definitely recommend is doing the vocabulary and I'm not talking just mindlessly writing down the terms, understand what you're writing down (speaking from personal experience here). Examples and relating the words to something you know really helps. My favorite activity during this course were actually these blog posts, they helped me remember certain terms better and I had fun doing them. Some suggestions for this course include more Taylor Swift related stuff (the song tittle game was really fun). There could be a class activity where groups come up with ways to help remember terms. Maybe there could be a way to help remember psych terms relating to Taylor Swift and it could be shared with the class. Next year one activity that should be left out is first come first serve basis for project topics. Personally, I think randomly assigning to...
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 Hey Guys!!! This is the last post and I had so much fun making this. Hope you enjoy and thanks for coming along with me this year.  1) Broca's Aphasia https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-brocas-aphasia-3146120 2) Circadian Rhythm https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/circadian-rhythm 3)  Hawthorne effect https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hawthorne-effect.asp 4) Denial https://www.psychalive.org/denial-the-danger-in-rejecting-reality/ 5) Social Loafing https://www.coachhub.com/blog/social-loafing/ Have a great summer!
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Memory

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 Hey!!! This week I'm going to dive into the topic of memory. I know some of ya'll just groaned, if so, yeah, me too. I really suck at and not to mention despise memorizing things, but I have gotten better at it over the years. To make you feel better about yourself here are some of my test scores from a couple of memory tests I took today. Memory Test # 1- Short Term Memory (remembering words) Score: 7/12  Memory Test #2- Sort Term Memory (remembering pictures) Score: 8/19 Memory Test #3- Face Memory (remembering face details) Score: 7/10 All of my scores are considered to be average, except for the face memory test. My Face Memory Test was described to be "good" and I was warned not to "get too cocky". Trust me I won't. I would consider all of these tests valid since they do a reasonable job of recognizing memory levels. The results I got are accurate and similar to what my memory is in real life. I just found this really cool article on memory and obj...
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Social Psych in real life

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 1) Compliance- When an individual changes his or her behavior in response to an explicit or implicit request made by another person.  This picture depicts compliance since a person is assisting another peer after she has requested for assistance. 2) Obedience- a form of social influence elicited in response to direct orders from an authority figure. This picture depicts obedience since it shows a dog obeying the given commands of it's owner or trainer. 3) Social facilitation-  people show increased levels of effort and performance when in the presence of others This picture shows social facilitation since it depicts a tennis player whom is playing better since there is an audience in his presence. 4) Group polarization- occurs when a group of like-minded people reinforce each other's opinions, positive or negative, and these opinions become more extreme as they're discussed. This picture depicts group polarization since all the members of this team have to...
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 Hey! Hope everyone's having a great week 🫶🏽. This week I am going to be talking about... Superstition We all have different opinions on this topic as some may believe it's true, but in the words of others it is described as bogus. The number 13 (except for Taylor Swift obviously), walking under a ladder and the sightings of black cats are viewed as unlucky. But realistically how true is this statement? Factually speaking there is no science that proves that superstition is real as the outcome of something is dependent on factors that are known, not unexplainable. Superstition can be described as a trick of the mind and actually be anxiety reducing or anxiety inducing, leading to failure to perform a task or a successful run. Even professional athletes have rituals that they claim make them luckier and more likely to win a game. However, it's the quality and quantity of practice that actually will help them win a game. So the next time you are desperately trying to find a...
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Senses and Stuff

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 Can Ants Help Us Sense Cancer?      Heyyyy! Hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable spring break as well as a great first week back. I just found this really interesting article about how smell can help healthcare. This is a summary of the article I just read- Ants don't have noses, but they have a strong sense of smell with their antenna located on the top of their heads. In a study published by   Proceedings of the Royal Society B , it was stated that ants were able to differentiate between a mouse with a cancerous tumor and a healthy mouse based on the smell of their urine. This impressive ability can be used in the future to assist in detection of cancer in humans. This can be an inexpensive and accessible way for people to test for cancer and help detect cancer early, ultimately boosting chances of survival. I find this extremely interesting and it looks like a promising way for future detections of cancer. We use our senses everyday and we fail to ...
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Blog Post #3 Bio Heros

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     Speed-year formally known as Owen Moody used to be a simple and ordinary boy who lived on the streets of Clevand. His family was a middle-class family that was used to demanding work in order to fend for themselves. His name was well-known around town as his family owned a bookstore called Moody's Books. Life changed drastically for Owen one day, however, on a peaceful Sunday afternoon. It was one of those hot muggy days where one simply wanted to soak in the lake that was near Owen's house. It was named Froggy Cove since its shape reminded everyone of a little froggy. Owen was spending the day at Froggy Cove with his cousins Jackson and Kelly. All three of them were desperate to escape the sickening heat that loomed in the air. Jackson and Owen were great swimmers who practically lived at the lake during the summers. Kelly, however, had not yet learned to swim and had begged to go out with the boys wanting to be seen as a "big girl". Froggy Cove wasn't very ...
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