Please remember your short answer question for Monday (see the post before last).
**Model answers for each of the short answer questions below are here.
Here are more practice questions based on today's review sessions:
Chapter 2/neuropsychology: Bonnie wants to lose 10 pounds before she goes on a cruise with her husband in a few months. How might the following terms apply to Bonnie’s plan to step up her exercise and watch what she eats?
· Somatic nervous system
· Endorphins
· Hypothalmus
· Cerebellum
· Frontal lobe
· Hormones
Chapter 2/neuropsychology: Jerry is hiking when, in a very unfortunate turn of events, there’s a landslide and he’s crushed underneath a falling boulder. How might the following terms apply to Jerry’s experience and eventual recovery?
· Sensory neurons
· Autonomic nervous system
· Adrenal glands
· Amygdala
· Association areas
· Broca’s area
· Plasticity
Ch. 9/Memory: How might the following terms apply to your preparation for and lovely experience of taking the AP exam?
· Chunking
· Hippocampus
· Semantic encoding
· Spacing effect
· Implicit memory
· Explicit memory
· Recognition
Proactive interference
Friday, April 30, 2010
Practice questions
On a side note, my freshmen's conclusion that I would win on Cash Cab is based on an illusory correlation: they only take into account the questions I told them I know the answer to (confirming evidence) and ignore the fact that I've told them I definitely don't get all the questions right (disconfirming evidence). If they hypothesized that I know all the answers and then looked only for instances in which I answered correctly, then they would be guilty of confirmation bias, as we noted yesterday. Since, in silly freshman fashion, they continue to believe that I'm some kind of quiz show genius when I've told them repeatedly that I'm not, they are experiencing belief perseverance (chapter 10).
Short Answer questions for chapters 1 & 3:
Chapter 1: If our class was to conduct an experiment to analyze the impact of school start times on student performance, how might the following terms apply?
· Operational definition
· Independent variable
· Dependent variable
· Control condition
· Median
· Statistical significance
· Hindsight bias
Chapter 3: In an attempt to study the impact of nature and nurture on human behavior, two identical twin girls, Mindy and Mandy, are raised apart: one in London, and the other in Beijing. How might the following terms apply in this case?
· Heritability
· Norms
· Evolutionary psychology
· Environment
· Interaction
· Gender role
· Gender schema theory
Short Answer questions for chapters 1 & 3:
Chapter 1: If our class was to conduct an experiment to analyze the impact of school start times on student performance, how might the following terms apply?
· Operational definition
· Independent variable
· Dependent variable
· Control condition
· Median
· Statistical significance
· Hindsight bias
Chapter 3: In an attempt to study the impact of nature and nurture on human behavior, two identical twin girls, Mindy and Mandy, are raised apart: one in London, and the other in Beijing. How might the following terms apply in this case?
· Heritability
· Norms
· Evolutionary psychology
· Environment
· Interaction
· Gender role
· Gender schema theory
Chapter 1 also (though the last term is from ch. 2): In a drug study to evaluate the effectiveness of a new Parkinson’s drug, how might the following terms apply?
· Operational definition
· Placebo effect
· Double-blind procedure
· Control group
· Dopamine
· Cerebellum
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
review assignments and due dates
Get psyched for the AP exam!
Review project requirements:
-Handout overview of key components of the chapter: please limit to 3 typed pages and include key vocab, concepts, images/charts, etc.
-Review activity for the chapter: something we’ve already done or something different, but must be interactive and engaging.
-Short answer question that presents a scenario and includes 7 terms from the chapter(s), and an answer key/model answer for the question (to be e-mailed to me for posting on the blog)
Please be clear, well-prepared, creative and enthusiastic!
Worth 100 points for term 4
Other upcoming assignments:
Create a short answer question that includes 7 key terms from a mix of all different chapters. Please type and make it look like a short answer question I would give you. Also, create a model answer for the question that correctly applies all terms to the situation you described.
Due Monday 5/3 and worth 20 points. You’ll swap with someone in class, and your answer to his/her question is due Friday 5/7.
Review project requirements:
-Handout overview of key components of the chapter: please limit to 3 typed pages and include key vocab, concepts, images/charts, etc.
-Review activity for the chapter: something we’ve already done or something different, but must be interactive and engaging.
-Short answer question that presents a scenario and includes 7 terms from the chapter(s), and an answer key/model answer for the question (to be e-mailed to me for posting on the blog)
Please be clear, well-prepared, creative and enthusiastic!
Worth 100 points for term 4
Other upcoming assignments:
Create a short answer question that includes 7 key terms from a mix of all different chapters. Please type and make it look like a short answer question I would give you. Also, create a model answer for the question that correctly applies all terms to the situation you described.
Due Monday 5/3 and worth 20 points. You’ll swap with someone in class, and your answer to his/her question is due Friday 5/7.
Friday, April 16, 2010
over break
To begin reviewing for the AP exam, please analyze a film, novel, short story, poem, play, song or piece of art by describing/summarizing it and clearly and correctly applying 10 psych terms (all from different chapters). If it’s something shorter (like a poem or song), please include it, and include a picture if it’s art (and try to explain it to me, because art literacy is not one of my better intelligences).
You can use something you’ve read or seen before, but not something you've already used in this class or that we’ve looked at together (unless we just used an excerpt, like with A Beautiful Mind). I would prefer to see some original choices, since those give me ideas for the future. Please type, organize clearly and bold/underline the terms you use.
Worth 20 points for term 4 and due first class after break (Tuesday 4/26). For 5 extra term points, you may include 5 additional terms.
You can use something you’ve read or seen before, but not something you've already used in this class or that we’ve looked at together (unless we just used an excerpt, like with A Beautiful Mind). I would prefer to see some original choices, since those give me ideas for the future. Please type, organize clearly and bold/underline the terms you use.
Worth 20 points for term 4 and due first class after break (Tuesday 4/26). For 5 extra term points, you may include 5 additional terms.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Ch. 18 due dates and project
We're almost done (yay!!). Please have the following pages read by the dates below:
p. 695-713 for Wednesday 4/7
p. 714-728 for Friday 4/9
p. 729-741 for Monday 4/12
Test (last one!) Thursday 4/15
Project (see below) due Friday 4/16
Social Psych Project: Portfolio of Social Psych Mini-Experiments and Observations
Each of the following pieces should be 1-2 paragraphs in length (for a total of about 2-3 double spaced typed pages). Please write in narrative form, but otherwise you may organize the pieces any way you wish.
--Part 1: Violating a social norm
Self-explanatory: do something that is not technically “wrong” or illegal, but somehow breaks the rules of expected behavior. Record the specifics (who/what/when/where/how/why) of what you did, why you chose that particular act, how people reacted (as you expected?) and any variations you performed and their results. Also consider whether the norm you violated is one that’s worth upholding, and how that may have factored into your choice to act against it.
--Part 2: Committing an act of altruism
Practice a random act of kindness that gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. As Phoebe on Friends wonders, is there such a thing as a purely altruistic act? Your job is to find one and do it! Steer clear of anything that can be explained by social exchange theory. Again, explain the specifics of what you did and the reaction(s) to it.
--Part 3: Choosing cooperation over competition, and vice-versa
Identify as many situations as you can over the course of the next week in which you had the choice to cooperate (how would you operationally define this?) versus compete with others. Keep a running tally over the next 4-7 days. In your final write-up, describe two of the situations you encountered, what you chose to do and why, and whether you would approach similar situations the same way in the future.
--Part 4: Analysis
Your conclusion: what did you learn from this project – not only about psychology, but about your own behavior? What do you think I (and David Myers!) wanted you to learn from a project like this? What’s the take-away message? How does the purpose of the project and its results reinforce psychology’s purpose and value as a science?
To make this scientific, include at least one piece of evidence/ documentation to support the pieces above. This may include data such as your cooperation vs. competition tally, a picture of you violating a social norm, etc. Also correctly apply and bold-face 5 terms from the chapter in your write-up, which may take any form.
Please include any additional analysis, thoughts or conclusions you feel are appropriate and add to the project, even if I haven’t included a specific prompt that asks for it.
This is an individual project (to discourage social loafing!!) due Friday 4/16 and worth 75 points for term 4.
p. 695-713 for Wednesday 4/7
p. 714-728 for Friday 4/9
p. 729-741 for Monday 4/12
Test (last one!) Thursday 4/15
Project (see below) due Friday 4/16
Social Psych Project: Portfolio of Social Psych Mini-Experiments and Observations
Each of the following pieces should be 1-2 paragraphs in length (for a total of about 2-3 double spaced typed pages). Please write in narrative form, but otherwise you may organize the pieces any way you wish.
--Part 1: Violating a social norm
Self-explanatory: do something that is not technically “wrong” or illegal, but somehow breaks the rules of expected behavior. Record the specifics (who/what/when/where/how/why) of what you did, why you chose that particular act, how people reacted (as you expected?) and any variations you performed and their results. Also consider whether the norm you violated is one that’s worth upholding, and how that may have factored into your choice to act against it.
--Part 2: Committing an act of altruism
Practice a random act of kindness that gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. As Phoebe on Friends wonders, is there such a thing as a purely altruistic act? Your job is to find one and do it! Steer clear of anything that can be explained by social exchange theory. Again, explain the specifics of what you did and the reaction(s) to it.
--Part 3: Choosing cooperation over competition, and vice-versa
Identify as many situations as you can over the course of the next week in which you had the choice to cooperate (how would you operationally define this?) versus compete with others. Keep a running tally over the next 4-7 days. In your final write-up, describe two of the situations you encountered, what you chose to do and why, and whether you would approach similar situations the same way in the future.
--Part 4: Analysis
Your conclusion: what did you learn from this project – not only about psychology, but about your own behavior? What do you think I (and David Myers!) wanted you to learn from a project like this? What’s the take-away message? How does the purpose of the project and its results reinforce psychology’s purpose and value as a science?
To make this scientific, include at least one piece of evidence/ documentation to support the pieces above. This may include data such as your cooperation vs. competition tally, a picture of you violating a social norm, etc. Also correctly apply and bold-face 5 terms from the chapter in your write-up, which may take any form.
Please include any additional analysis, thoughts or conclusions you feel are appropriate and add to the project, even if I haven’t included a specific prompt that asks for it.
This is an individual project (to discourage social loafing!!) due Friday 4/16 and worth 75 points for term 4.
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