Post 9 - Dear AP Psych Student...

Well, this is it...
So, this is the last blog post and I want to hear your thoughts. First off, I have really enjoyed teaching you guys in class this semester! You guys have been great and I can't believe how fast this semester flew by!

So, for your last blog post, I want you to write a letter to future AP Psych students. I want your input to make adjustments and improve the class for next year.

What is your advice for students taking AP Psych in the future?
What was your favorite activity or project?
What do you think I should leave out next year?
Do you have any suggestions or ideas for things I could do next year in AP Psych?


:-)
Thanks!
Good luck on finals!!! The review is posted in Schoology. This blog needs to be complete by Monday 5/15 at 3pm
I hope to see all the juniors next year in AP Econ!!! Seriously, AP Econ Rocks! DO IT!!!
Be sure and tell all your friends how AWESOME AP Psych is when people ask ;-)

KH

Post 8 - Psych Memes!

So, we have ALMOST

Now it's time to prove it! I want you to create 5 original memes using this site or this site or any meme generator that works with the district filter (just create them and copy and paste them in your blog). Your memes should be original, creative and psych-related. Look through your vocab to find unusual ideas for your memes. Include a link with each of your memes to a website (not wikipedia) related to the term/concept. I may use some of my favorites in my PowerPoints next year!

KH

Post 7 - How good is your memory?

With APs and finals coming up, seems like a good time to blog about memory. I have found some fun stuff for you to do. Visit the following links, do at least 3 of the memory tests then post a summary of your results and thoughts on the validity of the tests. (disclaimer: these links worked when I tested them...your results may vary)

• More here
• Short-term memory test
• Explore your memory
• Picture short-term memory test
• Short-term memory test
• How is your memory for faces? (another version)
• Test your memory for an everyday object.
• Test your problem solving skills
• Another problem solving test
• Test different types of reasoning

Here's a great site with lots of memory improvement tips and tools!
After your tests, find a current article about some resent memory research and share it at the end of your post!

Some food for thought...gum improves memory???

KH

Post 6 - Social Psych...it's real life

 Today we are going to explore some Social Psych concepts IRL. Find examples of the following concepts and provide a photograph and an explanation in your own words of how the concept applies to a real world example. The catch is, they must all be related to the same theme...holiday, school, celebrity, sports, etc.

• Compliance
• Obedience
• Social facilitation
• Group polarization
• Reciprocity norms

One week to TAYLOR!!!

Post 5 - The Anything Blog

This week, you can write about anything you want as long as you tie it to Psychology and keep it school appropriate! If you are stuck for ideas, go to Psych Central or Psychology Today . If you browse through those and still don't have an idea, you can always check out the blogs at Psychology Today, interesting stuff at Scientific American Mind, and the American Psychological Association's website has a bunch of stuff.

Find something worth talking about!!! Make sure you link the article(s) you are referring to and include a related picture.

Who can start the best discussion via comments?

Post 4 - Senses and Stuff

This week I want you to pick a sense and dig around on the internet for the weirdest, coolest, most interesting article about that sense. Summarize the article (4-5 sentences), give us your thoughts, include a picture and a link to the article.

If you have time after, here is a Color Challenge Test to see how good your color vision is!
Also, a video about the world's grossest cheese...does just looking at it bother you at all? Could you eat it?
Here's an interesting article about blue light and sleep from Harvard.
Post by Monday for full credit!
KH

Post 3 - BioHeroes

This week, let's review some brain functions using a little creativity! Find your birth month and birth date to get your part and neurotransmitter. Then, you will create a superhero based on the idea that they have some sort of heightened ability and special power based on both the part and the chemical. For example, my birthday is July 26 so my hero has abilities related to the amygdala (fear and aggression) and Serotonin (bonding and feel good). My hero is the RageCuddler. She seeks out people who need aggressive love and does her thing. Start with the origin story because every super hero needs the story of how they became that way. Then talk about how their special powers are used for good or to fight evil.

When you are finished with your story, come back here, click on some other AP Psych student links and read their stories.
Birth Month:
January - hippocampus
February - medulla oblongatta
March - hypothalamus
April - frontal lobe
May - reticular formation
June - occipital lobe
July - amygdala
August - motor cortex
September - temporal lobe
October - broca's area
November - parietal lobe
December - cerebellum

Birth Date:
1-5 Acetylcholine
6-10 Endorphins
11-15 Norepinephrine
16-20 Dopamine
21-25 Substance P
26-31 Serotonin

Post 2 - Your Life Story

Ok, for this week to preview Human Development, I want you to think about YOUR Human Development. I want you to tell your life story. I know you are just getting started but I'm sure you have an idea of where you want to go. Start with your birth, describe some milestones...first steps, first words, start of puberty...if you are up for sharing, no need to be specific :-) Ask your parents if you are stuck!

After you describe your past, I want you to tell us as much as you can about where you see your future headed. Include dates and details about the following:
- high school graduation
- college, degree, graduation, post-graduate studies
- marriage, who? where? when?
- kids, how many? when? names?!?
- jobs, your career aspirations
- retirement
- post retirement plans
- when do you think you will die?!? If you dare to guess!!

Put it all together, add links and/or pictures to enhance the story, then post it on your blog for us to see! Remember this is on the internet so keep it APPROPRIATE!

How fun will it be to look back at this blog in 10, 20, 50 years and see how much of it came true!?!

KH

Post 1 - Online Icebreaker!

For your first post, I want you to introduce yourself to your classmates and tell us a little more about yourself! First, post a picture of yourself doing something you are proud of. Here is mine:

In 2019 the Dulles Academic Decathlon team won the Texas State Championship and broke the record for highest team score in Texas history. This was us when we won 2nd place in Division I at Nationals in Minnesota. It was pretty cool. 

I hope we do it again this year!

If you want to know more about Dulles Decathlon, read this!

Second, let's do a 4 truths and a lie. Post 4 interesting things about you and 1 lie. Then visit your classmates blogs and comment on what you think the lie is! Try to visit as many blogs as possible!

Here are mine:

1. I have visited 13 foreign countries
2. I went to high school in Hawaii and Virginia
3. I met Corbin Bleu from High School Musical
4. I considered going to law school and even took the LSAT
5. My grandfather was a General in the Air Force and his picture is in the Smithsonian Museum in DC

Can't wait to see your pics and posts!

KH

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