End of Year Course Evaluation

Congrats on finishing AP Psych!

As you will do in most college classes, you will submit an anonymous course evaluation for AP Psychology. The point of the evaluation is to give me your honest opinion of what went well and what didn't go well for you in this class. I have used feedback from course evaluations to modify the course over the years and plan to make some changes for next year, so your feedback is very important.

Please go to the following link to submit your evaluation.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PR0ugpUVlUF2l4PeIfrq7__GoLf6eZAbkvJlPIKfa5U/viewform?usp=send_form

When done, set the form to accept another response and let another student fill it out.

Thanks much.

-- Mr. Cantor

Consumer Edu Unit - Due Friday May 16th.

Your job is to become an expert on one of the following topics and then teach the important ideas about it to the class. Your final grades in the class and your consumer education credit depend on your project, your presentation and a final exam. Topics:

1. “Why am I broke all the time?” How and why to do a personal budget.
2. “What security deposit?” How to rent an apartment.
3. “Pay myself first? What the…?” The how and why of savings.
4. “As seen on TV.”  The power of advertising.
5. “The story of stuff.” How do my buying habits affect the world?
6. “Scams, spam and getting slammed.” How to avoid getting ripped off online and in the real world.
7. “I wish my parents were rich.” How to pay for college and not get buried in debt.”
8. “But I thought I was making 10 bucks an hour!” What to expect from wages. Where does all the money go from your paycheck?
9. “Pay the man.” How to do your taxes.
10. “Oh Lord, won’t ya buy me a Mercedes Benz.” How to buy cars and other expensive stuff. (or just take the train)
11. “A cheeseburger costs $487.63?”  How to avoid credit card debt.
12. “If it seems too good to be true...” How bad consumer decisions and bad government policy contributed to the recent financial crisis.
13. “I always use protection!” How insurance can save your butt.
14.  “But I thought buying this would make me happy” Needs, wants and satisfaction.

Products:
Each team must create:
* A one-page handout with key ideas which will be printed and distributed. (10pts)
* An activity so students can practice using the information. This can be a worksheet, a game, an online activity or some other learning tool – must involve real learning, not just a word search etc. (10pts)* A 10 question multiple choice quiz on your topic. (10pts)** In addition to the above, each team must present their information to the class through a PowerPoint presentation, a video, a website or other product(20pts). The presentation should be 10-12 minutes long and the activity should take 10-12 minutes.
All documents must be e-mailed to Mr. Cantor ( ptdworkin-cantor@cps.edu ) by May 22^nd at midnight. I will print copies of your handouts and activities.
All documents must have titles that make sense.
Use this format: (color coded) Group Number, Topic, Type of Document.

For Example: Group01_Budget_Handout.doc, Group02_Renting_Quiz.doc, Group13_Insurance_Presentation.ppt, Group09_Taxes_Activity.docx

As you work - save your files often, and be sure to e-mail the most recent version to your partner(s) at the end of every class/work session. Losing your file is not an acceptable excuse for late or incomplete work. 

Here are some links to resources for our Consumer Education unit. You may and should use other sources, but these should get you started.

1 - Why am I broke all the time?

http://www.myliferoi.com/2009/10/budgeting-worksheet-for-teens/

http://www.themint.org/teens/tracking.html

http://www.themint.org/teens/determine-your-budget.html

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/moneymanagement/tp/Simple_Saving.htm 

http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/finances/budgets.htm 

http://www.dinkytown.net/java/HomeBudget.html

2 - What security deposit?

http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/on_your_own.htm

http://www.tenant.org/

http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/01/16/a-few-tips-for-first-time-apartment-renters/

http://ezinearticles.com/?Leasing-Planning-for-First-time-Apartment-Rental-Expenses&id=625503

http://data.cmap.illinois.gov/chicagoareahousing.org//Allinfo.asp?audience=r

3 - Pay myself first?

http://www.fool.com/how-to-invest/thirteen-steps/step-1-change-your-life-with-one-calculation.aspx?source=ii1sitlnk0000001

http://www.themint.org/teens/saving.html

http://www.themint.org/teens/compounding-calculator.html

4 - As seen on TV:

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

http://www.icbs.com/kb/marketing/kb_marketing-psychological-tricks-in-selling.htm

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/words.html

http://www.factcheck.org/

http://www.cracked.com/article_15768_as-seen-on-tv-10-most-laughably-misleading-ads.html

https://www.adbusters.org/gallery/spoofads

5 - The story of stuff. 
http://www.storyofstuff.com/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/03/how_much_does_a_pair_of_jeans.html 

http://www.globalissues.org/issue/235/consumption-and-consumerism

https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd

http://www.verdant.net/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-enslaved-by-consumerism.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future.html

6 - Scams, spam and getting slammed:

http://www.snopes.com/

http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/buying_goods_and_services.htm

http://chicago.bbb.org/consumers/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/technology/personaltech/20basics.html?src=me&ref=general

7 - I wish my parents were rich!

http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/finances/financing_college.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvQR93C6n2E

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/

http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/ep/wizard-home.jsp

8 - But I thought I was making 10 bucks an hour...

http://www.themint.org/teens/earning.html

http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/

http://www.dinkytown.net/java/HomeBudget.html

9 - Pay the man.

http://www.freefile.irs.gov/

http://www.helium.com/items/159765-income-tax-tips-for-first-time-filers-the-w-2-your-first-step

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/news/20040130a1.asp

http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/

10 - Oh Lord, Won't ya buy me a Mercedes Benz..

http://www.themint.org/teens/spending.html

http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/buying_goods_and_services.htm

http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/transportation.htm

http://www.igocars.org/

http://www.activetrans.org/

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/janis+joplin/mercedes+benz_20069845.html

http://www.jango.com/music/Janis+Joplin?l=0

11 - A cheeseburger costs $487.63!

http://www.themint.org/teens/owing.html

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/moneymanagement/tp/Get_Out_of_Debt.htm

http://www.themint.org/teens/i-paid-how-much.html
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/article-29911.html
http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/finances/credit_cards.htm

12  - How Insurance can save your butt...
http://www.progressive.com/shop/teen-car-insurance-resources.aspx
http://insurance.mo.gov/consumer/teens/index.htm
http://www.superpages.com/supertips/car-insurance-for-teenagers.html
http://www.allkidscovered.com/
http://www.geico.com/information/aboutinsurance/renters/
http://www.giis.org/rent/rent.shtml

13. “But I thought buying this would make me happy” Needs, wants and satisfaction.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/how-to-be-happy/MY01357

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

http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-01-07/business/35441224_1_day-to-day-happiness-angus-deaton-real-relationship

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/business/16leonhardt.html?_r=0

http://www.pnas.org/content/107/52/22463.full

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/money/values.cfm 

Social Psychology Videos

If you're looking for review resources scroll down to the previous blog posts from March 24 and April 22.

THE FOLLOWING LINKS FEATURE VERY IMPORTANT CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. REVIEW ASCH'S, MILGRAM'S AND ZIMBARDO'S CLASSIC STUDIES AND READ UP ON THE "BYSTANDER EFFECT." 

The Bystander Effect... what would you do?

This happened last year in NYC it looks like a 31 year-old Guatemalan man named Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax was stabbed on the street in New York City and many pedestrians walked right past him as he died. You can read the story and see a surveillance video here.

Read more about the bystander effect here. 

The Bystander Effect/Diffusion of Responsibility video we saw in class is below or here. 

Asch's Conformity

Solomon Asch's conformity study showed how easily people will give an obviously wrong answer when other people are giving that same answer. Watch the video at the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRh5qy09nNw

Milgram's Obedience

Stanley Milgram's obedience study was recently partly replicated by ABC's Prime Time show. Watch how easily people follow orders even when they know the orders are wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwqNP9HRy7Y

Zimbardo's Prison Roles

Philip Zimbardo's experiment about how roles affect behavior is known as the "Stanford Prison Experiment." Those playing inmates became passive while those playing guards became aggressive. Subjects' real identities seemed to pale in comparison to the roles they played so much that the experiment had to be stopped after a few days. Who knows what would have happened if the experiment had gone on for two full weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwSC5fS40w