Mr. Cantor's AP Psychology Blog: May 2019

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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 the Consumer Ed Exam.

The Consumer Education Exam will be on Friday, May 31.

Topics:

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

2. “Why am I broke all the time?” How and why to do a personal budget. (Budget)

3. “What security deposit?” How to rent an apartment. (Rent)

4. “Pay myself first? What the…?” The how and why of savings. (Savings)

5. “As seen on TV.” The power of advertising. (Ads)

6. “Buying Misery? How do my buying habits affect the workers of the world? (Workers)

7. “Scams, spam and getting slammed.” How to avoid getting ripped off online and in the real world. (Scams)

8. “I wish my parents were rich.” How to pay for college and not get buried in debt.” (College)

9. “But I thought I was making 10 bucks an hour!” What to expect from wages. Where does all the money go from your paycheck? (Paycheck)

10. “Pay the man.” How to do your taxes. (Taxes)

11.“Oh Lord, won’t ya buy me a Mercedes Benz.” How to (and if you should) buy cars and other expensive stuff. (or just take the train) (Transport)

12. “A cheeseburger costs $487.63?” How to avoid credit card debt and have good credit. (Credit)

13. “I always use protection!” How insurance can save your butt. (Insurance)

14. “We can always get another planet.” How our purchases affect the Earth (Earth)

Products - ALL DUE on THURSDAY MAY 23 - Progress check on Monday May 20:
Each team must create:
* A one to two page handout with key ideas that will be printed and distributed. (10pts)

* A Google Slides presentation (10pts)

* The presentation should be 7-10 min long plus 3-5 min for questions (10pts)

Remember, Youtube videos won't play at school. If you want to include a video in your presentation, I suggest you download it at home and e-mail the video file to me.

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 - “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

2 - 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

3 - 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

4 - 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

5 - As seen on TV:

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

http://greenwashingindex.com/about-greenwashing/

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

6 - The story of stuff - how it affects the workers.

http://storyofstuff.org/movies/

http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2014/07/high-cost-bargains-hidden-government-subsidies-low-wage-employers/
https://sites.google.com/site/fairtradelabor/sweatshops-and-child-labor
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/determining-the-environmental-impact-of-a-product-is-a-complex-process/2012/02/07/gIQA0APSeR_story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/business/energy-environment/the-economic-and-environmental-costs-of-wasted-food.html?_r=0
http://storyofstuff.org/movies/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0111_040112_consumerism.html
http://greenwashingindex.com/about-greenwashing/

7 - 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

8 - I wish my parents were rich!

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/grants-and-scholarships/the-basics-on-grants-and-scholarships

https://chooseyourfuture.cps.edu/high-school-college-career/undocumented-students/

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

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

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

http://ticas.org/fact-sheets-about-student-debt-and-financial-aid
http://ticas.org/posd/home
http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1037/a-chance-at-college-for-dreamers.html

9 - 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

10 - 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/

11 - 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

12 - 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://credit.about.com/od/avoidingdebt/tp/how-to-avoid-credit-card-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

13 - How Insurance can save your butt...

http://www.progressive.com/shop/teen-car-insurance-resources.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-58VD3z7ZiQ
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/obamacare-explained-idiot/story?id=21292932
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

14 - We can always get another planet

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Ch 17 and 18 - Social Psychology

You should also be reviewing while you learn this new material. Scroll down to all our previous blog posts and check out our review resources !

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

The Robber's Cave - Sherif: In-group, out-group, Bias, Bonding, Competition and Cooperation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QGNxRGgBwM

Social Thinking - Crash Course

Social Influene - Crash Course

The Bystander Effect... what would you do?

This happened a few years ago 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.