Welcome to AP Psych! - Memory Unit 1

Unit 1 Chapter 7 Memory

Key ideas from Memory Unit:

Encoding, episodic vs. semantic and procedural memory, explicit vs. implicit memory, maintenance and rehearsal strategies to improve memory, various models of how memory works such as PDP and Info Processing, understand the difference between sensory, short term, and long term memory, compare recency and primacy effects, understand what affects memory retrieval, understand the limits of eye-witness testimony, Herman Ebbinghauss , compare retroactive and proactive interference,  compare retrograde and anterograde amnesia,

*****Use mnemonics and distributed practice to learn all this stuff and know why you are remembering and forgetting.

Good overview of basic memory concepts.

http://allpsych.com/psychology101/memory.html

A whole site dedicated to human memory... very helpful. It has this very complete concept map.
http://www.human-memory.net/types.html

Crash Course Psychology with our friend Hank!
How we make memories...  https://youtu.be/bSycdIx-C48 

Remembering and Forgetting 
  

Some fun memory games you can do online

http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/index.html

Elizabeth Loftus's Ted Talk - The Fiction of Memory... the rape conviction of an innocent man... 

NOVA: How Memory Works

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-memory-works.html 

Article - What Science Says about Ferguson: Hacked memory.  We may all be working from different sets of "facts" about the same event.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/fayeflam/2014/12/01/what-science-says-about-the-ferguson-case-memory-can-be-hacked/

This is not specifically about memory, but about implicit associations we make about people.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/ You can take some of the Implicit Association Tests to see what some of your implicit associations about people and groups are. I’m putting it with this unit as an example of implicit vs. explicit thought processes.

Story from National Public Radio (NPR) about H.M., the man who had the bilateral removal of his hippocampus (What is the plural of hippocampus?) and ended up with the nearly complete inability to form new memories. Find out why he had his hippocampus removed and learn about this amazing case study of anterograde amnesia. 

 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7584970

And an article from Psychology Today about H.M.

This video clip was made based on 2000 slices that were made of H.M.'s brain after he died in 2008. 

The movie Memento was the first feature film by star director Christopher Nolan who went on to direct The Dark Night and Inception. It is a fictional film about a character who, like H.M.,  loses the ability to create any new memories, but still tries to solve a horrible crime.

It is rated R due to some very violent content and adult language. If that sort of film is acceptable to you and your parents, you can stream it on Netflix or rent it. It's definitely not appropriate for younger siblings. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/

Consumer Education Unit! You’re the consumer, get educated! DUE Thurs., May 23

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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.htmhttp://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

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/ 

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.

https://youtu.be/RpDVFp3FM_4


Prejudice and Discrimination - Crash Course
https://youtu.be/7P0iP2Zm6a4 

Aggression v. Altruism - Crash Course

https://youtu.be/XoTx7Rt4dig

REVIEW RESOURCES!!!

We're getting to the point where we need to review all that we've learned this year WHILE continuing to master new content as we finish our last few units. Use this post as your guide to get started.

USE YOUR 5 STEPS to a 5 book!!! Review each unit - with a strong focus on History and Approaches, Research Methods and the Biological Basis chapters because they will pop up throughout the exam and the FRQs. 

Suggested method:

1. Review the summary in the 5 Steps book. Compare to your notes and flashcards. Add info to notes if needed.

2. Take the online quiz from the book. Review the answers and the reasoning behind the answers. 

3. Update your notes... come up with mnemonics to remember the hard parts

4. After doing some other units, come back and re-take the quiz from the 5 Steps book (on separate paper) and see how much better you did than you did the first time. 

5. If you're at less than 75% or so, repeat process. 

If you tend to procrastinate... and most of us do.... you should read this post about how to overcome procrastination. http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/03/10-foolproof-tips-for-overcoming-procrastination.php

Use the AP Psychology Score Calculator http://appass.com/calculators/psychology to see what it takes to get a 3, 4 or 5. Move the sliders and hit "calculate" to see the score.

Some good review resources:

AP Study Notes.ORG has great very simple outlines of each chapter based on a different psych textbook than we use. It's a good idea to review these in your study process to review and see a slightly different perspective.  https://www.apstudynotes.org/psychology/outlines/

APPSYCHOLGOY.COM

This wacky ap psych teacher has a fantastic website full of review quizzes and more... way more. His powerpoints are great as are some of the videos he has available.http://www.appsychology.com/HowPass/howpasshome.htm

The AP PSych Test Prep App from iScore5 for 5 bucks... also Varsity Tutors' App ... lots of AP practice questions and a full practice test. For iPhone and Android.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iscore5-ap-psych/id1084611907?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.varsitytutors.learningtools.appsychology&hl=en_US

YOUTUBE.COM

Mr. Schallhorn, an AP Psych teacher in California, put together a great set of YouTube videos you can use to review for AP Psych. His YouTube channel is at the following address. 

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOG05VwbujNwGUX5UA0zcXQ?ob=0&feature=results_main 

The whole Crash Course Psychology series is free on YouTube. 

You can watch them all here... thanks Hank. 

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOPRKzVLY0jJY-uHOH9KVU6

YOURBOOKSNOTESANDFLASHCARDS(not)COM

You also have your AP Text Books, your Bernstein Study Guides, and the thousands of flashcards and hundreds of pages of notes you've created this year.

On INSTAGRAM - search the #APPsychology and #APPsych hashtags for memes and other resources... take them with a grain of salt because... you know, the internet. You can follow ap_psych_memepage for some other good memes. 

TWITTER.COM

Mr. Jones, an AP Psych teacher from North Carolina started using Twitter a few years ago for  AP Psych review.

"...if a student has a question about AP Psych, they can just type the question on Twitter and put this at the end of the tweet:  #appsychreview  

For those of you who are old hats at Twitter, you’ll recognize #appsychreview as a hashtag – it’s a way to group together tweets with a common theme. Anyone can then assist the student with their question – it could be a AP Psych teacher, a professor, or even a fellow AP Psych student. I’ve asked a few AP teachers to help out, but we would love your help. If you are familiar with Twitter and you would like to help out with answering questions, it’s probably easiest to set up a separate search for #appsychreview or just bookmark this link: https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/appsychreview ."

For info about how to use #APPaychReview see http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-return-of-return-of-ap-psych-review.html?m=1#sthash.lOcy1InI.dpbs

Keep in mind that sometimes it will be other students answering questions, so it's not necessarily as authoritative as a textbook or other edited resource. Then again, sometimes students can explain things best. 

The hashtag #APPsych is also full of interesting psych related tweets... you can use both hashtags to get a greater response to your AP Psych related tweets. 

Instagram might have some good stuff, but I'm old so I need you to share how to use it!

As you find other resources, please e-mail them to me at ptdworkin-cantor at cps.edu or post them in the comments section of this post.

Do you like electronic flash-cards? Do you use Apps? You might like http://www.studyblue.com/ which has tons of electronic flash-cards and even a smartphone app. Just type "psychology" into the search box (I want to learn "this") and go for it. You can sign on to get a free account using your facebook account or any e-mail account.

You can find other psych based apps at http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2010/04/episode-121-top-10-psychology-apps-for-the-ipad-iphone-ipod/ There are also links to Android apps there. Some are free, some cost money. Check the reviews carefully before spending your cash. I have not tried them out yet, so if you find one you think is great, please share about it in the comments section of this post.

Finally... USE THIS BLOG! There is a post from just about every unit with videos and resources you can use to review. Scroll down for older posts... at the bottom you can just click on "older posts" to go all the way back to the beginning of the year.