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=8https://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.
The whole Crash Course Psychology series is free on YouTube.
You can watch them all here... thanks Hank.
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/
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.
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.
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.
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