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Welcome...
...to the AP Psych Experience... a forum for information about the class and a good stop for resources.
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(Last updated 05/2024)
The Latest from EDHS AP Psych!
Hello and welcome to AP Psych - a study of the 3 pound universe between your ears. We know a lot about the brain, but here’s something we DON'T really know - it’s memory capacity! It’s not limitless, but it’s really large! So, let’s not worry about filling it up, but instead let’s add some cool info to what you already know - because learning our species-wide superpower!
Summer Homework Assignments
I’m Mr. Newberry, the instructor for the Advanced Placement Psychology classes at EDHS. There are 10 weeks of summer, and while I firmly believe your time over the summer is your own,* letting that fantastic brain of yours atrophy into mush would be a real shame.^
If you are looking to stay sharp and-or get some psychology assignments done early,ॱॱ then check out the files-links below. Otherwise, you can leave it until the first week or so of school.
I have posted a “Frequently Asked Questions about AP Psychology” section at a link below (the AP Psych Summer Bulletin). Lots of your questions about the class can be answered by checking it out. If you are still confused or have questions not answered by the FAQ section, email me at bnewberry@pylusd.org. I will be monitoring that account throughout the summer.
Until the school year starts, I am...
Yours in Psych!
Mr. Newberry
*You might be devoting time to summer jobs, travel, visiting or helping with family, sleeping in, attending camps, training and practices, learning new crafts, staring at sunsets while deep in thought, and so on. The cool thing is you can think about a little psych while you do all of that.
^It doesn’t really do this over the summer - especially since it’s very complicated mush to begin with - but less-than-productive mental habits can form over a summer schedule, just like physical ones.
ॱॱThe assignments posted here will be due late in the second week of school, but having them completed on the first day is worth a bit of extra credit. There will be lots of opportunities for extra credit, but seizing every opportunity you can is a pretty good idea.
Assignment #1
Take this 3-5 minute survey.
Assignment #2
Read and take notes on Module 40 (“Social Motivation: Affiliation Needs”) posted here. Take the notes the best way you know how. Really read the text and actually take your own notes - don't just crib them from some other source. You’ll hand these notes in when you return in the fall.
Objectives
Introduce you to some psych concepts that guide people's lives.
Get you familiar with the textbook - its structure and its reading level. I think you'll find the text to be pretty easy to understand.
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Assignment #3
Complete the “Flashcards" and the "Match” steps for the two lists here.* The terms are some of the most frequently used concepts in a college introductory class. You will not full grasp how they fit together, yet, but you will at least be introduced to them on what we might call a "recognition" level.
There will likely be a quiz on these terms in the second or third week of school.
If you’re worried, just email me.
AP Psych Summer 2024 List Alpha - 25 terms
AP Psych Summer 2024 List Bravo - 25 terms
*These lists should be open to you and not require any purchase on your part from Quizlet. Problems seeing them? Please email me.
AP Psych Frequently Asked Questions
Check out the AP Psych Summer Bulletin for 2024 which includes a FAQ section that may answer many of your questions about the class.
Here are copies of the Course Syllabus for 23-24 and the Presentation for Back to School, 2023 Edition
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How to Connect with EDHS AP Psych.
Quizlet: Join the AP Psych class on Quizlet (see the link above).
AP Classroom: Instructions to follow.
Google Classroom: You should be automatically enrolled once Aeries opens for the Fall 2024 semester.
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Psych in the News
What Happens in Your Brain When You Make Art by Malaka Gahrib. Originally published by NPR. Mindshift from KQED - Jan. 2020 - How does the creation of art affect your physiology, your cognitive skills, your mental set, your stress levels, etc. Here from an artist on the psychological science behind making art.
Decoding the Teenage Brain (in 3 Charts) New technologies are shedding light on what really makes adolescents tick—and providing clues on how we might reach them better. (Education writer Stephen Merrill for edutopia, January 31, 2019)
How does a parent forget a child in a car? A neuroscientist explains (Since 1990, 900 kids have died in hot cars). Courtney Robinson for WKYC3 in Cleveland (this is a pretty typical local newscast site - lots of ad glurge and I'm not sure how mobile friendly it is - but it's informative). July, 2019.
First Systematic Study of the Advice People Would Give to Their Younger Selves - June 2019 (Christian Jarrett - British Psychological Society's Research Digest)
Are You a Hair-Twirler, Nail-Biter or Knuckle-Cracker? Sept. 2017 - New York Times
Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains - Sept. 2017 - NPR (38:12 min.)
Psychology vs. Psychiatry: What’s the Difference, and Which Is Better? - Oct 2010 - Time (It's a little old, but still an informative read about the difference between the two fields and how the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association are a bit like the Montegues and the Capulets.)
Useful Links
Did You Know... AP Psychology is #6 on the top ten most taken AP exams (and #1 among science courses) and the most passed with a 3 or better in that group? More details here and here. BTY - EDHS psych students exceeded the national average by about 10 percentage points in over the last three years.
AP Credit Policy Search -Find out if the school of your choice offers credit for this or that AP Course.
All about AP Psych from the College Board - more than you need to know at this point, but if you have a question, it's probably answered here.
Macmillan Learning (the publisher's web site) - lots of videos, pre-made flash cards (use for studying, but make your own for credit, please), activities and other features.
Psychology Crash Course - The fine folks at Crash Course do a good job at covering a great many academic subjects. Host Hank Green talks pretty quickly, so get those pause and replay buttons ready. When terms or concepts don't line up with what's in the Myers' text (and these are NOT a substitute!), defer to the book. That being said, these are only going to make the concepts come alive even more for many of you.
"Ten Myths about Psychology: Debunked" - in this 2014 TedTalk, Ben Ambridge, reader at the University of Liverpool (think “associate professor”), talks about these commonly mistaken popular beliefs about psychological findings.
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Click the button here to take you to the California Secretary of State's office for registering, and here is a PSA about it on YouTube.
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