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Dear Future AP Psych Student...

Dear Future AP Psych students, AP Psych can be a pretty difficult class, with lots of terms and ideas you need to learn in so little time. My advice would be to make mind maps because they help keep everything you know and learned on one sheet of paper, so you don't have to look through different notes and worksheets. Mind maps also are really good reviews for the quizzes because you can see what you know and what you don't know. I liked the brain lab we did at the beginning of the semester, where we got to "build a brain" with an orange and a bunch of candy. It helped me learn where everything was in the brain, which helped me understand the brain a lot more.  For Ms. Halfen, I think you could leave out the bookwork when you read the book and answer questions about what is being read. Students are more focused on finishing the assignment than fully understanding what they are reading, and since we don't get the worksheets back, we don't know what we put for t...
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Memory

 Picture Short-Term Memory Test Score: 92% correct recall I think the test is valid because I am pretty good at remembering pictures I've seen before. Face Memory Test Score: 9/10 correct I think the test is valid because I am good at remembering people's faces. Everyday Object Test Score: I picked the right penny. I'm not sure how valid this test is because I picked a random one, and got it right. Here is an article about how laser light can improve short-term memory!
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Social Psych

Olivia Rodrigo! Compliance: Compliance is when someone changes their behavior as a result of someone asking them to. Olivia used to post all the time on her social media about how big of a Taylor Swift fan she was, but recently there has been less Taylor Swift on her social media accounts. Many people believe she no longer posts about Taylor because her management team told her to stop in order to build a reputation of her own. Obedience: Obedience is a form of compliance when people take a direct order from someone with "authority". During Olivia's concert, there are times she "asks" the audience to sing the lyrics of her song when she points the microphone away from her. The audience then sings her lyrics loudly because she is the "authoritative" figure.  Social Facilitation: Social facilitation is when the presence of other people may enhance the performer's performance. The Sour Tour was Olivia's first ever tour, so with all the fans, frien...
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The Pet Effect

The "pet effect" is the idea that a companion can improve our mental and physical health. Pets bring excitement and love into homes and may also encourage pet owners to explore the world outside of their homes, accompanied by their pet, of course. The Human-Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) states that the latest research on the pet effect supports the idea that companion animals can help reduce stress levels, anxiety, and depression. Companion animals provide us with the love and support we may not get on a daily basis. Having a companion animal may also improve cardiovascular health which can lead to living longer! Tufts Univerity studied the effects of pets on human health, and the results were not what we expected.  The experiment stated that there was no evidence that supported the idea that pet owners were better off than people without pets. here are photos of my 2 dogs! olive (left) and donut (right) Here is my article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ani...
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Smelling Memories

My article! The human sense of smell is greater than we thought it was. When we smell certain scents we are able to associate that scent with memories, good and bad. According to Theresa L. White, a professor at Le Moyne College, “People often do say that the sense of smell conjures up memories so well that they feel as if they were experiencing the event again.” A study at Northwestern Medicine has concluded that a neural basis in the brain is why the brain associates memories with certain smells. Pamela Dalton, an experimental psychologist at Monell Chemical Senses center stated that “Our experience with odors is typically where odor is the backdrop or context for a person, place, or emotional state." This is how certain memories can be revived when a specific odor is present, allowing us to feel the emotions we felt at the time the memory first occurred. It was discovered that the sense of smell's link to memory best works with episodic memory, personal experiences, an...
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BioHero

My birthday is on November 30, so my superhero's name is... SENSOD (senses/sensory and mood) For the frontal lobe and serotonin. The parietal lobe is important for receiving sensory input for movement and touch, as well as processing language. Serotonin affects a person's mood, hunger, and sleep. Sensod is able to sense when someone is hurt and bring them joy. Sensod can read the harmed person's mind to see what would bring them happiness, whether it be a puppy, chocolate, or their best friend. One day, Sensod was walking in the park when she saw a little girl fall off her bike. She quickly ran to the girl and saw that she had scraped both knees. When the little girl began crying, Sensod felt this tingle in her body that told her a chocolate ice cream cone would make the little girl feel better. Sensod quickly flew to get the ice cream cone, and when she got back to the little girl, her face lit up with joy. This experience made Sensod feel like she finally did something go...
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