AP Psychology Prep week

Agenda Tuesday, 4/22 Return ch 15 & 16 test What is the essential information on each unit? Test corrections *reminder: free responses tomorrow

Essential, Must-Know Questions 1.Take a blank sheet of binder paper (write your name, period) 2.Divide the paper in half vertically 3.On the left, Write a must-know information in question format. Include answers 4.On the right, Write a must-know psychologist/theorist/study- experiment in question format. Include answers 5.Do this for ALL chapters (CH 1--CH 16)

Peer learning time 1.Find a partner and test each other on questions from chapter 1~8 *make sure you explain answers if they didn’t get it! 2.Find a different partner and test each other on questions from chapter 8~16

Test corrections + documentary time Work on test corrections Those who are done, enjoy the documentary on psychopaths

Agenda Block Day 4/23-4/24 Free response essays (2) Peer review

FR Question 1 Point 1: Must include context + how correlation doesn’t equal causation e.g., when John argues that incentives will lead to/cause increase in reading, it might not necessarily be true; it might be that some other factor (desire to be seen as active member of school), not the offered incentives, is the cause for increased reading Point 2 Must include both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic reduces intrinsic

Point 3 Describe a reinforcement schedule and explain how it increases reading Point 5 Central route to persuasion: persuaded by facts, data, content of the message and not peripheral factors (e.g., personality, person’s appearance)

FR Question #2 In this context, Independent variable: practice methods Dependent variable: memory test performance. Point 1 Operational definition describes exactly what the variables (things that impact the study) are and how they are measured within the context of your study. *point 4 (top of last page) should have been bolded Statistical significance: probability that an effect is not due to chance alone. Must say “likely” or “unlikely” instead of a definitive word.

Agenda Friday 4/25 I/O project due 5/7-5/8 Essential to-know Ch 1-16 questions Done with all above? Test corrections!

The I/O Psych Project In groups of no more than 4 people, you select one of the following careers: Personnel psychologist Organizational psychologist Human Factor (Engineering) psychologist Then create a script introducing the day of the psychologist.

Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology Applies psychological principles to the workplace. 1. Personnel Psychology: Studies the principles of selecting and evaluating workers. 2. Organizational Psychology: Studies how work environments and management styles influence worker motivation, satisfaction, and productivity. 3. Human Factors (engineering) Psychology: studies how machines and environments can be optimally designed to fit human abilities.

Project Due: May 7 or 8 th (block day) *AP TEST day (Calculus, English, Japanese) *If you will be absent, send me a filmed version of your presentation for full credit