Announcements Final returned Answer keys posted tonight (take home assignment, practice problems) No 10 th period SGI today (BUT yes 10 th period tomorrow)

Do Now: Anterograde vs retrograde amnesia Proactive vs retroactive interference

AIM: How can we review language, development, and emotion?

May 6, 2010 AP Psychology Review

Language Language Theories: –Chomsky: Language Acquisition Device –Whorf Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis Language Acquisition Stages –Babbling –One word –Two Word Overgeneralization

Availability Heuristic- judging a situation based on examples of similar situations that come to mind initially Example: plane crashes

Representative heuristic: Judging a situation based on how similar the aspects are to prototypes that person holds in his or her mind

Mental set- falling into established thought patterns Belief bias: illogical conclusions to confirm our beliefs Belief perseverance: tendency NOT to change our beliefs (even when presented with contradicting evidence) Confirmation Bias: search for evidence that confirms our beliefs Framing

Divergent versus Convergent Thinking Divergent= creative, multiple solutions Convergent= problem solving

May 7, 2010 Ms. Simon AP Psychology Review

AIM: How can we review Emotion, Intelligence, and Development, Personality?

Theories of Motivation Drive Reduction Theory –Homeostasis –Primary and secondary drives Arousal Theory Incentive Theory

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

HUNGER Lateral hypothalamus= stimulates hunger Ventromedial hypothalamus= satiety center Set-point Theory: hypothalamus wants to maintain an optimum body weight

Eating Disorders Bulimia Anorexia Obesity

Sexual Motivation

General Adaptation Syndrome According to Selye, a stress response to any kind of stimulation is similar. The stressed individual goes through three phases. EPA/ Yuri Kochetkov/ Landov

Theories of Emotion James-Lange: Physiological response, then emotion Cannon-Bard: Cognitive awareness and physiological change occur simultaneously thalamus  autonomic nervous system  cortex Shacter Two-Factor: physiological response and cognitive label

Piaget’s Stages of Development Sensorimotor: birth to two years explore world through sense object permanence Preoperational: 2-7 years Language ability Egocentric Concrete Operational (8-12 yrs) logic thought concepts of conservation Theory of Mind Formal Operational (12 to adulthood)

Kohlberg’s Moral Development Preconventional Conventional Postconventional

Tomorrow The AP Psychology exam is in the East Gym. You need to report to the East Gym by 11:30 AM. Don't forget to bring pens and pencils. Exam date is Tuesday, May 11th

Multiple Choice Section 70 minutes to complete 100 questions Questions are arranged roughly in order of increasing difficulty Questions are NOT organized by unit

Multiple Choice Tips Read the question first, then the answer choices Narrow down the possible answer Guess Smart (when you can eliminate at least one answer choice)

Multiple Choice (out of 100) Approximately 60 points= 3 70 points= 4 80 points or better= 5

Free Response 50 minutes to answer 2 questions Jot down notes Full sentences are necessary Use proper paragraph form No introduction or conclusion Legibility! Use all of your time

Personality Unique attitudes, behaviors, and emotions that characterize a person Type A vs. Type B

Freud’s Psychosexual Stages Id= pleasure principleEgo= reality principle Superego= Societal ideals

Defense Mechanisms Repression Denial Displacement Projection Reaction Formation Regression Rationalization Sublimation

Trait Theories Eysenck: introverson-extroversion scale Cattell- 16 PF Big Five –Extraversion –Agreeableness –Openness –Conscientiousness –Neuroticism (versus Emotional Stability)

Intelligence Standardization Reliability Validity

Conflict Approach-Approach: Apple or banana? Avoidance- Approach: Fail my AP psych final or fail my history paper? Avoidance-Approach