SimonSP2018's Psych Blog

Well, this is it. My last blog post, and the last grade of the year. It's been a great year. I learned a lot, had fun, and I know I did well on the AP Test . My advice for anyone taking AP Psych in the future is to DO THE VOCAB!!! I cannot stress how important this is. The tests are based entirely on the vocab, and if you do not do it your chances of doing well are slim to none. For the first three tests, I did the vocab and ended up getting a really good grade. However, I did not do the vocab for the last two tests and I ended up almost failing them. Do your vocab before every test, and do not wait until the last night to do it. Actually follow the study plans she gives you. The most fun activity all semester was the play-doh brain project. For this project, we spent two days building an accurate brain out of play-doh, and it was lots of fun. It was also a really good way for us to learn all the structures of the brain, as Ms. Halfen explained the function of each structure as w

1: Regression http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/coping/regression.htm 2: Histrionic Personality Disorder https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/histrionic-personality-disorder 3: Drug Addiction https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365688/ 4: Milgram Study https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html 5: Self-Serving Bias https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201301/the-self-serving-bias-definition-research-and-antidotes

Test 1: Verbal Memory Test For the first test, I completed the Verbal Memory Test. For this test, there were three stages. In the first stage, I had to rate a series of 40 words either very pleasant, mildly pleasant, mildly unpleasant, or very unpleasant. In stage 2, I had 40 blank lines and had to remember as many words as I could. In stage 3, I was given 40 questions where they gave me 2 words and I had to identify which word was in the original series of words. My recall score was 6 and my recognition score was 38. Both scores are reported to be exactly average for a healthy person. I was kind of surprised by this because I usually have an above average memory. However, I did not know that I needed to remember the words for a recall test, so that may have affected my score. Test 2: Short-Term Memory Test The second test I did was the Short-Term Memory Test. This test worked by giving me a list of 12 words to memorize. After looking at the words, I was given 12 blanks to writ