Succeeding in AP Psychology. Psychology You will learn a new language that includes over 500 new terms. You will learn a new language that includes over.

Succeeding inSucceeding inAP PsychologyAP Psychology

PsychologyPsychology

You will learn a new language that You will learn a new language that includes over 500 new terms.includes over 500 new terms.

You will raise your level of thinking.You will raise your level of thinking. You will increase your ability to retain You will increase your ability to retain

new terminology, concepts and data.new terminology, concepts and data. You will broaden your understanding of You will broaden your understanding of

other subject areas.other subject areas.

AttentionAttention

Nothing will reach your memory without Nothing will reach your memory without attending to it.attending to it.

There are three steps to attending to There are three steps to attending to what is being discussed.what is being discussed. FocusFocus

Make it meaningful to you

Active participation

Depth of ProcessingDepth of Processing

Make information meaningfulMake information meaningful Tie new info to old subjective orientation Tie new info to old subjective orientation How will this new info affect you or help youHow will this new info affect you or help you Repetition is shallow processing and usually Repetition is shallow processing and usually

only held in memory for a short period of only held in memory for a short period of time or difficult to recall time or difficult to recall

Skills and StrategiesSkills and Strategies

ReadingReading WritingWriting Note Taking Note Taking StudyingStudying Test TakingTest Taking

ReadingReading Read ahead before the lessonRead ahead before the lesson Use the SQ3R methodUse the SQ3R method

SurveySurvey Holistic, global approach to the readingHolistic, global approach to the reading

Question Question What am I about to read?What am I about to read? What questions would my teacher pull out to test me?What questions would my teacher pull out to test me?

ReadRead Self-explanatory Self-explanatory

Recite Recite Summarize what you readSummarize what you read

ReviewReview Answer the questions you asked yourselfAnswer the questions you asked yourself

WritingWriting No thesis statement necessaryNo thesis statement necessary Read the question carefullyRead the question carefully Organize your thoughts with an outline before writing Organize your thoughts with an outline before writing

the essaythe essay Define and ApplyDefine and Apply

DefineDefine Describe or give the definition of the term.Describe or give the definition of the term. Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processesPsychology is the study of behavior and mental processes

ApplyApply Show how the term/vocab. can be used in the given situationShow how the term/vocab. can be used in the given situation Psychology is used to answer why people do the crazy things they Psychology is used to answer why people do the crazy things they

dodo

Be directBe direct Reread your essay to clean up grammatical and Reread your essay to clean up grammatical and

spelling errors that may make it difficult to understandspelling errors that may make it difficult to understand

StudyingStudying

Try to find the material interestingTry to find the material interesting DonDon’’t Cram - time managementt Cram - time management Spaced study periods allow for digestionSpaced study periods allow for digestion Set specific study goals and reward yourself when you Set specific study goals and reward yourself when you

achieve themachieve them Study in a study specific placeStudy in a study specific place Study in the same environment as you test Study in the same environment as you test OverlearnOverlearn Mnemonic devices help with depth of processingMnemonic devices help with depth of processing Make a funny/interesting connection to the informationMake a funny/interesting connection to the information

TYPES OF MNEMONICSTYPES OF MNEMONICS

RhymingRhyming ““righty tighty, lefty looseyrighty tighty, lefty loosey””

Method of Loci or peg word mnemonicMethod of Loci or peg word mnemonic One is a bun two is a shoeOne is a bun two is a shoe

Visualize funny images with the term like Visualize funny images with the term like hypothalamus controls body temperature, thirst hypothalamus controls body temperature, thirst and other basic body homeostasis function – and other basic body homeostasis function – hypo-needle thalamus-thermometerhypo-needle thalamus-thermometer

Single use mnemonics

ROY G BIV

Keyword Keyword method of method of vocabularyvocabulary

vocabvocab keywordkeyword definitiondefinition storystory

HippocampusHippocampus Hippo and/or Hippo and/or campuscampus

Structure in the Structure in the brain responsible brain responsible for retaining some for retaining some types of long term types of long term memorymemory

The hippo came to The hippo came to the campus hoping the campus hoping to remember as to remember as much as he could.much as he could.

Corpus collosumCorpus collosum You tryYou try Thick band of axon Thick band of axon fibers that connect fibers that connect both hemispheres both hemispheres of the brain.of the brain.

You tryYou try

Objective Test-takingObjective Test-taking

Read the directions carefullyRead the directions carefully Read the answers before you read the questionRead the answers before you read the question Read the question carefullyRead the question carefully Skip questions you are unsure about because there Skip questions you are unsure about because there

may be clues later in the testmay be clues later in the test Eliminate alternatives that you donEliminate alternatives that you don’’t remember being t remember being

discusseddiscussed Always mark an answerAlways mark an answer

Sleep!Sleep!

Enough sleep is important – 8 hoursEnough sleep is important – 8 hours REM sleep important for forming memoryREM sleep important for forming memory

REM sleep increases as the night goes onREM sleep increases as the night goes on 5-6 hours can affect memory formation5-6 hours can affect memory formation

Stimulants and alcohol negatively affect Stimulants and alcohol negatively affect quality sleepquality sleep