Monday, February 28, 2022

Monday February 28, 2022

 Monday February 28, 2022

Circle: A stereotype that still gets in your way?

Learning Targets

Review forgetting

Slide Show

Activity: Define Cognition

Cognition Video

Activity: 34-1 True-false

Slide show

Discuss: How do we solve problems and what gets in the way?

Activity: 35-1 True-false

Slide show

Problem Solving: Tower of Hanoi

Crash Course

Crash Course


Wednesday, February 16, 2022

February 16, 2022

Wednesday February 16, 2022

Circle: If you went on an amazing trip what would be more important, your experiences or your memories of them?

Activity: Review Memory Hackers

Activity: Shopping list...

Activity: True or False

Homework over vacation...yeah!!!

Monday, February 14, 2022

February 14, 2022

 Monday February 14th, 2022

Circle: A vivid memory

Activity: What did you notice about peoples memories? What were the similarities?

Watching Memory Hackers

Question Sheet

Homework: By Thursday you should have module 32 and 33 SQ3R'd

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Thursday February 10, 2022

Circle: Something you have changed your mind about?

Activity: With your table using your SQ3R notes answer the learning targets.

Learning Targets for Module 31

What we have covered so far:

1. Method of Loci

2. Meaning and Memory

Activity: Seven Dwarfs

Activity: Memory Capacity

Activity: Meaningful Chunks

Activity: Semantic Encoding of Pictures

Module Quiz

Homework: SQ3R Module 32 pages 339-347 (Remember the SQ3R notes and notecards are worth bonus points)

Monday, February 7, 2022

February 7, 2022

Monday February 7, 2022 

  • Circle Questions:
  • Do you have a good memory or a bad memory.
  • Do you usually remember things or forget things?
  • Would you like to have a perfect memory? ...
  • Who do you know who has the best memory? ...
  • Who do you know who has the worst memory? ...

Homework: SQ3R 325-335

Notecards and Notes...worth something besides a good grade?

New Unit: Cognitive Psychology- Memory: The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information


Activity: True or False

Activity: Context

Activity: Method of Loci

Activity: Serial Positioning 

Activity: Visually/Auditorally Encoding

Activity: TOT

Activity: Creating a false memory

Memory Slides


Note cards: Below is a list of some of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due on the day of the test.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Thursday February 3, 2022

Seating Chart Activity:  Meet your neighbors.  Using two letter from each of your first names create a real word that will be the name of your table.  Wining group gets to choose what table their group sits at.

Operant Conditioning for next test

Circle:  If there was a way to get rid of a specific memory would you?

What if you could get ride of it?

What is gas-lighting?  Has it ever been done to you?

The Brain

Homework: SQ3R 325-335

Notecards and Notes...worth something besides a good grade?

New Unit: Cognitive Psychology- Memory: The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information


Activity: True or False

Activity: Context

Activity: Serial Positioning 

Activity: Visually/Auditorally Encoding

Memory Slides


Note cards: Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  These are due on the day of the test.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.


  • Encoding
  • Sensory memory
  • Short-term memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Rehearsal
  • Serial position effect
  • Mnemonics
  • Chunking
  • Flashbulb memory
  • Recall
  • Recognition
  • Proactive interference
  • Retroactive interference
  • Cognition
  • Algorithm
  • Heuristic
  • Confirmation bias
  • Mental set
  • Functional fixedness
  • Availability heuristic
  • Phoneme
  • Morpheme
  • Telegraphic speech

February 2, 2022

 Wednesday February 2, 2022

Test over Learning today.

Circle: If you had do delete one of your favorite social media apps on your phone which one would you delete and how do you think it might improve your psychological health?

Test Review time.