The Last Bonus Opportunity

Take a trip through this virtual museum.  Take a few notes about any of the exhibits that interest you.  Bonus points awarded on how many places you explore.

• Virtual Psychology Museum

Penultimate Bonus Opportunity (for most)

Here is an interesting article about sexism in science.  Read the following article, summarize it (briefly) and answer the questions.

• Feminist PhD. Candidate: Science Is Sexist Because It's Not Subjective

1. What does the article say is wrong with science?
2. What differences between men and women are considered in the article?
3. How might the woman whose research is discussed in the article be hurting women's equality?
4. What is your own opinion?

Happiness vs Expectations

Many people in younger generations (younger than Mr. Stauffer's) are finding their reality not meeting their expectations.  Many young people want what their parents have but want it way sooner their parents got it.

Read the following article and answer the questions:

Why Generation Y Yuppies are Unhappy

Summarize

1. Why do you think Generation Y wanted a fulfilling career instead of a successful one?
2. Why are the people in Generation Y delusional (according to the article)?
3. Explain the formula "Happiness = Reality - Expectations".
4. What is "image crafting"?
5. How helpful is the advice at the end of the article?  Why is it helpful or not?

Mindfulness

The subject of mindfulness (the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us) can be controversial.  Some believe it is a gateway to personal happiness while others see it as paying attention to far too many things at once.

Read the ONE of the following articles and answer the questions.

Getting Started with Mindfulness
(Watch the short video)

1. Summarize the video in one sentence.
2. What does "mindfulness" mean to you?
3. What does the author mean by "judgment"?
4. Do you believe most of "mindfulness" is about meditation?  Why or why not?
5. Pick ONE of either Mindful Practices or Myths and briefly summarize and give your opinion.

Is Mindfulness Making Us Ill?

1. What does this author believe is "mindfulness"?
2. Why do companies such as Google, Apple and Ikea use mindfulness training?
3. Why does the author believe that "mindfulness" practices are harmful?
4. Do you think napping might be a better alternative to meditation?
5. In your opinion, is "mindfulness" making people ill?  Support your answer.

Feel free to do both of the above for bonus points!

Gratitude

Gratitude is becoming a new field in mental health and well-being.  This can mean different things to different people.  Science and philosophy are both involved in this recently studied aspect of mental health.

Read the following article and complete the questions:

Why Gratitude is Good

1. How would you define "gratitude"?
2. What are a few physical, social and psychological benefits to gratitude?
3. Watch ONE of the videos on this site.  Summarize briefly.
4. According to the article, what is ONE specific benefit to gratitude?
5. Using your own experience, is gratitude a helpful thing?  Why or why not

As Bonus Opportunities Slowly Decrease...

This is for my 5th period Advanced Placement Psychology class:
Summarize the article and include the results of the study.

• Study Shows Freezing Office Temperatures Affect Women's Productivity

Answer the following questions:

1. Why should women not be expected to deal with the temperature through the use of sweaters and/or blankets?
2. To what do you attribute the results?
3. How is this applicable in education?
4. What should be Mr. Stauffer's response to this study?

• For extra bonus, check out the link:  Women, there's a reason you're shivering in the office (classroom).

Forgiveness

The act and practice of forgiveness is both spiritual and psychological.  Just as in practicing gratitude, forgiveness seems to have psychological benefits.

Read the following article and answer the questions:

Forgiveness: Your Health Depends on It

1. What is forgiveness?
2. What are some benefits to forgiving?

Read this additional article and answer the questions:

To Forgive or Not Forgive: That is the Question

1. What is a reason to forgive?
2. According to this article, what is a benefit to forgiving?

Final Question:  Do you find it easy and/or helpful to forgive?  Why or why not?

Tell the AP Psychology 2019-20 cohort what they can expect!

What You Can Expect:  A Warning Message to the AP Psychology Students of 2019-20

A printed copy must be turned in for credit

Options:
You will earn a 3 on the task for completing, a 4 for a more thorough discussion of the course and your experience OR for creativity OR professionalism 

n  Letter to next year’s students

n  AP Psych Top 10 list

Going above and beyond in one of the following can earn you up to an 8 out of 4

n  AP Psych User Guide

n  AP Psych Instructions

n  DSM V for AP Psychology class 

General Guidlines

n  Discuss any aspects of the course that you think will help a student be successful in AP Psych

n  As always, be honest and be respectful

n  You can talk about things that worked for you and what you would’ve done differently

n  You can talk about different tasks, the flow of the year, beginning, middle and end of the course

n  Biggest lessons you learned from the course

n  Humor okay, but not an overwhelming amount.  Please have mostly helpful things.

Last Chance Bonus: Social Psychology

Read the following article and comment per below:

• Paying the Price for Breakdown of the Country's Bourgeois Culture

1. Concerning the specific parts of bourgeois culture, which are helpful and which not so much?  Why do you think so?
2. Why does the author believe that all cultures are not equal?
3. Do you believe some cultures are better than others?  Why or why not?

For Those Who Are Observant: Yet another in a long line of bonus opportunities

Read the article and summarize.  In addition, pick some small aspect of an AP Psychology unit or some other topic with which you may have difficulty and follow the advice in the article.

Need To Remember Something?

As always, turn it in using your favorite method.

The New Normal

There are huge debates on economic systems currently utilized in our world today.  Even within our own nation there is a debate on the continued usefulness of capitalism and the increasing popularity of socialism.

But there are psychological constructs at work beyond a sense of fairness and utility in economic systems.  It is not just about fair compensation for labor or the greed of American corporations.

Read the following article and answer the questions:

• College Student: My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us

Summarize the article.

1. What is the significance of the US poverty line compared to the average of the world?  (In actuality, the US poverty line is about 11 times higher than the lowest poverty line.)
2. What do you believe is prosperity?
3. What is income inequality?
4. What do you believe is the problem with income inequality?
5. According to the article, what have socialism and capitalism given the world?
6. What information would challenge this assumption?

Ethical Issues and Psychologists

Like many other professions and occupations, psychologist face a host of issues about which they may have ethical concerns.  Some have easy solutions, others do not.  Your task will be to determine the answers to several questions that are concerned with the ethics in a therapy situation.  Go to the following website, choose one of the 35 dilemmas and answer the questions that follow the dilemma.

Ethics and Psychology

You may type or write your answers.  You may refer to the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct post from earlier this week.  Please use complete sentences.  Include your personal thoughts.  Around 250 words.

Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct

Every occupation and endeavor has a unique set of rules or code of conduct which practitioners are required to follow.  Psychology is no different.

Glance through the following website and become familiar with the ethics in different situations.  (For example:  professional behavior, patient confidentiality, law, etc.)  You will use these guidelines to answer some questions concerning a psychologist's dilemma for your final.  Feel free to take notes.

APA Ethics Code

Survey

Could you please take a moment and provide feedback about AP Psychology and yours truly.

• AP Psychology Survey 2018-2019

Thanks!

The Day of THE Test

Test Day!!

Go to one of the following websites and choose any 4 of the tests.  Take them.  Take a screen shot of your results and post them on a Google doc.  Then share it with me!

• AP Psychology Practice Tests
• CrackAP Practice tests

Destined for DSM-VI?

Here is an article that discusses a possible new psychological disorder.  Read the article considering what you know about what constitutes a psychological disorder.

Post-election Stress Disorder

Respond to the following:

• Post-election Stress Disorder should be in DSM-V (or VI when they revise).  Why or why not?
• What do you believe would be effective therapy in the case of Post-election Stress Disorder?  Why did you choose this therapy?

Despite the day, this is not a joke.

Cognitive Therapy

Go to the following website:

Center for Cognitive Therapy

Please put these on a separate piece of paper.

Part I - Skim through the page and explain the statement "Don’t believe everything you think, because your thinking may be biased."

Part II - Summarize each of the following headings on this page.

• MAJOR GOALS OF COGNITIVE THERAPY
• HOW COGNITIVE THERAPY IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER THERAPIES
• PROBLEM AREAS WHERE COGNITIVE THERAPY IS HELPFUL (For this part note the types of areas cognitive therapy can help)

Part III - On the left side of the page there is a list of psychological disorders.  Choose three and briefly explain how cognitive therapy can be used to develop skills to help with each one.

Deinstitutionalization

Part I  Read the following article:

Deinstitutionalization

Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:

1. What is deinstitutionalization?
2. What are some of the problems it has caused?
3. Which of these do you believe are the worst problems?  Why?
4. What does the article suggest are the solutions, if any?

Pick another link in the article, read the article and give a short summary.

Part II  Open the following document by going to your google drive.

Prevention of Mental Disorders

Go to p. 15 (Introduction: What is evidence-based prevention and
promotion in mental health?) and skim over the next few pages

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the impact of mental illness?
2. What is the definition of mental health promotion?
3. Look on p. 21.  What are some risk factors?  What are some protective factors?
4. What do you believe makes them risk and protective factors, be specific!

Practice in Abnormal Psychology

Go to the following website:

Practice in Abnormal Psychology

Practice diagnosing by doing the exercises about John and Jennifer.  Both of them are a bit difficult so feel free to use the rest of the internet for definitions and direction.

Wouldn't You Know It...

Here is the homework for Monday, 18 March 2019...

Review psychological disorders: Devise a study guide of the different major types (6) of psychological disorders and symptoms.  Discuss at least one specific type within each category

As a result of my forgetfulness, it shall actually be due on Tuesday, 19 March 2019.  However, those who complete it by Monday will receive DOUBLE points for the assignment.

Charts for studying!

Here are a series of charts that might be helpful.  We have not done all these units yet but we will!

• AP Psych-All Concept Maps