Week 6 - Class Evaluation

What did you like about the class?
My favorite thing about psychology was the material. Psychology covers material that you don't see in other classes, and it's really applicable to real life. Ms. Halfen teaches really well and makes the powerpoints really interesting and engaging. I learned a lot throughout the year and feel pretty prepared for the AP.

What was your favorite activity or project?
My favorite project was the music emotion project. I like music a lot and I like connecting emotions to each song and analyzing it. Plus I really needed those extra credit points.

What didn't you like about the class?
I didn't really dislike anything about the class. Maybe the fact that it's only a semester.

What do you think I should leave out next year? Do you have any suggestions or ideas for things I could do next year in AP Psych?
I think the class is really polished; we got through the class on schedule, and we had sufficient time between the units to study and prepare. Next year, you could probably add even more funny videos and examples.

Also...what is the one thing you really need me to go over next week to review for the final???
Nothing!

Would you rather watch Solitary or Sybil?
Solitary

Week 5 - How Good is Your Memory?

Verbal Memory Test - http://www.memorylossonline.com/learning_memory/mem_games/verbaltest1.html
Recall score: 16
Recognition score: 40
When I saw my recall score, I thought I did really badly until I reached the final page. Apparently ANYTHING above 10 is considered above average, so I think I did pretty well. My recognition score was surprisingly perfect, as I guessed many times, but I guess this proves that you remember things that are more familiar to you. I'd really like to get better at recalling; it would help on my psychology tests...

I think this test is pretty valid; I didn't know I would have to recall the words after doing the first part, so I was definitely thrown off guard. Of course, I did pretty well, so I could be extremely biased.

Number Memory Test - http://www.braingle.com/mind/test_numbers.php
I got up to the 11th number, but I failed on the 12th number. The chunking technique that they mention in this test is actually something our orchestra director has talked about; in music, we learn things in chunks, especially when we sight-read. This helps us not fall behind when he goes at a super fast tempo.

This test says that 7 numbers is the average a person's short term memory can hold. However, 10 seconds is kinda long for memorizing numbers, so I'm sure my average is closer to that 7.