Joshua2023's AP Psychology Blog

  What is your advice for students taking AP Psych in the future? What was your favorite activity or project? 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? Hello, future psych students. There are so many things I could say about this class, but let's start out with my personal recommendations for this class. 1. DO THE VOCAB. I think the hardest thing grade-wise in this class are the quizzes (and the infrequent tests), so having a double count can be devastating. Sometimes, it also counts as extra credit to help out with any low grades too, so it's generally always a win. It would be helpful, though, to ask if it it's extra credit or a real grade. I had enough points for my daily grade average, but I ended up doing the vocab anyway for extra credit instead of the grade I expected it to be.  2. Don't cram everything into the last day. Spend an hour or two knocking out the bulk of stuff ove...

 Hello everyone! For week 8, here are some memes I have made up to recount my experience with psych this year.  1. Action potential Ms. Halfen had no hesitation being like "action potential is like flushing a toilet - once you do it, you can't do it again for a while." The same phrase was also used for part of the sexual response cycle... A brief explanation of action potential from the NIH: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11146/ 2. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs There is a wonderful pyramid that represents human needs. According to some dude named Maslow, you can only become your best self if you're not actively dying! Makes sense, I guess. More context on Maslow's Hierarchy: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html 3. Tolerance It's a well-known concept that the more of a drug you consume, the more you need to produce the same degree of pleasure. Sometimes, this gets a little drastic... Some more info on alcohol tolerance: https://pubs.niaaa.nih.g...