https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9 Made with ♥ en-us 2016-08-26 14:53:17 UTC 2025-09-26 05:21:51 UTC hello@padlet.com andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120045019 1. Find a topic or theory that you want to test
2. Create your hypothesis using independent and dependent variables
3. Create a procedure and put it into action
4. Analyze your data and draw conclusions
5. Accept or reject your hypothesis and show results to others
Independent- variable that often changed for each group
Dependent- variable that is affected by the change and what is usually measured
Confounding- outside variable that affects independent, have to try to identify before the experiment takes place
Control group- group used as an example and has nothing changed. It is often used as a group to compare the changed groups to.
We also used the Davidson Experiment to analyze and find these terms above. It was a good example to see how these were put into action in a real life experiments]]> 2016-08-26 14:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120045019 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120577877 We did an activity where people had to guess what toy represented each perspective to reinforce the characteristics of each perspective.
Humanistic- humans are good, control own destiny, self-actualization
Behavioral- we should draw conclusions from observations and how people are conditioned
Psychoanalysis- People are shaped during childhood, driven by hidden desires that are often found in their dreams and sleep
Biological- answers to why people act as they do can be found in their physical and neurological traits or changes
Cognitive- the way we process and interpret information shapes our behavior
Cultural- the culture one is raised in shapes their ideals and actions
Evolutionary- stresses the importance of the survival of the fittest and the passing on of genes to help solve problems
There was also a worksheet on categorizing studies.
Descriptive- study based on observing behavior and analyzing why it occurs
Case study- study that focuses on an individual when trying to analyze a problem
Experiment- a study with two variables and a control group that are tested in order to find results
Correlation- two variables are compared to each other
Longitudinal study- study over very long period of time, can suffer from attrition where subjects drop out of study ex. marshmellow study]]> 2016-08-30 14:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120577877 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120579088 2016-08-30 14:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120579088 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120826711 We learned about how to write an AP essay using the example about the sunset below as what to not do on you AP essay. They want factual information and definitions in your essay instead of beautiful descriptors. They also don't want an intro or conclusion with the bulk of the essay being focused on the information being presented in the body paragraphs. They also want you to be specific and go in the order of the prompt.
Sunset Essay: The sunset splashes brilliant colors into the sky. As the sun, disappears over the east horizon, it leaves behind a trail of beauty. The reds and pinks in the sky create an aura of calm before the night. The sun will return over the east horizon the next morning, but it is the sunset that leaves a lasting impression.
Proper AP style: "A sunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the western half of the horizon"]]> 2016-08-31 14:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/120826711 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/121094498 We recieved and completed a worksheet that gave us expermental situations where we had to identify the variables.
Independent- variable that is manipulated/changed
Dependent- Variable that is affected, variable that is measured
We also learned about a confounding variable, which is something that affects the expermient's results and the independent variable without you knowing. Expermentors try to identify these before the expermient is conducted.
We also watched a video on a marshmellow experiment, which helped give us a real-life example of an experiment. It also helped see how confounding variables could affect the results.
Video link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_oy9614HQ]]> 2016-09-01 14:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/121094498 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/121796851 Today, we reviewed how to use statistics in psychology and how they can represent our data. We learned about positively skewed and negatively skewed graphs. We also learned about symetrical distribution when the mean, median, and mode are equal. A negative skew is when the mean of scores is less than the median of scores. A positive skew is when the mean is more than the median of the scores. Also the standard deviation is how far away one interval is. In a normal curve, 68% of scores are within one SD, 95% is within two SDs. All three graphs are below.]]> 2016-09-06 14:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/121796851 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/121797076 Today, we wrote our first AP essay. I was over how to create and expermient and how to indentify multiple variables and groups. My experiment was to take every other middle school that walked into the library and test their memory. One half would get a mnemonic device to remember 10 letters and the other half wouldn't. Each group would be tested to see how many letters they could remember and the average of each group would be compared to see who was better at remebering.
IV- if they recieved a mnemonic device
DV- how many letters they could remember
Control Group- group that didn't get mnemonic device
Experimental group- group that did recieve the mnemonic device
Confounding variable- intelligence, age]]> 2016-09-06 14:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/121797076 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/122111667 -subject participation should be voluntary and based on consent
-subjects should not be exposed to harmful research procedures
-If the investigation requires deception, the researcher is required to explain it as soon as possible
-When dealing with children, you must get assent which is consent from parent
-Should never violate privacy of subject (confidentiality)
- Harmful procedures on animals must be thoroughly justified. The animals are also entitled to good living conditions
The F.B.I. testing on the effect of drugs on patients who didn't know they were being tested is a prefect example of an unethical study due not only the possible harmful effects, but also due to the lack of consent from the subjects]]> 2016-09-07 14:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/122111667 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/122449911 A video on Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment helped reveal the problem with using unethical practices.
It revealed the consequences of allowing experiments to go too far to the point of unethical procedures. The prisoners went through extreme emotional distress and had mental breakdowns due to the unethical practices the guards employed.
It showed that it is so important to follow ethical guidelines in order to keep the subjects in a stable state. They also have to keep the experiment as just a study and not extending too much into the subject's emotions or minds.]]> 2016-09-08 14:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/122449911 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/122749733 -Correlation is a relationship, not a cause and effect relationship
-Positive correlation= when both variables are going in the same direction
-Negative correlation= when the variables are going in opposite directions
- Close to 0= when there is little to no relationship
- ex: exercise can lower risk of heart attack
- ex: the more exercise you do, the more calories you will burn
- ex: the less students attending a class, the more likely it is for the class to be cut]]> 2016-09-09 14:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/122749733 andrewzei5323 https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/123137053 I need to review the perspectives and who is associated with them more
We reviewed pictures of various items and attempted to associate them with a school of thought in psychology. For example, a picture of the brain can be associated with the biological perspective.
Also we reviewed what scientists are associated with different schools of thought
Carl Rogers= humanism, Abraham Maslow- created hierarchy of needs
Wilhelm Wundt, Edward Titchner= structuralism
William James= Functionalism
Sigmund Freud- Psychodynamic, Carl Jung was a psychodynamic but went against Fe
B.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, John Watson- behavioralism ]]> 2016-09-12 14:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewzei5323/rjfwbribmjq9/wish/123137053