...Personal Reflection While being in AP Psychology I have realized many different things about the brain and how people's lives can be very affected by different disorders. We have discussed serious mental disorders that people are unwillingly faced with. From people having a simple anxiety disorder to someone suffering with schizophrenia, the brain has the ability to do incredible, yet devastating things. Throughout my experience in the class, it has influenced the ways that I see many different things. I am very lucky not to have a life changing psychological disorder. This has also influenced my possible career path. I feel as if it would be great to work with people that have these serious disorder on hope to help them. Although...
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...psychology Course Description Effective Fall 2013 AP Course Descriptions are updated regularly. Please visit AP Central ® (apcentral.collegeboard.org) to determine whether a more recent Course Description PDF is available. The College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of more than 5,900 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, the College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success — including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement Program®. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit www.collegeboard.org. AP Equity and Access Policy The College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underserved. Schools should ...
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...Ever since I was small, I have always been interested in the sciences. From raising caterpillars in first grade to mixing chemicals in eighth grade to shooting projectiles in junior year, understanding the underlying processes that shape the universe has always intrigued me. However, more recently I have begun to take an additional interest in psychology after taking AP Psychology as a sophomore. Since then, learning about why our minds work the way they do and how this influences our actions has taken my attention as much as the traditional sciences have. As a result, I have decided to go into psychology as my major in college, but I still wish to combine this with my interest in science. With science and psychology spanning across different...
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...AP Psychology Essay Prompts and Scoring Rubrics The enclosed document includes an essay prompt for each unit in AP Psychology and a corresponding scoring rubric. The purpose of this activity is to increase the students’ awareness of how AP exam readers grade from a rubric. Emphasis is placed on the definition of terms and the application of those terms. Units include: Introduction to Psychology Psychobiology Sensation and Perception Memory Learning Nature and Nurture of Behavior Developing Person Thinking, Language, and Intelligence States of Consciousness Motivation and Emotion Personality Stress and Health Psychological Disorders Therapy Social Psychology Unit: Introduction to Psychology Describe the different perspectives from which psychologists examine behavior and mental processes, and explain their complementarity. Your answer should include: ➢ Neuroscience ➢ Evolutionary ➢ Behavior Genetics ➢ Psychodynamic ➢ Behavioral ➢ Cognitive ➢ Social-cultural Rubrics Note: The application portion on the rubrics may include a variety of answers. This is simply an example of possible answers. The perspectives have more than one complement. |Term |Definition |Application ...
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...I am currently an upcoming senior at Milpitas High School doing a dual enrollment at San Jose City College (SJCC) in English. Taking this class would help me gain experience in the work environment of a college class and hopefully prepare me for what is coming in a university. My current educational aspirations would be graduating high school and attending a four-year university so I can acquire a degree in psychology and have a career in Human Resources Management. I decided to choose to learn in the field of psychology ever since I took an AP Psychology course at my high school and I know this is something I would want to learn about and get a degree in. I found it fascinating to study how the human behave and what goes in the mind. Everything...
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...The Effect of Parents on Grade Point Average May 20th 2014 Lakeland High School Advisor: Stacy Oddi 1630 Bogie Lake Road White Lake, MI 48383 (248) 676-8320 Stacy.oddi@hvs.org Abstract Researchers instructed Lakeland High School eleventh grade students to take a survey given to them. This survey was conducted in order to find data showing a correlation between single parents and a low grade point average. Fifty surveys were given out to two separate classes. This survey asked students about their family life at home and their grade point average. Most of the students took it seriously, but there are other variables that could have affected the results. There was no correlation found between a single parent and a student’s average GPA. There are several factors that influence a student’s school grade point average, also known as GPA. Family life, with either a single parent or married parents, could affect students in school. It’s important to look at this topic to see how kids in school are influenced by family life. This could show why some students are more or less likely to succeed than others, thus being beneficial to see how a child’s family life influences how well they do in school. There are numerous studies closely related to how certain relationship elements can impact a student’s performance in school. Researchers have studied the relationship between teachers and students. There was a positive correlation when the teachers had a good relationship...
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...Personal statement for Psychology I am writing this article to express my passion in psychology and future career planning. Psychology refers to a study of the soul. In my view, psychology is understanding and explaining human inner mind and behavior with logical thinking and scientific methods. The reason that I am fascinated by psychology is because human mind and how it works are interesting to me and beneficial to younger’s development. My dream job is to be a counselor. At my knowledge, counseling is a professional helping which assist clients to achieve the goal of self-facilitated, instead of case management merely. Therefore, I want to help Hong Kong student in term of self-learning effectively with psychological methods. For that reason, I took a night school course which included "introduction to psychology". It has given me some basic knowledge about psychology. After that, I applied a High diploma in Human service. My academic result in “Basic Helping Skill” is evident that I am full of passion about that. For my recent working experience, I was working in youth service from St. James' Settlement as a part-time program worker. I found that I am skillfully at group work and designing programs for our service users. Individuals are...
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...Term | Definition or Description | How will you remember? (examples from your life or books, articles, tv, etc or you can put the definition in your own words) | human development | the scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception until death | changes that occur in people as they age | longitudinal design | research design in which one participant or group of participants is studied over a long period of time | group of participants is studied over a long period of time | cross-sectional design | research design in which several different age-groups of participants are studied at one particular point in time | different age-groups of participants are studied at one particular point in time | cross-sequential design | research design in which participants are first studied by means of a cross-sectional design but are also followed and assessed for a period of time | followed and assessed for a period of time | nature | the influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions | inherited characteristics | nurture | the influence of the environment on personality, physical growth, and intellectual growth, and social interactions | the influence of the environment | genetics | the science of inherited traits | inherited traits | DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) | special molecule that contains the genetic material of the organism | special...
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...What is happening Phillip, present as a 12-year-old boy. Phillips, is presenting several disorders along with past traumas. Phillips, present problems of aggressive behaviors. He disobeys schools rule teases the patrol children, steals from other children, he defies all authority. On the bus he keeps getting into fight with other children. He also present tantrum and anger management. When he is confronted with his actions he denies everything that he has done. It has been reported by his school counselor that through testing he has scored average score, but his achievement is on a third-grade level. He also present PTSD due to past traumatic car accident. Phillips, present problems of not staying in his seats. These presenting problems have been identified by his teachers and school psychologist. Phillips blame his problems to his head. Therefore, from a biological perspective Phillip encounter many stressors around his living environment from birth. His mother was pregnant of him when she was a senior in high school. Phillip mother detach herself from him at an early stage of his life. His onset was at child. He was born 3 months premature and he was a blue baby. He required oxygen for 24 hours. His mother has not been around ever since shortly he was born. Phillip has no contact with his mother. He also presented problems of bed wetting around the age of childhood. Phillip father has not been around in his life. In the psychosocial aspect, Phillip encounters problems with his...
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...Social loafing occurs when an individual effort is reduced on a group project. The student must recognize that social loafing would have a negative effect on the group project. An example would be that it leads to poorer group projects because individual members of the group would not work as hard. Mental set is the tendency to approach a problem in a specific way, typically in a way that has worked in the past. It could have either a positive or negative effect on the group project. A group of member assign each member a part of the project to prepare, as they have done in the past. When one group member does not prepare and present his or her part of the project, the entire group gets a bad grade. Using an approach that had worked in past projects was ineffective in this case. Self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when a person expectation of another person leads that person to behave in the expected way. This can have a negative of positive effect on the group project. If the leader of a group expected members of the group to do poorly/well, the members might do as well because of this self-fulfilling prophecy. Extrinsic motivation occurs when a person has a desire to do something to gain a reward or avoid a punishment. In this case the reward would be the good grade that would result from effectively teaching the concept assigned to the group. Therefore, extrinsic motivation should have a positive effect on the group project. A member of the group might work epically hard because...
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...1. Page 44 – “Children who are deprived of these forms of mimicking activities show poor development in brain circuits that are involved in empathy, and they show lack of empathy in their behavior as they get older.” Not everyone who lacks empathy grew up deprived of their developmental needs, what does that suggest? Could someone be born without empathy or do you believe empathy is strictly developed? Explanation: The common thread between children who show lack of empathy as they grow older seems to be that they were deprived of something growing up; however, not all of those children were deprived of developmental needs. 2. Page 47 – “…human beings are limited agents; we are both enabled and constrained by out bodies in very significant ways.” For what reasons are some people limited more than others? Explanation: Those who are born with a physical handicap obviously are more limited than those born without. What determines these limitations? 3. Page – “transcendent me is where I make moral decisions, make my faith commitments, and willfully decide the course of my life.” Is becoming more spiritual and connected with God a cure within itself? Explanation: In my opinion, spirituality can guide you directionally however science has produced physical ways, medication, that allows some assistance in the process. Just because you use medication doesn't mean you believe less in the power of God. Chapter 4 1. Page 50 – “…‘situations’ may prompt difficult questions about human...
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...improve oneself. The techniques I believe assisted me the most were practicing gratuity, helping others and behavioral activation. I believe that when an individual engages in gratuity, lends a helping hand without any thought of receiving a reward in return, and making sure you stay on the positive side it will aid in improving yourself and increase your chances of becoming a better person. Methods Participants There was a total of one individual who participated in this study. A female, her age is twenty-two years old and was born and raised in Hollywood, Florida. Her ethnicity is a mixture of Iranian and cultural background of Pakistan from her Fathers side. Her academic background consists of two degrees, a pending Bachelors in Psychology from Florida International University and an Associates of Science in Nursing from Broward College. Materials and Procedure A list was made on the fifth of October to measure the improvement in myself. More specifically, seeing the overall satisfaction in my mood and seeing where my happiness stands. Waking up every day I made sure to start it off by being thankful for being alive. Then, I would go to my three younger sister’s room next and make sure to remind them that I am thankful for having them in my life. I wanted to turn this exercise up a notch by also thanking any individual I have interacted with and properly appreciate them for everything and anything they have done for me. Right after I was done speaking to my sisters I...
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...Francesca S: The child had a big smile on her face and gave the therapists hugs. O: The following activities were performed to enhanced therapeutic activities. --Sensory processing activities: Jumping on the trampoline 10X3, static wheelbarrow activity, sit-down activity, swinging on the hammock swing in linear motion with medium to fast swing for 6 minutes followed by 2 minutes of slow swinging. Wilbarger's brushing protocol (providing deep pressure, tactile input, joint compression and oral swipe and massage using MORE protocol) and obstacle course to increase concentration, attention span, body awareness, fine and gross motor skills, UE strength and activity tolerance. --Weight-bearing activity: Child was placed in a static wheelbarrow while placing animal puzzle pieces that correspond with the pictures on the board to increase attention span, proprioceptive inputs, UE strength, hand-eye coordination, visual perception and fine motor skills. --Sit-down fine motor activity: child was sitting on the chair while bending over and reaching her hand on the floor to pick up different color shapes and placed them in shape sorters to improve activity frustration tolerance, attention span, concentration, visual scanning, eye-hand coordination and shapes and color identifications. --Free play activity: The child was allowed to play with a toy guitar for positive reinforcement. --Behavioral modification techniques: Positive reinforcement using praises upon every correct step completed...
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...Justin: Though I am not heavily on one side or perspective on the mainstream psychological sciences, I do believe that they all are valid in their own ways despite each of their critiques and problems. I enjoy working through these issues and critically evaluating each of the assumptions behind the sciences. I consider myself, and people who are also eclectic, open-minded individuals who are open to all assumptions. I even believe that all possible combinations of assumptions can be acceptably true and worth consideration. Dr. Jung: Justin, I appreciate your view but you are technically not avoiding all assumptions despite trying to be completely open-minded. The view of eclecticism is, in fact, an assumption about how assumptions should be viewed. Malia: Mainstream psychological science is very difficult and there is no point in choosing a side since all the ideas and assumptions of psychological science can be criticized. Although several people believe that science provides a “solid foundation” for the science, I don’t believe that there will ever be a solid foundation for the mainstream sciences. There are many problems with each of the mainstream psychological sciences and people believe that following the rules and principles of science will solve these problems. I would say that they are indeed “lost on a sea of doubtable ideas”. I would only be able to put my faith into “harder” sciences with more solid and valid foundations that have less problems. Dr. Jung: Malia...
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...a. Tharah Somas is a 16, year old. She was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder. She has been experiencing high feelings of stress when she is surrounded by other people. Due to her lack of sociableness. This has always been a problem but increased ever since she took AP Biology. Even the thought of being around people or going to events makes her break out in hives and prompts her to cancel. After she started getting sick when her mom would invite people over she knew it was time to seek help for her problem. Since then she has started seeing doctor Mount and quit her AP Biology class. b. Baley Hryant is a 16, year old. She was diagnosed with Hypochondriasis. She first started showing symptoms after she got a stomach bug. She had a stomach bug for a few weeks so she missed quite a bit of school. After this she started assuming that everything was wrong with her. If she would get the slightest headache she would go home from school. Then she started not coming to school at all fearing that her life would be taken by the germs that the kids bring into the school. She decided to seek help after she shaved her head because she thought that she had cancer and thought this was going to be inevitable. She has been seeing Dr. Gabbard for 6 months and is continuing school...
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