Week 9: Dear AP Psych Students

 Hello all!

As the year comes to an end, it's time to look back on the past semester and reflect on what I've done in AP psych.

My advice for taking AP Psych next year:

  • Do the vocab! It helps you memorize the terms needed for a five on the AP and helps on the quizzes.
  • Pay attention to the slides and lectures during class since the Nearpods have decent summaries of the terms you need to learn
  • Take notes during class! Don't make it so that you have to cram the night before for the next day's quiz.
  • Fiveable is the best resource, along with the textbooks in her class (actually take the time to read through them to do well on the AP)
My favorite project was the brain-making project, where we got to build a (totally anatomically accurate) brain model using an orange and sweets! Also, we were able to eat the thing afterward too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hi Halfen! It's been a fun year learning Psych in your class this past semester. This is definitely going to help next year in decathlon and be a great resource to look back upon.

Maybe leave out the initial table groups of the year to penalize people from using their phones. It's something that may be too burdensome to keep up with on your end, and on our end, it can be disheartening to see other people in our group be the reason for a lower participation or other grade.

I don't have anything that I would want to add in this class for next year, but definitely keep the schoology videos and powerpoints since they are such a valuable resource along with fiveable! Having the option to work ahead is also something that really helped me manage my workload and get a headstart on the vocabulary.

Other than studying for the final, my time in psych is coming to a close. It has certainly been a fun year to learn and course to take!

Farewell for now,
Jason 3U

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