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Shapes, Scatterplots, and the AP Exam

John C. Mohl PhD, MEd

Cheltenham High School

Wyncote, PA

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Prepared for the Regional Review of the Philadelphia Area Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (PhiTOPSS)

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If you think something should be added, please feel to contact me at JMohl@cheltenham.org.

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Yerkes-Dodson Law

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Serial Position Effect

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Serial Position Effect

Primacy Effect

Recency Effect

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Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

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Group Polarization

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Social Loafing

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Negative Skew

Positive Skew

Normal

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Mean, median, mode?

Negative Skew

Positive Skew

Normal

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Mean, median, mode?

Negative Skew

Positive Skew

Normal

Mode is the smallest

Median is the middle

Mean is the highest

Mean is the smallest

Median is the middle

Mode is the highest

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What do positive and negative correlations look like?

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Latent Learning/Mental Map/Cognitive Map

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What’s happening from A to B, B to C, and D?

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What’s happening from A to B, B to C, and D?

Acquisition

Extinction

Spontaneous

Recovery

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Elaine Hatfield

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Elaine Hatfield

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Sternberg’s Love for Triangles

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Sternberg’s Love for Triangles

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Flynn Effect

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The Normal Distribution

99%

95%

68%

34%

34%

13.5%

13.5%

2%

2%

Middle line = mean

Each line to right = +1 sd above mean

Each line to left = -1 sd below mean

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Central Route of Persuasion

Peripheral route of Persuasion

Courtesy of Kristen Schaffer, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA

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Label Phase 2, 3 and 4

ALARM

RESISTANCE

EXHAUSTION

Courtesy of Kristen Schaffer, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA

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Label areas #1, #3 and #5

#1-Resting potential, #3: Action potential, #5: Refractory period

Courtesy of Kristen Schaffer, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA

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Can you label the hierarchy from top to bottom?

Courtesy of Kristen Schaffer, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA

Self-Actualization

Biological Needs

Safety Needs

Love Needs

Cognitive Needs