Psych-Links
Study Resources
General Study Tips and Guides
How To Get the Most Out of Studying – a great video series with practical tips for studying based on cognitive science.
10 Principles for Effective Study – (video) research-proven approaches that help you get in the right mindset for studying
Cornell Note Taking System – a system for taking notes (in class and on readings) that research has shown to be effective in improving understanding and retention of course material
Textbook Companion Site for Myers for AP 2e – resources to accompany your text, including practice quizzes for each Unit, vocab study options by Module, and more!
Quizlet Flashcard Sets
Psychology’s History and Approaches (Myers for AP – Unit I) & Research Methods (Myers for AP – Unit II)
Cognition (Myers for AP – Unit VII)
Biological Bases of Behavior (Myers for AP – Unit III)
Sensation and Perception (Myers for AP; Unit IV)
States of Consciousness (Myers for AP 2e; Unit V)
Learning (Myers for AP 2e; Unit VI)
Developmental Psych (Myers for AP 2e; Unit IX – Modules 46-48, 51, 52, 54)
Motivation, Emotion, and Stress (Myers for AP 2e – Unit VIII, plus Modules 82-83)
Personality (Myers for AP 2e; Unit X)
Testing & Intelligence (Myers for AP 2e; Unit XI)
Psychological Disorders & Treatment (Myers for AP 2e; Units XII and Units XIII)
Social Psychology (Myers for AP 2e; Unit XIV)
Topical Review Resources General
Full Length Online Practice AP Psych Exam – from Barron’s Guide; can take it timed
Two Full-Length Online Practice Exams – plus review questions by topic
Learnerator AP Psychology site – lots of free practice MC questions, sorted by topic. Some available only if you pay for additional access, but the free ones are pretty good.
Psychology Crash Course Videos – Brief overviews of major topic areas within the course.
Quizlet: The Essential 427 – the “basics” – must-know vocab terms for the AP Exam
Primary Sources in Psychology – Good for text analysis assignments.
Online Multiple Choice Quizzes – lengthy practice MC tests on major topic areas
Mr. Schallhorn’s YouTube videos – short 3-5 minute reviews of difficult topics in AP Psych
Famous Psychologists Quizlet – will help you review major discoveries & studies in Psych
A Quick Review – 10 Psychology Questions from Steven Pinker
History & Approaches
Video Crash Course: Introduction to Psychology – 10 min video covers early and contemporary approaches to Psych. Use this mode from EdPuzzle to test your understanding!
Video Crash Course: Psychological Research Methods – 10 min video on need for and types of research methods. Check your understanding as you view!
General Review of Research Methods – 8 minute review covering the 3 Major Types of Research
Correlation Review – 5 min video reviewing this sometimes tricky descriptive statistic
Basic Experimental Design – video (4 minutes)
Randomized Controlled Trials (Experiments) – Why Sugar Doesn’t Make Kids Hyperactive, and how the special features of RCTs can illuminate this!
Random Assignment v. Random Selection – 1 minute video reviewing this often confusing term pair
Cognition & Memory
How to Get the Most Out of Studying – great tips for study based on cognitive science; incorporates several key concepts from the Memory unit
The Human Memory – Great website with TONS of information about memory systems, the brain’s role in memory, diseases of memory, and more!
How Memory Works – NOVA Science Now clip that describes the biology of memory & case study patient H.M.
What Happens with a Neurosurgeon Slurps Out your Hippocampus – case studies in neuroscience and memory
How We Make Memories – Crash Course Video
Remembering and Forgetting – Crash Course Video
Multiple Choice Practice Questions – on Cognition & Language
Cognition: How Your Mind Can Amaze & Betray You – Video Crash Course
I Don’t Want to Be Right – New Yorker article on why people persist in false beliefs
For fun, the Cognitive Bias Song!
Neuroscience
Phineas Gage: Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient – great article from Slate about the facts (and myths) surrounding this amazing case study subject.
Crash Course: The Chemical Mind – 10 minute overview of neurons, neurotransmitters, etc. Check your understanding as you view!
Crash Course: Meet Your Master – Getting to Know Your Brain – overview of brain anatomy. Check your understanding as you view!
Can You Name the Parts of the Brain? – Student-Designed Sporcle Review Game
Video: Crash Course: The Nervous System
The Neuron – short article (with good anatomical diagram) describing neuron parts & functions
Mapping the Brain – this interactive allows you to see where different brain structures appear on MRI scans of the brain. Totally cool, and good for reviewing brain anatomy.
Video: Ratbot – example of use of animal models and brain stimulation in neuroscience research
Video: Neuroplasticity – brief overview of the concept
Video: Jody & Hemispherectomy – video profiles an extreme case of neuroplasticity & features several brain imaging techniques
Brain Anatomy Learning Module – this interactive module takes you through basic structures of the brain.
Video: The Chemical Synapse – 8 min video on synaptic communication
Video: Inside the Teenage Brain – Frontline PBS production describing a boatload of neuroscience research on the adolescent brain! View whole program or by chapter.
Video: Wernicke’s Aphasia
Video: Broca’s Aphasia
Video: Split Brain Patients & Michael Gazzaniga – Scientific American Frontiers video excerpt
Nature & Nurture
Video overview of Twin Studies (3 min)
Video: The Jim Twins – Describes the work of Thomas Bouchard, who studied identical twins separated at birth.
Video Crash Course: Natural Selection – Though more animal biology-related, this video reviews the basic principle that applies in Evolutionary Psych as well.
Video Crash Course: Heredity – NOTE: Heredity not the same thing as “heritabiliy,” but this is still a helpful overview of genes, chromosomes, DNA, etc.
Heritability Explained – more web articles & quiz questions to test your understanding of the concept.
PKU Video: Example of interaction between Nature & Nurture
Video Crash Course: Epigenetics – biological overview of how epigenetics works
Video: Epigenetics: Why Do Identical Twins Not Always Look the Same? –NOVA Science NOW
Video: Can Men and Women Be “Just Friends”? – interesting example of applied evolutionary psych and gender differences
Article: Men and Women Can’t be “Just Friends” – from Scientific American; describes research on this issue
Sensation & Perception
Video: Sensation & Perception Crash Course – via Hank Green!
Video: Homunculus Crash Course – an overview of senses and brain processing of them
Video: Perceiving is Believing Crash Course
Video: Synesthesia
Online difference threshold tests (for pitch, rhythm, etc.)
Backmasking in Music claims (examples)
Video: “Don’t Cut My Tongue” Illusion
Online Module: Absolute Thresholds (vision)
Can you Trust Your Eyes? (video) – illusions involving context effects in color perception
Synaesthesia (Video) – describes this interesting condition
How the Ear Works – video describing parts of the ear and process of hearing
How Old Are Your Ears? – Hearing test that determines how “young” your ears are, based on your threshold for hearing high pitched noises
Video: Human Factors Psychology – Highlights the work of a Cognitive Neuroscientist who researches distracted driving
States of Consciousness
Crash Course: Consciousness – overview of the issue of consciousness & related phenomena
Crash Course: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream – sleep and dreams overview
Crash Course: Altered States – hypnosis & psychoactive drugs
The Scientific Power of Naps (video) – Briefly reviews stages of sleep while explaining the benefits of the power nap.
Sleep: Why We Need It and What Happens When We Don’t Get It
Why Do We Sleep? – TED Talk by a circadian neuroscientist (June 2013)
Video Notes/Lecture: Stages of Sleep & Sleep Disorders – 1/2 hour presentation on Sleep Stages and Sleep Disorder
Video Notes/Lecture: Dream Theories – 12 minute overview of various historic and modern theories of dreams
NOVA: What Are Dreams? – 6-part playlist covers entire 60 minute show on dream research and theory.
Shaq Attacks Sleep Apnea – 4 min video on Shaqille O’Neal’s treatment of Sleep Apnea, a common sleep disorder.
Discovering Psychology: Hypnosis – 1/2 hour video from the Discovering Psychology series. Covers hypnosis theory, use in anesthesia, and demonstrations/research
Multiple Choice Practice Questions – on States of Consciousness
Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol – 2 min video on the biochemistry of the effects of alcohol from ASAP Science
Your Brain on Drugs: Marijuana – 2 min video on the biochemistry of marijuana use
Video: Curiosity: Your Body on Drugs – 45 min documentary on effects of drug use
Learning
Crash Course: How to Train Your Brain – Behaviorism Overview (Classical Conditioning & Operant Conditioning)
Overview of Classical Conditioning – from Education Portal Academy
Great 4-min video outlining the Differences Between Classical and Operant Conditioning.
Little Albert Experiment neurocomic
Game: Pavlov’s Dog! – Can you train the dog to drool at the sound of a bell?
Schedules of Reinforcement – very basic overview
Schedules of Reinforcement – more in-depth explanations
Bobo Doll Study footage – Original footage of this important study on learned aggressive behavior.
Student-made video on Higher Order Learning (a.k.a Second Order Conditioning) – Yeah…it’s set to an annoying song, but there are a lot of examples…so deal with it?
Practice MC Items on Learning – for more testing of your understanding
Developmental Psychology
Theory of Mind – (video) Describes research on the concept of the “Theory of Mind” that develops gradually as children lose their egocentrism.
Overview: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development – (video, 4 min) Describes the three phases of this model.
Piaget vs. Vygotsky in 90 Seconds – (video, 1.5 min) Video created by a teacher to explain (briefly) the major similarities & differences between these researchers and their theories.
Video: Zone of Proximal Development – quick review of this sometimes confusing concept.
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development – (video, 4 min) Admittedly, not the BEST instructional video ever made (you’ll see mistakes in the writing on the board and in other places), but does provide a quick, accurate overview of the 4 Stages in Piaget’s model.
Article: Emerging Adulthood – Dr. Arnett’s research regarding this “phase” of development
Practice MC Quiz on Child Development – 66 questions on development in children & infants. Most are topics that we address in Unit 4. Some may seem unfamiliar because we address those topics (intelligence, language development) in other chapters.
Practice MC Quiz on Lifespan Development – 66 questions on development topics
Video: Crash Course-Monkeys & Morality (Harlow’s attachment research)
Video: Crash Course – Adolescence
Intelligence & Testing
Standard Deviation, Normal Curve, z-scores, and Percentiles – 5 min video review
Battle of the Brains – playlist in 6 parts; presents examination of several intelligence theories and tests.
1926 SAT – How Would You Score? – Washington Post found this copy of the original SAT. Good illustration of why test content & norms need to be updated over time.
Mensa Workout – Try your hand at these challenging puzzles.
Video: Crash Course – Controversy on Intelligence
Motivation & Emotion
The Science of Appetite (video)
Scientific Tips for Weight Loss (video) – Great review of psychological and physiological factors that contribute to hunger…and how one can use this information to control weight.
Article: The Psychology of Hunger – WWII-era hunger experiments revealed psychological effects of starvation
Article: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment – Also describes Ancel Keys’s hunger study
Crash Course Video: Let’s Talk About Sex
Video: Industrial-Organizational Psychology Video notes – compiled because of a snow day, but good to review, too.
Video: Solving Problems Through Team Training – highlights the work of an Organizational Psychologist
TED Talk – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – “Flow: The Secret to Happiness”
Video Lecture: Emotion Theories – Probably the greatest source of confusion for this unit. So, here is a recording of lecture notes for this topic in case you need a refresher.
Video Lecture: Stress & Stressors – Quick overview of General Adaptation Syndrome and types of stress.
Video Review: Motivation Theories – Quick overview of Motivation Theories covered in this unit.
Emotion Test: See how well you do identifying different facial expressions associated with different emotions.
Can You Spot the Liar? – online NY Times Quiz to test your informal lie detection skills.
The Work and Meaning Inventory – An inventory that assesses the meaning you find in work.
Personality
Sigmund Freud: An Analysis of a Mind – YouTube playlist for a documentary about the life and work of Sigmund Freud.
Why Freud Still Matters,When He Was Wrong About Almost Everything – Captures the lasting legacy of Freud, while acknowledging the many shortcomings of his work.
Big Five Inventory – This brief online personality inventory employs the popular Big Five trait theory.
Video: Crash Course – Rorschach and the Freudians
Video: Crash Course – Measuring Personality
Psychological Disorders and Treatment
Handout: Highlights of Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 – Summary of organizational and terminology changes in the new DSM published in 2013.
DSM-5 Resources from the American Psychiatric Association – Many individual summary sheets and SHORT VIDEOS on new disorders or changes to the DSM. Great resources.
Maladaptive Thinking Examples – CBT
Multiple Choice Practice Items: Psych Disorders and “Applied Multiple Choice Practice Items” for Psych Disorders
New! Multiple Choice Practice Items: Therapies and “Applied Multiple Choice Practice Items” for Therapies
Grid Sheet: Examples of Treatment Approaches (compare to the one we completed in class, if confused)
Video: Dying to Be Thin – we will view portions of this in class. For those who wish to see the full version, here it is!
Video: THIN – HBO Documentary on Eating Disorders
Video: Crash Course – OCD and Anxiety Disorders
Video: Crash Course – Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Video: Crash Course – Schizophrenia and Dissociative Disorders
Video: Crash Course – Personality Disorders
Video: Crash Course – Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Social Psychology
Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon – 1 minute video on the “Drive Carefully” Sign study
Conformity – video outlines conformity research, and describes pros and cons of our tendency to conform
Bystander Effects – In this interesting amateur video, the effect of clothing/appearance is manipulated to test bystander intervention effects.
Torture? Sure…if the victim is from an outgroup – Time article
Film: American Denial – explores the roots of racism in America, and social & cognitive reasons this continues to be a problem.
Crash Course Video: Social Thinking
Crash Course Video: Social Influence
Crash Course Video: Aggression v. Altruism
Stress and Health
The Holmes-Rahe Scale – for adults; test measuring severity of stressors in past 2 years. Or, try this printable version.
College Undergraduate Stress Scale (pdf)- similar to Holmes-Rahe Scale, but adapted for college students.