AP Review Resources--2014 Version

The AP Psychology exam is now less than a week away and by now most of us have gotten to the point of finishing our curriculum and are prepping our students for the upcoming exam.  Below are some resources to help students review on their own.  Some links added from last year, some deleted.

Thanks to Steve Jones for some of these links in previous years.


Videos

AP Psych Review Videos from Chuck Schallhorn
YouTube Channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/SchallhornAPPsych

Pay Site--Entire Course Online
http://www.educator.com/psychology/ap-psychology/schallhorn/


Video Review from the UK
http://www.psychexchange.co.uk/videos/


The PsychFiles by Michael Britt-Video Review Series
http://www.thepsychfiles.com/?s=%22ap+psychology%22

Shared by Charleen Gribbon (I had forgotten this one)
http://education-portal.com/academy/course/psychology-101.html


Online and Apps
Barron's Online Practice Test
http://www.barronsbooks.com/AP/psych/ap_psychology_2014.html
http://www.barronsbooks.com/AP/psych/

The Genes to Cognition Website for the Original 3D Brain and Other Great Bio-based Resources
http://www.g2conline.org/

AP Review on Twitter--Steve Jones Link from previous post
http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-return-of-ap-psych-review.html

For Brain Review--the 3D Brain App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/3d-brain/id331399332?mt=8

Brain Tutor 3D--App 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brain-tutor-3d/id301362928?mt=8

Apps - 5 Steps to a 5, Brainscape, PsycTest Hero


Vocabulary Sites

Quizlet exam review flash cards - 394 terms, 771 terms, famous psychologists

AP Psych Study Sets--Vocabulary
http://quizlet.com/subject/ap-psychology/



Teacher sites - these have an assortment of various links to review sites.

• Stanley
• Collins
• Donner
• Lazarewicz
• http://home.mindspring.com/~j-squared/apreviewsite/index.html

APPsychology.Com Study Site from a former AP student
http://appsychology.com/HowPass/howpasshome.htm

Course Notes for AP Psych--Most material taken from previous site
http://www.course-notes.org/Psychology

Psychology Review Notes from Intro Psych Classes
http://www.alleydog.com/101notes.php#.UWq5gSusbnw


Review Books

• Barron's AP Psychology, 5th Edition (by our own Rob McEntarffer)
• Cracking the AP Psychology Exam, 2013 Edition (College Test Preparation)
• 5 Steps to a 5 AP Psychology, 2012-2013 Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series)
• Barron's AP Psychology Flash Cards, 2nd Edition

If you have additional resources and ideas, please add them in the comments.

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Shamless Plug/AP Review

Good day,

Shameless plug that may be of benefit to your students.  First is the Educator.com site.  For a fee, one can subscribe to all the available video courses (there are many). Of course, my favorite is my own. You can find that here: http://www.educator.com/psychology/ap-psychology/schallhorn/
The entire AP Psychology course and test prep are on this course.

Free review on my YouTube Channel can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SchallhornAPPsych



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Steven Pinker gives an intro psych quiz

The terrific Harvard professor and author Steven Pinker has published in the NY Times a pop quiz

"culled from one of his Harvard courses, “Psychological Science.” Although I'm a huge fan of Pinker and love the way he's applying psychology to "real life," I don't love all of the questions.

To avoid spoiling it any more, take the quiz and post your comments below. What did you think?

--posted by Steve

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Autism Awareness Day

This first part is from an earlier post in 2010.

Autism affects 1 in 100 children; 1 in 70 boys.  April is Autism Awareness Month and today, April 2 is Autism Awareness Day.  As we move in time, there are larger numbers of students who have some aspect of the disorder.
Autism Speaks.Org Site that assists families with their children who have autism.  They also provide information about autism along with links related to research, how to support, and how to become involved in the fight against autism.
Cafepress Site for Autism Awareness
The Autism Society

After posting that, I received a couple of emails that exhibited the politics that are occurring in the autism community.  Not everyone supports everyone else's agendas or tactics or approaches.  I am not a part of the community, so I remain ignorant and neutral of the issues.  To that end I will re-post the links above.

Some additional resources are listed hereL
http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/mar/31/autism-awareness-teaching-tips-lesson-resources

http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/world-autism-awareness-day

http://www.theguardian.com/society/autism

NIH  Fact Sheet
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm

Autism Society
http://www.autism-society.org/

Google News Search on Autism
https://www.google.com/search?q=autism&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=Qw87U9CuF-TAyAGGkIGYAQ&ved=0CGcQqAI

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Speaking of Infographics--Mental Illness

I found this one on Tumblr recently.  Yesterday's post by Rob reminded me to post this one as well.  It's not the greatest infographic, but it has some key information about mental illness that will be good for the high school teacher.  What are below are four separate images dealing with the science of mental illness.

The post was from an account called Neuromorphogenesis.  The poster has some fascinating links and photos.  As of this date, there are some cool pictures of subdural hematomas and the arachnoid layer being lifted off the brain.  The link for the post on the graphics below is here.
http://neuromorphogenesis.tumblr.com/post/81141031221/the-science-of-mental-illness?utm_medium=email&utm_source=html&utm_campaign=weekly_top_posts_subject_2&utm_term=post_81141031221

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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