Psychology Memes

Memes:
--an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

• a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

I posted about an app that makes memes back in 2014 at this link: http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/2014/05/meme-factory-post.html

Since then, I have found more than a few psychology memes online. Some are accurate, some are not. You can use accurate ones for lesson starters or inaccurate ones as a way to check for understanding. You could have students create their own. So many possibilities.

Here are some fun ones.  Enjoy!

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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"Why so serious?" meme - this year's "This is Sparta!"

Last year thousands of students inserted the phrase "This is Sparta!" into their AP essays. It looks like this year the phrase will be "Why so serious?" http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/670387-why-so-serious-putting-smile-ap-test-graders-faces.html

What do you all think of this new tradition? It was actually amusing at the AP psych reading last year, but I was a little worried how student would respond this year after succeeding so well last year. How would you react if you knew your students participated? Does this worry or amuse you?

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