Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Biological-Bases-of-Behavior-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition reductionism parsimony neuron structure dendrites … Read More
Key Terms for Research Methods
Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: Research-Methods-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition demand characteristics social desirability Hawthorne Effect … Read More
Key Terms for History and Approaches
Download a free pdf of this key terms list here: History-and-Approaches-Key-Terms Find explanations and examples of all of these key terms and more here: Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition Plato Aristotle nativism philosophical empiricism … Read More
What is the Internal Assessment for IB Psychology?
The Internal Assessment for IB Psychology consists of collection of data from a simple experiment, followed by a written report. The report is graded by the class teacher and then the reports and grades are sent to an IB Moderator … Read More
How is the AP Psychology Exam Graded? AP Score Calculator
Students generally want to know how the different sections of the AP Psychology Exam are graded to produce an overall AP score. Here’s a score calculator that you can use to estimate your AP Psychology score based on your performance … Read More
What’s on the IB Psychology Exam?
The IB Psychology exam assesses students by combining results on 3 or 4 assessments, depending on if a student is taking SL or HL. These parts are Paper 1; which assesses biological, cognitive, & sociocultural approaches, Paper 2; which assesses applications … Read More
What’s on the AP Psychology Exam? (2024 Update)
This year’s AP Psychology Exam will be at 12pm on Thursday May 9, 2024. So what can you expect? Here’s a quick summary of the question types and the areas of psychology that are covered in AP Psychology. The Format … Read More
Why Study Psychology?
If you’re just getting started studying psychology, you may ask why this field is worth your time and energy. Why study psychology? What will studying psychology do for you and what purpose does it serve? In my opinion, psychology is … Read More
Can I Get a 5 on the AP Exam?
From day one, I had a rule in my classes, and that rule was that throughout the entire school year, students were never allowed to ask me some variation of “Can I get a 5 on the AP exam?” or … Read More
Finding Freud’s Legacy in Neuroscience?
This is a link to an interesting article from Discover Magazine which looks at the intersection of Freudian psychoanalysis and modern-day neuroscience research. It covers quite a lot of ground along the way, considering cases of brain damage, anosognosia, Damasio’s … Read More