Memory Demo

When prompted by your instructor, please complete this form.

Eye Witness Testimony: How Reliable Is It?

For today's activities, you'll be completing this worksheet and viewing the two video clips below. Your teacher (either myself or the sub) will lead you in a discussion about what you learned.

NOTE:
To become familiar with the research on human memory, we will be viewing, in two parts, a video that shows how basic memory concepts apply to eye-witness testimony. The video we are about to watch details the way in which memory impacted the outcome of a criminal investigation of a rape. While it is not graphic, and you are only provided enough details about the crime itself to understand its relation to cognitive science, this can be an emotionally evocative topic for some. If you would prefer to instead use your Chromebook and headphones to the alternate video posted below (a TED Talk by the same cognitive psychologist profiled in the video shown in class). That talk still mentions crimes, including rape cases, but is more academic and less personal.

Clip #1


Clip #2



Alternate Video Option:

Winner, Winner!

What can I say? The people love Freud. Today's vote on t-shirt designs gave Mr. Freud a clear victory over his competition.

If you'd like to be the proud owner of this year's Freud-friendly Psych Club t-shirt, sign up in rm 136 and pay your $12 to Mrs. Welle by September 26.

(Note: if paying by check, please make the check to Chippewa Falls Senior HS)

Psych Club Meeting & T-Shirt Voting

Today Psych Club will be kicking off the 2017-18 School Year at our opening meeting during Lunch B! We've got some important agenda items to take care of, but I'm posting this information here for the benefit of those who cannot make it (due to competing clubs or Living Leadership duties).

Agenda:

• Sign-In (so I can get an updated roster for this year) :)
• Voting on T-Shirts! See form below. 
• Sign up for Remind texts for Psych Club meetings.
• Optional: Register for "The Changing Landscape of Drug Abuse: A Community Forum" on Sept 21 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire (7:00 PM).
• Door Prizes

See Agenda document for information about future meeting times.

Note: You need to be signed in to your .chipfalls.org account to view and vote!

Practice: Correlation Coefficients and Scatterplots

Today in class we'll also be practicing interpreting scatterplots.

Use this link to Guess the Correlation

Psych Club Meeting: Tuesday, Sept 12!

Now that our schedules have solidified a bit, it's time to get Psych Club back together!

Our kick-off meeting will be held during Lunch B on Tuesday, September 12 in rm 136.

We've got a number of potential projects/activities to discuss for the year, including:

• Voting on T-Shirt designs (see below)
• Participation in community forum on "The Changing Landscape of Drug Abuse" on Sept 21 at Sacred Heart Hospital in EC
• Participation in the South View Bear Crawl (fundraiser for barrier-free playground)

Also, there will be CANDY. 

And DOOR PRIZES!!!!!

T-shirt Designs (so far...send me others if you have them!)

Survey

In class on Thursday (A-Day) or Friday (B-Day) we will begin to explore the various research methods used in modern psychological science, including surveys.

When prompted by your instructor, please take a moment to complete the survey below. Your responses will remain anonymous and participation is voluntary.

NOTE: Because responses are limited to CFHS students, you must be signed in to your .chipfalls.org Google account to access the form. If you are having trouble accessing the form, try using this link.

Worried about Keeping up in AP? Join Team ASAP!

Feeling behind after only two days back at school? Wondering how you'll keep up with your AP coursework? Not sure you really know how to study, even though all your teachers keep telling you to do more of it?

Join Team ASAP and learn how to thrive in your challenging AP courses!

Team ASAP is a new club for AP Students of all types. We will be meeting on Thursdays during Lunch B in rm 136. Your input will help determine club activities and agendas, but tentative plans include:

• Learning about organizational strategies to help stay on track
• Combating procrastination using tips from cognitive science
• Learning about and practicing effective study strategies
• Hearing from successful former AP Students
• Stress management techniques

Hey, maybe we'll even get T-shirts?!

Our first meeting will be Thursday, September 7th. We'll be sharing strategies for staying organized, so bring your course syllabi and your planner (or whatever organizational strategy you use). For those new to time management strategies, we'll take some time to plug in test and project deadlines so you can practice.