Study Tools for your Motivation, Emotion, and Stress Test!

Hi Scholars! It's hard to believe, but your LAST unit test for 1st Semester is nearly upon us. On Thursday, (1/14), you'll be taking your test on Motivation, Emotion, and Stress, so I'm compiling some links/tools here that may be of help as you prepare to finish strong!

1. First, you may find it VERY helpful to review this unit's Learning Objectives. This is a list of things I would expect you to be able to know and do for the test. Especially since we began this unit before break, AND because there are a lot of different/separate topics we addressed, this is nice checklist to make sure you're not missing anything in your studying.
2. You also received Study Guide with practice multiple choice questions following last week's quiz. If you've been through those, and feel that more practice/new questions would be helpful, here are some (created by another AP Psych teacher).
3. Then, there's our good friend, Quizlet. I've embedded the flashcards below. 
4. Study Session Materials:
• Practice FRQ (also has confusing term pairs on pg. 2)
• Slides (will use these to prompt different review activties)
• (Short) vocabulary review [in part because I need to add to it]. Go to join.quizizz.com and enter game code 76532

Notes/Slides

Motivation


Emotion and Stress
Note: Still making some final edits on tomorrow's stuff. But, if you've been gone and want to see notes from an absence, everything up until tomorrow's (1/13) slides is current.

Links for Monday's Activities

Type A/Type B Inventory (complete if not finished from Friday)

Holmes-Rahe Stress Scale

Can You Read Others' Emotions?

Can You Spot the Liar?

Study Resources: Motivation, Emotion, & Stress

As you begin to prepare for your Motivation, Emotion, and Stress Unit exam, you may find the following resources helpful.

• Practice Multiple Choice Questions
• Study Session Prompt(s): Practice FRQ & Confusing Term Pairs
• Some video reviews: Motivation Theory and Emotion Theory

Motivation Notes (1-26-15 through 2-2-15)



Emotion & Stress (2-3-15 to 2-10-15)

How Good Are You at "Reading" Emotions?

Try this emotion detection quiz from the NY Times.

Feeling emotion-savvy? Yesterday's Guilty Knowledge Test make you feel confident about your lie-detection skills? Try out this challenge (you'll need headphones...it involves video clips).

Online Stress Scale

Take the Holmes-Rahe Stress Scale to assess your exposure to stressors.

Facial Feedback Exercise

Use THIS FORM to complete the Facial Feedback Exercise, using the directions you were given in class.

Emotion Theory Posters

Today in class you will be getting instructions for your Emotion Theory Poster project.

If trying to decide on a particular emotion to profile, this list might be helpful in sparking ideas. HOWEVER, please be aware that items on the list (and things that are best suited to your poster) are words that reflect EMOTIONS, not related physical states.

For example, the emotion "cold" means being distant and lacking display of affection, and this might be a good emotion to explore for your project. However, the physical state of being "cold" (e.g., having a lower than desired body temperature) is NOT an emotion, and will be very difficult to relate to the theories of emotion. Likewise, "spicy" is sometimes used as an emotion word (meaning "playfully flirtatious and provocative"). If you interpret it as a quality of a physical stimulus (e.g., foods that make you thirsty or burn your tongue), you are NOT describing an emotion.

Confused about emotion theories? Made sense in class but now you can't figure out what the difference is between them? This might help:

Studying for Your Motivation & Emotion Test

It's hard to believe it's already time for your unit test on Motivation & Emotion, and that feeling of disbelief is no doubt magnified by the fact that we've had such a disrupted school calendar as of late (Thanks, winter weather!). But Tuesday will be here quite soon.

We will be using Monday's class period to do some reviewing, something I typically don't devote much class time to, since I feel my students should be learning how to do their reviewing and studying outside of class in preparation for college-level work. However, given that you've been forced into learning a good chunk of this unit's content via the Internet because of our snow days, I really do feel a review day is in order.

As planned, I'll also be hosting a scheduled review session this evening (Sunday) from 5-7 PM, and I'll be available after school on Monday from 4 -6 PM to answer any questions you might have.

As always, there are online review tools at your disposal in order to aid your review, including:

• Quizlet Flashcards for Chapter 12 (Motivation) and Chapter 13 (Emotion + some Stress/Health stuff from Ch. 14). 
• Online Practice Tests on Motivation & Emotion
• Lots of Topic-Specific Review Resources (videos, websites) on the Study Resources Page.

Snow Day Stuff To Do

Hi all.

Once again, I'm sorry we couldn't be together in person today. Though, I'm a little glad I'll be able to go back to bed soon, because I stayed up late prepping for several possible contingencies for today (as you'll see in the video)...and now I'm REALLY tired.

To keep on track, you'll need to do some things for me today (or over the weekend). These include:

1. Completing this Emotions Tour Worksheet. I will be collecting this/assigning points for a completion grade on Monday in order to incentivize your efforts to stay caught up. Try to complete it first, using your text, before viewing the show.
2. View the the video notes/presentation (embedded below). During the presentation I will walk you through possible responses to many of the questions on the worksheet. You'll notice that during the video I reference possible "in-class" activities...this is because when I was recording I had no idea if you would be working with me, or a sub, or working totally online today. I was trying to prepare for any possible outcome, and I apologize for the clunky-ness.
3. Of course, if you are not yet finished with your Emotion Theory Poster Project, you'll want to wrap that up, as I will collect it on Monday.
4. Optional: You may wish to access the slides for today's notes, which I've included here for your convenience.
5. Optional: Bored? Why not watch this TED Talk on Happiness Research? Great overview of current research on happiness. And who doesn't like happiness?

ABOUT YOUR UNIT TEST: I have decided that I cannot, in clear conscience, proceed with your unit test on Monday, even though pushing it back a day is rather problematic for our next unit. I've now missed seeing my 6th and 7th hour classes for two days in a row, and although I do expect you to keep up with your online make-up work, some review will probably be necessary on Monday and you need the opportunity to ask questions about the material.

• Study Session = As planned, will happen Sunday from 5-7 PM. I can't get the rescheduling in place to switch this to Monday, but I will also be available after school on Monday for help if you need it, too.
• Monday class = We will review in class & you'll have a chance to ask questions about any content you viewed online for class.
• Test: Emotion & Motivation Unit = Tuesday. Normal format (no notes).

Materials You Need

Notes/Presentation from 2/21/14

Slides

To Brighten Your Day...



Daniel Gilbert: The Surprising Science of Happiness

Motivation and Emotion Study Helps

This unit may have gone by quickly, but don't be fooled! There is a lot of terminology and theory to master when studying motivation and emotion. I've linked up below a number of video clips that you may find useful in reviewing  major unit concepts. You'll find the two flashcard sets for this unit embedded below as well.

Happy studying! 

• 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.
• 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 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.

Motivation and Emotion Unit Flashcards

Our test on Motivation & Emotion will come up soon after break (Tuesday, March 6th). To that end, be sure to make plans to attend our study session the night before (Monday, March 5th) from 5-7 PM. In the meantime, in addition to the study guide you received in class, you might find it helpful to brush up on the terms for this unit.
Motivation (Ch. 12)

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards

Emotion (Ch. 13 & some portions of Ch. 14)

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards | Study psychology flash cards

Psych Club Meeting - 2/19/10

Today's Psych Club meeting will feature a couple important business items:

• Publicizing March's guest speaker event
• Constructing materials for the bulletin board and
• Taking an EQ test!

Since the test we are taking will be online, we will meet in rm 135 (across the hall from my classroom).

Here's the link to our EQ test.

Focusing on how little time you have left can make you happier : Cognitive Daily

Check out this blog post from the Cognitive Daily. It's a review of some recently published research that could shed light on why vacations and other time-limited activities seem to be so enjoyable. An interesting premise.

Link: Focusing on how little time you have left can make you happier : Cognitive Daily

Assuming this theory is correct (which, I would add, is not completely clear based soley on this single piece of research), remember: you only have 179 days of school left this year! Soak it up. :)

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