week #6- Class Evaluation

What did you like about this class? I enjoyed almost everything that we did in and outside of class this semester. I like this class for the fact that it's never the same and we're always learning something new and interesting every day.

What was your favorite activity or project? My favorite activity in this class has got to be the emotion project. I've always been a very artistic and crafty person, so any time when there's a project that involves drawing, i always have more fun.

What didn't you like about this class? Honestly, there was nothing i really didn't like doing in the class. Obviously writing eighty plus vocab terms was a pain in the butt but it was worth it in the end. I'm really proud of myself for doing all of the units.

What do you think i should leave out next year? I feel like all of the upcoming students for thank you if you would leave out the real world examples on the vocab. Most of the time i would just write something really random down since I'm not sure.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas for things i could do next year in AP psych? Keep at it with the memes, group projects, and extra credits.

Do you like quizzing each unit and only having 1-2 major grade exam? For sure! This was really nice since most teachers would just give out tests. Doing this could really be beneficial to not only students but also the teacher.

What is your advice for students taking AP psych in the future? You cannot just be a Psychologist over night it takes years. So don't expect to study for anything before class especially the vocabs and expect to make as food grade.

Week 4- Why Everyone Should Lift Weights

People begin lifting weight for many reasons. For some people lifting is an attempt to get fit or lose weight, others just do it for fun. The battle waged by a weight lifter is not between other people of greater or lesser strength but against oneself. Lifting weights is about doing better and being better.

This is human passion at its best; it’s the drive towards the impossible and beyond. Weight lifting is about long term goals. It’s about not giving up. It’s about being motivated even angered by those that can do something you cannot. 

Weight lifting works differently it’s about exploiting ones weaknesses towards a desire to improve. It allows one to wield the body like a machine. It’s allows one to know success; incremental success. It allows one to manage hostility.

 It feels great knowing with every five pounds you add to the bar, you're better than you were yesterday, you're better than someone else. You'll look in the mirror during and after your workout, seeing that entire pump, boosting your ego quite nicely. You'll get to the point where you know you're awesome. You know your body is attractive. You know you're better than many others.

During your workout, many to all problems in life become unimportant, if only for a moment. You'll be too caught up in the moment focusing on your technique and physique, setting up the next weights, visualizing your next set, or just too tired to give a crap about anything else.  

     

http://jamesclear.com/why-lift-weights

  

Week #3- How good is your memory?     

        1)   I took the memory test, and my overall results were 74/100, which indicate that I have very little difficulty remembering things. I believe I have a pretty decent memory. I can remember the good and the bad. I can remember important events that too place weeks ago. Ultimately I remember things that are significant to me or really impacted me. However, this short quiz was only 7 questions, there is no way you can measure someone’s memory with 7 short questions. 

   

2  2)   I took the short memory test and I scored 7 out of 12, which basically mean I’m at working at an average capacity. Your short term memory can hold information up to 30 seconds. Therefore, as I was trying to put all the words together, I could only recall words from the first column.

        
       3)  I took the picture short term memory test; this quiz is pretty much similar to the one that I took with words, but in picture form. The results were way better than the first quiz, so in my opinion, I process words better through pictures. I prefer using images, pictures, and colors to organize information

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     4)   I took the face memory test and my recognition skill is fairly good. I got everything right except for the lips and face structure. Well the face that I picked to remember was somewhat similar to a pig’s face. Therefore, I just picked based on what’s in my head. In conclusion, this test was a little off, since the quiz only gives you 3 different options, which was too easy in my opinion. 

       

5    5)  Lastly, I took the everyday object test that makes you pick out which one is the current penny. It didn’t take me long to pick the answer choice A, and surprisingly I got it right. It was pretty obvious in my opinion that answer choice A was the correct penny, but as stated most people have a hard time making the right choice.