Hypnosis for hoarding? Are these people "good hypnotic subjects?"

Nobody seems to enjoy pain, although it is very important for our well being.

Welcome back

Hope everybody had a good break. HW for all sections have been updated and posted.

Treating Phantom Pain

McGurk Effect

Welcome back, here is your HW update

For AP click below:
AP Homework
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For regular PSY click below:
Regular PSY Homework

**Office hours will be held on Monday, November 7th from 1:40- 2:15 in my office-- for anyone needing help**

Few jokes to start sensation & perception

Regular Psychology Homework Update

Check the homework link for updated information about next week's HW.

AP Psychology Quiz Study Sheet

The term sheet for Tuesday's Unit 3C quiz has been posted in AP PSY Review Sheets

Extra Help Update

I will be on duty on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in Brown dorm.

Regular PSY sections: If you need help getting your drafts started with proper APA, you might want to see me.

AP PSY: "Rubber Hand Experiment" help.

AP Psychology Video: The Case of Jeanie

Few pictures to start your psychology day!

HW for Thursday 10/6 (AP and Regular sections)

Work on your take home component of the test.

AP students can access it in the (AP PSY Review Sheets)

and

Regular PSY students can access it in the (PSY Review Sheets)

This second part of the test is due on Thursday.

EXTRA CREDIT CHANCE for all Psychology classes

Write a paragraph for each picture, explaining the humor behind each. In your response, you need to explain how each relates to what we have been discussing in the first chapter/ unit. Responses are due at 9 am on Tuesday and can earn you 3 bonus points.

Little Albert Found

Follow up to the video clip shown in one of the AP sections today: Watson's controversial experiment. For those qurious about what happened to "Little Albert," watch this video.

EXTRA CREDIT Homework for Regular Psychology (Sections A & C)

For those that did check your e-mails and this blog site- good. By completing this assignment, you can earn 5 extra credit points. If you are one of those that does not check the skspsychology blog everyday- too bad.

1. Read the article titled The Insanity Verdict on Trial. Click on the link below.
The Insanity Verdict on Trial

2. Having seen the video on Andrea Yates earlier, in a brief paragraph, summarize the article and write your opinion about it--Do you agree, disagree?

Again, this is not mandatory, but if you do the assignment, you can earn up to 5 extra credit points.

Psychology Joke of the Day

School gives kindergarteners iPads

Check out this interesting video about improving children's reading and writing skills.

HOMEWORK for Monday, September 12th: The Tragic Story of Andrea Yates

For all SKS Psychology Sections: Take a look at this video clip for Monday. With your iPads, write down your thoughts, feelings and opinions about the story (the reasons behind her actions). Once you write it (short paragraph), e-mail it to me at vylets@southkentschool.org in a PDF file.

Also, please work on getting your textbooks and finish our summer reading assignments if you haven't done so already. Be prepared to discuss these stories in class on Monday.

See you all on Monday in class.

The Meaning Behind Psychology Symbol

Psychology Symbol

"When you study the topic you quickly discover that the universal symbol for psychology is the pitchfork shaped image in the picture above. Now while this is great for short hand purposes i.e., drawing the symbol rather than having to spell out psychology in full; have you ever wondered about where the psych symbol originates from?" (Webb)

The Devil is Not in The Detail

"One interesting but totally incorrect suggestion is that the psych symbol is somehow related to the fork carried by the devil. One theory goes that because mental illness was historically seen as the work of the devil, psychology by association was considered diabolical; and in an irreverent display of defiance, psychologists adopted the devil fork shape as their official symbol." (Webb)

It's All Greek To Me

"The fact is that to discover the origin of the psychology symbol, you simply have to trace its etymology (word origin and sense development).

As can be seen from the image above the symbol for psychology represents the penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet, psi, which is also the first letter of the Greek word psuche, meaning mind or soul, from which the termpsyche arose; which in turn gave us the name of the discipline psychology which is most commonly defined as study of the mind.

Perhaps the devil is in the detail after all!

Evidence for the etymological origin of the psych symbol can be traced back as early as 1879. The following definition is taken from the book "New Word Analysis (School Etymology of English Derivative Words)" by William Swinton." (Webb)

Webb, D. (n.d.). The psychology symbol. Retrieved from http://www.all-about-psychology.com/psychology-symbol.html

Take a look at thepsychfiles.com. Great resource full of podcasts and other psychology media

A great website with plenty of psychology podcasts, news and other media

First Week of Class

Make sure to finish reading our summer assignment. The first week of class will be spent primarily on this book. We will be identifying psychological concepts from the book and discussing them.

Welcome to the new SKS Psychology Blog!

Welcome to the blog. The site is under construction and much of its content, including the AP Psychology syllabus, calendar, assignments and others is being updated.