ORIGIN OF PSYCH MOMENTS

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ORIGIN OF PSYCH MOMENTS

• AP CONFERENCE A PARTICIPANT MENTIONED USING
  LATIN MOMENTS
• EX. EQUESTRIAN CENTER EQUESTRIAN COMING FROM
  THE WORD EQUS
• THE STUDENT MADE THE CONNECTION SO THEY RECEIVED
  EXTRA CREDIT

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PSYCH MOMENTS

• THE PURPOSE OF PSYCH MOMENTS IS FOR STUDENTS TO
  MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH INFORMATION THEY LEARN IN
  PSYCHOLOGY CLASS AND THE REAL WORLD NOT THE MTV
  SHOW!!!

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WAYS TO USE PSYCH MOMENTS

• PSYCH MOMENTS WILL ONLY BE USED FOR EXTRA CREDIT
  ON TESTS

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SOURCES FOR PSYCH MOMENTS

• TELEVISION SHOWS
• MOVIES
• NEWS ITEMS
• INTERNET
• FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
• OTHER CLASSES
• BOOKS
• NEWSPAPERS
• SONGS

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GUIDELINES FOR EXTRA CREDIT ON TESTS

• EACH PSYCH MOMENT IS WORTH ONE POINT WITH A
  MAXIMUM OF 5 EXTRA POINTS AVAILABLE PER TEST
• MUST BE SPECIFIC

• MUST CLEARLY ARTICULATE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
  THE TOPIC COVERED IN CLASS AND THE PSYCH MOMENT
• MUST BE DATED

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GUIDELINES CONTD

• CAN ONLY USE 1 PSYCH MOMENT PER TV EPISODE,
  MOVIE, NEWS STORY, ETC
• MUST NOT BE TOO EXPLICIT DELETE CERTAIN
  INAPPROPRIATE WORDS
• CANT REPEAT A PSYCH MOMENT

• SHOULD NOT MENTION OTHER STUDENTS OR TEACHERS
  NAMES IN A NEGATIVE MANNER
• NO PSYCH MOMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED LATE. THEY ARE
  DUE PRIOR TO THE TEST BEGINNING.

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SAMPLE PSYCH MONENT

• Sat. 12/5/09 at 300pm I was watching an
  episode of Friends and the gang teased Monica
  about having Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. She
  kept putting things back in order after Phoebe
  moved them. Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is an
  anxiety disorder. Obsessions are thoughts and
  compulsions are actions. Both can be so
  persistent that they interfere with normal
  activities and can cause distress.

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SAMPLE PSYCH MOMENT

• THURS. DECEMBER 10TH AT 400pm I was watching
  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and
  learned that Ron has a fear of spiders. This is
  called arachnophobia, which is a phobia that is
  characterized by an irrational fear of spiders.
  Phobias are irrational fears that disrupt
  behavior and focus anxiety on a specific object
  or situation. Phobias are the most common form
  of anxiety disorders. Phobias are not the same as
  fears.

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SAMPLE PSYCH MOMENT

• Tues. 12/1/09 at 100pm Today I looked over my
  TAKS test scores from last year and noticed I
  scored in the 86th percentile in almost all my
  subjects. The percentile score signifies the
  percentage of scores at or below that particular
  score. In my case only 14 of students scored
  higher than me in these subjects.

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EXAMPLES OF PSYCH MOMENTS TOPICS FROM OTHER
CLASSES

• ENGLISH TEACHERS MENTIONING FREUD AND JUNG
  (PERSPECTIVES OR PERSONALITY)
• US HISTORY TEACHERS DISCUSSING DOROTHEA DIX
  (TREATMENTS - REFORMERS)

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EXAMPLES OF PSYCH MOMENTS TOPICS IN SONGS

• MATCHBOX 20 UNWELL LYRICS - IM NOT CRAZY IM
  JUST A LITTLE UNWELL. (DEFINING ABNORMAL)
  ABNORMALCY CAN BE DEFINED WITH 4 TERMS
  UNJUSTIFIABLE, MALADAPTIVE, ATYPICAL, AND
  DISTURBING
• FAITH HILL THIS KISS LYRICS - ITS THAT
  PIVOTAL MOMENT. ITS SUBLIMINAL (ABSOLUTE
  THRESHOLD) SUBLIMINAL MEANS BELOW THERSHOLD
  MEANING IT IS UNDETECTABLE.