Skewed Distributions: How to Memorize Them
December 31, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Positive and negative skewed distributions: having a hard time remembering which is which? How’s this for a mnemonic: use your feet. As you can see from the image below, your left foot is negatively skewed and your right foot is positively skewed. The “skew” part of a graph is the smaller part of the curve, so your little toe is the skew part. The answer to skew questions is right under your…whole body!
Brain Mnemonics For Your Bio-Psych Test
November 10, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
I finally finished the mnemonic devices for the brain - 34 of the craziest images I could think up, plus 6 ridiculous acronyms and 5 serious concept maps. If you need to memorize the parts of the brain (including the neuron and neurotransmitters) for a test I think this PDF doc will help.
I’m still updating this site, so for now please check out the details on the Brain Mnemonics page on my other blog/podcast - The Psych Files.
More info about the Brain Mnemonics PDF
I hope it’s the most worthwhile $4.99 you’ve spent on your studies in a while.
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Bio Psych Mnemonics For Sale Soon
October 27, 2008 by admin · 1 Comment
Very soon I’ll be making available a downloadable PDF document containing over 30 mnemonic images to help you remember the parts and functions of the bold terms you’ll find in a typical bio psych chapter of an introductory psychology textbook.
If you’re taking Intro Psych you’ll find this document invaluable. A typical bio psychology chapter includes terms like:
- Occiptal lobe
- Medulla
- Hypothalamus
- Serotonin
- Reticular Formation
- Synaptic vessicles
- Acetylcholine
- Nodes of Ranvier
- Dendrites
- Broca’s area
- Wernicke’s area
How can you remember what these brain parts do? Well, can you picture these items:
- kites
- a killer octopus
- a bloody ax
- Einstein
- your roommate asleep on a couch
- a watermelon
If you can picture these things then you can memorize the parts of the brain. Very soon I’ll have the “Bio Psych Mnemonics” document ready for purchase. Check back on this site, or contact me on my other site: The Psych Files podcast.
Q: What is the Psych Test Prep site?
May 22, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
This site is for students who want to do well on their psychology tests. There are lots of websites (including one that came with your textbook) that contain lots of tutorials and lengthy explanations for all those terms in your book. If you want someone to explain Pavlov’s concepts of conditioned and unconditioned stimulus and response, you’ll find it. If you want a video about what Pavlov did, you can probably find that on YouTube. You’ll find an animation of dogs salivating somewhere.
But how are you going to remember those terms?
That’s what this site is about - helping you to remember what you need to remember in order to do well on your psych test.
I’m a psychologist and a mnemonics fanatic. I think mnemonics are great. They’re fun to think up and better than that, they’re useful. That’s what’s different about this site. And - no lengthy tutorials or explanations.
If you want some examples of mnemonic devices geared specifically for students taking a psychology class, check out my other site - The Psych Files podcast. Click on mnemonics in the tag cloud, or just click here: mnemonics for psychology.
Be sure to come back before you take your next psychology test.
