Welcome for Mr Marquez Red mountain High School

1. Mr. Marquez
Sit
Anywhere

2. Introductions
 Mr. Gabriel Marquez
 13 years teaching
 Alumni of RMHS
 Scottsdale Community
College
 Oklahoma Panhandle
State University
 Social Studies Degree

3. The Marquez Crew

4. Why Psychology?
 Offered to me one
year and ran with it
 How my brain works
 Psychology is
everywhere
 A truly applicable
class to your life

5. Humility
 To be successful in this class
you need an open mind
 Humility
the quality or condition of
being humble; modest
opinion or
estimate of one's own
importance, rank, etc.

6. Your
Heart is
Safe
•Some of the things we talk
may be sensitive to some
people
•We are not here to change
your heart…..
•But, we are going off
research!

7. General classroom stuff
 The Red Mountain
Way
 “ Freedom with
responsibility”
○ Bob Free
 Cell Phones
 Electronics
 Don’t sweat the
small stuff
 If you miss a day

8. Homework
 The calendar
 http://www.mpsaz.org/r
mhs/staff/gvmarquez/
 Homework
Philosophy
 Less than 10% of
overall class score
 Late-work
 When is it due?

9. Homework
 This is what a five
looks like!

10. Typical Folder
 Due at the time of
the chapter test
 Chapter 1 notes 20
 Chapter 1 vocab 20
 Chapter 1 Study Guide 25
 Chapter 1 Quiz 1 15
 Chapter 1 Quiz 2 15
 Chapter 1 Quiz 3 15
 Reading 1 5
 Reading 2 5
○ Total 120

11. Tests
 Most will have at
least 50 questions
 Expect FRQ’s
 Reality Check
 These test are written
at a college level
 Prep for the AP test

12. Extra Credit
 Online quizzes
 http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff
/gvmarquez/
 That’s it!......Almost
 Study sessions for the
AP test in April
 My email
 gvmarque@mpsaz.org

13. Office hours and contact
information
 7:30 am
 Lunch when needed
 There will be an issue for
kids with a different lunch
 Library may be the answer
 Office Phone
○ 480-472-8127
 Email
○ gvmarque@mpsaz.org
 Please encourage
parents to email First!

14. Let’s use Technology

15. Let’s use Technology
 The Calendar
 The News Feed

16. Study Tips

17. Objective Test-taking
 Read the directions carefully
 Read the answers before you read the
question
 Read the question carefully
 Skip questions you are unsure about because
there may be clues later in the test
 Eliminate alternatives that you don’t
remember being discussed
 Always mark an answer

18. Studying and Time
Management
 Try to find the material interesting
 Don’t Cram- Time management
 Spaced study periods allow for
digestion
 Set specific study goals and
reward yourself when you achieve
them
 Study in a study specific place
 Study in the same environment as
you test
 Overlearn
 Mnemonic devices help with
depth of processing
 Make a funny/interesting
connection to the information

19. Psychology Moment
 Practice makes permanent
 Biological basis of memory, thinking, and
behavior
 Neurons behave like muscles
○ The more you use them, the stronger they get
 PSP’s

20. Read, Read, Read!!!!
 Reading psychology
is like reading
another language
 Immersion method
 Text is written at a
college level
 Be realistic about
time to read
 Readings are at
PHD level
 Get used to it!
 Supplemental
readings

21. Reading
 Read ahead before the lesson
 Use the SQ3R method
 Survey
○ Holistic, global approach to the reading
 Question
○ What am I about to read?
○ What questions would my teacher pull out to test me?
 Read
○ Self-explanatory
 Recite
○ Summarize what you read
 Review
○ Answer the questions you asked yourself

22. Attention
 Nothing will reach your memory without
attending to it.
 There are three steps to attending to what
is being discussed.
 Focus
 Make it meaningful to you
 Active participation

23. ….so…wake up and PAY
ATTENTION!!!!!!
 Stay awake
 Get a good nights
sleep every night
 Coffee in moderation
is ok
 No distractions
 Cell phones
 Texting
 Music
 Other homework

24. Sleep
 Enough sleep is important – 8 hours
 REM sleep important for forming memory
 REM sleep increases as the night goes on
 5-6 hours can affect memory formation
 Stimulants and alcohol negatively affect quality
sleep

25. Memory
 The secret to any
new learning is to tie
new information to
already well learned
information
 Hooks
 Tricks
○ It is a skill that you
can learn and
improve on

26. Depth of Processing
 Make information meaningful
 Tie new info to old subjective orientation
 How will this new info affect you or help you
 Repetition is shallow processing and usually
only held in memory for a short period of
time or difficult to recall
 3 Levels

27. TYPES OF MNEMONICS
 Single use mnemonics
 ROY G BIV
 Rhyming
 “righty tighty, lefty loosey”
 Method of Loci or peg word mnemonic
 One is a bun two is a shoe
 Visualize funny images with the term like
hypothalamus controls body temperature, thirst
and other basic body homeostasis function –
hypo-needle thalamus-thermometer

28. Keyword method of vocabulary
vocab keyword definition story
Hippocampus Hippo and or
campus
Structure in the
brain responsible
for retaining some
types of long term
memory
The hippo came to
the campus hoping
to remember as
much as he could.
Corpus collosum You try Thick band of axon
fibers that connect
both hemispheres
of the brain.
You try