<p>I thought I would make this thread so people who are self studying AP psyc could ask some questions...</p>
<p>I'll go first. I got to the part that says Correlations doesn't always suggest a Casual relationship. What does that suppose to mean? What do they mean by casual relationship? Any help will be appreciated.</p>
<p>A correlation between two things means that if one occurs, the other is likely to occur (if correlation is +) or not likely to occur (if correlation is -).</p>
<p>If two things have a +1 or -1 correlation, that means they're perfectly correlated.</p>
<p>However, let's say that people with red hair and people that like music have a +.7 correlation. You might be tempted to say that having red hair makes you like music. This cause/effect relationship can't be proved without formal experiments.</p>
<p>As for my question - how the heck is it possible to memorize the parts of the brains & what they do? Is it even necessary for the AP test?</p>
<p>no, not necessary at all. You can do fine justknowing basic concepts, with 100 or so mult choice questions having no idea on 2 or 3 about speciific biological brain parts isent gonna do anything for you</p>
<p>I think the reason Sun didn't understand correlations is because he/she read that they do not necessarily indicate a caSUal relationship, when it really says caUSal.</p>
<p>aphoticmelody: It isn't as hard as it looks. Just know the general important parts of the brain like the hypothalamus, the thalamus, and so on, as well as the different cortexes (there are only 4 with very distinct functions that are usually easy to remember). Lastly, memorize the parts of a neuron and what they do. This isn't hard at all since the names of the parts sound completely different from one another so there's no way you can confuse them, and their descriptions are really short (ex. Myelin: fatty tissue surrounding the axon.) Although there are some important things you should know, most of it is filler. All you need to know about the Corpus Callosum, for example, is that it connects the two hemispheres of the brain. That's really all there is to it. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Also, what aputzer said is completely right, but if you have serious paranoia (join the club), you should learn all the brain parts. The Barron's book explains it in a really good and easy to memorize way, so I suggest you get it. If not, I might be able to PM some of the info to you.</p>
<p>Heh, I feel so behind. I haven't even started studying for psych. I'm gonna have to hurry like no other after the SAT (taking it Saturday). I have the book by Myers and two review books, but ... I've been procrastinating.</p>
<p>/thesuck.</p>
<p>For me, the course was online. I still have my book and notes and what not (printed off basically everything offered on the website which is wonderful-- yet killed quite a few trees). So, is just using the book and these notes enough to prepare? I don't really want to spend any money on preparation books, seeing as I have a stack of them and never have even so much as opened them; it's a complete waste of money to me. </p>
<p>Do you know of any websites with free prep questions and what not?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.appsychology.com%5B/url%5D">www.appsychology.com</a> is byfar the best site. I noticed a mistake in my first post. When I said that memorizing the different cortexes isn't hard since there are only 4, I meant to say lobes, not cortexes.</p>
<p>kyledavid: The Myers book is amazing. If you have the Barron's review book, you will notice that the chapters in the text book and the review book are extremely similar. They are basically perfect for each other.</p>
<p>asianxsensati0n: I'm sure that you will do fine. I would still strongly recommend getting a review book (Barron's) but you don't need to.</p>