Prepare for the AP Psychology Exam While Playing a Game with iScore5!
 
iScore5 AP Psychology has a newly updated app dedicated to helping students score high marks on the AP examination.  The new version contains a new 100 question practice exam and 2 sample FRQ questions with full rubrics.  The app is designed to be entertaining and engaging for students. It functions like a game and helps students to master over 800 vocabulary words for AP Psychology.  The app questions have all been written by experienced AP Psychology teachers or College professors of psychology all of whom are also AP exam readers. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets. 
 
The iScore 5 AP Psychology app is available for $4.99 in the iTunes store for Apple or Google Play for Android.
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The interactive interface of the app is easy to navigate, and students may choose to return to study mode to practice basic vocabulary at any point during the game. Within each level including the study mode the questions and practice items are organized according to the fourteen units outlined by the official College Board AP Psychology course outline.
 
How to Play!
 
Study Level:  During the study level 800 key concepts for students to master organized by each of the AP Psychology units are presented in a flash card format.  The study level is available for review at any level of the game. 
 
Level 1:  Provides 20 vocabulary terms at a time for each unit, so it is recommended that students play this level often as the app generate a different set of terms each time the student plays.
 
Level 2:  This level contains a set of multiple-choice questions in an AP format for each of the 14 AP Psychology units at the easiest level of difficulty.  The correct answer for each question is explained regardless of whether or not the student answered correctly or not.
 
Level 3:  This level contains a set of multiple-choice questions in an AP format for each of the 14 AP Psychology units at a medium level of difficulty.  The correct answer to each question is explained regardless of whether or not the student answered correctly or not.
 
Level 4:  This level contains a set of multiple-choice questions in an AP format for each of the 14 AP Psychology units at the most challenging level of difficulty.  The correct answer for each question is explained regardless of whether or not the student answered correctly or not.

Level 5:  The final level consists of a brand new 100-question sample AP Psychology exam.
 
BONUS: Students can earn additional points that are based on their knowledge of famous psychologists. 
 
Sample FRQs:  The newly revised app also offers students 2 AP style FRQ questions with full rubrics for students to review and score their own work.
 
The iscore5 AP Psychology app provides students with a fun and entertaining way to review for the exam.  Because all of the questions are crafted by expert AP Psychology teachers and college psychology professors, the quality of the questions is very similar to what will be seen on the AP exam.
  
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​The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Author:  Mark Manson
ISBN:  13: 978-0062457714

APA Style Citation
Manson, M. (2016). The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.  New York:  Harper One.  
 
Blog Contributor: Joseph Swope, PhD
Institution: Northwest High School
Germantown, Maryland
Website:  http://swopepsych.com/
Email: [email protected]

​Book Description

Despite the title, this book is a serious look at health, happiness, and the things that prevent those two.  The book starts off with entertaining anecdotes and a style that makes you believe you are just hanging out with a guy whose has some wisdom to share.  Ultimately, Manson gives the premise, that we all have only a certain amount of f*cks to give, so we need to be careful about whom and what we bequeath such a valuable commodity.
 
The tasteful, frat-boy style eventually gives way to deep concepts that are supported by psychological science.  Manson does not necessarily split the philosophical atom, but he does approach the topics of stress and happiness from a point of view that is accessible to everyone and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.  
 
While always self-deprecating, Manson discusses that his pursuit and eventual achievement of many of his goals did not make him happy.  He suggests the same is true for many of his readers.  Manson methodically chronicles his greatest pains and admits that most of his suffering comes from his own actions. 
 
This pain/happiness dichotomy is the crux of the book.  He offers and supports the idea that avoiding pain and stress is impossible and thus will bring about more pain and stress.  Similarly, pursuing happiness is a fool’s errand that will leave one never quite happy. With anecdotes, research, and humor, Manson backs up the simple yet powerful idea that happiness can only come from understanding the true nature of pain and stress.

Other Related Resources
Becker, Ernest (1997) The Denial of Death.  New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
 
Baumeister, R, & Tierney, J. (2012)  Will Power: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength.  New York, NY:  Penguin Books
Psychological Figures and Concepts
Roy Baumeister
Ernest Becker
William James
Choice Paradox
Cognitive Appraisal
Fight, Flight or Freeze
General Adaptation Syndrome
Growth Mindset
Happiness
Hedonic Adaptation
Hierarchy of Needs
Inferiority Complex
James-Lange Theory of Emotion
Meditation
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Prosocial Behavior
Self-Esteem
Stress
Resilience
Therapy
Unconscious Drive
Willpower