09.21.10 & 09.22.10

We will have an essay workshop today. Bring your typed essay with you to class; the essay details and prompt question are below. Bringing an essay guarantees a 100% and the workshop is meant to answer your questions.

AP Essay Format
  • top right corner: name and block
  • no title or heading
  • 12 point font
  • times new roman
  • double spaced
  • standard margins
AP Essay #1
Psychologists use a variety of research methods to study behavior. Three of the main research methods used are:
  • case study
  • correlational study
  • experiment
A. Discuss one advantage of each research method listed above.
B. Discuss one disadvantage of each research method listed above.

Pretend you are a psychologist who will use each of the three research methods listed above to determine the effect of taking vitamin J on improving memory.

C. For each method listed above, explain a key characteristic of the basic approach you would use to reach a scientific conclusion about the relationship between taking vitamin J and improving memory. You need not design a complete study.

It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the questions posed.