Introductory Psychology Clep

My son took the Intro Psychology test today at the local University. He passed the exam and earned another 3 college credits. He recently took Intro to Sociology, both test have some over-lapping material, so if you take one test you should go ahead and take the other with some additional studying on the brain, eyes, ears, neurons and neurotransmitters.

Major names and theories that were of interest in studying were those of:
Erikson, Freud, Jung, Kohlberg, Piaget, Rogers, Skinner, Watson, Wundt

We used the REA book for Introductory Psychology for most of our studying along with a couple of internet sites and of course Wikipedia to fill in gaps. Here is a site that we used for studying
Psychology: An Introduction that is very good with self test throughout each chapter. Another good site is AllPsych which both my children really enjoyed studying from.

What an interesting subject to study and learn about, Although, we are not through yet. My daughter will be taking this test in the near future.

Parts of the Brain~A mnemonic device to learn

At the moment my two older children are studying for Intro to Psychology. One of the things covered are parts of the brain and how it works. I came across a neat little video that shows how to memorize the parts of the brain using a mnemonic device. Even my 12 year old has learned by watching the video.

The video covers~Cerebral Cortex, Corpus Callosum, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Pons, Cerebellum, Reticular Formation and Medulla.
Once you watch the video, you won't find it hard to remember each part and what it does.

Click on the link to view:
How To Memorize the Parts of the Brain | The Psych Files Podcast

Hope you enjoy.

School year 2011-2012

Yes, I'm a bit late on posting plans for the 2011-2012 school year.

This school year I'm down to home schooling three (3) children. I have one that is a senior this year, one that is junior/senior this year and one that is in 7th grade. My son (17) has pretty much completed what is required for high school so he is working more or less on earning college credits this year. Although, he will officially graduate high school in May.

My daughter (15) is working on finishing up high school level courses and is also earning some college credits. At the end of the school year she will take the ACT, so she will be prepping for that as well sometime after the holidays.

My youngest son (12) has been steadily working his way through his studies although he is also enjoying sitting in on some of his older siblings school work. He's not ready for college work yet, but I see it in his future.

It's hard to believe that we are already in the 3rd month of the school year. Time is flying by again, I seem to say that a lot but it's true. Before I know it, I will be only schooling my youngest son. This makes me sad to even think about. My children are growing up~why does it seem like it was just yesterday that they were all so young?

Introductory Sociology CLEP

Intro to Sociology CLEP test was taken by two of my children at the local University recently. Both children passed and each were awarded with 3 more college credits. YEAH!

We spent several weeks preparing for the test. We purchased the REA CLEP prep book for Sociology. Read through it thoroughly, took the tests in the book/CD, also took 3 Peterson tests and also the test in to CLEP official Study Guide. Also did some online research of the subject and used Wikipedia to get a good understanding of certain terms.

Very interesting subject.