Hear ye, Hear Ye, We are pleased to announce the last cultural event of the year.

This experience is in celebration of a year of hard work in the field of Psychology.

Council Rock AP Psychology Year-End Experience
Ye Olde C.R.A.P.P.Y.E. Day
(Psych Faire)
In celebration of this accomplishment, we will have the eighth annual
Council Rock Advanced Placement Psychology Year-end Experience
on June 5, 2013.

In order to celebrate and receive credit for this C.R.A.P.P.Y.E. day, you will need
to participate fully in the activity. This will require each participant to be creative
and to think “outside the box.”

PSome less than pserious CRAPPYE day psuggestions have been:

Chicken wings (extra hot) to commemorate B.F. Skinner’s famous experiment.
[Pigeon wings are really tough to find]
A musical psalute to child development. (In honor of the noted PSWISS
psychologist, Jean Piaget.)
The theatrical debut of “Baby, You Pshock My World” ( A CR Psouth psalute to
PStanley Milgram)
Become Dr. Philip Zimbardo for the day.
There are many ways you can pshow what you’ve learned this year.

Projects should be research based and use the pscientific method.

Experiments, psurvey, case pstudies or naturalistic observations are
acceptable research-based projects.

It is REQUIRED that you receive teacher approval of your idea to avoid

duplication. (Can you imagine 85 people dressed like Phil?)
Your exhibit MUST pshow an understanding of your topic and be a learning tool
for the class.

Working with a partner(s) is permitted.

This can be a group project, (4 max.)
Your group can consist of pstudents from other AP Psych classes.

Your projects will require IN PSCHOOL and after pschool time. If

you are not working on your project during class, then you pshould
be participating as a psubject in psomeone else’s project. Your
participation in other projects is a requirement.

See DAILY WORK CHART – this will be factored into individual grades.
Deadlines: Deadlines:
On or Before May 14, 2013 Proposals Due
May 15, 2013 Approvals returned
May 15, 2013 Begin work on projects (If Approved)
June 5, 2013 C.R.A.P.P.Y.E. Day

*As part of the review and approval process, your project idea must conform to
ethical guidelines. Ethical guidelines MUST be followed throughout the project.
Failure to follow ethical guidelines will result in the project receiving a zero
grade (0)!

The project is worth 25% of your 4th MP grade.

We hope you enjoy this activity and have a CRAPPYE Day.

 Projects/Presentations should include an Operational
Definition and all aspects of the Scientific Method as well as
any appropriate historical background on your research
project. Use prior experiments to compare/ contrast your
research data/ results.

Can you give me an example of Operational

Definition?
An operational definition is a very specific definition used in an experiment, to ensure that all of the
researchers collecting data are watching for the same thing. Say you are doing an experiment on altruism
where you pretend to trip down some stairs or something and to see if people "help" you. The word help
needs to be operationally defined. It could be only when people help you up, or it could be if people just
offer to help and ask if you are OK. Either one of these is an operational definition. So before you begin
the experiment YOU MUST DEFINE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR! Be specific!

You may be wondering what is meant by the term "response". In this experiment we will only be looking
at whether or not the response is negative or indifferent. "Negative", however, will range from:
-Lowly Negative: A facial expression of discomfort (e.g., 'stink eye' or 'angry eyebrows')
-Moderately negative: Verbal adversity (e.g., "What!?" or "I don't feel comfortable answering that
question.")
-Highly Negative: Physical adversity (e.g., 'Walking away from the survey without a farewell' or
'Physical harm to the surveyor')
-Indifferent: Showing no facial, verbal, or physical adversity (e.g., Answering the question without a
fuss)
What should go on my trifold…
1. Creative Title
2. Background information/ Historical Perspective
3. Hypothesis (remember you are not graded on this if its correct)
4. The Research/Overview of your project – operational definitions
5. The Procedure/ Process – what you did
6. The DATA
7. Conclusions / Results/ Findings…
Other things to consider…
a. What went right…
b. What went wrong…
c. Things you would change/ do differently…
d. things you failed to think about/ take into account…
e. MOST importantly…what did you learn from your research
• About the process
• About the topics being explored (operational definition)
 What should the tri-fold look like?

Background Conclusions and

info.
Your Research and
Results
Finding
Historical data on
your concept or Charts, Graphs, Pictures, etc.
experiment
Sample questions, surveys, etc.

Project Analysis
What went right?
What went wrong?
What would you
do differently?