Mnemonic devices for psychology

Memory tools for those who work with and on our brains.....

PSYCHOLOGY

  Mnemonic Device: Please Say You Can Hit Old Ladies, Or Get Yogurt. Explanation: A mnemonic device for spelling the word PSYCHOLOGY.

Don’t Eat Peanut Cookies Boys

  Mnemonic Device: Don’t Eat Peanut Cookies, Boys Explanation: To remember the goals of psychology. to Describe, Explain, Predict, and Control Behavior

King Crab Appendages Are Savory Eats

  Mnemonic Device: King Crab Appendages Are Savory Eats Explanation: To remember each level of Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive skills. Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation

Some People Can Fly!

  Mnemonic Device: Some People Can Fly! Explanation: to remember Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, in order Sensorimotor, Pre-operational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational

OCEAN (or CANOE)

  Mnemonic Device: OCEAN (or CANOE) Explanation: to remember the Big Five personality traits Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism

If you saw a Hippo on Campus, you would remember it.

  Mnemonic Device: If you saw a Hippo on Campus, you would remember it. Explanation: To remember the brain structure (Hippocampus) that processes explicit memories (such as personal experiences). Picture seeing
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