DO’S AND DON’TS OF WRITING the two AP PSYCH F R Q S
DO THE THREE R’S
READ THE PINKIES
RECALL THE TERMS
RELATE THE TERMS TO THE PROBLEM
DON’T
: number because they want paragraph form.
DON’T: dash – or bullet - because ONLY complete sentences count!
DON’T: cross out anything you write because you just might be right. They don’t mark off for wrong
answers so let it be unless you say something that contradicts something you said before.
AVOID THESE THREE COMMON ERRORS
But first RELAX and second KEEP on doing whatever has been working for you .
ERROR #1:
Failure to READ EVERY INSTRUCTION AND DO ALL THAT IS ASKED
Circle the tasks on the pink prompt sheet = states problem and terms
ERROR #2:
Failure to RECALL THE CORRECT TERM = encoding failure
DON’T try the old CIRCULAR DEFINITION trick namely using the same words in the term to define the term.
That just shows the reader UDKS. (U Don’t Know this)
Use your mnemonics.
Similar terms can trap you = encoding error.
Find t he terms you know. Do them first. You can put them in any order.
Check those off on the Pink prompt after you’ve T D A’s them.
ERROR #3:
Failure to RELATE THE TERMS TO THE PROBLEM
Respond to the problem. It’s a response test. T D A all the way
NAME THE TERM IN THE DEFINTION AND/OR APPLICATION .
Underline the term when you write it on the pink booklet.
The
AP readers can’t read your mind.
Give them a clue which term/application you are writing about.
Remember YOUR self efficacy chant, whatever it might be. Below are samples:
I GOT THIS!
I’VE DONE THIS BEFORE
And I CAN DO IT AGAIN!
Or simply IKTS if you are really confident