Ms.BennettPsychologyI&II
CreatingYourPsychologyPortfolio
COVER:Hopefully,youhavepurchasedanotebookthatyoucanusetotakenotes,drawpictures,andexpressyourselfontopicsdealingwithPsychology.Butthecoverissoboring!Itisuptoyoutospiceitup!YourcoverwillbeareminderthatyouareseriousaboutdoingyourbestinPsychology.
Content:Yourcovershouldhavethefollowingbasicelementsinwritingsomewhereonthecoverandeasilyreadable:
Nameofthecourse:Psychology Yourname:Youmayplacetheseelementsanywhereonthecoveraslongastheycanbeeasilyidentified.
VisualContent:Thefocusofyourcovershouldhaveatheme.Thethemeisuptoyou.Youcanfocusonpsychologyormakethethemepersonal.Afewexamplesarebelow.
PersonalThemeIdentifyaspectsofyourselfthatareuniqueandspecial.Examplesincludeyourfavoritething,petsyouown,musicormoviesyoulike,ahobby,orsomethingspecialaboutyou.Ifyouareaskateboardingexpert,usetheskateboardasasymbolforyourself.Ifyouhavehorses,usepicturesofyourhorsesasasymbolforyourselfandincludeitinyourcoverdesign.
PsychologyThemeForthepsychologythemeyoucouldfocusonthedifferentfieldsofpsychology.Someexamplesinclude:AbnormalPsychology,BiologicalPsychology,CognitivePsychology,DevelopmentalPsychology,PersonalityPsychologyandSocialPsychology.Anotherfocuscouldincludehistoricalfiguresinpsychology.Someexamplesinclude:SigmundFreud,B.F.Skinner,CarlJung,andAbrahamMaslow.
Useyourcreativitytodevelopacoveryoucanbeproudof.Itcanbeinmixedmedia,whichmeansyoucanuseyourowndrawings,photographs,coloredpencils,computerimages,magazinecutouts,andconstructionpaperincombinationtocreateacoverthatreflectsyourinterests.Justbesureyouhavetherequiredcontentlistedabove.
ABOUTTHEAUTHOR:(FirstPage)Thispageisallaboutyou!Ihaveprovidedatemplatethatyoucanuseandpasteontothefirstpage.Ifyouprefertomakeyourownpage,thatisfineaswell.
Ms.BennettPsychologyI&II
TITLEPAGE:(SecondPage)Onthispageyouwillgivebasicinformationaboutyourportfolio.Extrapointswillbegivenfordecoratedtitlepages.Thecontentbelowmustbeonthecoverpage.
NameofCourse:Psychology ClassPeriodthatyouhavePsychology:Period1(or2,etc.) SchoolYear:2010‐2011
Teacher:Ms.BennettYourName:
TABLEOFCONTENTS:(Third,FourthandFifthPage)Thesepageswillbearunningtableofcontentstokeeptheportfolioorganized.Thiswillhelpyoukeeptrackofwhatyouneedtostudyduringtesttime.Ihavecopiesof“TableofContents”pagesifyouwanttousethatinyourportfolio,oryoucanmakeyourown.MAKESURETOUSEAPPRORIATEIMAGESANDLANGUAGEDue:Friday,August20thGrade:30Points