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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Educational psychology is the study of how people learn in school.
School psychologists play a pivotal role in student success with their unique skill set.
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest group of psychologists in the United States.
Social psychology is the study of how people interact with and influence one another.
Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.
Clinical psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness and behavioral disorders.
Positive psychology is the study of positive emotions, character strengths, and the factors that contribute to human flourishing.
Neuroscience is the study of the brain and nervous system.
Perception is the process of interpreting and organizing sensory information from the environment.

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Psychology is the study of physical processes in the human body. (False – Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.)

Educational psychology is the study of how people learn outside of school. (False – Educational psychology is the study of how people learn in school.)

School psychologists are not involved in assessing the academic performance of students. (False – School psychologists conduct comprehensive assessments of students’ academic performance.)

The American Psychological Association (APA) has only one division for psychologists. (False – The APA has 54 divisions or interest groups for psychologists.)

Social psychology is the study of how people interact with animals. (False – Social psychology is the study of how people interact with and influence one another.)

Cognitive psychology is the study of physical development in children. (False – Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.)

Clinical psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on physical health. (False – Clinical psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness and behavioral disorders.)

Positive psychology is the study of negative emotions and factors that lead to human suffering. (False – Positive psychology is the study of positive emotions, character strengths, and the factors that contribute to human flourishing.)

Neuroscience is the study of the heart and circulatory system. (False – Neuroscience is the study of the brain and nervous system.)

Perception is the process of ignoring sensory information from the environment. (False – Perception is the process of interpreting and organizing sensory information from the environment.)

About Our Virtual Textbooks

Collectively, the hyperlinks presented in each of our virtual high school science textbooks provide an alternate to a traditional high school science textbooks. General disclaimer: Web pages change without notice. Links were compiled summer of 2018 and may no longer be valid. Users of these links are advised to additionally and separately search key words within the topic using a trusted web-search engine.

Also note: Reading text online is NOT identical as a learning method to paper-based reading from a textbook. Generally, paper-based text is a slightly superior learning tool. In particular, Mangen et. al. say that this is because paper gives “spatio-temporal markers while you read.” Touching paper and turning pages aids the memory, making it easier to remember where you read something. Having to scroll on the computer screen makes remembering more difficult.

More ideally, these linked web pages provide for an additional resource to supplement student reading from a traditional high school science textbook. The links offer an excellent resource for student-independent research to more fully grasp each topic. Explore each of our virtual textbooks at these pages:

Biology Virtual Science Textbook
Chemistry Virtual ScienceTextbook
Earth Science Virtual Science Textbook
Physical Science Virtual Science Textbook
Psychology Achieving the Dream Online Text

Save a pdf version of this the “books” to your computer hard drive for convenient reference without launching this site’s web pages:

Biology Web Reading (for those without textbooks) pdf.

Related information

Generally, Honeycutt Science is a form of Open Source Education. Honeycutt Science is best described as a “State-standards-based high school science learning system available on-line at no cost for access or usage by educators, students, and science enthusiasts.” There are limitations to usage described in our disclaimer and related pages. For more information about Open Education, Open Source Education, and related discussions explore these articles.

What is open education? (Opensource.com)
Open education (Wikipedia.com)

Eclipse Pinhole Viewer

Pinhole Viewer for Eclipse

Re: August 21 eclipse event (at Keota High School).

To: Keota High School Teachers and Staff
From: John Honeycutt, Teacher

My wife (Jennifer) and I have assembled a few dozen pinhole viewers for our Keota high school students to experience – assuming their instructor (and others) approve and supervise.

I will be located near/around the outside basketball court beginning 12:35 (after lunch) on Monday, August 21.

Rules:

The first rule of enjoying the eclipse is to never look directly at the sun. Certainly never look at the sun through a telescope or binoculars without proper filters.

Even when most of the sun’s surface is blocked during the partial phases of a solar eclipse, the remaining, visible crescent is intensely bright and cannot be safely viewed without eye proper protection. While some teachers may have appropriate eye wear for students – I will not be providing this. I will only be providing “Old School” pinhole viewers.

What to Expect:

Below is a time-sequence illustration (approximation) of the shadow that will be cast on the “floor” of the pinhole viewer boxes. I do not know the precise timing of the event for our area. My best estimate is that it will “peak” at around 1:00 pm Central for Keota. The sequence below is truly illustrative only – so that students may have a reasonable expectation of what the pinhole viewer is – and is not.

How to Use the Box:

Hold box in front of you. Standing with one’s back toward the sun (it will be approximately overhead – but stand so that your shadow falls directly in front of you – hold the box in front of you. “Point” the box toward the ground.
Peer into to exposed top of box. Lift the exposed opening at the top of the box toward your eye. Look downward into the box – toward the bottom of the white paper “floor” of the box. This is sort-of like looking into a microscope.
Adjust the angle of the box. Aim the pinhole located at the top of the box the toward the sun. The sun will shine through the small “circle” hole puncturing the aluminum foil. Adjust the angle of the box so that the sunlight “shines” through the pinhole to make a bright light on the pinhole viewer’s floor.
Watch the small circle of light. Confirm the light displaying on the floor of the box is an “almost” circle. (Note: the openings we made in the aluminum foil are not perfectly round, so the light will not be perfectly round either).

There are only 45 boxes (pinhole viewers) – so if the student count is more than this, the students will need to gently share them – I suggest allowing 10-15 seconds at most, then pass the viewer to a student-partner. Then pass it back after 10-15 seconds. The aluminum foil is fragile – so please advise students to gently share the boxes.

What Else to Expect:

For those not using a viewer, but just standing outside (but NOT looking at the sun) … the temperature will likely drop slightly (probably enough to feel). At the 100 percent locations, the temperature will drop by up to eight degrees F. For Keota, it will likely drop only two or three degrees at most, but the decreased light combined with decreased solar energy will combine to give a sensation of temperature drop. Also, there may be an odd coloration of everything for a brief period.

Thanks.

John.

ps. Thanks to Federal Express and Dillards in Fort Smith for donating about two dozen boxes each. This post adapted from article in Washington Post.

Get Started

Welcome to Honeycutt Science

This site provides learning content for high school science students. While you can find the following information elsewhere on this site – this page is designed to quickly acquaint new students with this web site.

We suggest you review three things to get started.

Watch the introductory 4-minute video (included below).
Download, save, and read the Student Handbook.
Review the Lessons Examples web page.

(main topics) (video descriptions) (video list) (textbook)

Learn About: Psychology Basics

Learn About: Psychological Research

Learn About: Biopsychology

Learn About: Sensation and Perception

Learn About: States of Consciousness

Learn About: Learning

Learn About: Memory

Learn About: Thinking and Intelligence

Learn About: Lifespan Development

Learn About: Motivation and Emotion

Learn About: Stress and Happiness

Learn About: Personality

Learn About: Psychological Disorders

Learn About: Therapy and Treatment

Learn About: Social Psychology