1. Jenny Murtha
10/31/11
Mrs. Mitchell

3.  The thing I found the most odd about my scores is that I scored pretty equally in
all areas. The majority of areas scored twenty points, with one area only slightly
lower. I scored the highest musically, which makes a lot of sense because I am
constantly playing, listening, and dancing to music, so I have formed a good ear
and skill in this area. It’s also very helpful because I have long considered being a
professional musician in an orchestra as a career, and the fact that I scored highest
in music is reassuring. I also scored high in the areas of naturalistic and
kinaesthetic. I pick up movements quickly and I am able to advance rapidly in
flexibility and strength, making the score for “body smart” make since. However, I
don’t think I’m very “nature smart.” I can name some plants and animals, and I
love nature, but I don’t study it or learn about it on a regular basis. I expected a
higher score in the interpersonal category because I am very good at connecting
with people and talking with them. I’m very sympathetic and understanding. I was
surprised that the Visual/Spatial category was my lowest score because I often
remember things by their placement. For example, in French class we had to learn
the names of many different foods from our textbook, including whether they were
masculine or feminine. In the book, each food was pictured with its name
underneath in black text. They were sorted into two rows: foods with il (masculine)
on top and foods with elle (feminine) on bottom. This is still how I remember which
gender the foods are, even though we learned them at the beginning of the
semester.

4.  Enjoyed Topic: Sensation and Perception
 Suggested Activity:
 When studying sensation and perception, students could study the
affect of different genres, keys, moods, and tones of musical works
on their perception with their senses. For example, students could
watch a video clip of an emotional scene with the background
music removed, then re-watch it with the music added in and note
the change in the poignancy of the scene. Students could also note
the affect of music on their mood, interpretation and outlook on
events, and even if a taste experience can change because of
different moods of music. Students could record their experiences
in a journal and submit for grading.
 The proposed activity would give students a fun chance to
realize how music can affect perception. It would also give
students a chance to recognize the ability of mankind and
the many magnificent abilities of the mind and the beauty it
can create.

5.  Enjoyed Topic: Developmental Psychology
 Suggested Activity:
 A very fun and instructional activity would be a list of
tasks for students to perform to help interpret the
different stages of development. The students could be
given a list of tasks such as: Try to walk around for
twenty minutes while wearing a backpack on the front of
your body (imitating a pregnant women), try to go an
entire hour communicating what you need without any
speech (imitating a baby), etc. Students could record their
experiences of performing each task in a journal to be
submitted for grading.
 I believe this would be not only fun and active, but
also aiding in the understanding of what human
beings endure from the time of birth to death.

6.  Enjoyed topic: Memory
 Suggested Activity:
 I think a really fun activity would be to create a nature journal
that went along with a student’s memories. Each student
would go outside and observe the nature around them. The
first five things in nature that inspired a memory for them
would be documented in a scrapbook with a keepsake from the
inspiring item. For example, if a particular tree made you
remember something, you might take a leaf from that tree and
tape it to a page and write the memory correlating to it on the
same page. If you found a feather on the ground and it inspired
a memory, you would do the same thing. Students could take
pictures of their scrapbook and submit them for grading.
 This fun and refreshing activity would help students identify
memories and how the terms of the memory unit apply to their
very own memories. It would also give them a chance to get a
breath of fresh air and a memorable connection between the
concepts of the unit and real life, making it easy for them to
commit the unit’s information to memory.