AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -1. Rubber pencil trick (ages 5 and up) This is a classic magic trick that even the youngest magicians can perform. By holding a regular pencil down by the eraser and shaking it at just the right speed, it appears to become made of bendable rubber instead of wood.

Detailed explanation-2: -A magician does magic tricks. You might hire a magician to pull rabbits out of hats and do card tricks at your next birthday party. A performer whose specialty is sleight-of-hand and other illusions is one kind of magician. Another magician is the kind who makes real magic, casting spells and summoning spirits.

Detailed explanation-3: -How does it work? You start with saying they can choose any two-digit number between 1 and 100 (they will remember you giving them that 1-100 choice. It’s called the primacy effect in memory: you tend to remember the things at the start better). Two digits means 1-9 are eliminated instantly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Magicians perform eight magic tricks: appearance, levitation, penetration, prediction, restoration, transformation, and transposition.