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| As compared to high school, the difficulty of the academic work increases significantly in college. This increase in difficulty takes the forms of: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY) |
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According to the research on time management, _____ appears to play an important role in working efficiently (Strickland & Galimba, 2001). |
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| In high school, teachers bear much of the responsibility for their students’ learning. In college, however, professors organize and facilitate the course, while you are largely responsible for actively engaging in your own learning. This expectation for students to independently direct their own learning is why: |
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| College professors rely heavily on ______ as the primary organizing element of a course. |
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| Research shows that adopting an internal or external locus of control has measurable consequences. Which of the following statements best describes what we know from that research? |
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| College students with an external locus of control experience greater stress and higher rates of substance abuse, while students with an internal locus of control experience greater academic achievement. |
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| Academic success in college is largely based on your ability to learn new information and master new skills. Research in cognitive psychology has taught us that learning is maximized when the information to be learned is: |
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- rehearsed and reviewed repeatedly over time
- reduced to meaningful and manageable units
- actively processed
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| Learning research (Wagner, Schober, & Spiel, 2008) has found that students had the best academic performance working on a variety of tasks in discrete (separate) ____ intervals. |
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| Research shows there is strong correlation between class attendance and grades (i.e., attending class leads to better grades). |
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| An explanatory style refers to your beliefs about what causes the positive and negative events in your life. A student with an internal locus of control would likely explain a poor grade she received on a written assignment by: |
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recognizing her own shortcomings in preparing the paper
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| With decreased time spent in the class, professors are less available than your teachers were in high school, but professors form very strong mentoring relationships with outstanding students who show interest in working with them on their research. |
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| The grade earned by a student is strongly determined by the number of hours spent studying. |
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| One reason college campuses are great places to be is because they are loaded with services designed to help students succeed, available mostly for free or for a nominal fee. Check them out at CSULB, and use them to your advantage!! Just to name a few, campuses provide students with services for: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY) |
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| here is a sizable body of research to show that improved academic performance is related to taking notes: |
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| particularly when students add their own ideas |
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| You will face academic challenges in your psychology major that, if you successfully overcome them, make your academic work worthy of a degree in a field. Of all your choices for how you might respond to these challenges, we hope you aspire to overcome them by: |
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| putting forth effort to meet these challenges and, in so doing, acquire valuable skills and knowledge that represent a psychology degree |
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| Several difficulties common among psychology majors relate to understanding the scientific basis of the discipline. These difficulties are described in all of the following EXCEPT: |
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| the lack of opportunities to practice scientific skills in their courses |
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| In 2007, the APA developed very explicit guidelines about the nature of academic work for the undergraduate psychology major. Some of these 10 guidelines are: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY) |
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Students who gravitate to psychology believing it to be a relatively easy route to a bachelor’s degree often:
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| caught off guard by the academic rigor of the major |
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When performing literature searches, results of searches are best examined:
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in chronological order, with most recent first
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Which of the following best represents appropriate and professional viewpoints regarding the research and applied areas of psychology?
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Research and applied areas of psychology are intertwined, and it is unwise to separate the two.
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There are several strategies you can incorporate into your approach to the academic work in the psychology major that will improve your chances of adjusting to the type of learning that is required. These include: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
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- learning to ask for help when you need it, but not before you put forth a concerted effort
- making it a top priority to stay up to date with your academic work
- working to combat any misleading expectations you have for passive learning in your courses
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| Because employers value writing skills highly, being able to write well can really set you ahead of the competition when it’s time to apply for jobs. Writing is highly valued in the undergraduate psychology major, so this is the time to polish your skills. Three of the following are suggested steps for enhancing your success in adjusting to the writing demands of academic work in psychology. Which one is NOT? |
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Psychology as a discipline believes that practice makes perfect, and undergraduates are required to write a great deal so that they will eventually produce excellent papers on their first attempt that need no revision.
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| The first step for organizing a literature review paper is to begin to identify and locate potential sources of information. |
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| Most of the follow are TRUE about organizing literature review papers. Which one is NOT true? |
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It is a common experience that students struggle with the small number of sources that are available.
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| One of the most helpful strategies you can undertake to ensure your success in and progression through the psychology major is to: |
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carefully plan how you will go about completing your degree requirements
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| Gaining experience outside of the classroom provides many benefits including: |
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- greater maturity regarding your academic and career goals
- knowledge and skills that cannot be developed through in-class coursework
- a new perspective about possible career paths
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Undergraduate degree programs in psychology cover a broad scope of the field by ensuring all majors learn all of the following EXCEPT:
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| how to provide basic counseling skills to help others with their problems |
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| How much time should you plan on spending on 301 work each week? |
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about 6 to 8 hours per week
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Where should you click to find the 301 required assignments?
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- Click on Content then scroll down to Assignments
- Clicking on the 301 Course Home and then finding the bookmark to Assignments
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| Questions or comments should be sent to: |
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| A student named Sarah Alexander who has a question for the instructors should use which of the subject headers on her email? |
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Alexander, Sarah - question
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| If you want prompt (within 48 hours) feedback to a question submitted via email, you should send it: |
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from Monday morning to Thursday noon
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Students can send email through BeachBoard in PSY 301.
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| Late work is accepted in PSY 301. |
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| A 35 point quiz has _____ questions |
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| After the due date/time, you can only review quizzes you had taken before the due date. You review past quizzes by: |
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going to the quiz on the Quizzes tab on BeachBoard and clicking on Submissions.
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| If a student discovers that no credit has been received for work that was submitted, the student should: |
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send an email message to csulbpsy301@gmail.com within ONE week of the due date or grade posting.
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The final exam will be given:
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| When submitting written assignments, it is NOT acceptable: |
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Assignments to be submitted to the Black Box in the Psychology Resource Office (PRO - in room PSY 206D) are due:
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| When submitting more than one assignment to the Black Box at the same time, staple each assignment separately (In other words, never staple TWO or more assignments to each other. If you staple two assignments together, you will NOT get credit for the second assignment.) |
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| To keep up with all information and assignments in the course it is suggested that you check BeachBoard News announcements and email: |
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several times per week including a Monday and Tuesday
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For most BeachBoard quizzes (all except the GRE quizzes and the final exam):
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- it is OK to refer to course materials while answering questions.
- you may retake the quizzes as many times as you want during the time the quizzes are available.
- all questions are objectively scored by BeachBoard.
- it is possible to lose work if you save your work but do NOT submit it before the due date/time.
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you can make up missing points by doing one or more of the Extra Credit assignments
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There are many different Extra Credit assignments available during the semester. Each student may earn:
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| no more than 160 points of Extra Credit |
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It is necessary to do the major project in order to get a C or better in the class, even if you have enough Extra Credit points to get a C grade.
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| You should post your PSY 301 Assignment Schedule somewhere you can see it every day. |
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To receive an A in the course, you need to:
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- complete this Course Procedures Quiz with a score of 30 or better
- earn at least 210 of 300 possible points on the final exam
- complete all sections and subsections of the major project
- earn at least 195 points on the major project
- submit the academic/career planning assignment
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Why is it necessary to earn a minimum number of points on the project and the final exam to earn an A or B or C in the course, even if the total points accumulated are more than needed for that letter grade?
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| If you are confused about an assignment, you could do any of the following EXCEPT: |
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Ask any PRO Guide or the receptionist in the psychology office for help
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One of the following statements about the services that PRO Guides provide to PSY 301 students is not true. Identify the false statement.
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Any PRO Guide will be able to help you with all of the assignments, because all PRO Guides have completed PSY 301 and the course does not change from semester to semester.
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| The questions on the final exam are taken from the quizzes. To do well on the final exam you should do all of the following EXCEPT: |
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| try to read all of the course materials when you are studying for the final |
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| indicate which of the following situations are appropriate to bring to the course assistants. You should visit a course assistant . . . . . |
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- if you need clarification about the meaning of the instructions for an assignment
- if you feel overwhelmed and want someone to help you set up a plan to manage your time
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| Assignments due to the BeachBoard dropbox can be written as word documents and then uploaded to the dropbox. |
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Assignments that are NOT graded by BeachBoard (e.g., hard copy assignments due to the Black Box) will be graded:
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| 3 - 4 weeks after the due date and a news announcement will be posted when points are available |
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| You can submit an assignment to the Black Box at any date or time when PRO is open, as long as it is before the due date and time. This means you could be 2-3 weeks ahead in assignments at any given time. (Assignments become available 3 weeks before they are due). |
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| PSY 301 is a course that: |
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