Dr. C Psychology test 0

Purpose:

The purpose of this course is to provide you with an enjoyable introduction to selected topics in human psychology. An understanding of why people think, feel, and behave the way they do, and how you can change people's behaviors, thoughts, attitudes, and feelings, should be a valuable part of any person's university education.

This is a large lecture class. _____________ AND ______________ ARE REQUIRED!

ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY

Arriving more than __________ late after the class starting time will cause you to be marked absent.

three minutes

Always bring ___________________ to class; if you do not, you may be counted absent.

your MSU student ID

if you are in the wrong seat,

you will be counted absent.

Also, do not have someone else come to class and sit in your seat; we would consider that __________, since that is how we take roll.

cheating

Leaving early without notifying us and getting our permission will not only cause you to be marked _________, but also it will be considered _______________.

absent, an Honor Code violation (a form of cheating).

Sleeping (eyes shut longer than 10 seconds = sleeping), talking, disturbing class, reading or working on other things, receiving or making cell phone calls or text messages, having headphones or ear buds on, leaving class early, and/or just sitting there and not taking notes, are not acceptable and will lead, at a minimum,

to being marked absent—penalties are much greater for cell phones or talking during class—and you may fail the course for such behavior.

On test days (but only on test days),

no caps or sunglasses may be worn.

the size of our class makes it is ______ important, that you behave cooperatively and considerately. Your individual behavior is much _________ noticeable than you think, so please always give us your best.

more, more

Cell Phone Policy (READ THIS OR DIE): CELL PHONES ARE ABSOLUTELY ____________ IN CLASS! There are NO exceptions. You may not operate a cell phone, AND you may not have one ___________, even if it is closed and not operating.

FORBIDDEN, VISIBLE

ALWAYS turn your phone _______ before class. If

you operate a cell phone during class, you will receive the same penalty as _____________

OFF, TWO ABSENCES.

because any cell phone use in class is specifically prohibited by University policy, if you violate this policy you may also

be thrown out of the class and may face disciplinary procedures by the Dean of Students Office.

Required Workbook: ____________________ must be filled out DURING CLASS, legibly and IN PEN, for all items covered in class. it may only be filled out using your class notes and/or the textbook;

Using Psychology to Learn Psychology, 2016 Edition; cheating

Your workbook must be completely, accurately, and clearly filled out. If it is not satisfactory (if some items are skipped or incomplete and/or poorly, erroneously, or unclearly filled out) _____________________________________________________

it will lower your final course grade by one letter. A workbook turned in late or not at all = unsatisfactory.

A workbook turned in without a ________ and _________ is, obviously, unsatisfactory (since we don't know whose it is), as is a workbook that is ____________. You must use the _______ version of the workbook; earlier versions are not the same and will not be accepted.

name and net ID; illegible (too difficult to read). 2016

that there are ____________ given for filling out your workbook;The only way the workbook counts in your grade is if you fail to turn it in and complete it properly; then, you lose one letter from your final course grade.

no points

I _______________ and it is specifically designed to go with the exact lectures I will give you.

wrote the workbook myself

Main Textbook: ________________________. He donates all royalties from his book to ___________;Most material covered in class lectures will be found, usually in more detail, in this textbook;If you are a Psychology major, I strongly recommend that you read the entire book, including the chapters we do not cover at all in class;

Psychology, Eleventh Edition, by David G. Myers and C. Nathan Dewall, charity

Required Online Book Chapters. You will be required to read ___________________________. This book will ________. I will post what you need to read online.

the draft chapters of the Insider's Guide to Mississippi State University that I have been writing. NOT be found in the book store.

you will also be required to read the book _____________. The other supplementary book is ______________. My previous students rated this book higher than any of _____ different books that they read and rated for me.Brain on Fire is a true, ___________.

In My Hands, by Irene Gut Opdyke. Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan. thirty , medical thriller.

You may volunteer to read one more book give me your reaction to it, and take a test on it for extra credit. You will not be able to choose which book you read, and it will not be at the book store; you will have to get it on your own .Get the book, read it completely and carefully, pass a test on it with a score of _________—and I will add _______ points to your final grade average as your Extra Reading Bonus. Not bad! Please NOTE: This is the ___________ way you may earn extra points in this class.

75% or higher— FOUR points; ONLY

there will be _______ main units, each ending in a unit test on the workbook material covered in that unit, plus a re-test of the chapters of the Insider's Guide to MSU specifically assigned for those units.Your Final Exam is _________ and will cover everything in the course.

three main units, comprehensive

These special sessions will be provided by trained leaders who have previously earned high As in this course and have returned this semester to attend each and every class in here with you. Last year, the University did a study of the entire Supplemental Instruction system across all courses. On average, students who never used SI in the courses that offered it ended up averaging _______ on the standard 4-point scale we use at university. But students who went to at least _____ SI sessions during the course (the sessions are offered once or twice a week) averaged ________.

2.4; at least 4 SI sessions during the course; 3.0.

For each test, you must be in class exactly on time with ______________ and _____________________; otherwise you cannot take the test.

photo ID (your official MSU ID card) and two pencils with erasers

Tests will be objective, with about ___________ short true-false questions.

20-50

Tests will be time-limited, and the print is very small; this is the actual size (to fit the questions on one page and also to discourage cheating)

Tests will be time-limited, and the print is very small; this is the actual size (to fit the questions on one page and also to discourage cheating)

Absences from class due to official University activities like athletic teams, class field trips, etc. will be considered excused if and only if

you clear it with us in advance if possible or, if truly not possible, at the earliest opportunity, and provide written proof immediately upon your return

UNEXCUSED FRIDAY ABSENCES COUNT __________; with respect to your grades (see below) each unexcused Friday absence is counted as TWO unexcused absences when we calculate your course grade.

DOUBLE

Fraudulent excuses or documentation will result in

failing the course and being prosecuted for academic dishonesty

Do not schedule doctor's appointments during class and expect your absence to be excused, unless it is an emergency and/or is unavoidable;

in that case, you must bring us verification from your doctor's office that your appointment was an emergency and/or that it could not have been scheduled at a time you did not have class.

EACH UNEXCUSED ABSENCE AFTER THE FIRST FOUR WILL

LOWER YOUR FINAL COURSE GRADE AVERAGE BY 4 POINTS

An integral part of this course and its objectives is

to listen to the examples, illustrations, and stories, visualize and process the material while you do so, and be an attentive participant in the class.

If you attended every class, you had a ______ chance of making an A, and only a ______ chance of making an F.

40% chance of making an A, and only a 3% chance of making an F.

But if you missed just four classes, which is only 10% of the classes all semester, your odds of making an A were cut to only ____, and your odds of making an F skyrocketed to _______.

A were cut to only 17%, making an F skyrocketed to 22%.

Sudents with six or more absences had only a _____ chance of making an A, and a whopping _____ chance of failing the course

5% chance of making an A, and a whopping 70% chance of failing the course

If you miss one of the first four unit tests (Unit 0, Unit 1, Unit 2, or Unit 3) for any reason and/or if you choose not to take one of those tests because you are unprepared,

your grade on the Final Exam will substitute for the missed unit test

There are no make-up tests for the individual unit tests

the Final Exam is the only test we use for make-ups

you must earn __________ research credits.

FOUR AND ONE-HALF (4.5) research credits.

EMAIL ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESEARCH REQUIREMENT TO

[e-mail]. Dr. Bradshaw and his assistant work very hard to see that the whole PRP research credit system runs properly

Super-Student Bonus to Skip the Final Exam:

You must have no more than 4 unexcused absences (remember Fridays count double, and if you are significantly late you are counted absent); take all four unit tests; have a test average (no extra points or penalties count here) of at least 70%; and have no violations of class policies (no texting, talking, cheating, cell phones, etc.). Do all these things, and you can skip the Final Exam.

If you score less than 75% on the extra book test

, you will LOSE four points on your final average instead.

THERE ARE ______ DROP GRADES

NO

If you take the Final Exam, it will be one _________ test grade, unless you missed one of the first four tests, in which case the Final Exam will count more—once to substitute for the test you missed, and again as the Final Exam itself.

additional

My Head TA is

Caitlin Titus

My second TA is

Molly Rafaeli

I am in ____ Magruder Hall office hours ______ most Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, but I often have to be absent for meeting

210; 4:00-4:30

f you email me, you MUST put ________ as the first two words of the subject header; this is very important. That way, I know it is an email from one of my students, and not spam. (

"Dr. C."

PSY 1013 General Psychology: 3 hours.

PSY 1013 General Psychology: 3 hours. The study of human behavior, heredity and growth; motivation; feeling and emotion; frustration; conflict; learning; language; thinking; attention; sensation; perception; intelligence; aptitudes; social influences.

Topics to be covered:

the scientific method in psychology; biological psychology; learning; memory; personality; abnormal psychology; and social psychology will be covered in class.

Learning objectives:

introduction to the field of psychology through selected topics from a number of the above areas; introduction to material to increase success and understanding at Mississippi State University; reading of books that may illustrate or be understandable in terms of psychological concepts.

The exam for all the MWF 10:00 sections of this course will be

in our regular classroom at 8:00 a.m. (NOT 10:00 a.m.) on Monday 5 December 2016.

last day of regular classes

Friday 11 November 2016

the most frequent complaint we get from students is

other students' talking or texting in class, as this is a distraction and annoyance for your fellow students

expect credit for being in this class,

you may not work on other things and

Why do we have to come to class? Why not let us skip?

Simple: People who come to class learn more psychology than those who don't, and it is my job to get you to learn as much psychology as I can.

you are being indirectly subsidized by the taxpayers to the tune of over

$1200 per week—that's $30 an hour!

on average, you should be spending

two hours outside of class for every hour in class.

I have been here for _______ years

43 years

Are funerals excused absences? What do I have to do about them? Why do you demand proof at such a terrible time?

Seriously, you need to bring back a form on the letterhead of the funeral home, signed by the funeral director, indicating the name of the deceased, their relation to you, and the fact that you were there. Funeral directors get this request all the time, and they will be happy to help you with it.

Why won't you let us go to weddings?

this is why you get two "free" absences before any penalties kick in—so you can use them for special things like weddings.

Why do we have to fill out the workbooks?

They make taking your class notes simple, straightforward, and organized, and they make it easy for you to study for your tests. They are based on a famous technique that has been well researched and proven to help students do better—and I want all of you to do well!

Go over your notes right after class and fill in any blanks and rewrite anything illegible or incomplete while you still remember it; Read and study your textbook. Use your workbook to study for the class lecture portion of your test.

Go over your notes right after class and fill in any blanks and rewrite anything illegible or incomplete while you still remember it; Read and study your textbook. Use your workbook to study for the class lecture portion of your test.

took a unit test when I was sick / had a personal crisis / whatever and I got a 20 on it. Surely you won't count that, right?

I'm sorry, but once you take a test, it counts.

I missed the unit test. When's the make-up test?

If you miss one of the first four unit tests, no matter what the reason, we will give you a blank (not a zero, just a blank) until you take the Final Exam, and then that grade will be counted twice: once for the Final Exam, and once again in place of the test you missed.

Why don't we go over the test in class?

The logistics would be very difficult, it would burn up most of a class period, and most people don't want to go over it.

Here are my usual ones tricks on test

I might reverse something by adding a "not" or otherwise reversing its meaning; I might give you a definition you have seen before, but it goes with another term, not the one I am asking about; I might greatly change the magnitude of something, like putting 28% instead of 10%; or I might totally make something up--so if you have been to class and have read the book and you see something in a test question that you have never heard of in your life, it is probably something false that I made up.

I missed something in the lecture!

No problem. The numbers in parentheses after each item number in your workbook are the page or pages in your textbook where the same material is covered.

I think I want to major in Psychology, or maybe minor in it. What do I do?

Take more Psychology courses, and see if you find the field as fascinating as I do! Online you will find a summary of the requirements for minoring and majoring in Psychology, the requirements for concentrating in Pre-Medical Psychology, and the requirements for minoring in Psychology.

Do you do counseling?

No, I have not done that in many years, but I do know several excellent counselors, both at the MSU Counseling Center and in private practice. I would be happy to give you their names if you or a friend or a family member would like to consult a good counselor.

Dr. C., is there anything I can't tell you?

Scholars, you can tell me anything you want, as long as it is not illegal

Is it true that you have had three dozen cars or something like that?

Yes, it is true. Three years ago, I bought my dream car: a 2014 Volkswagen Eos. I do have about 150 beautiful cars, but they are all scale models.

Is there anything else that you collect?

have enough cool neckties to go an entire semester without repeating one, if I want to. I have a particular fondness for Jerry Garcia neckties. (But no, I was never a "Deadhead.') I also have a bunch of t-shirts, maybe 40 or 50, that I like.

I hear you are a big baseball fan.

You will see a rare row of three seats up there, that I got for my boys and me many years ago. I still enjoy them, especially when the weather is hot. I took my grandson to his first game up there. We call it "The Top of the World."

How many children do you have?

four

___________ is the official restaurant of the Carskadon family—we celebrate all our birthdays there.

Little Dooey's

Why do you call us "scholars"?

"Scholar" is complementary, gender-neutral, and a good reminder of what bright, interesting people you are.

I intend to teach for at least _________ years total. Mississippi State is my life!

50-60 years total.

For in-person studies, be sure to write down the date, time, location (building and room number) for the study. The Psychology Main Office will not have this information. It is your responsibility to record this information.

For in-person studies, be sure to write down the date, time, location (building and room number) for the study. The Psychology Main Office will not have this information. It is your responsibility to record this information.

Insiders Guide

To MSU

that in four years, I will have served here for fully one-third of the entire history of Mississippi State University.

I guess that makes me the logical person to tell you some things about the history and traditions of this great school.

The students haven't changed very much at all.

but the University has changed enormously.

Maroon and White, written by

University Archivist Martin Ballard

Our Four Themes (OFT)

Inclusion at MSU (IAM)

Service at MSU (SAM)

Expansion of MSU (EOM)

Research at MSU (RAM)

Inclusion at MSU (IAM):

The People's University (TPU)

The first is a warm, welcoming inclusion of all types of people, regardless of wealth, status, or social class, regardless of gender, regardless of race. We truly are "The People's University."students can enter with nothing, work their way through with jobs, loans, and grants, and graduate with a university degree that will be the key to their future success.

Service at MSU (SAM)

core part of the University mission is to serve the people in return: locally, statewide, nationwide, and worldwide.

Expansion of MSU (EOM)

Over our history we have added program after program, field after field, specialty after specialty to become a truly comprehensive university. And we have continually expanded the number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled here.

Research at MSU (RAM)

The fourth overriding theme is research. Without research, there is no knowledge to teach.

Early MSU History (EMH)

Mississippi State University is a land-grant institution. In 1862, in the midst of the Civil War and ungodly strife and crisis, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, providing land in every state to provide higher education in agriculture, mechanical arts (what we now think of as engineering), military science, and associated academic subjects.

, it was the University of Mississippi that was designated as one of the state's two land-grant schools: Ole Miss for whites, and Alcorn for blacks.

Ole Miss students showed no interest in agricultural programs, and protesting faculty left in droves, Ole Miss renounced its land-grant status. Therefore in 1878, the Mississippi Legislature authorized creation of a new college for this purpose named the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, affectionately known as "A&M."

Our first President was Stephen D. Lee

He fought on the Southern side during the Civil War

The first building was completed in late 1880, and the first students arrived on October 6th of that year.

There were 13 faculty and 87 college students, plus another 267 students in a preparatory high school that was then part of the college, designed to prepare students who were not yet ready for college.

All students wore gray uniforms and participated in military training.

There was even a rule against students' bringing or hiring personal servants.

Gambling and drinking were forbidden. Even playing cards were banned, and dances were soon abolished

Any student who was unaccounted for longer than two hours could be expelled. Fraternities and "secret societies" were banned.

first admission of females in 1882,

The main source of more reputable women was the newly established college in Columbus we now call Mississippi University for Women, affectionately known as "The W,"

Steps Toward Redefinition: Coeducation at Mississippi State College 1930-1945,

by Cathryn T. Goree, an MSU graduate.

In the beginning, women were carefully segregated from men, and social contact between the men and women outside of class was strictly prohibited

except on closely supervised special occasions.

In 1912, an innocent meeting between a cadet (all MSU students at the time were military cadets) and a female student in a study room in the library during the noon hour led to restrictions so harsh that a major student rebellion and strike by fully 70% of the student body ensued. It was so bad that the Governor of Mississippi came

a general policy was instituted banning all women from attending college here.

ban against women lifted in

1930, during GD. school needed women's tuition. and then during WWII most of the men left the country

built in 1938 as a men's dorm this became the first female dorm on campus

Magruder