PSY 301 Quiz 3

As a student, it is useful for you to have "test-wiseness" - namely, the ability to use features of a test to improve your scores. Some common test-wise strategies are which of the following? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- Always look over the exam before starting to develop a plan for working through all items. - Be alert for key words in questions (e.g., except, not, all, but). - Recognize patterns on a specific professor's test (e.g., "none of the above" is never correct). - Eliminate options you are sure are incorrect by physically removing them from consideration.

The amount of material students are assigned to read in their courses dramatically increases in college. Which of the following are important techniques for boosting reading comprehension? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- Link the topics you are reading to knowledge you already possess - Examine major topics to be covered (e.g., a chapter outline) before reading - Generate a list of questions about the topics that you want to cover - Quiz yourself about the major topics after you finish reading

College assignments usually require extensive writing. There are several strategies that help you to be successful across many varieties of writing assignments. What are those successful strategies? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- Start early, because good writing requires time. - Draft your written assignment and revise it repeatedly. - Break large written assignments into independent stages.

Gaining experience outside of the classroom provides many benefits including: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- a new perspective about possible career paths - knowledge and skills that cannot be developed through in-class coursework - greater maturity regarding your academic and career goals

Planning your courses and timely progress toward your degree requires that you: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- develop a plan that respects prerequisites as well as other commitments on your time - obtain the exact requirements for earning your psychology degree at CSULB - plan your college coursework for every semester, all the way to graduation

In 2013, the APA developed and revised very explicit guidelines about the nature of academic work for the undergraduate psychology major. Some of these 10 guidelines are: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- ethical and social responsibility in a diverse world - communication skills - scientific inquiry and critical thinking - knowledge base in psychology - professional development

There are several strategies you can incorporate into your approach to the academic work in the psychology major that will improve your chances of success in adjusting to the type of learning that is required. These include: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- making it a top priority to stay up to date with your academic work - being willing to accept that it is typical to have to repeat up to two courses - learning to ask for help when you need it, but not before you put forth a concerted effort

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: (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

- rehearsed and reviewed repeatedly over time - reduced to meaningful and manageable units studied in a large chunk all at once - actively processed

Two factors that are known to impact academic performance, and which you have considerable control over, are: (CHECK TWO BELOW)

- sleep - stress

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)

- the amount of material you are expected to learn can be extensive - the expectation that students will demonstrate purposeful and reflective thinking about the material - understanding the material in greater depth as topics are covered in more detail - professors assigning and expecting work to be completed at an advanced level

Research from the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that only ____ percent of high school seniors in the United States are proficient writers. (INSERT NUMBER)

27

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.

30-minute

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)

All of the above

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?

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.

Research shows there is strong positive correlation between hours spent studying and grades earned (i.e., studying longer results in better grades). (T or F)

False

The first step for organizing a literature review paper is to begin to identify and locate potential sources of information. (T or F)

False

Most of the follow are TRUE about organizing literature review papers. Which one is NOT true?

It is a common experience that students struggle with the small number of sources that are available.

Finally, one more tip for succeeding in the psychology major - get involved! There are often guest speakers, events, and meetings of organizations, for example __ __, the International Honor Society in Psychology.

Psi Chi

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?

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.

Which of the following best represents appropriate and professional viewpoints regarding the research and applied areas of psychology?

Research and applied areas of psychology are intertwined, and it is unwise to separate the two.

Almost every college student at some point procrastinates, and over half of them engage in systematic procrastination that leads to academic problems. (T or F)

True

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 or teaching. (T or F)

True

College professors rely heavily on ______ as the primary organizing element of a course.

a syllabus

The best way to find internships and other out-of-class experiences is to:

actively seek them out on your own

Research has repeatedly surveyed psychology undergraduates and faculty regarding their expectations about what psychology majors should learn (Gaither & Butler, 2005; McGovern & Hawks, 1986). Although there is much overlap in the views of undergraduates and faculty, students and faculty disagree strongly in their expectation about:

applied skills like therapy - students expect this as a core part of the undergraduate degree while faculty do not

In college, organizational skills are essential because assignments:

are usually more labor intensive and you have less time to complete them

One of the most helpful strategies you can undertake to ensure your success in and progression through the psychology major is to:

carefully plan how you will go about completing your degree requirements

Students who gravitate to psychology believing it to be a relatively easy route to a bachelor's degree often:

caught off guard by the academic rigor of the major

An extensive amount of learning research has revealed that there are right ways and wrong ways to study. The research clearly shows that the most effective way to learn information is by "spaced practice" which is the EXACT OPPOSITE of ______.

cramming

A college education should be valuable to you in many ways, but certainly one practical value of it can be measured in terms of financial gain. The 2014 graph shows that, as compared to a high school graduate, a college graduate with a bachelor's degree:

earns, on average, $433 more per week and is about half as likely to be unemployed

Undergraduate degree programs in psychology cover a broad scope of the field by ensuring all majors learn all of the following EXCEPT:

how to provide basic counseling skills to help others with their problems

Regarding test taking, there are numerous research studies that suggest when student change their answers on a multiple-choice item, on average they ______ their score.

improve

When performing literature searches, results of searches are best examined:

in chronological order, with most recent first

Successful psychology majors must be able to tolerate the ambiguity and uncertainty that comes with the expected degree of _______ learning required during undergraduate study.

independent

One of the biggest adjustments that must be made when adjusting to college revolves around the academic environment. Compared to most students' high school experiences, the information that is learned in college and the degree to which it is learned, is largely dependent upon their own _________.

initiative

The academic environment of college classrooms requires that you are:

open and tolerant of diverse points of view

There is a sizable body of research to show that improved academic performance is related to taking notes:

particularly when students add their own ideas

Psychology majors sometimes struggle needlessly to overcome challenges in their academic work instead of taking advantage of many valuable resources. Perhaps the greatest resources students have at their disposal are the _____. HINT: INSERT ONE WORD

professors

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:

putting forth effort to meet these challenges and, in so doing, acquire valuable skills and knowledge that represent a psychology degree

Many students utilize the input and advice of their peers as their primary source of information about their major, but students sometimes share such information in ways that dramatize and exaggerate ______.

reality

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:

recognizing her own shortcomings in preparing the paper

Many college students notice that the transition from high school brings more rules for their academic work. In fact, the strictest aspect of most course structures is the _______ according to which the academic work must be completed.

schedule

According to the research on time management, _____ appears to play an important role in working efficiently (Strickland & Galimba, 2001).

setting personal goals

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:

the lack of opportunities to practice scientific skills in their courses

Consider the discussion about class attendance. While in class, resist the temptation to passively occupy your seat: you should speak up, ask for clarification, and _____.

volunteer

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:

you spend fewer hours in college classes than in high school