Quiz 2:Question 1

True or False:

Once you have met the requirements to declare the major, you must visit ATLAS to declare the psychology major.

Quiz 2:Question 2

True or False:

The Psychology Department has over 1500 psychology majors/minors.

Quiz 2:Question 3

To declare the Psychology major, you need:

A. PSY 100. 110, and 310 with a grade of B or better and a GPA of 3.0.

B. PSY  100, 110, and 220 with a grade of C or better and an overall GPA of 2.5.

C. PSY 100, 110, 220, and 241 and an overall GPA of 3.5.

D. PSY 100, 110, 220, AND 241 with a grade of C or better and a 2.5 CSULB GPA.

Quiz 2:Question 4

Please match the campus resource with the services they provide students.

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Quiz 2: Question 5

You can drop by the Psychology Resource Office (PRO) in room PSY 206 for:

(check all that apply)

A. Questions about the Psychology Department Resources

B. Capstones and GE questions

C. Graduate School in Psychology resources

D. Help finding a job with a BA in Pschology resources

E. PSY 301 help

F. Tutoring for psychology courses

G. Course syllabi from Psychology courses

F. Academic Advising

Quiz 2: Question 6

If you were looking for opportunities for Research experience, where could you look?

(Check all that apply)

A. The Faculty Research Areas section of the Psychology department website

B. On BeachBoard

C. In the Psychology Resource Office (Room 206) on bulletin boards, handouts, or  

    postings

D. By conducting a library search using COAST

E. Looking in the Psychology Student Study Center in room PSY 314

F. By asking faculty you've taken classes with about openings in their research labs

Quiz 2:Question 7

True or False

When looking for research opportunities, you should focus on asking tenured or tenure-track faculty members.

Quiz 2:Question 8

True or False

The College of Liberal Arts Advising Center (ATLAS) is in PH1 Room 104.  ATLAS is open Monday-Friday, and you can drop in or make an appointment to see them about Psychology major requirements, declaring the psychology major, GE requirements, units, GPAs, or other majors and minors in the College of Liberal Arts.  ATLAS does all the academic advising for psychology students.

Quiz 2: Question 9

To graduate from CSULB, you need:

(check all that apply)

A. at least 120 total units

B. 3 upper division Capstone courses

C. at least a 2.0 in all four GPAs (overall, CSULB, major and upper division major

    GPA)

D. a minor in a related area

E. to complete all major requirements

F. to complete all lower division GE courses or have your GE certification

G. to walk in a Spring Graduation Ceremony

Quiz 2:Question 10

A Psychology minor requires at least ____ units.

A. 30

B. 45

C. 18

D. 23 

Quiz 2:Question 11

30 units out of your 120 total units needed must be taken in Residency, this means:

A. you must take 30 activity units

B. you must live at the CSULB dorms

C. at least 30 out of your 120 units must be taken at CSULB

D. you cannot take more than 30 units of online courses

E. 30 units must be taken in the city of Long Beach

Quiz 2:Question 12

True or False:

You must pass the Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE) or take a writing course at CSULB before graduating to meet the GWAR writing requirement.

Quiz 2: Question 13

You must file a request to graduate (using the form found online at the enrollment services website):

A. at least one day before you plan on graduating

B. after 90 units and before the enrollment services deadline for graduation terms

    (Oct. 15th for Spring Graduations; March 1st for Fall Graduations)

C. at least a week before you plan on graduating

D. the same day you declare the psychology major

Quiz 2:Question 14

PSY 241- Psychobiology is required for:

(Check all that apply)

A. applying to the psychology major

B. taking PSY 331,332, 333 and all the other Group 1 psychology courses

C. psychology major requirements for graduation

D. psychology minor requirements for graduation

E. applying to the psychology minor

Quiz 2:Question 15

True or False:

All departments handle prerequisites differently. In the psychology department, you can take a psychology course without the prerequisites.

Quiz 2:Question 16

Which sources could you use to find out what the prerequisites for psychology courses are?  

(check all that apply)

A. CSULB catalog

B. CSULB Schedule of Classes

C. your MyCSULB account

D. the Psychology Major Handbook

E. on the Psychology Major and Minor Checksheets

F. other departments' websites

G. on past syllabi (available in PRO)

Quiz 2:Question 17

If you register for a psychology course and do not have the prerequisites:

A.you will get a jump start on graduation 

B. you can and most likely will be dropped from the class by the instructor once the

    semester starts

C. you will still have to take the prerequisite course for the psychology major or minor

D. you will not be prepared for the course and will fall behind

E. Answers B, C, and D

F. Answers A & B

Quiz 2:Question 18

If you plan on going to Graduate School in Psychology, you should plan on taking:   (check all that apply)

A. PSY 310 Intermediate Statistics, 411 Experimental Design & Analysis, and 412 Multivariate Statistics

B. PSY 214 Assessment and/or 315 Testing

C. the minimum required course for the Psychology major

D. PSY 499 (Independent Study credit doing research with a faculty member)

E. lots of elective courses from other departments

Quiz 2:Question 19

True or False:

At CSULB, a grade of D is considered a passing grade. However, the Psychology Department requires you to have a grade of C or better in PSY 100, 110, and 220 for admission to the major.

Quiz 2:Question 20

(Fill in the blank)

The last category of the psychology major requirements requires you to take 2 courses from other departments.

One must be from the list of __________ courses. The other must be upper division (300 level or above) from any of the approved departments.

Quiz 2:Question 21

You can get a list of the approved ethnic studies courses from:  

(check all that apply)

A. The Psychology Resource Office in room PSY 206

B. The Psychology Department website

C. The main psychology department office (in PSY 100)

D. Inside the Psychology Major Handbook

E. Your friends at CSULB

F. The University Center for Undergraduate Advising in the Horn Center, room 103

Quiz 2:Question 22

True or False:

All courses taken at a Community or Junior College are considered lower division.

Lower division community college courses CANNOT be used for upper division (300 level or above) CSULB courses.

You can check Assist.org or in the Psychology Major Handbook for transfer equivalents at CSULB.

Quiz 2:Question 23

True or False:

At CSULB you can take PSY 100, 110, and 220 all in the same semester.

Quiz 2:Question 24

True or False:

If you are declared as a psychology "pre-major", you will have to declare a "real" major by 60 units

Quiz 2:Question 25

The Psychology Student association (PSA) and Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society: (check all that apply)

A. meet together every other week

B. put on Psych Day every spring

C. require students to attend every meeting

D. always have free food

E. never have guest speakers or interesting workshops

F. look good on vitas and resumes for applying to graduate school and jobs

Quiz 2:Question 26

Which group of psychology courses are open to Psychology majors only? (Meaning you must be declared as a psychology major to take these courses)

A. The Group 1 courses (PSY 331, 332, 333, etc.)

B. The Group 3 courses from Sub-group B

C. The 400 level courses

D. The Psychology Electives courses

Quiz 2:Question 27

Students at CSULB are limited to ____ units of repeating.

A. 18

B. 28

C. 10

D. 120

Quiz 2:Question 28

Match the unit limit to the rquirement below:

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Quiz 3:Question 1

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This document is a graph depicting median weekly salaries and rates of unemployment across persons of various education levels (Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014).

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:

A. earns, on average, $228 more per week and is slightly less likely to be unemployed

B. earns, on average, $312 more per week and is slightly less likely to be unemployed

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

D. earns, on average, $333 more perweek and is about half as likely to be unemployed

Quiz 3:Question 2

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)

A.link the topics you are reading to knowledge you already possess 

B. Read the material thoroughly exactly in order it is presented

C. Skip material that is confusing to you and that you don't understand

D. examine major topics to be covered (e.g., a chapter outline) before reading

E. Generate a list of questions about the topics that yo uwant to cover

F. quiz yourself about the major topics after you finish reading

Quiz 3:Question 3

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)

A.the amount of material you are expected to learn can be extensive 

B. the expectation that students will demonstrate purposeful and reflective thinking about the material

C. you being expected to remember the information learned in similar courses in high school

D. understanding the material in greater depth as topics are covered in more detail

E. professors assigning and expecting work to be completed at an advanced level

Quiz 3:Question 4

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

A. starting with a pleasant task

B. completing large amounts of work in one sitting

C. setting personal goals

D. having fewer tasks to do

Quiz 3:Question 5

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:

A. you might take more college courses at once than you did subjects in high school

B. college students find it easier to manage nonacademic responsabilities along with their studies

C. you spend fewer hours in college classes than in high school

D. attendance in college courses is usually monitored closely

Quiz 3:Question 6

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

A. a textbook

B. BeachBoard

C. powerpoint

D. a syllabus

Quiz 3:Question 7

(Fill in the blank)

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.

Quiz 3:Question 8

The academic environment of college classrooms requires that you are:

A. most likely to form relationships with peers during class

B. open and tolerant of diverse points of view

C. the one who speaks most in class in order to be known by the professor

D. all of the above

Quiz 3:Question 9

(Fill in the blank)

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 ______.

Quiz 3:Question 10

(Fill in the blank)

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 _________.

Quiz 3:Question 11

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?

A. College students with an internal locus of control experience greater academic achievement but do so while experiencing greater stress and a tendency toward substance abuse than those with an external locus of control.

B. College students with an internal locus of control experience greater stress and higher rates of substance abuse, while students with an external locus of control experience greater academic achievement.

C. College students with an external locus of control experience greater academic achievement but do so while experiencing greater stress and a tendency toward substance abuse than those with an internal locus of control.

D. 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.

(ANSWERS ARE INCORRECT - 0.6/1)

Quiz 3:Question 12

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)

A. always look over the exam before starting to develop a plan for working through all items.

B. be alert for key words in questions (e.g., except, not, all, but).

C. select an answer for all items the first time through the test, even ones you are unsure about.

D. recognize patterns on a specific professor's test (e.g., "none of the above " is never correct).

E. eliminate options you are sure are incorrect by physically removing them from consideration.

Quiz 3:Question 13

Two factors that are known to impact academic performance, and which you have considerable control over, are: 

(CHECK TWO BELOW)

A. time

B. sleep

C. distractions

D. peer pressure

E. stress

Quiz 3:Question 14

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)

A. rehearsed and reviewed repeatedly over time

B. rehearsed and reviewed repeatedly right before testing (e.g., cramming)

C. reduced to meaningful and manageable units

D. studied in a large chunk all at once

E. memorized rotely (exactly as it appears in your notes/text)

F. actively processed

Quiz 3:Question 15

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.

A. 30-minute

B. 1-hour

C. 2-hour

D. 4-hour

Quiz 3:Question 16

(True or False)

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

Quiz 3:Question 17

(Fill in the blank)

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 _____.

Quiz 3:Question 18

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:

A. recognizing her own shortcomings in preparing the paper

B. blaming the professor for not liking her or knowing her well

C. complaining about how her employer made her work an extra shift the day before the paper was due

D. complaining about how her employer made her work an extra shift the day before the paper was due

Quiz 3:Question 19

(True or False)

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.

Quiz 3:Question 20

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)

A. look for sample papers on the internet to use as models

B. start early, because good writing requires time

C. have a peer (who is objective) read your paper

D. draft your written assignment and revise it repeatedly

E. break large written assignments into independent stages

Quiz 3:Question21

(Fill in the blank)

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.

Quiz 3:Question 22

(True or False)

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

Quiz 3:Question 23

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)

A. academic advising

B. career development

C. counseling

D. disability support

E. tutoring

F. writing assistance

Quiz 3:Question 24

(Pick one answer)

In college, organizational skills are essential because assignments:

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

B. are usually broken down into a variety of discrete steps

C. usually require memorization of an enormous amount of facts

Quiz 3:Question 26

(Fill in the blank)

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 ______.

Quiz 3:Question 27

(Pick one answer)

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:

A. leaving psychology as a major to seek a degree that offers less resistance

B. continuing in psychology but avoid these challenges by selecting courses that minimize the academic demands placed on you

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

Quiz 3:Question 28

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:

A. the lack of opportunities to practice scientific skills in their courses

B. frustration at the lack of applied skills being taught in their courses

C. clinging to the erroneous view that psychology is solely practice-oriented, and research skills are irrelevant to their interests in mental health care

D. a lack of proficiency with math and writing skills that would allow them to approach psychological science with confidence

Quiz 3:Question 29

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)

A. ethical and social responsibility in a diverse world

B. knowledge base in psychology

C. scintific inquiry and critical thinking

D. professional development

E. communication skills

F. sociocultural and international awareness

Quiz 3:Question 30

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

A. find they are correct in this perception

B. find psychology largely based on common sense and, therefore, easier than they thought

C. caught off guard by the academic rigor of the major

Quiz 3:Question 31

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

A. by sorting by first author's last name

B. in chronological order; with most recent first

C. by first reading titles of articles

D. in chronological order, with oldest first

E. by first reading abstracts of articles