Local  (Mr. Wolf's) Study Guides

"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little
above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction
of earth." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow******************************************************************

Based on the Rathus PSYCH text:  Mr. Wolf's Study Guides

Unit 1 Things to Remember

Unit 2 Things to Remember

Unit 3 things to Remember

Unit 4 Things to Remember

Unit 5 Things to Remember

Final Exam Study Guide

Coming soon:  PSYCH, 2nd Ed.

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Local "Study Guides" (Psy 241)

Word Up:  Before each scheduled class,

complete "Chapter Reviews" in your printed Study Guide (Straub, 2006) which accompanies the Berger Text:

The Developing Person:  Through the Lifespan, Worth Publishers 

During class, take notes, make highlights of the text or make notations on your chapter Review.

Local study Guide for PSY 241:  Maybe one day....In the meantime, search the Western Michigan U. Website for chapter study guides

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Local study Guide for PSY 281:  Maybe one day....Use your Workbook!.

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After studying, make sure you get the most "bang for your buck" on tests by heeding.................

.........General Study Tips:

• Find  Learning Objectives for each textbook chapter on the Companion Website (provided by publisher).

• Read all chapters of the textbook in their entirety!  Do progress checks to promote retention.

• COME TO CLASS: Unless you are truly unable to do so.

• Highlight important text passages during lectures:  Not just definitions-concepts and examples too!

• Rehearse flashcards and take practice quizzes (printed workbook and/or Internet Study Guide: Both provided by publisher.

• If the above strategy does not produce the desired results, consider getting a tutor (Student Support Services).

• If you don't like the idea of tutoring, form a more informal study group.

• Improve test taking skills by performing an internet (i.e. Google, yahoo) search for multiple choice test- taking tips/skills and/or reducing test anxiety.  For example, click here

• Attend a Student Services workshop on  Dealing With Test Anxiety  and/or Test Taking Skills.

• Last but not least:  Pray the Psychology Student Prayer (Anonymous).

· Eliminate options you know to be incorrect

· Question options that grammatically don't fit with the stem

· Question options that are totally unfamiliar to you

· Question options that contain negative or absolute words.
Try substituting a qualified term for the absolute one, like frequently for always; or typical for every to see if you can eliminate it

· "All of the above:"
If you know two of three options seem correct, "all of the above" is a strong possibility

· Number answers:
toss out the high and low and consider the middle range numbers

· "Look alike options"
probably one is correct; choose the best but eliminate choices that mean basically the same thing, and thus cancel each other out

· Echo options:
If two options are opposite each other, chances are one of them is correct

· Favor options that contain qualifiers
The result is longer, more inclusive items that better fill the role of the answer

· If two alternatives seem correct,
compare them for differences,
then refer to the stem to find your best answer

· Always guess when there is no penalty
for guessing or you can eliminate options

· Don't guess if you are penalized
for guessing and if you have no basis for your choice

· Don't change your answers
unless you are sure of the correction

· Use hints from questions you know
to answer questions you do not.

The above information is courtesy of : http://www.studygs.net/tsttak1.htm

Multiple Choice Test Taking Tips

Final Exam Tips

Good Advice for Final Exams, by (son)Nathan Wolf (via the UNC-WSeahawk newspaper)