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PSYCHOLOGY 100 AND ENGLISH 22- LEARNING COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE SURVEY SPRING '09
This is a Knowledge Survey rather than a test. There are no right or wrong answers. While you will not be graded on this survey, please be very candid in your responses!

By completing this survey, both at the beginning and at the end of the lessons your instructor will be able to gauge your initial level of knowledge and then measure the amount of knowledge you gain during the semester. This information will help your instructor modify and improve the course and program.


Is this survey being conducted at the BEGINNING or the END of the semester? 		Beginning of Semester End of Semester
Female Male
Are you male or female?

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How many Psychology courses have you taken at the college level in the past?
How many semesters have you been a student at HCC?
How many Psychology-related books do you read in a year?

INSTRUCTIONS:

Read each statement carefully and then choose a response based on the following instructions:

Choose 1=V.LOW as your response to the item if you are not at all confident in your skills in the area and do not feel you can demonstrate these skills on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 2=LOW as your response to the item if you feel only minimally confident about your skills in the area and can barely demonstrate these skills at a reasonable level on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 3=MEDIUM as your response to the item if you feel fairly confident about your skills in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a reasonable level on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 4=HIGH as your response to the item if you feel quite confident about your skills in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a high level on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 5=V.HIGH as your response to the item if you feel extremely confident about your skills in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a very high level on a test/essay/research paper.

Your skill level in area:

V.Low
1 		2 Medium
3 		4 V.High
5
Explain what is psychology.
Discuss the origin of psychology.
Explain why psychology is a science.
Explain the scientific method.
Explain the experimental method.
Discuss the schools of psychology.
Explain the founder of psychology.
Explain the founding of psychology in the U.S.
Explain neuroscience.
Discuss how neuroscience affects behavior and mental processes.
Explain the lobes of the brain.
Explain the central nervous systems.
Explain the endocrine systems.
Explain the importance of neurons.
Explain brain lateralization.
Explain receptor sites for the five senses.
Discuss physiology of pain and emotion.
Explain the stages of sleep.
Explain the purpose of dreams and their meaning.
Explain circadian rhythm.
Explain psychoactive drug.
Discuss the dangers of psychoactive drugs.
Explain the learning process.
Discuss the major theories of learning.
Explain three types of memory.
Explain how intelligence is measured.
Explain how language influences thought.
Explain theories of motivation.
Explain sexual behavior motivates.
Explain the major stages of human life span.
Discuss the construction of gender at childhood.
Explain personality and how it is measured.
Explain the major perspectives on personality.
Explain social psychology.
Explain how impressions of people are formed.
Explain the causes of prejudice behavior.
Explain the causes of obedient behavior.
Explaining the causes of helping behavior.
Explain stress and what determines response to it.
Explain psychological disorder.
Discuss suicide and prevention.
Explain the major types of psychotherapy.
Explain the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics.
Explain industrial/organizational psychology.
Discuss how I/O psychology teaches workplace trends and issues.
Ability to summarize in writing the results and application of current research.

CONFIDENCE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ESSAY WRITING

FOR THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS, rate your confidence in being able to address the main points in a clear, concise, and organized essay answer of 1 1/2 - 2 pages.

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3 		4 V.High
5
Discuss the scientific method and decision making as applied to the social sciences.
Describe the strength an weaknesses of different research methods used in psychological research.
Identify and describe the major subject areas within psychology.
Discuss methods for identifying personality and individual differences in yourself, classmates, co-workers, supervisors, family and friends.
In the space below, please provide comments on how this course could be improved.
Mahalo for completing the Knowledge Survey!