Psychology110Questions

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1 Opening Exercise
2 Introduction to Psychology
3 Statistics and Methods
4 Learning
5 Memory
6 Thinking and Intelligence
7 Developmental
8 Personality

Opening Exercise

I've done Human Bingo (.pdf copy with instructions) in a class of 40 and in training sessions, but I've never tried it in a larger group. I usually bring candy as prizes for the first several folks who get "bingo".

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Introduction to Psychology

Group Questions:

What is psychology?
Why did you take psychology?
Have you had a psychology class before?
What do you expect to learn from the class?

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Statistics and Methods

Rather than questions, I ask students to complete a survey. I then use results from this survey to demonstrate things about statistical methods:

https://surveys.ksu.edu/TS?offeringId=71647

I can suggest some group questions that I might use in the future:

What is the difference between science and other forms of "knowing" things?
Do you trust scientific results? Why or why not?
What does it mean to approach a problem "scientifically"?
What is an experiment?

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Learning

Group Questions:

Is there anything you learn effortlessly?
- What?
- Why?
Anything you want to learn, but find difficult?
- What?
- Why?
What is the best way you seem to learn? E.g., auditorily, modeling, pick it up on your own?

I also use Sniffy to demonstrate operant conditioning.

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Memory

Step 1: Select a recorder for your group

Step 2: Answer Individual Questions

What are the first and last names of the members of your group?
When you are in a social situation, do you have an easy time learning names?
Do you have an easy time learning directions?
The front of the class faces…?
How do you study for an in-class test?

Step 3: Answer Individual/Group Questions

What letters accompany the number 5 on your telephone?
Where is the number 0 on your calculator?
Where were you when you learned about the planes hitting the Twin Towers?
What did you have for breakfast?
Which way does Lincoln face on the penny?
How many of you can recite the days of the week? In alphabetical order?

Step 4: Upload to the Group Site

% of group knowing first names
% of group knowing last names
% having easy time remembering names
% having an easy time w/ directions
% knowing direction front of class faces

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Thinking and Intelligence

I often intersperse these questions with some problems for the group to work on and that we come back to later.

Group Questions:

How many languages do you speak?
- Is English your first language?
Do you ever gamble?
- If so, what do you gamble on, how often, where?
What is the biggest risk you ever took (riskiest decision)?
- What were the stakes – that is, what did you stand to gain and what did you stand to lose?
Do you like puzzles?
- What kind (e.g., crossword, picture puzzles, math puzzles)?
Did you like word problems in math at school?

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