What! You missed the first day of class. Well, here's what you missed out on. We started our class with the marshmallow challenge. I suggest you check it out on the Ted Talks website. Here is a link: Marshmallow Challenge. Especially read over the section about prototyping.
We started looking at principles of Cognitive Psychology that can make you a better student, first by talking about Metacognition-thinking about thinking. It's really about figuring out what you know, what you don't know, and what you need to know.
That was the purpose of our second activity, a brainstorming exercise to see what you already know about Psychology. We created tables of contents for you to compare with the actual table of contents in your text. Look for these on the wall in the next few days and pay attention to what topics seem to be left out and which ones seem to be over-represented.
We finished by looking at the benefits of Deep versus Shallow processing. What you think about while you study matters more than your intentions or how much you study. If you missed out on the "Slippery Snakes" demonstration, ask a classmate to fill you in.
Happy First Day.
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