Introduction Assignment

Introduction to PsychologyRoss College

Instructor: Elizabeth Robinson, M.Ed.

Let’s Start with a Exercise….

• You will need a blank sheet of paper & pen/pencil

• You will have 20 seconds• Please complete as many items as possible

**Note that you do not need to share with your classmates nor instructor the amount of correct answers unless you would like to, yet only need to answer the final questions asked in this exercise within your introduction assignment**

Solve!4x3 0x5 11x3 6x1 2x12

2x5 3x1 12x1 1x3 0x2

6x3 3x12 1x0 5x1 9x2

2x0 2x3 2x8 2x2 1x3

3x7 8x1 12x3 0x7 3x9

0x3 2x9 9x3 5x3 11x0

0x0 3x11 2x6 2x1 3x3

3x8 7x3 3x5 3x9 1x1

Count Your Correct Answers12 0 33 6 24

10 3 12 3 0

18 36 0 5 18

0 6 18 4 3

21 8 36 0 27

0 18 27 15 0

0 33 12 2 9

24 21 15 27 1

Answer• How many correct answers did you come up with?• Turn over your sheet of paper…• Make a prediction• Write it down in the top corner• 20 seconds• As before, please solve as many items as possible

• **Note that you do not need to share with your classmates nor instructor the amount of correct answers unless you would like to, yet only need to answer the final questions asked on the last page of this PowerPoint within your introduction assignment**

Solve!6x1 2x12 0x5 11x3 4x3

1x3 0x2 3x1 12x1 2x5

5x1 9x2 3x12 1x0 6x3

2x2 1x3 2x3 2x8 2x0

0x7 3x9 8x1 12x3 3x7

5x3 11x0 2x9 9x3 0x3

2x1 3x3 3x11 2x6 0x0

3x9 1x1 7x3 3x5 3x8

Count Your Correct Answers6 24 0 33 12

3 0 3 12 10

5 18 36 0 18

4 3 6 18 0

0 27 8 36 21

15 0 18 27 0

2 9 33 12 0

27 1 21 15 24

Answer• What happened the second time around? Did you outperform

your first total?• Did you meet/exceed your prediction?• How did you approach the activity differently the second time

around?• How did the prediction influence your performance? • What influenced your prediction?• Did you become more “competitive?”

• **Note that you do not need to share with your classmates nor instructor the amount of correct answers unless you would like to, yet only need to answer the final questions asked on the last page of this PowerPoint within your introduction assignment**

Please write down your response from these questions below and add to your introduction:

Do you feel that setting a goal for this particular exercise helped you to strive for that score or better?

Set a goal for this course. What will you do to help you achieve this goal?

References• Williams, G. J. (2013). The benefits of internalizing competitiveness to the

learning process (Webinar). In TeamUP Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://cengage.webex.com/ec0606l/eventcenter/linkportal/portal.d o?siteurl=cengage&portalLink=nbrRecordingPlayback&recordID=65502377&recordKey=fb5f20ba780a0474&serviceRecordID=65502382