Learning styles

There is some evidence that learning styles can be reliably measured using a trait based measure. Try this inventory referenced below and see if the results shed some light on your study preferences and suggest ways to improve your learning.


https://medicine.utah.edu/learningresources/tools/barsch_inventory.pdf

Memory

Check out this site to learn about the information processing model of memory.

http://www.human-memory.net/types.html

5 Factor Perssonality test extra credit

If you are interested in taking a personality test based on the Five Factor Model of personality discussed in class please visit the url below and follow the directions. Remember: No personality test will give you the absolute truth about you. Use the results to stimulate thought.

http://www.personalitytest.net/ipip/ipipneo1.htm

Psychology 120 Introduction to Psychology

Modern psychology is a not "unified" science, i.e., it doesn't offer one theory or an integrated set of theories that explains human behavior. Rather, students of psychology must learn to think "perspectivally;" they must use several distinct theoretical perspectives as lenses to "see" into human motivation. Check out the link below and find a brief discussion of the major perspectives that govern the psychological vision.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/perspectives.htm