Extra+Credit+Guidelines

=Extra Credit= toc Apart from class participation, I like to reward good study habits. At the end of each week, I will select one source at random (from the list below) to award with extra credit. I select extra credit at random because I want to encourage many behaviors but cannot reward them all, and also to avoid interfering with intrinsic motivation--studies show that when people are rewarded for things they like doing, they enjoy them less, and vice versa. To reiterate: these activities are suppose to help you study, they should help increase the effectiveness of what you should already be doing to study for this class, with an opportunity to get points for doing it.

Extra Credit is to be turned-in in class. The source of extra credit that is rewarded each week will be announced the following week. You may earn up to 10 extra credit points each week.

Logic Puzzles
Logic Puzzles help develop a scientific mindset. Obtain a copy from your instructor or do your own **Mass Print** of one of the logic puzzles below. Start on the easiest level and move up as they get easier. Make sure to write your name at the top of your printout before you turn it in. If Logic Puzzles are chosen for the week, you will get 5 points for each full sheet of completed puzzles. Bridges Nonograms Sudoku Shikaku Slither Link

Looking Ahead
Looking ahead to an upcoming chapter helps to prime your implicit memory to receive information. Flip through the upcoming chapter(s) and write down subjects you would like to discuss in class. Turn this in before we start that topic. If Looking Ahead is chosen for the week, you will get 1 point for each subject listed. These **must** be submitted at the beginning of each topic or you will not get full credit.

Chapter End Questions
Answering Chapter End Questions helps to stimulate long-term memory. Answer the questions that you find at the end of the chapter. Please write out the questions as well as the answers. If Chapter End Questions are chosen for the week, you will get 5 points for each chapter's worth of questions. You **must** write out the questions AND answers or you will not get full credit.
 * Gen Psych see Study Guide, **Section One: Chapter Review**.
 * Human Growth and Development see **Chapter Test**

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