Cognitive Psychology in Education
Students in my junior/senior level Biopsychology class produced videos or podcast on a biopsych topic. I plan on sharing the projects in a series of blog posts on this site. They were all well-done and quite informative!
The first entry is from Sydni Neal, Kelsey Klein, and Summer Inselmann. Want to know more about the neurotransmitter dopamine? Have a watch!
By Amber Zander and Melissa Gannon
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’s not uncommon for college students to pull all-nighters the night before a big exam. They either forgot about the exam and have no choice but to stay up all night and study or are so nervous that they’d rather study than sleep. Students try to stay up into the late hours of the night, attempting to remember every detail on their study guides, flipping through their flashcards over and over again. Before they realize it, its 8 am, and they decide to call it quits and grab the closest source of caffeine just to have some energy to make it through the exam. Throughout the exam, they find themselves struggling to remember the information they spent all night studying. They’re fatigued and although they try their best to remember, the information just isn’t coming to them. Weeks later students receive their results from the exam, only to find that their grade didn’t match the amount of effort put into studying for it. Continue reading “All-Nighters? No, Head to Bed!”