Okay, here’s my sharing about the cognitive psychology test 1 experience:
So, I got this Cognitive Psychology test, the first one. To be honest, I was kinda nervous. I mean, it’s not like I hate the subject, but it’s a lot of, you know, mind stuff. How the brain works, how we remember things, how we think – it’s all pretty wild when you actually start digging into it.
First off, I gathered all my materials. I had the textbook, which, let’s be real, is thicker than a dictionary. Then I had my notes from the lectures, which were… well, let’s just say my handwriting isn’t the best. And of course, I found some study guides online. They were mostly summarizing the chapters and giving some practice questions.
I decided to tackle the textbook first. I tried to read a chapter a day, but man, some of those chapters were dense. It felt like I was reading a different language sometimes. But I pushed through, highlighting what I thought were the important bits and making notes in the margins.
Then, I moved on to my lecture notes. I spent a good chunk of time just trying to decipher what I had written. I also tried those flashcards things, you know, with terms on one side and definitions on the other. “Donder’s Experiment,” “Unobservable mental processes,” “Speech perception” – stuff like that. I drilled those into my head, hoping they’d stick.
- Reviewed the textbook chapters, highlighting key concepts.
- Deciphered my messy lecture notes and tried to organize them.
- Used online study guides for summaries and practice questions.
- Made flashcards and memorized terms and definitions.
One thing I found really tough was wrapping my head around all the different theories. Like, how we acquire language, how memory works, and all that. There are so many different models and ideas, and they all seemed to overlap in some way. It was a bit of a headache, to be honest.
I also tried to explain some of the concepts to my roommate. I figured if I could explain it to someone else, then I must understand it, right? It was a bit awkward at first, but it actually helped me to clarify some things in my own mind.
The day of the test, I was still a little nervous, but I felt like I had done everything I could. I went in, read the questions carefully, and tried my best to recall all that stuff I had crammed into my brain. Some questions were easier than others, but overall, I think it went okay.
This test made me do a lot of hard thinking, and I think I know a lot more about how I think now. Not bad.
