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Derivation of Points
I have written a series of study questions to guide you through the adventures and challenges that you will find in the Cialdini text.  You will come to love these study questions.  In the past, the study questions have been the subject of several poems.  Several semesters ago, a student was so moved by the study questions that he wrote a song about them.  The purpose of the study questions is to make the objectives of this course as clear as possible.  Students who know the answers to the study questions will do well in the Psychology 2402.  So be a Star, learn those study questions.  You will be required to turn in four sets of study questions, each worth 5 points. 

There will be three multiple choice examinations of 100 points  each.  Think of these exams as four opportunities to behave in a  heroic fashion and to demonstrate your excellence.  Approximately, 50% of the material on the examinations will be covered in the lectures, but cannot be found in the textbook.  Therefore, be sure to take complete notes or you will look pretty foolish on test day.

The final examination is not cumulative.  The University sets the date and time for the final.  Undoubtedly, this time will be inconvenient for some people, including your  instructor.  However, under no circumstances will the final be  given at a different time.  So there is really no need to ask for an early final.

All make-up examinations will be administered on the last day of regularly scheduled class.  These  make-ups will be more difficult than the original tests.  Wise students are noted by the absence of certain behaviors.  For example, wise students seldom come to class disguised as turnips, rarely beat themselves with sticks, and almost never take make-up tests.

A total of 15 attendance points can be obtained.  Students are allowed three cuts.  If you do not over cut, you will receive all 15 points.  Five points will be subtracted for each over cut.  Do not bring me a note from your mother, employer, or university staff member telling me that you will miss a class.  We are adults. You are allowed sufficient cuts to account for illnesses, deaths in the family, mental health days, sports participation, writing the great American novel, pursuing the golden path to true enlightenment, etc. Thus, there will be NO EXCUSED ABSENCES.  Use your cuts cleverly and earn some easy points.

To be counted as attending you must sign the roll that will be passed around each day.  It is your responsibility to sign the  roll.  Your neighbor may hide the roll in his shirt, jam it up his nostrils, make a paper hat out of it or impede you in some other villainous fashion.  In all instances, it is your responsibility to get the roll and sign your name.  You will be counted absent unless your name is on the roll.

A summary of the points and the means by which they are obtained is listed below:

    1. 300 points from examinations (100 points each)
    2. 15 points for attendance
    3. 15 points for study questions (5 points each)