FIRST COLLEGE EXAM=SUCCESS

                So this morning I had my first college exam. I had told myself that I'd review each night for the entire 7 days leading up to the test…That didn’t happen. So, I figured I’d just study the day before, making sure that all other work would be done so I could focus purely on psychology. So come Tuesday afternoon I begin to study psych. I studied the history of psychology, important psychologists, and the evolution of psychology from 3-6 p.m. Then I took a shower as a “break” from studying. Then studied the different lobes of the brain, the endocrine system, limbic system, peripheral system, and how neurons work, from 6:30-9:30p.m. At 9:30 my mom called and we had a nice little chat before I had to go and finish studying the last bit of the notes. Finally from 10-11 p.m. I studied sleep, sleep disorders, and the different types of psychoactive drugs.
                 So I get the test this morning and there was absolutely nothing about the endocrine system, the cerebral cortex, the lobes, or the famous psychologists on there! So I was initially pretty upset because of all the time I spent learning and memorizing those things. But then I decided that learning them wasn’t a waste. I now just have a nice bit of knowledge on those subjects. PLUS, everything else that I studied was on there, so I think I for sure got an A on it :)

Anyways, in conclusion, I’ve learned a few things about the future psychology tests I’ll be taking this semester:

1.      If necessary, everything can be learned in one night…About 7 hours will do the trick

2.      If you get to the test and find that stuff you studied wasn’t on there, that either means you were extra thorough and now you have extra information that you can tuck away, or forget...

      OR you just got "lucky" that the teacher didn't include the information, maybe next time everything you studied will be on them

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3.      I no longer have to stress about psychology tests. I know the type of tests she gives and how I should study for them. I can now sleep soundly the night before and wait in line to get the test without shaking.