Jeff is taking his first psychology course
He has been reading his textbook, taking notes in class, and performed well on the multiple choice tests so far. Now, his psychology instructor has given the class the assignment to look up some research articles in the PsycINFO database and to summarize them. Jeff complains about this assignment, "Why am I wasting my time doing this? Why doesn't Dr. Morgan just give us the articles so we can get right to reading and learning them?" Jeff appears to think that only one competency for college psychology classes exists. On which competency does Jeff appear to be focused?
a. values of psychology
b. application of psychology
c. knowledge base of psychology
d. information and technological literacy
ANSWER: c
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