The following revisions will take place in the second half of December 2019. They include the following changes to these modules:
1. Motives and Goals. Many priming studies have not replicated. As a result, paragraph that deals with the topic of “goal priming” will be removed.
2. Intelligence. Given the mixed evidence on the topic of “stereotype threat” a single paragraph on that topic will be revised.
3. Cooperation. Recently, the classic Sherif “Robber’s Cave” study has come under criticism. As a result, the coverage of this study from the module will be removed.
4. The Unconscious. Many priming studies have not replicated. As a result, four paragraphs that cover priming effects in the section “The unconscious in social psychological processes” will be removed.
5. Aggression and Violence. Given the mixed and complicated evidence on the relation of video games to violence, the section discussing “violent media” will be removed. In addition, short section on “weapons” will be removed.
6. Self-Regulation and Conscientiousness. Given the fact that ego depletion has come under critical attention, the discussion of this topic to emphasize that there are mixed results and that further study is necessary will be modified.
7. Helping and Prosocial Behavior. Recently, the classic “Kitty Genovese” case study has come under scrutiny. As a result, the discussion of it from this module will be removed.
8. Mood Disorders. We will add a sentence to emphasize that the evidence for the effectiveness of antidepressant medication is mixed: this treatment may not work equally for all people and further research is required.
Many of these changes will have a spillover effect; and will have us change test bank items, the instructor’s manuals, and other materials to bring them in line with the core lessons. Please let us know if you have any questions at [email protected]
Update Group Number 2:
At Noba, we rely on helpful comments and contributions from our users. As a result, we have been busy updating our content to ensure high standards. Among these revisions is a new treatment of our Gender Module. The new version starting with the second half of December 2019 will contain a variety of changes including:
A) revised learning objectives, B) a modified introduction, C) more attention to non-binary gender in the “Defining Gender” section and D) a discussion of the (trans)gender bathroom debate in North Carolina (USA). All the ancillary teaching materials such as the test bank and PowerPoint will reflect these changes.
Noba is changing the way that we offer quiz dashboards to instructors. Many of you have told us that you are interested in streamlining the administration and grading of the optional Cerego quizzes. We have heard you loud and clear and have been hard at work making these changes. What we now offer are the student quizzes encoded into various LMS formats (the same as our Test Bank). This will give instructors more direct control over quizzes because they will be able to import them directly into their local course platforms.
Student quiz items are available in the following formats:
Blackboard (also suitable for Moodle)
Desire2Learn / Brightspace
Generic QTI in an IMS Content Package (Moodle/Canvas)
Platform neutral RTF files
Unicode Text files
MS Word
Please note that the adaptive student quizzes are still located at the end of Noba modules and your students may take a quiz at any time to test their learning.
We have removed an image which was located in two of our modules – Sensation and Perception and Touch and Pain, which, according to latest research was misrepresenting the level of sensitivity in certain areas of the body. This is the image which will remain in two aforementioned modules:
Exciting news - we have updated our Test Bank files. We have fixed a few bugs and issues in the files so that they will function better within various Learning Management Systems. If you would like access to the updated files, please don't hesitate to fill out the request form on our website and we will respond within 1-4 business days. Enjoy!
We have made a number of minor changes to our States of Consciousness module to improve clarity and provide a better reading experience for students.
Our most substantive change in this module regards sleep. Previously, we used "Stage 1 though 5" nomenclature to describe the sleep stages. In our revision, we have updated this to reflect common descriptions of sleep stages based on REM v. non-REM (NREM) brain activity. We have modified our in-text descriptions accordingly and created a new graphic that we feel will help students better understand these stages.
The PowerPoint and Instructors Manual for this module have also been updated to reflect these changes.
What do infants know about the world in which they live – and how do they grow and change with age? These are the kinds of questions answered by developmental scientists. This module describes different research techniques that are used to study psychological phenomena in infants and children, research designs that are used to examine age-related changes in development, and unique challenges and special issues associated with conducting research with infants and children. Child development is a fascinating field of study, and many interesting questions remain to be examined by future generations of developmental scientists – maybe you will be among them!
We've recently completed work on our newest Ready-Made textbook, Together: The Science of Social Psychology. Together presents core concepts common to introductory social psychology courses. The 8 units include 27 modules covering key social psych topics such as research methods, group processes, social influence, and relationships. The standard version of the book can be modified: feel free to add or remove modules to better suit your specific needs.
All the modules in the book are supported with our outstanding instructional support materials - comprehensive instructors manual, PowerPoint presentations, test items, reading anticipation guides, and online adaptive student quizzes.
We've added 16 more self-study quizzes for students to the Noba website. These quiz items are coordinated with, though not the same as, the Noba test bank items available only to verified instructors. Students can find the quizzes directly after the main content of the online learning modules and can return to them as often as they like for review. Review sessions will emphasize items that individual learners have missed in previous sessions.
If you'd like to assign any of the available online-adaptive quizzes to your students and track their progress and performance we'd be happy to create a dashboard for you that lets you easily monitor what’s going on whether you’re teaching a single course section or many. Simply follow this link and fill out a dashboard request form.
The new adaptive quizzes can be found in these modules-
