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UNOFFICIAL GUIDE
Human
Behavior
For the First Year
a.k.a: HB
Hours: 79
Duration: All year
Course Director: Dr. Clayton Morris
SECTION
E
“Don’t answer a patient’s
anger with anger; they will just
explode, like crazy lasers!”
-Dr. E. Michael Smith
In the Human Behavior course, you will explore the psychological aspects
about life. You learn how people function socially, emotionally, spiritually, and
physically. HB has a history of causing diverse reactions among the student
body. You will either get it, or you won’t. The test questions can be ambiguous,
and they fall under much scrutiny. This usually occurs due to the lack of
correlation between what was mentioned in class and what really showed up on
the test. Nonetheless, there has been quite a bit of effort made to remedy this
situation. WARNING: you will find that there is a huge temptation to blow off
this class to focus on bigger classes. I recommend keeping up with it so you
don’t have to pull an all-nighter before the test. However, if staying up all night
is your style, to each his own. An easy way to keep up with it is to simply go to
class. These classes will be the most entertaining classes you’ll sit through all
year. Dr. Morris, Dr. Tucker, and Dr. Anderson were some crowd favorites. So,
if you don’t go to any classes – go to these. Keep in mind, at the end of the year
this course is worth almost as much as Gross Anatomy. I would suggest studying
HB notegroups when you’re bored through the semester. People that did well
told me they would be watching Sportscenter with HB notegroups handy to
glance at them during commercials throughout the semester.
LECTURE
The toughest part about HB is that each professor is very different. Some
lecturers are great; some barely pass decent. In addition, many professors have
‘incomplete’ syllabi. I’m not kidding, some professors had one page outlines
with no more than 50 words. Some will follow the syllabus, a fair amount won’t
release their slides, and occasionally some will tell you what to focus on for the
test. Overall, there is one pearl of wisdom you must know in order to be
successful in this course…. HB material is not a collection of facts to simply
memorize, but rather a set of broad concepts you are expected to apply to a
myriad of situations. Hearing the lecturers’ opinions and anecdotes helps
greatly in this process. Note groups can be helpful if they are done thoroughly,
but sometimes you’ll find there not as great as you thought. My advice, go to
class, take notes on the syllabus, and study the material a little bit a night the
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