Weapons of Influence
Hawks
Fly Together
Burning Questions
Time is on Our Side
Is Resistance Futile?
100
Familiarity, smiling, physical attractiveness, and pursuing mutual goals together, can all increase this
What is Liking?
100
First Year Seminar classes are assisted by this upper-level student
What is the Peer Learning Assistant (PLA)?
100
This is a method of documentation used by Psychologists when they write papers and publish articles
What is APA Style?
100
This is an essential time management tool
What is a Planner/Calendar?
100

Someone who scored low on this dimension of the EPQ would assume that there are universal moral rules to guide us

What is Relativism?

200
This is a societal standard that requires individuals to pay back in kind what they receive from others
What is Reciprocity?
200
This is the home of many resources for students, including First Year Advising, Tutoring & Writing Services, Career Services, and Service Learning and Community Programs
What is the Center for Student Success (CSS)?
200
Restating a passage in another form, also known as_____, not only gives credit to the original author but also demonstrates your knowledge of the subject
What is Paraphrasing?
200
Every professor gives you one of these at the start of the semester. You can use it to help you manage your assignments and your time
What is a Syllabus?
200

To resist this weapon of influence, you should ask yourself, “Have I started to care about someone (or something) more than should be expected?”

What is Liking?

300

This occurs when we don’t think deeply about a message because we lack the motivation or ability

What is Automatic Processing?

300

Making an appointment with an academic advisor is easy for first-year students with the help of this resource

What is Accudemia?

300
This kind of information comes in a variety of flavors, including fabricated stories, sensational material, false data, and satirical websites
What is Fake News?
300
This office works one-on-one with students to improve their general writing and study skills
What is Tutoring & Writing Services ? (also acceptable: Tutoring Services or Writing Services)
300

To resist this weapon of influence, you should ask yourself, "Knowing what I know now, would I make the same commitment again?"

What is Consistency?

400
These are implicit guidelines that prescribe socially appropriate behaviors, that is, what should or should not be performed in a given context
Social Norms
400

Taken in November, this survey asks new students to share how they are doing, how Monmouth can help them, and their satisfaction with their college experience so far

What is the Mid-Year Student Assessment (MYSA)?

400
This is an online library resource, created by our librarians, to help students find sources for their papers, learn how to cite sources, and avoid plagiarism
What is LibGuide? (also acceptable: Research Guide)
400

Someone who takes an interest in reading, is in control of reading assignments, and questions information with a critical eye is demonstrating this

What is Active Reading?

400

To resist this weapon of influence, you should ask yourself, (1) “Does this person have expertise?” and (2) “Can this person be trusted?”

What is Authority?

500
These are considered "amplifiers" of social proof
What are Uncertainty and Similarity?
500

This is an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service

What is Service-Learning?

500
A researcher would use this to relate the findings of his or her own study to professional colleagues
What is Empirical Scholarly Source?
500

This is the New Jersey State Standard for number of hours that university students are expected to work outside of class for every hour they are in class

What is Two Hours?

500

People with these ethical ideologies score high in Idealism on the EPQ

Who are Situationists and Absolutists?