409a-g26-report2 Spring 2007 Dr. Leon James, Instructor. University of Hawaii.

Step 1:

In your word processor create a file. Save the file under the name  xx-409a-g26-report2 but change the default for the type of file -- Save As a "Web page". Replace the xx with your last name (which will be the name of the folder where you upload all your own work). Be sure to use the exact same file name, lower case letters, with the hyphens and no spaces or capital letters. You will be using this file to enter all the sections as you progressively write them. Make sure the file names for your two reports are the same except for 1 and 2.

Step 2:

Write a Section to be titled in bold:
My Report on the Early Generations
Select two student reports from each generation of G1, G2, and G3 (six in all) that are listed in this directory of links:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/gc/early-generational-links.htm  

Discuss:
(i) How do their reports differ from your report?
(ii) How is the theory or content similar?
(iii) How do you evaluate their level of understanding of driving psychology?
(iv) What advice do you have about improving the generational curriculum (e.g., new topics, different exercises or activities)?

Step 3:

Now read all the questions below. You are to select five questions to answer from the set given below and in accordance with the required choice blocks. The entire question should always be pasted at the beginning of your answer and marked as follows:
The Question I am answering is Question xx (in bold face).
(Paste the entire question here.)

Step 4:

Now give your answers to the five questions. Be sure you format answers appropriately to make it easy to read. ONE blank line between short paragraphs (7 lines) -- is mandatory. Use tables or images to enhance your answers, if directly relevant. Use bolded sub-headings between sub-sub-sections to make it easier and more interesting to read (be sure you don't ignore this instruction!). Make the titles of the sub-sub headings meaningful or descriptive, rather than merely humorous.

Step 5:

Now add a Section called Advice to Future Generations. Tell them what they should know to succeed in this course and what they can expect to get out of it. Tell them what you got out of it.

Step 6 (six parts):

(a) At the top of your document type the following centered Title Lines: (copy and paste info between lines)

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Report 2
My Report on Driving Psychology:
type a fitting sub-title of your own on this line
By your name

Instructions for this report are at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy26/409a-g26-report2.htm 
I am answering Questions xx, xx, xx, xx and xx.

Dr. Leon James, Instructor
University of Hawaii
April 2007

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(b) Fill in the xx as appropriate.

(c) Put these two required links at the bottom of the file:

Class Home Page: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy26/classhome-g26.htm   

My Home Page: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/409af2006/xx/xx-home.htm (make sure link works)

(Note: replace xx with your last name which should also be the name of your folder. Do not use upper case letters or spaces in file or folder names).

(d) Spell check your document.

(e) Upload your file (the computer automatically adds .htm to your file name when you save it as a Web page). You must upload the .htm version by saving it as a Web Page. Do not upload a .doc file. Sometimes you need to upload a folder along with the file -- see FTP Uploading Instructions at:  www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy26/g26-ftp.htm .

(f) After uploading the file be sure to view it with your Web browser by going to your file on the Web. Click Refresh Page so the browser can show you the latest uploaded version. Now check it for mistakes and to see if it looks as you want it to look.

• Do all the links work?

• Are the Sections clearly marked?

• Is there confusion about where some text starts or ends?

• Are all your paragraphs separated by just one blank line ? (It's easier to read that way)

• Are all your paragraphs less than 7 lines or 150 words? (this is mandatory)

Make the changes in your word processor and upload the new version. It will automatically replace the old version. Click Refresh Page  Check it again and repeat until it's just right.

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Your Report 2 is now complete and published on the Web. Congratulations! You have proven you can gain technical competence in Web publishing and report writing. Now your valuable report will be used by future generations, by students from other places surfing the Web, by researchers interested in data or theory on driving psychology, and by the general public looking for information on this topic.

Thousands of people who navigate the Web find these generational student reports through Web search engines when they are looking for topics on driving psychology. Your effort will contribute first, to yourself for improving your driving personality and your information literacy skills; second, for future students who will be reading your reports, and third, for the public at large. Your research, observations, and conclusions will be beneficial to others who will read your reports in the ensuing years. Long after you're no longer a student, your generational reports will still be serving the public and science.

Note on Privacy: Students can use a pseudonym or pen name on their reports instead of their real name. Students who publish their reports on the Web can delete their reports after being graded. They can also request to have their reports deleted from the Web after the semester at any time in the future by emailing Dr. James. Usually the request is honored on the same day it is received. Students can also submit their reports in typing, privately to the instructor instead of publishing them on the Web. This will not affect their grade.

Here are the Questions

You must select your Questions as follows:

That makes 5 questions in all. Each answer should be at least three pages long (single spaced).

No paragraph can exceed 7 lines or 150 words. There must be just one blank space after each paragraph (only one blank line, not 2 or 3 blank lines creating white space). Look at your Report in your Web Browser to make sure. Don't use a background color for your page -- keep it white for easier reading.

Required to do this:

Each question and question number must be pasted at the beginning of your answer. The entire question with all sub-parts must be pasted at the beginning of each question. Then, when you answer sub-parts, paste only the sub-part question again.  In this way readers know what you are answering at all times. Bold the questions and sub-questions so they look different than your answers. This contrast is necessary so readers are properly oriented to what you are talking about.

Be sure that your answers show the sub-parts for each question (a), (b), etc. and also the sub-sub-divisions (i), (ii), etc. This is a requirement for every Question.

If you answer more than five questions for bonus points (optional), mark each extra question with the sub-title "For Extra points -- Question Number xx"). The maximum total bonus points is 4.

Question 1:

(a) Consider Table 4 in the Lecture Notes at  www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy26/409a-g26-lecture-notes.htm#Charts   Read the Section titled "The AWM Approach in Driver Self-Modification" where Table 4 is located. In your own words summarize what it is about.

(b) Now try the AWM procedure on at least two trips or episodes.

(i) Describe what happened. How did you obtain the data on yourself? Be sure you discuss all three aspects of your threefold self.
(iii) What were your observations about yourself as a driver? What were for you some difficult aspects of the experiment in relation to your threefold self?
(ii) What is your conclusion? How can this approach be promoted in our society?

Question 2: 

(a) Discuss your own driving habits in relation to the following issues discussed in our textbook Road Rage and Aggressive Driving:
(i) Table 5.5 p. 130 on emotional intelligence
(ii) The three levels of driving -- oppositional, defensive, and supportive on p.175
(iii) Explain where you get this style of driving and reacting behind the wheel using some principles of driving psychology mentioned in the book.

(b) Discuss your self-assessment with your friends. Describe their reaction. What is your conclusion?

(c) Discuss whether or not this course helps you to become more aware of yourself as a drive, and whether it motivates you to change your driving habits.

Question 3:

(a) Search the Web and the University of Hawaii Library Electronic Resources of full text journals to find out what is known about how cell phone use affects people's driving. Summarize some of this literature. Be sure you have articles from both the Web (articles, news, statistics, etc.) and the University of Hawaii Library Electronic Journals Databases at http://zu7lq2cc9q.search.serialssolutions.com/ . Give the full reference and link for each article.

(b) Use the theory in the Lecture Notes to explain what drivers need to learn about themselves in order to be able to handle the proper use of cell phones while driving. Is it better to train drivers to use cell phones properly or is it better to outlaw the use of any cell phones while driving? Discuss the solutions.

Question 4:

(a) Contrast our two textbooks: Road Rage and Aggressive Driving (James and Nahl), and Driving Lessons: Exploring Systems That Make Traffic Safer (Peter Rothe, Editor).
(i) Name some ways they are similar, and some ways they are different.
(ii) Would either text be suitable for high school students?
(iii) Would the books be suitable for driver education?
(iv) How do they compare to some of you other textbooks?

(b) Discuss in what way these ideas can help solve society's driving problems. Be specific: describe the main problems (use some statistics) and how some specific ideas in these two books can help solve those problems.

Question 5:

(a) Search Google News section http://news.google.com/nwshp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=  for "road rage."
(i) Describe what you see. Make a numbered list of the methods or instruments drivers have used to assault each other. Include the links to the stories you analyzed so readers can see the whole story when they want to.
(ii) Is this something you you and your friends knew about? Discuss the argument some people make that road rage is an expression of media hype and there is no real increase in such events.

(b)
(i) Using driving psychology theory from our two textbooks, explain what's going on with drivers everywhere.
(ii) Connect what you found in the news with the problems and solutions you discuss in Question 1.

Question 6:

(a) Select some student reports at www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s2003/newsgroups 
(i) Describe what they did – their ideas, their method, and their explanations.
(ii) What did they gain from doing their reports? How do their ideas influence what you yourself think about these issues?

(b) Now go to Google Groups search  at
http://groups.google.com/grphp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wg&q=
Type in "Leon James" (use the quotes).
(i) See if you can corroborate the conclusions of the student reports which were done several years ago. What were people's reactions to driving psychology issues I raised?
(ii) Why did they respond this way? What is your conclusion?
(iii) Is this still going on the same way in the electronic discussions? Check some 2007 entries in the discussion on "women drivers".

Question 7:

(a) Find a road rage newspaper story on the Web that gives enough detail that you can reconstruct the interactions between the people involved. Now do a scenario analysis of events. The Road Rage and Aggressive Driving book gives some examples (see the Book Index under "Scenario analysis:. There is also an example in the Lecture Notes in the Section on Charts at Table 7 -- see
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy26/409a-g26-lecture-notes.htm#Charts 

(b)
(i) Try to reconstruct the interactions by making a list or table of the steps, as illustrated in our textbook.
(ii) Apply driving psychology principles to explain what's going on at each step and how it influences the outcome.

Back to G26 Class Home Page:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy26/classhome-g26.htm 

DrDriving: www.drdriving.org