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These term lists are designed to serve a dual purpose. First, each list includes the important terms for a particular lecture topic that we will cover during the term. These lists should help you concentrate on the terms I consider most crucial from each of the chapters. I have made the lists inclusive so that, during lecture, we will probably not cover all the terms for any particular lecture. Any terms we do not talk about will not be required for the test and you may simply cross them off the list.
Second, each list is presented, not in alphabetical order, but in the approximate order we will cover topics in lecture. This way it is possible to use the term list almost like an outline for the lecture topic of the day.
At the end of each term list are 2 or 3 questions about that lecture topic. Some will be questions of basic recall, but most will be more in depth and will ask you to apply some of the information we talked about in that lecture. Some may be fairly difficult, but possible to answer if you refer to the chapters in the text. Each exam will have a question or two which is/are similar to these kinds of challenging questions. These questions are designed to give you practice with the kind of thinking necessary to answer them. Practice is probably the only way to get better at them so take advantage of your time well before the exam to review answers. I will typically not go over the answers, but if you are curious about a particular question, please stop by and talk with me about them after lecture or at my office.
To go to the term list for each lecture simply click on the appropriate topic from the list below: