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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Apr 2014

    New York Times feature: Try some of the exam questions from my Harvard intro psych course |http://goo.gl/KO39Rr 

    8:07 PM - 13 Apr 2014
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      1. Reinaldo Niebles‏ @reinaldoniebles 13 Apr 2014
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        #PYL “@sapinker: New York Times feature: Try some of the exam questions from my Harvard intro psych course | http://goo.gl/KO39Rr ”

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      1. Stephen Clift‏ @StephenClift 19 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker will try this quiz with my US Psych students studying in London. Few of them have heard of you but I get them to read Blank Slate

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      1. Pablo Mira‏ @Iron_Hic_Man 14 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Awsome!. Still waiting for your course at Coursera, Steven.

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      1. Molly Pearl‏ @MollyPearl2 14 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Love! Wish you had taught at Duke in the 80s...

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      1. Rod‏ @RodCogence 14 Apr 2014
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        Hmm only 5/10. Must apply myself. MT “@sapinker: Try some of the exam questions from my Harvard intro psych course | http://goo.gl/KO39Rr ”

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      1. Prasad Chandrashekar‏ @PRASAC 14 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker what is the avg score for these qns?

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      1. Joshua Lord‏ @joshualord2700 14 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker The Pete Townshend question doesn't test psychological knowledge. A bizzare outlier amongst otherwise pertinent questions. 9/10

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      1. Susan Tyler-Freer‏ @bintik 14 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker thanks for this... It was fun!

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      1. Jo Mueller‏ @clinpsydrjo 13 Apr 2014
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        Jolly good fun! “@sapinker: New York Times feature: Try some of the exam questions from my Harvard psych course | http://goo.gl/KO39Rr ”

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      2. (((CZARKING)))‏ @CZAR__KING 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker 9/10 not bad for a non-psych minor. Bone to pick with Question 10. I'd argue Calvin is incorrect because of Hamilton's law.

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      3. (((CZARKING)))‏ @CZAR__KING 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker mean't to say major. Probably a freudian dick.

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      1. deeburf‏ @deeburf 13 Apr 2014
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        “@sapinker: New York Times feature: Try some of the exam questions from my Harvard intro psych course | http://goo.gl/KO39Rr ” a bit of fun

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      1. Julia Smith‏ @giufuliafa 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker I got 80%! a solid B! (A Bachelor's degree in #Psychology didn't hurt)

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      1. Julia Mitelman‏ @jvmite 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker I remember some of those from 2009! Thanks for convincing me to become a psych concentrator, Professor Pinker :)

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      1. Josh Parks‏ @joshparks 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker 7/10 and I skipped all the lectures and didn't do the reading.

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      1. regan steed‏ @steedr 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker: NYT - some exam questions from Harvard intro psych course | http://goo.gl/KO39Rr ” 8/10; 12 yrs since last psych class, try it.

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      1. Joe Christman‏ @JoeWChristman 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker I got 9 out of 10. Forgot about the manic depression thing.

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      1. Jon Hagan‏ @heresjono 13 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Well, I got...uh...,what's a passing grade?

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