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W: Where do you think you’re going, young man? You get back here right now!
M: Excuse me, but do I know you? You must have mistaken me for someone else.
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M: I don’t like this chicken. Not only is it too fatty, but I think it might be undercooked as well.
W: You should send it back. You definitely don’t want to get sick.
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M: My chest hurts, and I’m having a hard time breathing. Maybe I should take some aspirin.
W: Come on, honey. I’m driving you to the hospital. You need to get checked out right away.
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M: I need to get my car fixed right away. It makes a strange sound whenever I speed up or slow down.
W: What you need to do is trade that piece of junk in for something better. You’re a manager here, for God’s sake!
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W: Oh, how clumsy of me! I do apologize, sir. I wasn’t looking where I was going. Here, let me help you pick those papers up.
M: That’s the least you can do. Why don’t you kids put your phones away for one second of the day, huh?
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M: Excuse me. Where is the airport?
W: Um…it’s pretty far away. I can show you on the map on my smart phone.
M: Oh, sorry…what I meant is how can I get there?
W: Well, that depends. Do you want to get there quickly or cheaply?
M: Probably the latter would be better.
W: All right. If you go down one block and take a left, you’ll see the No.12 subway station. Take the No.12 all the way to Grove Street, and then transfer to the airport express train.
M: How will I know where to change trains?
W: There will be announcements on the train. But I’m sure there will also be a lot of other people with big suitcases. You can just follow them!
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M: Number 106, please?
W: I’m number 106. Here you are.
M: Welcome to Geneva’s Deli. Just drop your number in the basket there. What can I get for you today?
W: I need three sandwiches. The first two are both roast beef with cheese, but one has everything on it and the other has no tomatoes.
M: What kind of bread for the roast beef sandwiches?
W: White rolls, please.
M: All right. What about the third one?
W: That’s a turkey sandwich on sliced wheat bread with cheese, bacon, and onions.
M: Nothing else on the turkey?
W: No, just those three things.
M: You got it. Anything else?
W: Yeah, can I have three Cokes and a large bag of chips, please?
M: The chips and drinks are just to your left. Just take whatever you want, and I’ll meet you over by the cash register.
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M: Janice, how much do you pay for insurance?
W: Which kind? I have many kinds of insurance. There’s car insurance, home insurance, life insurance…
M: Uh, car insurance.
W: Let me see…I pay $100 a month.
M: Wow, that’s cheap! I pay twice that much!
W: Well, there are a couple of good reasons for that. For one, men always cost more to insure than women.
M: What? How can you say that?
W: Well, if you look at the number of car accidents in the U.S. that cost insurance companies a lot of money, most of them are caused by men.
M: You’re saying that I’m paying too much money because what other guys are doing wrong?
W: Exactly!
M: But I’m a great driver.
W: Really? How many accidents have you been in this past year?
M: I don’t know…three or four, I guess. But only one of them was my fault…OK, maybe two of them.
W: Right…do you know how many I’ve been in over that same period?
M: Let me guess — zero?
W: Bingo!
M: So, that’s the real reason why your insurance is so low…you don’t drive enough!
W: I think you missed the point….
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W: I think I want to go back to school, Paul.
M: Well, that’s a nice idea, Cindy. But what would you study?
W: I’m not sure. I’ve always been interested in psychology. I think I’d do really well.
M: Uh-huh. It’s not that I don’t believe in you, sweetheart. You were always a good student. But it’s different when you’re an adult going back to school.
W: Well, I don’t think I’d have any problems making friends. Lots of older folks get a second B.A. degree later in life, just like I would be doing. And besides, I’ve always been young at heart. I’m sure I’d get along with the other students. And I think I’d be an even better writer and test-taker now than when I went to college in my late teens and early twenties.
M: Yeah…but that’s not what I’m worried about, honey. Have you given any thought to what you’d do when you graduate?
W: I suppose I’d look for a job.
M: And what do you know about jobs in the field of psychology?
W: Not too much, I guess. But I could start small and work my way to the top.
M: That sounds like something a person might say about a big company on Wall Street. Psychology is different. There just aren’t that many jobs in that field right now, and the ones that are out there don’t pay much unless you have a Ph.D. I mean, we have two kids to feed, you know?
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Welcome to Psychology 101. This is the first course in psychology at the University of Washington, and it is required for all psychology majors. I know that many of you are just taking this class your first year to see if you like it, and that’s fine. But please take it seriously. As you can see, this class is very popular, and many folks did not get in. All right. Everyone should have a copy of the class schedule. We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00-11:30 a.m.
If you miss a lecture, you can come to the Monday and Wednesday class, but please make sure you let me know so I can make a note of it. You are only allowed to miss one class, and after that, every time will affect your grade. We have two main exams, plus one paper of six pages. The amount of work is not too bad, but I will tell you that most students say that my expectations are higher than most of their other professors. I want to challenge you in here, and to do that, I need to make the tests harder than you may be expecting. If you need to reach me outside of class time, the best way is by email. You can also come by my office on Friday afternoons from 3:00-5:00 p.m. or set up another time to meet with me by calling my secretary. The number is on the board behind me. Any questions?
