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Chapter 416 - 409: There’s Nothing Left to Fear

Chapter 416: Chapter 409: There’s Nothing Left to Fear

From Jiangdu to Beidu, the flight takes a little over two hours.

What to do with this time has always been a philosophical question worth pondering.

After all, there is no internet on the plane. This is still quite fatal for modern humans.

Faced with such a dilemma.

Some people are more straightforward and choose to sleep on the plane—although they may feel more tired the more they sleep, and need to catch up on sleep after landing.

Some people prepare in advance, downloading movies and videos onto tablets or laptops—although excluding takeoff and landing time, the remaining gap may not be enough to finish a movie.

Others who are busy with study or work will not let even this bit of time slip by—there are often memes online like "Teacher grading my paper on the bullet train" or "Advisor reviewing my thesis on the plane."

Nan Zhubin is a combination of all three.

Before boarding, he uses the Memory Palace to memorize the original questions, then falls asleep on the plane, solving questions in his dreams.

Nan Zhubin actually pays quite a bit of attention to exams.

There are always external factors that inevitably divert his attention, so for snippets of time, he often chooses to use them to race against the clock to solve questions.

Now, Nan Zhubin is softly reading out loud the "312 Psychology Postgraduate Exam Mock Test (Ten)" laid out before him.

Reading questions aloud while solving them can accelerate understanding and thinking, provided there is no one around to disturb you and it’s not in the exam room.

"A study investigates the impact of teaching methods (traditional vs. innovative) and student types (general vs. gifted vs. struggling) on English scores. It uses a 2×3 between-subjects design, with a sample size of n=10 per group. Partial ANOVA results are as follows:"

"Request: 1. Complete all ’?’ values in the ANOVA table; 2. Determine if the main effects and interactions are significant; 3. If interactions are significant, describe their meaning in words."

Nan Zhubin takes a deep breath.

Goodness, it’s the ultimate deterrent subject within the foundational disciplines of psychology—Psychological Statistics!

Psychology is said to be a discipline combining arts and sciences, with Psychological Statistics being the most ’scientific’ part.

What’s more, this is a statistics and analysis calculation problem combined with Experimental Psychology!

If it were two months ago, even Nan Zhubin would have gotten a headache seeing this question.

But now—

Nan Zhubin’s gaze suddenly went out of focus, losing concentration.

Flow State·Basic, activate!

[This is a comprehensive problem of ’multi-factor ANOVA’; essentially, this experiment is a 2×3 between-subjects design, with 6 groups, each with independent samples.]

[The first question focuses on finding [degrees of freedom, df]. The main effect df depends on the number of factor levels, the interaction df is the product of the factor dfs, and the error df = total sample size - number of experimental groups.]

[However, this problem provides the F value in the original table but not the MS, requiring reverse derivation. Notice that the original interaction F value is 7.20, but with MS=90 and MS error=25, the actual F=3.6, indicating purposely set contradictory data to test understanding...]

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Just ten seconds passed.

Ten seconds purely spent thinking, without any drafts or notes.

Nan Zhubin’s eyes, slightly lost in thought, regained focus, and the question before him seemed to be dissected in his mind like carving a bull.

He picked up a pen and began calculations beside him, writing smoothly without a single pause.

Even the calculation part did not cause any obstacle for Nan Zhubin, as he directly wrote down all formulas and numbers, as if all the answers were already printed in his brain.

Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe—

The pen stopped, the question was solved.

Nan Zhubin looked up at the clock on the wall, and less than five minutes had passed.

And the usual time to solve such a comprehensive question is twenty to twenty-five minutes.

Most of that time is spent thinking.

Nan Zhubin’s entire thought process only took ten seconds, the remaining time was just pure writing time—in order to make the handwriting neat and beautiful, to earn impression points and presentation points, Nan Zhubin deliberately slowed down his writing speed.

After confirming the time, Nan Zhubin picked up the answer beside him to check.

Sure enough, all correct.

"I was right, Flow State is not only great for daily reasoning but also for solving problems... or rather, its real use is in situations requiring mathematical and logical deduction, such as exams now or future research work..."

"Now, with Memory Palace for memory-based short answer questions, I don’t need to worry about not being able to memorize the book; with Flow State for comprehension-based comprehensive questions, I don’t need to worry about sudden mental blocks in exams."

Nan Zhubin leaned his shoulders and waist into the chair back, his neck forcefully arched backward, leaving his entire head in a suspended state.

There is a complete sense of relaxation.

...

Although it can be said like this, it does not mean that Nan Zhubin can completely put down his books.

Studying and exams are two different things, but studying and work are closely related.

The 312 Psychology Postgraduate Exam covers a wide range of content, which is why it is very necessary to study.

The psychology major exams encompass every aspect of psychology, and whether one engages in basic research, psychological consultation, mental health education, special education, EAP, HR consulting management, or any other work in the future, the knowledge will be used.

Although the knowledge only scratches the surface and isn’t deep, it’s like the foundational practice methods in cultivation novels; they must be learned.

English must also be learned. Compared to abroad, psychology in China is still very young, and if one wants to participate in research work later on, they must read a large number of original foreign documents; even if the goal is to "use foreign skills to control foreign strategies," communication with foreign scholars will also not be less in the future.

Political exams, needless to say, are absolutely essential for advanced intellectuals.

Even if all this knowledge is mastered, Nan Zhubin still needs to learn problem-solving techniques and answering norms; otherwise, having knowledge without being able to express it will make the paper look bad.

But ultimately, a lot of time can still be saved to do what Nan Zhubin truly loves—consultation.

"Really looking forward to the consultation resources in Beidu."

With this thought, Nan Zhubin suddenly felt a slight vibration in his body.

Gently closing the book in front of him, with a thought, the notes and questions turned into dust, disappearing in the dream psychological counseling.

This is also the difference between Nan Zhubin’s Memory Palace and Super Memory; after 100% memorizing what he sees during the day, he can organize these memories in his consciousness to avoid useless information occupying his brain capacity.

Then, Nan Zhubin’s consciousness ascended.

He opened his eyes, and his gaze returned to the cabin of the plane.