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Summaries that match what the exam actually asks

MISOC · Year 1 at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Checked line by line. Built from your course checklist and past exams, not the whole book.

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Exam-oriented, by design

Most summaries compress the book. Ours start from the other end: what does the exam ask, and what do you need to know to answer it.

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What it follows
This year's checklist and past exam questions
Everything in the book, with no sense of what matters
When the course changes
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Head in the clouds

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Lecture 1: What is an emotion?
Kassin, Fein & Markus (11th ed.) Ch. 3 (p. 62–64, 89–91), Ch. 4 (p. 110–113) · Meston & Frohlich · Dutton & Aron (1974)
IN SHORTEmotions are goal-relevant reactions with three faces: behaviour, feeling and body. Whether arousal becomes fear, anger or attraction depends on the label your mind gives it, and that label can be wrong.

1.1What is an emotion?

Emotions are experiences that occur when we regard our situation as relevant to our active personal goals. It is a mental state caused by stimuli, characterised by three kinds of change:

  • Our behaviour, how we act.
  • Our subjective experience, how we feel.
  • Our physiology, how the systems of the body function.

The most prominent behaviours are facial expressions. Their perception is comparable across cultures; their expression is not, because of display rules.

1.2Emotion versus mood, and arousal

Emotion
Short-lived, with a clear target.
Mood
Long-lasting, with no target.
Arousal
The state of being activated, such as a raised heart rate or sweating.
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The state of being activated, physiologically or psychologically: a raised heart rate, sweating.
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Every course as A4 pages, built from the checklist and the past exams.

Questions that explain themselves

Every answer comes with the why, and the lecture it came from.

Know if you are ready before the exam does

A readiness score per topic, built from every answer you gave.

Keeps you honest

One graded answer a day keeps the streak. Reading alone does not count.

The real thing, before the real thing

Same length, same clock, graded on the faculty's cesuur.

Updated when the course changes

A professor swaps two lectures; the summary follows the same week.

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2Materials open 18 SeptemberThe first course week is introduction, so you miss nothing. Your summaries and practice unlock together, with a countdown until they do.
3Study what the exam asksFollow the summaries, drill the practice questions, and walk into the exam already knowing what to do.

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Dima

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In 2nd year of IBA, Dima found himself pursuing a full-time corporate job at Amazon, mentoring 2 cohorts and trying to keep up with uni life. pass the year is what kept him sane through all this. His main motivation is to give you your time back so you can focus on what really matters at uni.

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Bence started sharing summaries in IBEB to help his friends, and in no time everyone was using them. But summaries were just the start: the real mission is reworking the education system, from the inside. Currently Bence is pursuing a Masters of Finance and Accounting at RSM.

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When do I get access?
Your account works immediately after checkout, and you see exactly what you bought. The materials for this academic year open on 18 September, with a countdown until then. The first week of the course is introductory, so you miss nothing.
Which courses are covered?
Every course in your year, in your language track. Ask us on WhatsApp before you buy and we will tell you exactly what is covered for your year.
Is this allowed?
Yes. We write everything ourselves, in our own words, based on the public course information. Summaries are study material, like any student notes, just done properly.
What if the course changes this year?
We monitor the course pages and update summaries when something changes. Updates are included in your membership.
How do I cancel?
In your account, with one click. You keep access until the end of the period you paid for. No emails, no waiting.
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Then cancel with one click, and your access simply runs out at the end of the period. No hard feelings, and you can always ask us anything on WhatsApp first.

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