Syllabus Psyc 201001 General Psychology Laboratory 9049
Dr. Griffith, Instructor, Office: Hartung 113S Web
site: http://facultyweb.anderson.edu/~glg/
Email:
Office Hours: Monday 10,3, Tuesday 3; Wednesday
10, Thursday 3; Friday 8-12.
Phones: Secretary 4470; office 4474, home 378 0441
(only between
Cozby,
P. C. (2004). Methods in Behavioral Research (8th ed.).
Perrin,
R.(2004) Pocket Guide to
My purpose is to help you to develop a healthy respect for
science and the limitations of science. By conducting experiments, analyzing
the results, discussing them, and writing about them, you should begin to see
the power of the scientific method and the many places where our biases creep
into the results. You will also learn how to write a proper scientific report
and how to conduct your own research.
Students will be evaluated on
their success in meeting the objectives of the course. The scheduled way to
meet the objectives is outlined below. Other approaches to demonstrating
success in meeting the objectives can be negotiated individually with the
instructor. Students will earned the grade corresponding to the percentage of
objectives they have successfully met: A = 93%, A- = 90%, B+ = 88%, B = 83%, B-
= 80%, C+ = 75%, C = 70%, C- = 65 %, D+ = 58%, D = 55% F= Failure to meet 55% of the objectives.
It is expected that the student do their own work in
completing all of the assigned work in
this class.
Each
student will be required to respond to at least the following questions in
WebCT.
What was the best part of the class?
What was the most important thing you learned?
What would you change about the class?
Each student is responsible to submit one question by at
the beginning of every class #2-20. They should pertain to either to the prior
class or to the readings done to prepare for that day's class.
Academic Integrity
I consider
"crib notes," copying others work (papers or tests)
to be cheating. Plagiarism is cheating. Many students mistakenly think that
only direct quotations require acknowledgment. However, whenever you write a
paper, remember that loosely paraphrased or even totally original sentence
structures require acknowledgment if the ideas or concepts were derived from
another source. We use the "author-year of copyright" method of
acknowledging sources. It is easier than the time consuming footnotes.
Penalties
for academic dishonesty may vary from receiving a zero on the assignment to
failing the course depending on the severity of the offense. The Vice President
for Academic Affairs will be notified in case of academic dishonesty.
Attendance
Because this is a laboratory class it is one
credit hour class but it meets twice a week. Because much psychology laboratory
work must be done outside class we will not meet for the sake of meeting. Some
days, we will need the entire 50 minutes; other days, we may need a shorter
time. Attendance is required, even if we meet for only a few minutes, because
each class builds on the one before. Therefore, only 2 absences will be allowed
without penalty. Every unexcused absence, beyond 2, will at the discretion of
the instructors result in 4% being subtracted from the final grade. MORE THAN
THIS, IT IS RUDE TO YOUR FELLOW EXPERIMENTERS TO BE ABSENT. These misses
include those occasions where the absence is for other academic activities.
Students who miss a test without an obtaining an excuse in advance will not be
allowed to make it up. Make up test may at the instructor's discretion be
different in style and requirements than tests given at the regular time.
If the student is sick or must attend a funeral this will
be considered on a case-by-case basis. Normally sickness of one day or less
will be covered by the policy in the paragraph above. Sicknesses involving
extended hospital stays will result in being excused from the work. Funerals of
father, mother, siblings, and maternal and paternal grandparents will be
handled by the same rules as sickness. Funeral of friends and extended family
are normally handled under the paragraph above.
Syllabus Quiz
Each student must complete
with a grade of 100% the syllabus quiz offered in WebCT. This quiz may be taken as many times as
needed until the grade of 100% is reached.
No other course work will count until this quiz is completed at the 100%
level.
Questions
Each student should prepare
one question for each Class Day (Classes 2-19) These questions should be based
on the student’s reading of the text, the last class or questions on the
assignments. These questions should be prepared outside of class and submitted
before class begins by leaving them on the lecture or table at the front of the
room.
Due Dates
While the general plan for
assignments to be due is in the schedule in the syllabus, the best place to
check up to the minute due dates is the Quiz Page in WebCT.
Work Not Completed On Time
Students fail to complete
work for many reasons, some excusable and some not. Developing responsible
attitudes toward planning and preparation of work are part of the objectives of
this course. Consequently, it is the student's responsibility to complete all
work by the time assigned in WebCT. If the student is sick or a funeral (either
as discussed in the section above) they can confer with the instructor about being
excused from the assignment
No work can under any
circumstances be accepted after the last regular class before the exam week.
Quizzes and exam cannot be made up except under circumstances justifying a
grade of “incomplete”.
Tardiness
Coming late to class is not
acceptable. It disrupts the class and is disrespectful to your fellow students
who have to then wait for you while instructions are repeated. Do not come
late. Late is defined as any time after
Chapter Quizzes
You may complete chapter
quizzes any time before Thursday at
PSYC 2010 Psychology Laboratory 9049
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Class |
Date |
Topics
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Assignments |
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1 |
8/31 |
Introductions & Think
Like a Shrink |
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2 |
9/2 |
Ruler Drop Experiment
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Chapter 1 |
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3 |
9/7 |
Overview of the research
process |
Chapter 2 |
Journal Article A1 |
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4 |
9/9 |
Present Journal Article and
Process |
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5 |
9/14 |
Overview of APA Style |
Perrin Adx A
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6 |
9/16 |
Grade the Paper |
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Grade Paper A2 |
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7 |
9/21 |
Ethics |
Chapter 3 |
Choose idea A3 |
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8 |
9/23 |
Presenting your idea |
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9 |
9/28 |
Variables, Operational
Definitions |
Chapter 4 |
Choose variables A4 |
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10 |
9/30 |
Your Variables and
Definitions |
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11 |
10/5 |
Scaling of your Variables |
Chapter 5 |
Determine Scaling A5 |
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12 |
10/7 |
Your scaling, Descriptive Statistics |
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13 |
10/12 |
Observing Behavior |
Chapter 6 |
Observation. Method A6 |
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14 |
10/14 |
Your Observation
Inferential Stats. |
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15 |
10/19 |
Surveys |
Chapter 7 |
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16 |
10/21 |
Experimental Design |
Chapter 8 |
Determine Design A7 |
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17 |
10/26 |
Your experimental design,
Excel |
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Spreadsheet A8 |
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18 |
10/28 |
Conducting Experiments, |
Chapter 9 |
Procedure A9 |
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19 |
11/2 |
Your Procedure, Your
Results |
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20 |
11/4 |
Data Collection, |
First Draft Due 11/23 |
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21 |
11/9 |
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22 |
11/11 |
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23 |
11/16 |
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24 |
11/18 |
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25 |
11/23 |
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26 |
11/30 |
Oral Presentations
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Final Paper Due 12/7 |
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27 |
12/2 |
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28 |
12/7 |
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29 |
12/9 |
Review |
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30 |
12/14 |
Final Exam Monday 12/14 |
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# |
Item |
Weight |
Points |
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~9-1=8 |
Assignment
|
~32 |
256 |
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18-2=16 |
Questions |
16 |
16 |
|
9-1=8 |
Chapter tests |
30 |
256 |
|
1 |
Class Evaluation |
20 |
20 |
|
1 |
Oral Presentation |
100 |
100 |
|
1 |
Draft Research Paper |
100 |
100 |
|
1 |
Research Paper |
152 |
152 |
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1 |
Final Exam |
100 |
100 |
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Total |
1000 |
The
above schedule and procedures in this course are subject to change in the event
of extenuating circumstances.