Introduction to Psychology Fall 2011 43605 Instructor Office Hours Email Telephone Specialty Marc Lewis PhD SEA 3 252 make appointment before class lewis psy utexas edu 512 796 9314 home situations not otherwise covered problems TAs Any TA can help you with general problems or can consult with you about studying grades and so on For specific problems experiments etc consult the TA with the appropriate specialty T A Office Hours Email Telephone Specialty Sarah McKenney SEA 2 122 M 10 11 30 F 1 2 30 mckenney mail utexas edu 475 7882 Lead Computer troubleshooter TA T A Office Hours Email Telephone Specialty Jason Rarick SEAY 2 122 W 4 5 Th 2 4 jrarick gmail com 323 533 5330 Lead Test classroom TA T A Office Hours Email Telephone Specialty Jacqueline Evans SEAY 3 426E T 11 15 12 15 W 3 4 Jacqueline mail utexas edu 471 6852 Lead Experiment outside class TA Required Text Exploring Psychology 8th ed Myers Exams There will be four exams with 30 40 multiple choice questions each Exam dates are Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 12 May 3 Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Chapters Chapters Chapters Chapters 1 2 6 3 7 8 9 thinking only 9 language intelligence 13 14 15 Make up tests are given in cases of emergency Make ups for tests 1 3 will all be given at the same time near the end of the semester instead of the Apr 21st class There will be no class on that day for other students Make ups for test 4 will be given during finals week see the Lead Experiment TA Jacqueline for permission We test your ability to apply psychology to the real world rather than your ability to memorize the definitions of psychological concepts that is we ask whether you can use what you have learned The good side of this philosophy is that you do not need to try to determine what is important to study for a test we ll post an online study sheet that will tell you what you need to learn You are responsible for text material whether or not it is covered in class and for lecture material whether or not it is covered in the text Grades We use both curved and absolute cutoffs and the new plus minus system to figure grades depending on what is best for you We have this friendly cutoff system in order to discourage students from arguing individual questions for points If however you feel morally bound to argue an individual question on a test you must see a TA within one week from the time that the grades for that test were posted Grades will be based on your total score for the four exams If you have a question about cutoffs or how we calculate grades see the Lead Test TA Please note that we do not drop your lowest test grade Extra Credit One or two extra credit points can be earned by participating in classroom demonstrations If you earn an extra credit point be sure to notify the lead classroom TA Jason Extra credit points are kept in a separate category on Blackboard and they do not count towards any particular exam grade Extra credit cannot be earned by outside papers or projects or by participating in more than the required number of experiments Borderline Grades Stay Borderline We use plus minus grading which creates only minor differences in GPA in adjacent categories Please don t argue to raise a borderline grade Lectures Note on Fair Use of Copyright Material in this Course Some course material especially lecture slides is copyrighted elsewhere That material is presented here in either unmodified or modified form as meeting the fair use test in that it is factual that the intended use is educational and that only small amounts of are taken from any one source for details see http www utsystem edu ogc intellectualproperty copypol2 htm test Course material is intended solely for your use in this class to further your education Do not distribute or otherwise use class material outside of the class Experiments Important experiment facts Read about the experiment requirement at http www psy utexas edu psy undergrad courses info 301experiment html In particular note that 1 You must complete 5 hours of experiments 2 Not showing up for an experiment costs you an extra hour 3 The prescreen survey counts 1 hour there is a deadline for finishing this survey If you don t finish the prescreening in one session you can resume from the first page after the login page look bottom left 4 In addition to prescreening you can participate in only one online survey for credit 5 Deadlines for finishing the prescreen survey and for finishing the experimental requirement are located at http www psy utexas edu psy undergrad courses info dates html The research coordinator Abby Black will send you an update at the end of the semester about your status with regard to the experiment requirement If you are retaking the class email Abby at 301research psy utexas edu to be excused from the research requirement Important experiment links Sign up for experiments at http www psy utexas edu psy undergrad courses info 301 html click on experiment registration and login using your UTEID password The FAQ webpage is http www psy utexas edu psy psy301FAQs html Experiment Questions or Problems Contact the experiment TA or the experiment coordinator Abby Black at 301research psy utexas edu or stop in and see her at Seay 2 216 telephone 471 4410 If you do the paper instead of experiments look for guidelines at http www psy utexas edu psy Psy301research html
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