Psychology 12000-003: Elementary Psychology Purdue University—Fall, 2010 Instructor: Professor Kipling D. Williams, PSYC 2166; 494-0845 E-mail: [email protected] Webpage: http://www2.psych.purdue.edu/~kip/ Course Webpage: http://www1.psych.purdue.edu/~willia55/120/index.htm Class times: Lecture: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am – 11:45am; CL50 224 Office hours: Wednesdays 1:00pm-2:00pm: or by appointment. Please let me know if you plan to visit. Text: ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY: Go to: http://courses.bfwpub.com/myers9e.php and purchase the online subscription. This is the Myers, D. G. (2009). Psychology (9th Edition). NY: Worth. Your subscription is an on-line version of the text and access to PsychPortal, both of which expire a year after purchase. PsychPortal provides you with many aids for studying, including practice exams, flashcards, and online demonstrations. This option reduces your costs and was recommended from my previous classes. TAs: Michael Baysinger [email protected] 494-6905 PSYC 2192 Off. hrs: Wed: 1-2:30pm Mary Ann Honors [email protected] 494-7669 PSYC B150 Off. hrs: Wed: 10-11am Megan McCarty [email protected] 494-6892 PSYC 2182 Off. hrs: Tue: 12-1pm Stephanie Plemmons [email protected] 494-6905 PSYC 2194 Off. hrs: Thu: 1-2pm Course Objectives: The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the field of psychology. There are three major sub-goals: (1) To explain how psychologists think about and study behavior. (2) To introduce you to the body of knowledge and underlying principles that currently exist in the field. (3) To encourage reflection about the implications of psychological research for everyday life. Class Format: This class involves two lectures each week. The 75-minute lectures will augment the topics listed on this syllabus. The text covers these same topics, but lectures and text overlap only about 50%. Consequently you will need to attend lectures and read the text to learn all of the examinable material. Grading. Course grades will be based on your best four of the five non-cumulative midterm exams (each worth 25% of the final grade). So, for example, if your scores are: 26, 35, 36, 34, and 37, you would drop the 26 and have a grand total of 142/200, which would roughly equal 71% of a perfect score (for which the grade would be a C-). But wait, the news is better. Your grade would actually be higher than that because I would not use a perfect score in the denominator; I use the highest accumulated score achieved by a single student for the first four exams. So, if the highest accumulated score were a 190, you would get: 142/190 ≈ 75%, which is a C. Exams are comprised of 50 multiple-choice questions (four options for each question). Make-ups will be granted ONLY for a validated medical/emergency excuse, and the request for a make-up MUST be made (by phone or email) prior to the exam time. If you are granted a make-up, it will be given at a time and place convenient for your TA. The grades will follow the following breakdown. There are NO extra credit opportunities (participation in experiments and/or alternative written assignments are NOT extra credit; they are a required part of the course). 100 – 93% of top score achieved = A 92 – 90% of top score achieved = A- 89 – 87% of top score achieved = B+ 86 - 83% of top score achieved = B 82 - 80% of top score achieved = B- 79 – 77% of top score achieved = C+ 76 – 73% of top score achieved = C 72 – 70% of top score achieved = C- 69 - 67% of top score achieved = D+ 66 – 63% of top score achieved = D 62 – 60% of top score achieved = D- < 60% of top score achieved = FWilliams—Psy 12000-003 – Elementary Psychology 2 Research Participation in Experiments. As an important component to learning, all students in PSY 12000 are required to earn 11 experiment credit units for their participation in research sponsored by the Department of Psychological Sciences, or to complete equivalent written assignments. THIS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE COURSE AND IS NOT EXTRA CREDIT. All necessary information regarding this course requirement will be explained in class. If you join the class late or are absent during the in-class explanation, you can obtain this information from Sue Phebus, Experiment Coordinator, PRCE 385G, [email protected], or from the Psychology Department’s web page under the Research heading. Students who do not wish to take part in research, or who cannot take part due to conflicts, may perform alternative, written assignments. Guidelines for these alternative assignments can be viewed on the Psychology Department’s web page under the Research heading. Students who earned course grades of C- or better will not receive credit for the course until the research participation or alternative project requirements are fulfilled. If you choose to participate in research projects, you must sign up for individual research sessions using the Sona Systems sign-up program. The web address is http://purdue-psych.sona-systems.com/. a) You will receive an email announcing that the SONA system is up and running. At this point, enter your User ID: The user id is the same as your Purdue career account. Example: stumpc b) Password: The password will be generated by the SONA Systems program and sent to your Purdue e-mail account. Please check your Purdue e-mail and let the Experiment Coordinator know if you do not receive a password from Sona Systems during the second week of classes. Even if you do not plan to participate in experiments now, you are advised to try logging in to the system now. If you have trouble doing so, please contact the Experiment Coordinator, Sue Phebus, at [email protected] for assistance. You may cancel your participation in an experiment by following the instructions on-line in the SONA Systems program (or by directly notifying the experimenter conducting the session for which you have signed up at least one hour in advance of the experiment session). The accumulation of 3 failure-to-show penalties will result in the suspension of your participation in the research experiments. Various experiments are scheduled throughout the semester and are run until the last day of classes, but not during finals week. You should plan to complete your research participation before that
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