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Section 03: Th 3:30-5:20 in DeGarmo rm 48 Section 04: Firday 12 - 1:50 in DeGarmo rm 19 Section 05: Firday 12 - 1:50 in DeGarmo rm 48 |
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Course Description & Objective.
Roughly we will cover the "nuts and bolts" of putting together and completing a research project in psychology. To this end we will cover all thirteen chapters of the textbook. Classes will consist of both lectures and discussions and/or exercises related to the assigned readings. So it is critical that students read the assigned chapters prior to class. Homework and/or on-line quizzes will be assigned to facilitate learning and in-class discussions.
Course Requirements.
Homework exercises (15%)
Research project (25%)
Lab exercises (15%)
Class Policies
To ensure a smooth flow of discussions, the following policies are established: Students are encouraged to listen with an open mind, respect the contributions of others, and avoid personal attacks. Students will often be faced with alternative viewpoints from the professor or their peers. Thus, students should be prepared to defend their own positions with empirical data, obtained from the assigned readings, and reasoned argument.
You are expected to do your own work. Plagiarism and cheating of any sort will not be tolerated. Either behavior will result in a grade of 'F'. Note that plagiarism includes situations where you meet with other students for group discussions and are asked write a summary. Unless otherwise instructed, this means that each participant in the group must write their own summary. Making up false excuses for absences will also be considered cheating and may result in a grade of 'F' for missed work.
And finally, if you have any questions regarding anything in the syllabus and or the course in general, please feel free to ask. Talk to me in class, via phone, or e-mail. Don't just assume that you know (or should know) the answer, I may not have been clear enough or may have forgotten to mention something.
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Class Dates | Tentative topic calendar | Readings |
Lab Topics | |
WK1 | Aug 19 | Introduction and syllabus review. | syllabus | Introductions |
Aug 21 | How do we know what we know? | Chpt 1 | ||
WK2 | Aug 26 | How to get an experimental idea. | Chpt 2 | Note change: swapped week 2 and 3
labs Library research (rm 213C at Milner) |
Aug 28 | Reviewing the literature & Reading journal articles |
Chpt 2 Opt: APA chpt 1 |
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WK3 | Sept 2 | |||
Sept 4 | Theories and hypotheses | Chpt 2 | Reading Journal articles |
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WK4 | Sept 9 | Basic research methodologies | Chpts 4, 6 | Ethics |
Sept 11 | Ethics in experimentation | Chpt 3 | ||
WK5 | Sept 16 | Review for the exam | Chpts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Review sheet |
Observational research |
Sept 18 | ||||
WK6 | Sept 23 | Presenting research: APA style | Appendix A | Writing APA style reports Journal Assignment 1 (Zaragoza) Due in Lab Sept. 26 & 27 Variables exercise APA style exercise APA style sample paper |
Sept 25 | Experimental variables and sampling | Chpt 9 | ||
WK7 | Sept 30 | Class experiment | Class experiment Experiment exercise |
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Oct 2 | Designing experiments: selecting and manipulating variables |
Chpts 5 & 9 | ||
WK8 | Oct 7 | Experimental control | Chpt 8 | Results of the class experiment |
Oct 9 | Experimental control: cont. | Chpt 8 & Appendix D |
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WK9 | Oct 14 | Designing Single factor experiments | Chpt 8 | Bias and control exercise (class exp results for Fri sections) Paper Draft due in lab |
Oct 16 | Designing Factorial experiments | Chpt 10 | ||
WK10 | Oct 21 | Designing between and within-subject experiments | Chpt 8 | Factorial designs Factorial Design exercise |
Oct 23 | Review for exam 2 | Chpts 5, 8, 9, 10 Appendix A, D Review sheet |
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WK11 | Oct 28 | |
Group projects | |
Oct 30 | Non-experimental designs Surveys |
Chpt 7 | ||
WK12 | Nov 4 | Non-experimental designs: cont. | Chpt 11 | Run group projects Journal Assignment 2 (Rahhal) Due in lab Nov. 7 & 8 |
Nov 6 | Using and interpreting statistics | Chpt 12 | ||
WK13 | Nov 11 | Using and interpreting statistics: cont. | Chpt 12 | Statistics Statistics Exercise 1 |
Nov 13 | Using and interpreting statistics: cont. | chpt 13 | ||
WK14 | Nov 18 | Using and interpreting statistics: cont. | Chpt 13 | Statistics Final paper due in lab Statistical tests exercise |
Nov 20 | Generalizing your results | Chpt 14 | ||
WK15 | Nov 25 | Presenting research: Posters and talks | No labs this week | |
Nov 28 | ||||
WK16 | Dec 2 | Summary of the research process | Review sheet | group presentations Group rating sheet 2 |
Dec 4 | Review for the final exam | |||
Finals Week |
FINAL EXAM Monday Dec 9 at 1:00 PM |
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