Class Dates |
Tentative topic calendar |
Readings
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Lab Topics
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WK1 |
8/20 |
Introductions & Ways of knowing |
Syllabus
GF:Chpt 1
S: Intro |
Introductions Expectations Plagarism
|
8/22 |
Getting an experimental idea |
GF:Chpt 2 S: Chpt 1 |
WK2 |
8/27 |
Library searches |
GF:Chpt 2
S: Chpts 2, 5, 9
Quiz 1 due @ noon
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Library research
library assignment
|
8/29 |
Reviewing the literature &
Reading journal articles |
Raz, A., et al(2006)
S: Chpts 2, 5, 9
Opt: APA chpt 1 |
WK3 |
9/3 |
LABOR DAY: No
class. |
9/5 |
Psychology as a Science |
S: Chpts 3 & 4
GF: Chpt 3 Quiz 2 due @ noon |
Reading Journal articles
Reading checklist
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WK4
|
9/10 |
Basic research methodologies |
GF:Chpt 6
S: Chpt 10
Quiz 3 due @ noon
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Ethics
|
9/12 |
Ethics in experimentation |
GF:Chpt 4
S: Chpt 10 |
WK5
|
9/17 |
Review for the exam |
GF:Chpts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6
Review sheet
|
Observational research exercise
group project literature review
|
9/19 |
Exam 1
|
WK6 |
9/24 |
Presenting research: APA style |
GF:Chpt 16
S: Chpts 6 & 7 Quiz 4 due @ noon
|
Journal Assignment 1 Due in Lab this week
Writing APA style reports
Variables exercise
APA style exercise
|
9/26 |
Experimental variables and sampling |
GF:Chpts 3 & 5
S: Chpts 6 & 7 |
WK7 |
10/1 |
Class experiment
|
S: Chpt 8
|
Class experiment exercise |
10/3 |
Designing experiments:
selecting and manipulating variables |
GF:Chpts 3 & 6
S: Chpt 8 Quiz 5 due @ noon |
WK8 |
10/8 |
Experimental control |
GF:Chpt 7
S: Chpt 16 Quiz 6 due @ noon
|
Results of the class
experiment
|
10/10 |
Experimental control: cont. |
GF:Chpt 7
S: Chpt 16 |
WK9 |
10/15 |
Designing Single factor experiments |
GF:Chpt 8 Quiz 7 due @ noon |
Bias and control exercise
group project methods section
|
10/17 |
Designing within-subject experiments |
GF:Chpt 9 |
WK10 |
10/22 |
Designing Factorial experiments
|
GF:Chpt 11 Quiz 8 due @ noon |
Factorial Design exercise
Paper Draft due in lab
|
10/24 |
Review for exam 2
|
GF:Chpts 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, & 16
Review sheet |
WK11 |
10/29 |
Exam
2 |
Run group projects
|
10/31 |
Non-experimental designs Surveys |
GF:Chpts 12 & 13 |
WK12
|
11/5 |
Non-experimental designs: cont. |
GF:Chpts 10 & 14 Quiz 9 due @ noon |
Journal Assignment 2 Due in lab
Statistics Exercise 1
|
11/7 |
Using and interpreting statistics |
GF:Chpt 15 |
WK13 |
11/12 |
Using and interpreting statistics: cont. |
GF:Chpt 15
Quiz 10 due @ noon |
No Labs this week
begin analysing your
group project data
|
11/14 |
Using and interpreting statistics: cont. |
GF:Chpt 15 |
WK14
|
11/19 |
THANKSGIVING - No
class |
11/21 |
WK15 |
11/26 |
Using and interpreting statistics: cont. |
GF:Chpt 15 |
Final paper due in lab
Statistical tests exercise |
11/28 |
Presenting research: Posters and talks
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WK16
|
12/3 |
Summing up the research process
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group presentations
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12/5 |
Review for the final exam |
Review sheet |
Finals Week |
FINAL EXAM
Mon Dec 10 at 1:00 Fall '07 finals schedule
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