UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PSYCHOLOGY 1001, SPRING 2015

OVERVIEW & SCHEDULE Psychology 1001: Introduction to Psychology is a 4-credit introduction to the scientific study of human behavior and a prerequisite for all other Psychology courses. This course explores how something as complex as human behavior can be studied scientifically; biological, social and environmental influences on human behavior; predictable ways in which humans behave, reason, remember and feel; and ways in which humans differ.

Course structure: Each week, students attend (or view online) three lectures by University of Minnesota Faculty and participate in discussion sections led by a Grad Student or PhD in Psychology. Outside of class, students read ~50 pages weekly complete mastery quizzes and write essays about what they are learning. All lectures are filmed. All students can access lectures online.

Required Textbook: Scott Lilienfeld, Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding, 3rd edition. You will need both the text and access to MyPsychLab (which can include an e-book.) You can acquire a textbook in one of the following ways:

1) At the University bookstore, you can buy the custom edition for~$92. This includes a loose-leaf hard copy and the access code for MyPsychLab and the e-book. (The cover says 2nd “custom” edition, but inside is the 3rd edition.) 2) If you have obtained a copy of the 3rd edition from another source, you can purchase access to MyPsychLab from Pearson (our publisher) at MyPsychLab.com. Access to MyPsychLab without the e-text is $55 and with the e-text is $75. To have access to Learning Catalytics, you will need the e-text.

***ESSENTIAL ONLINE RESOURCES***

Course Website: moodle.umn.edu. News and announcements, schedule, weekly assignments, chapter quizzes, study guides, practice exams, extra credit and your first resource for getting answers to your Psy 1001 questions.

MyPsychLab: mypsychlab.com. e-text, Learning Catalytics and writing practice, optional flashcards, videos, and study aids.

EARNING POINTS IN PSY 1001

The total number of points awarded in Psy 1001 is 674 points. Student performance is measured on four components. Students also earn 4 points for completing supplemental activities related to class activities. Students can also earn up to 20 points of extra credit in the Research Experience Program (REP). Source Event # Points per Total pts (%) Total

1. TEXTBOOK. Comprehension is measured by chapter quizzes and a final mastery exam. You can take these quizzes as often as you like; your highest score is counted. NOTE: You MUST complete the final textbook mastery exam with a score of 60% or better to take the class Final.

TEXT: Moodle Chapter quizzes 16 5 pts 80 (12%) 80

Textbook mastery exam 1 50 pts 50 (7%) 130

2. LECTURES. Exams focus on material covered in lectures (though lectures & textbook overlap.) Use the study guides.

EXAMS: Mid-semester exams 3 50 pts 150 (22%) 280

Final 1 200 pts 200 (30%) 480

3. DISCUSSION SECTIONS. Student performance in discussion sections is based on individual and group work.

DS Weekly individual & group work 15 6 pts 90 (13%) 570

4. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: 100 (15%) 670

Sections 002 – 022 : MYPSYCHLAB essays 16 ~6.25 pts Psy 100H (See your supplemental syllabus)

5. SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES 4 1 4 (1%) 674

***PLEASE NOTE THAT 48% OF POINTS ARE EASY-TO-EARN (CHAPTER & MASTERY QUIZZES, WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

AND DISCUSSION SECTIONS) AND 52% ARE HARD-TO-EARN (EXAMS.) EASY-TO-EARN POINTS ARE A HUGE CUSHION.

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PSY 1001 TEAM

Course Coordinator: Kate Briggs, S245 Elliott Hall, khbriggs@umn.edu

Faculty Director: Tom Brothen, broth001@umn.edu

FACULTY LECTURERS Prof. Thomas Brothen, Research, Morse Alumni award for Outstanding contributions to undergraduate education Prof. Jonathan Gewirtz, Biological Psychology, Vice-chair of the Department of Psychology Prof. Sheng He, Sensation & Perception, McKnight Professor Prof. Randy Fletcher, Memory & Cognitive, CAB Area Director Prof. Melissa Koenig, Developmental Psychology, Institute of Child Development Prof. Jed Elison, Development psychology, Institute of Child Development Prof. Jeff Simpson, Personality, Attachment and Evolution, Director, Social Interaction Lab Prof. Matt McGue, Intelligence, Director, Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research, Regent’s Professor Prof. Marti Hope Gonzales, Social, Cultural Psychology, Morse Amoco/Alumni Teaching Award Prof. Monica Luciana, Clinical & Treatment, Chair, Department of Psychology

SECTION LEADERS

section room Section leader email MyPsychLab Course ID

50 MINUTE SECTIONS

TUESDAY T 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

002 STSS 530B Kathryn Jacobs jacob801@umn.edu psy04599

T 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM 003 STSS 512B Kathryn Jacobs jacob801@umn.edu psy04599

T 12:20 PM – 1:10 PM 004 STSS 131A Allen Goebl goebl005@umn.edu psy20793 T 1:25 PM – 2:15 PM 005 STSS 530B Allen Goebl goebl005@umn.edu psy20793 T 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM 006 STSS 432B Chris Huber huber195@umn.edu psy06669 T 3:35 P.M. - 4:25 P.M 007 STSS 530A Chris Huber huber195@umn.edu psy06669 WEDNESDAY W 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM 008 STSS 420B Brent Carpenter carpe429@umn.edu psy14797 W 9:05 AM– 9:55 AM 009 STSS 420B Brent Carpenter carpe429@umn.edu psy14797 W 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM 010 STSS 420B Krista Wisner wisn0103@umn.edu psy19075 W 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM 011 STSS 530A Lauren Mitchell mitch938@umn.edu psy80363 W 12:20 PM – 1:10 PM 012 STSS 530A Lauren Mitchell mitch938@umn.edu psy80363 W 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM 013 STSS 420B Kyle McNeal mcnea039@umn.edu psy64694

W 4:40 PM – 5:30 PM 022 STSS 432B Sarah K Stoever stoe0062@umn.edu psy80989 THURSDAY Th 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM 014 STSS 432B Laura Wallace Johnson wall0540@umn.edu psy95213 Th 1:25 PM – 2:15 PM 015 STSS 530A Laura Wallace Johnson wall0540@umn.edu psy95213 75 MINUTE SECTIONS Th 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM 017 STSS 432A Amanda Kreun kreun014@umn.edu psy59103 Th 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM 018 STSS 131A Amanda Kreun kreun014@umn.edu psy59103 F 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM 019 STSS 432A Juraj Mesik mesik002@umn.edu psy57759 F 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM 020 STSS 420B Juraj Mesik mesik002@umn.edu psy57759 SPECIAL SECTIONS Online (assignment deadlines on Weds and Sun) 021 Online Prof. Thomas Brothen broth001@umn.edu psy18399

W,F 11:15 PM – 12:05 PM Psy 1001H STSS 512B Prof. Kristen Kling klin0186@umn.edu psy54028

OFFICE HOURS

Kate Briggs: khbriggs@umn.edu, Kate’s office is S245 Elliott Hall. Please contact Kate if you are concerned about your performance in Psy 1001. Her office hour is Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 PM or by appointment. Kate will attend lectures in 175 Willey, and she can answer quick questions before and after class. She will review exams with ~15 students after each exam to troubleshoot study habits.

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COURSE SCHEDULE LECTURES: Pts Cum WEEK 1: JAN 20 – 23 TO DO THIS WEEK: T Jan 20 CHAPTER 1: PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING W Jan 21 Briggs/Brothen Introduction Chapter 1 quiz 5 5 Th Jan 22 Chapter 1 writing practice 6 F Jan 23 Briggs History of Psychology Discussion section wk 1: INTRO 6 11

Supplemental pt: First Week Survey 1 12 WEEK 2: JAN 26 - 30 M Jan 26 Brothen Scientific reasoning CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS T Jan 27 Chapter 2 quiz 5 17 W Jan 28 Brothen Descriptive/correlational Chapter 2 writing practice 6 Th Jan 29 Discussion section wk 2: RES 6 23 F Jan 30 Brothen Experimental research Supplemental pt: Complete the BFAS 1

WEEK 3: FEB 2-6 M Feb 2 Gewirtz Biological Basis of Behavior CHAPTER 3: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY T Feb 3 Chapter 3 quiz 5 28 W Feb 4 Gewirtz Biological Basis of Behavior Chapter 3 writing practice 6 Th Feb 5 Discussion section wk 3: BIO 6 34 F Feb 6 Gewirtz Biological Basis of Behavior Supplemental pt: Complete the CAQ 1 WEEK 4: FEB 9 - 13 M Feb 9 He Sensation and Perception CHAPTER 4: SENSATION & PERCEPTION T Feb 10 Chapter 4 quiz 5 39 W Feb 11 He Sensation and Perception Chapter 4 writing practice 6 Th Feb 12 Discussion section wk 4: S&P 6 45 F Feb 13 He Sensation and Perception WEEK 5: FEB 16 – 20 M Feb 16 He Cognitive Neuroscience Chapter 5: CONSCIOUSNESS T Feb 17 Chapter 5 quiz 5 50 Chapter 5 writing practice 6 Discussion section wk 5: CON 6 56 W Feb 18 EXAM 1

(No lecture on Weds, Feb 18; discussion sections as usual this week) 50 106

Th Feb 19

F Feb 20 Fletcher Memory Chapter 7: MEMORY WEEK 6: FEB 23 – 27 M Feb 23 Fletcher Memory Chapter 7 quiz 5 111 T Feb 24 Chapter 7 writing practice 6 W Feb 25 Fletcher Cognitive Chapter 8: COGNITIVE Th Feb 26 Chapter 8 quiz 5 116 F Feb 27 Fletcher Cognitive Chapter 8 writing practice 6 Discussion section wk 6: MEM 6 122 WEEK 7: MAR 2 – 6 M Mar 2 Fletcher Cognitive Chapter 10: DEVELOPMENT T Mar 3 Chapter 10 quiz 5 127 W Mar 4 Developmental Koenig Chapter 10 writing practice 6 Th Mar 5 Discussion section wk 7: DEV 6 133 F Mar 6 Developmental Koenig WEEK 8: MAR 9 - 13 M Mar 9 Developmental Koenig Chapter 6: LEARNING T Mar 10 Chapter 6 quiz 5 138 W Mar 11 Autism Ellison Chapter 6 writing practice 6 Th Mar 12 Discussion section wk 8: BEH 6 144 F Mar 13 Treatment of Autism Online film

SPRING BREAK

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LECTURES: TO DO: Pts Cum WEEK 9: MAR 23 - 27 M Mar 23 Briggs Behavioral Psych Review Discussion section wk 9: COG 6 150 T Mar 24 W Mar 25 EXAM 2

(No lecture on Weds, Mar 25; Discussion sections as usual this week)

50 200 Th Mar 26

F Mar 27 Simpson Personality WEEK 10: MAR 30 – APR 3 M Mar 30 Simpson Personality Chapter 14: PERSONALITY T Mar 31 Chapter 14 quiz 5 205 W Apr 1 Simpson Attachment Chapter 14 writing practice 6 Th Apr 2 Discussion section wk 10: PER 6 211 F Apr 3 Simpson Evolutionary psychology (review pgs 390-394 for April 1) WEEK 11: APR 6 - 10 M Apr 6 McGue Individual Differences Chapter 9: INTELLIGENCE T Apr 7 Chapter 9 quiz 5 216 W Apr 8 McGue Intelligence Chapter 9 writing practice 6 Th Apr 9 Discussion section wk 11: INT 6 222 F Apr 10 McGue Gender differences WEEK 12: APR 13 - 17 M Apr 13 Gewirtz Emotion Chapter 11: EMOTION T Apr 14 Chapter 11 quiz 5 227 W Apr 15 Gewirtz Emotion Chapter 11 writing practice 6 Th Apr 16 Discussion section wk 12: EMO 6 233 F Apr 17 Gonzales Social WEEK 13: APR 20 - 24 M Apr 20 Gonzales Social Chapter 13: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY T Apr 21 Chapter 13 quiz 5 238 W Apr 22 Gonzales Social Chapter 13 writing practice 6 Th Apr 23 Discussion section wk 13: SOC 6 244 F Apr 24 Gonzales Culture WEEK 14: APR 27 – MAY 1 M Apr 27 EXAM 3

(No lecture on Mon, Apr 27; discussion sections as usual this week)

50 294 T Apr 28

W Apr 29 Luciana Abnormal Chapter 12: STRESS, COPING & HEALTH Th Apr 30 Chapter 12 quiz 5 299 F May 1 Luciana Abnormal Chapter 12 writing practice 6 Chapter 15:PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Chapter 15 quiz 5 304 Chapter 15 writing practice 6 Discussion section wk 14: Abnormal 6 310 WEEK 15: MAY 4 – MAY 8 M May 4 Luciana Abnormal Chapter 16: TREATMENTS T May 5 Chapter 16 quiz 5 315 W May 6 Luciana Abnormal Chapter 16 writing practice 6 Th May 7 Discussion section wk 15: Treatment 6 321 F May 8 Briggs Last Day Supplemental pt: Final Survey 1 322 WEEK 16: MAY 11 – MAY 15 FINALS WEEK & DEADLINES

REMINDER: YOU MUST EARN 60% OR BETTER ON THE TEXTBOOK MASTERY EXAM BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE THE FINAL

50 372

May 11 - 15 FINAL 200 572

F May 15 All writing assignments due F May 15 All chapter quizzes close Writing points 100 672 BFAS & CAQ points 2 674

TOTAL POINTS 674

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COMPONENT 1: TEXTBOOK & CHAPTER QUIZZES OVERVIEW: Our textbook author, Scott Lilienfeld, has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota; we like this book both because the author understands the University of Minnesota scientific thinking perspective and because it is full of practical examples. You will read all 16 chapters (even those that do not have accompanying lectures.) LEARNING IS MEASURED BY:

1. SIXTEEN CHAPTER QUIZZES: DEADLINE is Friday, May 15, 2014, at 11:59 PM 2. ONE MASTERY EXAM THAT MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE YOU TAKE THE FINAL

Each chapter should take you about two to three hours to read. For best retention, plan to read in 30 – 60 minute chunks daily. You shouldn’t need to take extensive notes, and you’ll find flashcards of vocabulary and key concepts in MyPsychLab. Use the study guide to focus on material that will appear on exams.

Chapter Quiz DEADLINE: May 15, 11:59 PM CHAPTER QUIZZES We test how well you understand the material in the textbook on chapter quizzes. As you do chapter quizzes, you both demonstrate your knowledge of concepts in the textbook AND practice reading and responding to items online (a skill which will help on exams.) We find a strong correlation between doing these quizzes and doing well on exams. Chapter quizzes:

• Consist of ten items drawn at random from a test bank of ~200 items covering all the material in the chapter. • Each correctly answered item is worth .5 point. • Quizzes are timed. You have ten minutes to complete the quiz, but students who know the material will finish in five

minutes or less. • You can use your textbook as you complete quizzes. • You may take each quiz as often as you like. The highest score that you obtain is the one that will count towards your

final grade. • Chapter quizzes are tough. Students take each quiz an average of 8 – 10 times before getting 100% (5 points). • Take each quiz until you earn 5 points. You should figure that getting to a 5 will take ~ 2 hours per chapter.

Chapter quizzes contribute a maximum of 80 points to the Psy 1001 grade, and items from the chapter quizzes will appear on exams. You will get the most benefit from chapter quizzes if you do them before the relevant exam. You absolutely do NOT want to leave them until the last minute. TEXTBOOK MASTERY EXAM BEFORE you take the final you need to do the Textbook mastery exam and earn a score of 60% or better. You will not be able to complete the Final until you have done this!! The textbook mastery exam:

• Consists of 100 items (approximately 5-10 items per chapter) on key concepts taught in psychology. • Each correct response is worth .5 point. • Is timed. You have 100 minutes to complete the test. • You can use your textbook book as you complete the Mastery Exam. • You can take it as often as you need to obtain 60% or better. • You must get at least 60 items correct (30 points) to complete the Final.

NOTE: From time to time, an item shows up that is mis-keyed. If you believe you have found such an item, send a copy of this item and an explanation of why it is miskeyed to Kate Briggs. Students who correctly identify a mis-keyed item will earn a bonus point for their effort of bringing it to the Coordinator’s attention.

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COMPONENT 2: LECTURES & EXAMS OVERVIEW: Lectures in Psy 1001 take place in 175 Willey Hall from 1:25 – 2:15 PM on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Each 50-minute lecture is recorded and made available to all students via Moodle. All students are welcome to attend lectures in 175 Willey. Lectures showcase senior Faculty from the Department of Psychology and Institute of Child Development, each of whom lectures in his or her area of expertise. In addition to covering basics, lecturers often reference their own research. This semester, we will piloting an interactive teaching technology, Learning Catalytics. during in-person lectures and discussion sections. Students use their cell phones, tablet or laptops to respond to questions asked during lecture. During these occasions, students watching lectures online will be observers only. LEARNING IS MEASURED BY:

1. THREE MIDTERM EXAMS 2. ONE COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM

NOTE: You can expect exams to be challenging. Exams cover a lot of information and require mastery of concepts and application of new vocabulary and concepts. We expect everyone in Psy 1001 to master the obvious concepts, but we base our exam coverage on what students should learn; exams include items that only the best students in the class will get correct. The average score on exams is about 75%, 36-37 points. Your exam score is a measure of how much you have learned relative to other students who have completed this exam.

Exams are designed so each Psy 1001 student sees a somewhat different set of items. However, everyone is measured on the same set of concepts. Items have been controlled for difficulty so all students see exams of equivalent difficulty. Our item difficulty is based on how well students have performed on items over the years. At the end of the exam, you get your score and can review which study guide items you missed.

PRACTICE EXAMS

• A 50-item practice exam will be available a few days before each exam. • Each concept measured on the exam has a corresponding item on the practice exam. • Answers are not provided. To learn, figure out the correct answer for yourself. Ask if you are completely stumped. • The practice exams will help you prepare but we save our best items for the exams. • You can take the practice exam as often as you like, but if you take it more than five times, you may be starting to

memorize items rather than learning concepts, and thus you may be overestimating how much you have learned.

MIDTERM EXAMS

• Exams consist of 50 items that measure your understanding of key psychological concepts from four or five units. • Each item is worth 1 point. • Use the study guide to prepare. If it is on the study guide, you may get a question on it. If it is not on the study guide, it

will not appear on exams. • Exams are not timed (except for the very last session of each exam period. Students who want extra time should not

sign up for the last exam session. • You will see your score and see what concept the item was measuring.

FINAL • Completing the Final is mandatory. • You must pass the Textbook Mastery exam with a score of 60% or better BEFORE you can take the Final. • The Final is comprehensive. • The Final has 100 items, and each item is worth 2 points. • Approximately 75 items will be concepts measured on the three midterms. The remaining items will be based on

lectures, activities and readings between exam 3 and the last day of class. • The Final is not timed, but 90% of students finish in less than 75 minutes.

EXAM ADMINISTRATION

• Exams for all Psy 1001 students are administered in the proctored lab in S121 Elliott Hall. • Exams are closed book. No notes or reference dictionaries can be used. Cells phones must be off. • Since only 60 students can complete the exam at one time, exam sessions are scheduled over several days. • You need to sign up for a computer and a specific session. Exam sign-ups are available at the start of the semester. • We can handle a small number of last-minute walk-ins, about five people per hour. If you need to do a walk-in exam,

let people who have signed up start first. We’ll get you started ASAP. I promise you will get to take your exam with a wait of no more than 20 - 30 minutes.

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DURING EXAMS, ASK QUESTIONS:

We encourage each of you to ask questions of the proctor during your exams. For example, if you find the wording of an item confusing, please ask for clarification. If it seems like there are two correct answers or if you are trying to decide between two answers, ask a proctor. If you are feeling anxious and find it soothing to interact with people, talk to a proctor. Proctors will not give answers away, but they paraphrase, define terms, reassure and reinforce what you know.

MAKE-UP EXAMS We have a liberal policy on make-up exams: You can take a make-up exam for any of the following reasons: illness, unavoidable work conflicts, transportation issues, accidents, family emergency, jury duty, personal crises, juggling multiple work demands. There may be other good reasons not listed here. If in doubt, ask. Something to keep in mind, however, is that people who do make-up exams typically do not do as well as students who take exams during the regular sessions.

You sign up for make-up exams just like you do for regular exams. The make-up becomes available after the last regular exam session has started. Make-up exams are typically offered on the Tuesday afternoon following a regular exam. If the make-up time doesn’t work with your schedule, contact the coordinator to find a different time.

If your circumstances are extraordinary and persistent—having and recovering from major surgery, for example--contact the coordinator to make other arrangements. Some students will do make-up exams during Finals week.

FINAL: Students MUST complete the Final exam and those who do not will get an F unless other arrangements are made. The Final is offered over several days so students will be able to find a time that does not conflict with their other Finals. Students who miss the Final for unexpected reasons can arrange to take a make-up. EXAM SCHEDULE: WHERE: S121 Elliott

DATES EXAM START TIMES

WHEN: Exam 1: 50 min. Weds, Feb 18 10:10, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 PM

Thurs, Feb 19 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, (no exams between 1:30 and 4:30); 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 PM

Exam 2: 50 min. Tues, March 25 10:10, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 PM

Weds, March 26 10:10, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 PM

Exam 3: 50 min. Mon, Apr 27 10:10, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 PM

Tues, Apr 28 10:10, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 PM

FINAL: 2 hours Mon, May 11 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 PM

Tues, May 12 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 PM

Weds, May 13 10:30, 12:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30 PM

Thurs, May 14 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00 PM

Fri, May 15 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 PM

PLEASE NOTE:

Times of exams are subject to change so check times on the website. You will sign up for a specific time. More sessions may be added if needed.

We have limited ability to accommodate walk-in students especially on the last day of testing.

EXAM ACCOMMODATIONS: Students with documented disabilities must provide the coordinator with a letter of accommodation from Disability Services before the first exam. To obtain this letter of accommodation, they should register with Disability services on campus. All students registered with Disability Services can take their exams in S106 Elliott; this provides a semi-private space and extra time as well as readers for students with low vision.

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THE MORTENSEN AWARD The Mortensen program is funded by an endowment generously given to the Department of Psychology by Richard and Juanita Mortensen to honor outstanding undergraduate performance. The Mortensen Award for Outstanding Achievement in Introductory Psychology is given to the CLA lower division student who obtains the highest number of points on exams in Psy 1001 (discussion section points and REP point totals are excluded.) This award consists of a $100.00 certificate for the UM bookstore. Recipients of the Mortensen award are honored by the Psychology Department at our Spring Awards ceremony.

COMPONENT 3: DISCUSSION SECTIONS

OVERVIEW: Discussion sections are an integral part of Psy 1001; they are not for exam prep. Students learn by doing, and discussion sections are designed to provide opportunities to experience how we “create knowledge” in Psychology by doing psychology. Each week students participate in activities involving research, analysis of data, interpreting, evaluating and applying data, peer discussion, and group problem solving.

All students in Psy 1001 complete the common exams, read the Lilienfeld textbook, complete chapter quizzes and do the supplemental activities. How students earn the remaining points depends on the discussion section in which they are registered. Grades are based on individual participation and group activities.

LEARNING IS MEASURED BY: 1. INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION 2. GROUP ACTIVITIES

DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR DISCUSSION SECTIONS

THIS SECTION OF THE SYLLABUS--ABOUT DISCUSSION SECTIONS--APPLIES TO STUDENTS IN SECTIONS 002 – 020 & 022.

• Sections 002- 15 plus section 22 -- Students attend lectures in 175 Willey on MWF from 1:25 – 2:15 PM (or view lectures over the internet) and attend one 50-minute discussion sections once a week in an active learning classroom.

• Sections 016 - 20--Students can view lectures over the internet and attend one 75-minute discussion section once a

week. This extended section provides additional time for discussion and questions.

STUDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL SYLLABUS FOR THEIR DISCUSSION SECTIONS:

• Section 21— Section 21 is led by UM Faculty, Prof. Thomas Brothen. Students view lectures online and participate online in discussion sections activities (group and individual). Activities parallel what is done in in-person sections 002 – 020 & 22, but have been adapted for an online environment. Assignments are due on Wednesday and Sunday. See the section 21 supplemental syllabus for specific details.

• Psy 1001H—The Honors class is led by UM Faculty, Prof Kristin Kling. Honors Students view lectures online and

attend two 50-minute discussion sections each week. More challenging activities and writing assignments have been developed for Honors students, but the total number of points earned is the same. See the Psy1001H supplemental syllabus for specific details.

SECTION LEADERS

• Discussion sections are facilitated by graduate students and recent PhD’s in Psychology. • Your section leader is your best resource in Psy 1001. He or she will tell you how to contact him or her. They can

answer logistical questions as well as content questions. They will meet with by appointment. If they can’t answer your questions right away, they will ask the coordinator and get back to you. They monitor your overall performance; they can help with exam preparation and review. You’ll see them proctoring exams, too.

• Plus they are all very agreeable people, committed to helping you learn!

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EARNING POINTS IN DISCUSSION SECTIONS

Students earn up to 6 points weekly for individual participation and group activities.

• Individual Preparation: Each week students will be asked to complete homework assignments BEFORE attending discussion sections. Assignments are found in the section of the PSY 1001 website for the week that it is due. You can use the link in the schedule of lectures. In class participation points are based both on your preparation and on student conduct: showing up on time, prepared and ready to take part in class. Section leaders can deduct participation points if you arrive chronically late, engage in rude or disruptive class behavior, demonstrate a lack of preparation, don’t participate in group discussions, leave early, read the Daily, textbook or IM, surf Facebook, plagiarize the work of other students, etc., etc. In other words, to earn all points for group participation, you must participate in class.

• Group Participation: During your discussion section, you will work in small groups to complete an activity resulting in some “product” that you will share with your section leader and class. Group projects are done in Google drive so someone in your group will need to bring a computer. Points are based on the quality and thoroughness of the work.

MISSED DISCUSSION SECTIONS: Participation in Discussion sections is mandatory. However, if you have something contagious, stay home and do a make-up.

Students in sections 002 – 020 & section 022: Since in-person participation is required, yet stuff happens, you can make up individual activity points for two missed discussion sections. If you miss a discussion section (or when you know ahead of time that you will miss your discussion section), contact your section leader before the deadlines below. Your section leader will add your name to an online make-up activity visible only to those who missed that discussion section. (It will show up where you find the homework activities for each discussion section.) For each missed discussion section, you will need to prepare to answer questions on the study guide and then complete a six-point quiz. This is a totally boring task and I guarantee that discussion sections are more amusing. You have all semester to complete this quiz (which will be scored in the Moodle gradebook,) but you MUST contact your section leader by the deadline.

Students in section 21. Consult your supplemental syllabus.

Students in Psy1001H: Consult your supplemental syllabus for what to do if you miss a discussion section.

Note, that from time to time, life can become very complicated—the broken leg that makes hobbling around campus hard, the case of mono that keeps someone in bed for a month, the emergency appendectomy, the family emergency, the crazed athletic schedule. In these cases, students should talk to their section leader and Kate Briggs about long-term accommodation.

DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING A DISCUSSION SECTION MAKE-UP OR WRITING ASSIGNMENT RE-WRITES:

UNIT DEADLINE for requesting your section leader for a discussion make-up or

essay rewrite

Introduction Feb 6

Research Methods Feb 13

Biological Feb 20

Sensation & Perception Feb 27

Consciousness March 6

Memory March 13

Development March 27

Behavioral Apr 3

Cognitive Apr 10

Personality Apr 17

Intelligence Apr 24

Emotion May 1

Social May 8

Stress, Abnormal May 8

Treatment May 8

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COMPONENT 4: WRITING

OVERVIEW:

We believe that the best way for you to learn material and develop thinking skills is by writing —practice, practice, practice! Points for writing activities will be added to the Moodle gradebook during Finals week.

Students in sections 002-022 will do sixteen MyPsychLab auto-graded writing assignments.

With so many students, it is impossible to manually grade sixteen essays or to guarantee consistency in grading across discussion sections. Auto-grading, while not perfect, is comparable to a human grader--the correlation between human graders and computer graders is .8 (which is closer than between two human graders.) We believe that you will find writing essays to be a more interesting way of understanding and synthesizing the material than chapter quizzes.

Students in Psy 1001H: See your supplemental syllabus for details about your writing activities.

STUDENTS IN SECTIONS 002-022: MYPSYCHLAB ESSAYS

MyPsychLab essay DEADLINE: May 15, 11:59 PM Please note that—unlike the Moodle quizzes—the MyPsychLab deadline is a soft deadline. Essays will continue to be accepted after the deadline. The true deadline is the moment when a Pearson engineer exports scores from MyPsychLab at some unspecified time on May 16. Essays submitted after scores have been exported will not be counted.

WRITING YOUR ESSAY: Information on how to access MyPsychLab essays is available on the website. You will need a course ID. That’s available on page two of this syllabus, in the line for your discussion section.

• Use Firefox or Chrome. . Before you write anything, you must set up your browser to accept cookies, pop-ups and add-ons.

• The first time you submit an essay, you should get a TurnItIn agreement. Please click “agree.” If you do not get this agreement, you need to allow pop-ups. If you do not agree, you will be notified that you have not yet agreed AND you will not receive credit for the essay until you agree.

WHAT WILL YOU WRITE ABOUT? You can preview the questions by looking at the first question under “Apply your Critical Thinking skills” in the back of each chapter.

RESOURCES: View the video that accompanies each essay. Everything you need to write your response is available in the related chapter (with the exception of chapter 1.) Do not copy essays written by friends. Do not use the Internet.

SCORING:

Estimate how you did: Each criteria is highlighted from one to four (where four equals 100%.) Since the different criteria are weighted differently, you need to convert highlighted boxes to scores. Use the following conversion table. Add your scores for each of the five criteria for each essay.

WEIGHT ★ ★★ ★★★ ★★★★

Development of ideas 50% 12.5 25 37.5 50

Organization 10% 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0

Conventions 10% 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0

Voice 10% 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0

Focus & Coherence 20% 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0

Keep track of your estimated scores below. Your section leader can verify. TOTAL:

Essay 1 Essay 5 Essay 9 Essay 13

Essay 2 Essay 6 Essay 10 Essay 14

Essay 3 Essay 7 Essay 11 Essay 15

Essay 4 Essay 8 Essay 12 Essay 16

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SCORING FOR PSY 1001, SECTIONS 002-022: At the end of the semester, we will sum all your writing assignments and divide by 12. Thus, a total score of 1200 or more will be counted 100 points. A total of 900 will count as 75% or 75 points, and so on. If you were to obtain 1200 points by getting 100% on the first 12 essays, you have 100% for this activity. But that won’t happen.

GRADING CRITERIA:

A link providing more complete information about essays is available on the Moodle website.

1. Development of Ideas (50%). Have you answered the question fully? Does your writing communicate your understanding of the content? Are you being redundant or padding your essay?

2. Organization (10%). Do you provide a structure to carry the reader through your answer? The best essays use the four or five-paragraph essay form that you probably learned in High School. You should start with introductory paragraph that states the thesis of your essay, three or four paragraphs that support your thesis (one idea per paragraph) with a final concluding paragraph.

3. Conventions. (10%) Your essays should conform to the standards of written English: punctuation, spelling, grammar.

4. Voice. (10%) Is your essay interesting, engaging and understandable to your readers? Is it appropriate for your audience?

5. Focus and Coherence (20%). Do you demonstrate that you understand the concepts and provide examples?

LENGTH: Essays need to be long enough to be meaningful but not so long that you go off topic. Aim to be in the 300 – 800 word range. Too few words--you won’t answer the question. Too many words--you may be rambling. Stick to the questions.

Section leaders and Kate Briggs are happy to review essays and provide suggestions and feedback, time permitting.

PLAGIARISM: Turnitin allows us to compare your essay against those written by other students or track your sources to the internet. Because many students are writing on the same topics, we find a good deal of unintentional overlap. Having a few words in common is not plagiarism, but a sequence of more than eight words will be flagged. Enough of those, and you could be in trouble. Section leaders and the Coordinator will review all incidents of high similarity scores.

If we detect what we judge to be plagiarism on essays. If we find a pattern of high overlap with one other student over multiple essays or source material taken verbatim from the internet, you will be given an automatic F for Psy 1001 and reported to the Office of Student Conduct. We have no mercy for cheaters.

ISSUES: CONTACT YOUR SECTION LEADER TO SEND YOUR ESSAY BACK FOR A REWRITE IF YOU GET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES. SEE DEADLINES ON PAGE 9 :

UNS: Some essays are unscorable (UNS). Reasons for a UNS score include: you didn’t answer the question or gave too complicated an answer, didn’t provide a good organization to guide the reader, didn’t stay within the word limits. A UNS is scored as zero points.

Failed Similarity checks: We will review all failed similarity checks of 50% or more to detect patterns of deceit.

If you score less than “average” on an essay: Ask your section leader to return your essay for a rewrite. Some essays score higher or lower than other essays. If you scored exactly average on all essays, you would have 98 points (of 100) at the end of the semester. (These sixteen values sum to 1175. Divide by 12 = 98 “points.”)

Class averages from Fall 2014

Intro RES BIO S&P CON BEH MEM COG INT DEV EMO STR SOC PER ABN TRT

79% 72% 89% 83% 75% 62% 75% 76% 72% 67% 77% 76% 58% 77% 68% 69%

HOW DOES IT WORK? Psychologists know that a well-trained machine will always beat a human. The software underlying this auto-grading program is based on something called Latent Semantic Analysis. Developed by Psycholinguists at the University of Colorado, this approach represents the underlying meaning of texts in a multi-dimensional space. Five hundred students wrote essays for each chapter, and these essays were scored by professional writing instructors. The software was then programmed to represent the patterns in the essays as scored by the professionals. So when you write your essay, your work will be scored by comparing it to five hundred student examples graded by professional writing instructors.

I know some students (and some teachers) find auto-grading “soulless” but I guarantee that auto-grading is better than having your essays graded by grad students with no time and no training in writing instruction! The program is not flawless, but all of you are being graded on the same good enough rubric. And you are doing extended writing to boot. So take this opportunity seriously. You will get faster and better at structuring your thoughts and answering questions over the course of the semester, a useful skill to improve. The key to improving your writing skills is practice, and these essays will help you consolidate what you are learning and are really more engaging than a chapter quiz.

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SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES Students in Psy 1001 complete four supplemental activities for one point each. These are measures either used to evaluate the class or in-class activities.

FIRST WEEK SURVEY: This consists of a set of questions that we either use in lectures or in discussion sections or as a pre-test to measure how well we are teaching Psy 1001. Points for the First Week Survey are recorded in the Moodle gradebook.

BFAS (The Big Five Aspects Scale): A personality test that was developed by Department of Psychology faculty, Colin deYoung. Your scores will be interpreted during Dr Simpson’s lecture on the Big Five on March 30. Points for the BFAS are stored in a CLA server and will be imported to Moodle at the end of the semester.

CAQ (The Creative Achievement Questionnaire): Students in sections 002 – 021 will be discussing this measure in one of their discussion sections. Points for the CAQ are stored in a CLA server and will be imported to Moodle at the end of the semester.

LAST WEEK SURVEY: This is the follow-up, the post-test, of the First Week Survey. Points for the Last Week Survey are stored in the Moodle gradebook.

STUDY AIDS We have provided all the tools you need to learn Introductory Psychology. Please make use of these resources! We tell you what topics to focus on and give you tools to test that you are learning as precisely and thoroughly as you need to get a good grade.

STUDY GUIDES: A study guide is posted for each exam which contains the core concepts from lecture and readings that you need to learn. Please note, that if a concept is not on the study guide, it will not be on the exam. If it is on the study guide, it could be on the exam. The best way to use the study guide is week by week; give yourself enough time to find concepts and review them. You will use the study guide for each exam to study for the Final, too.

MYPSYCHLAB AUTOGRADED WRITING :

Each chapter contains a critical thinking question to help you consolidate what you are learning. Not only is it good writing practice, it is much more interesting than yet another multiple choice quiz

CHAPTER QUIZZES:

Do chapter quizzes before exams. You want to earn the full 5 points on each one. While exams focus on material covered in lectures, the chapter quizzes help students do better on exams in two ways. First, there is substantial overlap between the text and lecture, so the chapter quiz items allow you to test that you are learning as well as you think. Second, chapter quizzes give you the opportunity to practice taking exams online. You want to make this skill automatic. This activity is especially important for students who experience exam anxiety.

TEXT MASTERY EXAM: Before you can take the Final, you must complete the Mastery Test and earn at least 60% on it.

PRACTICE EXAMS: The practice exam will appear about three days before each exam. Most items on the exam have a corresponding item on the practice exam, and scores on the practice exam correlate highly with actual exam scores.

MYPSYCHLAB: You’ll find flashcards, informative videos, an optional study plan and other resources in the MyPsychLab resource that comes with the text book. Look for the MyPsychLab section on the website for additional resources and troubleshooting.

OFFICE HOURS: Section leaders and Kate Briggs are available for consultation, study guide help, and informational interviews outside of class time.

EXAM REVIEW: After you have completed an exam, you cannot see the text of items, but you identify which items you got wrong and the concept on the study guide that item was measuring. You can review exam items by arranging to meet with Section leaders or Kate Briggs. You need to do exam reviews in a timely fashion, however.

ACADEMIC COUNSELING: Set up a time to meet with Kate Briggs or one of the section leaders to review your exam performance and troubleshoot what you can do to improve. In addition, they can estimate your likely grade.

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COMMUNICATION NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: At the top of the Moodle page, you will find a News and Announcements link. Watch for breaking information here, first. You can also ask questions of general interest here as well (though remember this is a public forum so send personal issues directly to Kate Briggs or your section leader via email.) EMAIL: Please, use your University x500 and sign with your name for all university correspondence. Expect regular emails from section leaders notifying you of Psy 1001 issues, deadlines, and concerns. And, in return, please email your section leader with your questions, comments and concerns. Feel free to email Kate Briggs, the coordinator, at khbriggs@umn.edu. Please note that the number of emails that she receives is often overwhelming and she can’t keep up. However, don’t let the number of students in Psy 1001 discourage you. If she doesn’t get back to you within 24 hours, please be persistent. Email again (to get your concern back to the top of her in-basket.) She also responds to quick questions via chat in google mail.

UNIVERSITY POLICIES FOR CLASSROOM & DISCUSSION SECTION CONDUCT Please be considerate of other Psychology 1001 scholars and the lecturers. You may need to be reminded of these guidelines. Please inform other students if they are disrupting your ability to concentrate. Maintaining a classroom environment that is conducive to learning (quiet, orderly) is the responsibility of everyone in 175 Willey.

OTHER UNIVERSITY POLICIES (for full details see the syllabus page on the Psy 1001 website or go directly to http://www.policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/SYLLABUSREQUIREMENTS_APPA.html)

• Use of Personality Electronic Devices in the Classroom • Scholastic Dishonesty • The University Senate policy on Academic Expectations • Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences • Class notes • The University of Minnesota policy on sexual harassment • Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action • Disability Accommodations • Mental Health Services • Academic Freedom and Responsibility

Anything in this syllabus may be modified (within University policy) at the discretion of the Coordinator.

WORKLOAD EXPECTATIONS The University Senate policy on workload applies to Psy 1001: “For undergraduate courses, one credit is defined as equivalent to an average of three hours of learning effort per week (over a full semester) necessary for an average student to achieve an average grade in the course. For example, a student taking a three credit course that meets for three hours a week should expect to spend an additional six hours a week on coursework outside the classroom.” In practical terms what this means is that you can expect to spend about eight hours a week outside of class to obtain an average grade in Psy 1001. Typical students take 4-5 hours to read each chapter and complete the associated writing assignment and chapter quiz, two to three hours a week reviewing lecture material and completing the study guide, and one hour preparing for discussing sections. Your mileage might differ, of course.

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GRADES Final grades are approximately based on the following cut-offs:

Grade Range Cut-off The official final grade that you earn in Psy 1001 is the grade that is submitted to the Registrar and visible on OneStop approximately one week after the Final exam.

All students must complete the comprehensive final at the end of the semester.

A ~ 93-100% 627 A- ~ 90 - 93% 607 B+ ~ 87- 89% 586 B ~ 83 - 86% 559 B- ~ 80 - 83% 539 C+ ~ 77 - 79% 519 C ~ 73 - 76% 492 C- ~70 – 73% 472 D+ ~67 – 70% 452 D ~60 – 67% 404 F <60%

An average grade on exams is around 35-37 points out of 50, or 66-75% of possible points. Many students who get 75% on the exam despair because they have never gotten anything less than an A on any exam, ever. Please remember that we are measuring not just what you know but what you know compared to other students. Only 10 - 15% of students will get scores of 90% or better on exams. But this is why we have the easy-to-earn points. You want to max those FINAL GRADES: When calculating final grades, we make a statistical correction for poor performance on one exam based on your performance on other exams and the Final. Section leaders also check for students who are very close to a grade cut-off who have contributed to discussion sections.

Exam performance, especially the Final, is also considered when making decisions about students near a cutoff.

Grades are not negotiable. No one can do extra work to raise a grade except by accumulating extra credit during the semester. It is VERY IMPORTANT to monitor how well you are doing and to not miss exams, skip discussion sections or, especially, to fail to complete chapter quizzes to 5 points. Don’t lose the easy to earn points.

University Grading Standards: See the online syllabus for more details

A = achievement that is outstanding relative to the level necessary to meet course requirements. B = achievement that is significantly above the level necessary to meet course requirements. C = achievement that meets the course requirements in every respect. D = achievement that is worthy of credit even though it fails to meet fully the course requirements S = achievement that is satisfactory which is equivalent to a C- or better. F or N = Represents failure/no credit because the student did not complete the requisite work for credit or because the student and instructor did not arrange an agreement about completing coursework. I (Incomplete) = assigned at the discretion of the instructor, may be awarded in the case that the student was prevented from completing work on time. Requires a written agreement between the instructor and student and must be completed within one year.

About Incompletes: We give very, very few Incompletes in Psy 1001. To receive an “I” in Psy 1001, you must convince the Coordinator that you will be able to make up the missed work within a year, and you must complete a contract establishing the assignments and the time frame in which you will complete them. Incompletes are not given when students are failing Psy 1001. Contact Kate Briggs to discuss further

TIP FOR SUCCESS IN PSY 1001 :

1. Do some reading and studying every day (this is called distributed practice)

2. Test yourself to see whether you have learned as well as you think.

3. DON’T fall behind.

4. Ask if you have questions.

5. Keep up the News and Announcements postings.

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EXTRA CREDIT

OVERVIEW: PSY 1001 offers two ways to earn extra credit. You can earn up to 20 extra credit points, of which no more than 10 points can be earned completing online surveys.

1) THE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (REP)

More information about the REP study can be found at https://filemaker.cla.umn.edu/PsyREP.

REP studies start recruiting: Wednesday, Jan 28.

REP studies stop on Friday, May 8.

Points will be added to the Moodle gradebook around May 14. What is the REP program? The Research Experience Program (REP) is a time-honored way for researchers from the

Department of Psychology to recruit participants for their University-approved research studies. The purpose of REP is twofold: first, to provide students with hands-on experience in the topics, goals, methods and ethical procedures of contemporary psychological research and second, to sustain the department of Psychology’s extensive and nationally recognized program of research. Each semester about 100 studies are approved for REP research, typically about 25-40 are active at any given time.

How much extra credit can you earn? Students in Psy 1001 can earn up to 20 extra credit points, of which no more than 10 points can be earned doing online studies. Students can earn more than 20 points if they want, but only 20 points will be counted towards their final grade. If you earn more than 10 points doing online studies, only 10 points will be counted.

Compensation for participation: One extra credit point is awarded for each half-hour of participation. In addition, lab studies in Elliott Hall also compensate participants one additional point for one-half hour of travel time (So a lab study that takes 90 minutes will be compensated 4 REP points, 3 points for the time that the study takes and one point for travel time.)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE? Read about and sign up for ACTIVE REP studies by clicking on the extra-credit link on the Moodle site. You can also go directly to https://filemaker.cla.umn.edu/PsyREP.

The advanced search option allows you to search for studies (for example, to find studies that do not require you to be 18 or a native speaker of English.) Be sure to read the description and qualifications for each study carefully.

Some useful things to note:

• Signing up online—“reserve a seat” is the usual language—creates a record of your participation that you can track at “MyREP” at https://filemaker.cla.umn.edu/PsyREP.

• Please take these opportunities seriously and be polite. Researchers in labs may go to some effort to prepare for your arrival; please don’t be rude and skip appointments casually. You can cancel an appointment up to 24 hours in advance by going to your “MyREP” page. When you sign up, you will should receive an email with the phone number of someone to call if you need to cancel at the last minute. There is no penalty for cancelling.

• If you sign up for an online survey, you should receive an email with the survey url. Watch for it. You should complete the study within two weeks of signing up for it. Surveys may include checks to see if you are responding truthfully and researchers may not award points if they think you “blew off” their survey.

• Some studies allow you to earn cash instead of REP points. • When you sign up and participate in a research study, the researcher will obtain your x500 and award points. When

you sign up online, your x500 is automatically recorded so not to worry.

Policies regarding research involving Psy 1001 students as participants:

• When conducting research, pertinent institutional approvals must be obtained and the research must be consistent with University policies.

• Students who participate in research have certain rights: the right of informed consent, the right to withdraw from research studies at any time without penalty, confidentiality, appropriate debriefing, and appropriate compensation for their time.

• Students who do not wish to participate in research studies have other opportunities to earn extra credit.

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2) RESEARCH INTERVIEWS

You can also earn REP points by interviewing any section leaders during their office hours and Kate Briggs about research or careers in Psychology. Interviews last 30-60-minutes, and each is worth 1 point per half hour. You should set up an appointment ahead of time by emailing the person you would like to interview. An interview form is available on the website. The completed form should be given to Kate Briggs.

TRACKING YOUR POINTS:

Researchers are required to submit REP points at four times during the semester, generally corresponding to the weeks during which Psy 1001 has exams: Feb 18, March 24, April 27, May 11. Confirm that your REP points have been awarded by clicking on the extra credit link on the webvista site or going directly to https://filemaker.cla.umn.edu/PsyREP.

While signing up online should reduce errors, please be sure to keep track of the studies in which you participate and the number of extra credit points you have earned. Researchers sometimes make errors when awarding points, and if this should happen to you, these records can make all the difference. It’s rare, but you don’t want it to be you.

TROUBLESHOOTING REP ISSUES:

Problems getting your REP points? Researchers are asked to award points on the Mondays that Psy 1001 students take exams. If you expected to receive REP points and they don’t show up in the REP database after the researcher deadlines of Feb 17, March 17 (this one is actually the first Monday of Spring break), April 21, May 12, the first step is to contact the researcher for that study (this is why it is so important to keep records). If that doesn’t work, contact Kate Briggs.

The researcher doesn’t show up or is unable to conduct the research for some reason? Our policy is that if you go to a study, and the researcher fails to show up within 15 minutes of an appointment, then you are free to leave and should be given the points you would have earned had you participated in that study. If this happens to you—you show up for a study and wait 15 minutes--email the researcher, tell them where and when you waited, and they should enter points for you. You are not obliged to complete the study to get the points. If this doesn’t produce your points, contact Kate Briggs, the coordinator. This same principle applies to a situation where the researcher wasn’t able to complete the study (say, a technical problem arises.) Again, if you have shown up, you should get full points.

What if you can’t make a study after all? You have the right, as the participant in a research study, to withdraw at any time without penalty. That includes not showing up to participate in something you signed up for. However, standing up researchers is rude and wastes their time. Please let the researcher know even at the last minute.

What if you can’t find studies because they exclude individuals who are younger than 18? Contact Kate Briggs to learn about extra credit opportunities for people who are less than 18 and remember to do an advanced search to find the few studies that do include students who are younger than 18.

You can’t remember the location and time of your study? This is a hard one. The only people who know for certain where and when your studies are scheduled are you and the researcher. However, if you sign up online, you can find the location of your study in your MyREP page. However, if you sign up in class, researchers may not enter your information. If you are in Elliott Hall, wandering around trying to find your study, you can double-check with Kate Briggs in S245 Elliott Hall. Sometimes we can track it down.

The bottom line here is contact researchers first and then get Kate Briggs involved to resolve issues.

KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR EXTRA-CREDIT POINTS

You will need to provide your name and x500 to researchers so they can enter the points that you have earned. Keeping track of REP points will ensure that you get all your extra credit in case of human error. Only you and the REP researcher have information about which studies you have participated in.

You can confirm that your points have been awarded by going to the extra credit link and clicking on “View REP points.”

Primary researcher Researcher’s email Study number (S15-xxx)

Date of participation

Study location Number of points

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TIPS FOR READING THE CHAPTERS:

• Make a plan before you start: Start each chapter by taking 5-10 minutes to make a chapter study plan. Each chapter is divided into sections; you’ll find an outline of the sections on the first page of each chapter. Plan to set aside time each day to read one of these sections. Make this regular study time a habit by doing it daily (It takes about two weeks to establish a habit.)

• Preview each section: The first time you read a section, don’t expect yourself to remember everything, just preview it with interest. Pay attention to unfamiliar vocabulary.

• Read: Read each section again more carefully a day later. • Test yourself: When you have finished a more in-depth reading, test yourself with the review system at the end of each

chapter. Do you understand the material yet? If not, go back again and figure out what you have missed. • When you have finished the chapter, complete the essay and the chapter quiz

Your weekly schedule might look like this: Day 1: Make the chapter study plan & preview section A. Day 2: Read section A. Take the section A concept review. Preview section B. Day 3: Read section B. Take the section B concept review. Preview section C. Day 4: Read section C. Take the section C concept review. Preview section D. Day 5: Read section D. Take the section D concept review. Preview section E Day 6: Read section E Take the section E concept review. Review all sections. Day 7: Write and submit the essay and complete the chapter quiz. Figure out the correct answers for items that you don’t know, and take the quiz again. Repeat until you can get 5 points twice in a row.