PSYCH 101 SYLLABUS Dr. Jacqueline E. Pickrell University of Washington Winter 2016 12:30 pm 1:20 pm; KANE 120 Psychology 101F: Introduction to Psychology Class Schedule and Reading Assignments WEEK DATE TOPIC REQUIRED READINGS Monday 01/04 Introduction /Mechanics Syllabus /Chapter 1 Tuesday 01/05 Perspectives Wednesday 01/06 Perspectives Thursday 01/07 Methods in Psychology Chapter 2 Friday 01/08 Methods in Psychology Monday 01/11 Methods in Psychology Chapter 2 Tuesday 01/12 Neuroscience and Behavior Chapter 3 Wednesday 01/13 Neuroscience and Behavior Thursday 01/14 Neuroscience and Behavior Friday 01/15 Sensation/Perception Chapter 4 Monday 01/18 HOLIDAY Martin Luther King Tuesday 01/19 Sensation/Perception Chapter 4 Wednesday 01/20 Sensation/Perception Thursday 01/21 Consciousness Chapter 5 Friday 01/22 Consciousness Monday 01/25 Consciousness Chapter 5 Tuesday 01/26 Consciousness Chapter Quizzes DUE VIDEO assignments DUE Wednesday 01/27 EXAM 1 (Chapters 1,2,3,4,5) Thursday 01/28 Memory Chapter 6 Friday 01/29 Memory Monday 02/01 Memory Tuesday 02/02 Memory/Learning Chapter 7 Wednesday 02/03 Learning Thursday 02/04 Learning Friday 02/05 Learning Monday 02/08 Learning Tuesday 02/09 Motivation and Emotion Chapter 8 Wednesday 02/10 Motivation and Emotion Thursday 02/11 Language and Thought Chapter 9 (pgs 374-392) Friday 02/12 Language and Thought
Monday 02/15 HOLIDAY President s Day Tuesday 02/16 Development over the Lifespan Chapter 11 Wednesday 02/17 Development over the Lifespan Thursday 02/18 Development over the Lifespan Friday 02/19 EXAM 2 (Chapters 6,7, 8,9,11) Chapter Quizzes DUE VIDEO assignments DUE Monday 02/22 Social Chapter 13 Tuesday 02/23 Social Wednesday 02/24 Social Thursday 02/25 Social Friday 02/26 Personality Chapter 12 Monday 02/29 Personality Tuesday 03/01 Personality Wednesday 03/02 Psychological Disorders Thursday 03/03 Psychological Disorders Friday 03/04 Psychological Disorders Monday 03/07 Psychological Disorders Chapter 15 Tuesday 03/08 Treatment of Psychological Disorders Chapter 16 Wednesday 03/09 Treatment of Psychological Disorders Thursday 03/10 Treatment of Psychological Disorders Friday 03/11 Course Wrap-up Chapter Quizzes DUE VIDEO assignments DUE THURSDAY 03/17 FINAL EXAM 8:30-10:20 am (ALL, but specifically, Chpts 12, 13, 15, 16) The Final Exam cannot be given at an earlier date/time for any reason. You need to be here on 03/17 for this exam. Don t make plans to start spring break until after this final exam. The FINAL EXAM starts at 8:30 a.m. No one will be admitted to the room after 9:00 am. The exam will focus on the materials presented since exam 2, (40 questions) as well as include 10 points of past materials. These will be bigger concepts. Purpose of Course: This course will provide you with a broad introduction to the field of psychology. You will learn about the basic subject matter of psychology, various subfields and theoretical perspectives within psychology, how psychologists gather information about behavior, and how psychological knowledge has been applied to improve the quality of life. Specific Goals: 1. Knowledge of Psychology. My basic goal is to increase your knowledge of psychology. This is the only goal that will be evaluated directly by exams and activities and it includes enhancing your knowledge and understanding of: a.) major psychological approaches to the study of behavior, b.) major issues in psychology, c.) concepts, basic terminology, research findings, and applications of psychological work, d.) the research process and its limitations, and e.) psychology s important contributions. 2. Scientific Values and Skills. I hope this course will stimulate your intellectual curiosity about human behavior, increase your appreciation of the scientific method, help you recognize faulty or biased research, and increase your ability to critically evaluate scientific information. 3. Everyday Life. You will have to judge whether any of the previous and following goals are met, and a full opportunity to make this judgment may not occur until long after this course is over. I hope that the information in this course will increase your understanding of other people s and your own behavior, help you appreciate the complexity of human behavior, and promote intelligent skepticism about accepting psychological facts and truths that you come across in everyday life (e.g., in newspapers and pop magazines, on TV and radio talk shows, etc.). Relation between lectures and the textbook: Classes will consist of lectures, films and demonstrations. Some material covered in the textbook will be covered in lecture, since both your text and I will cover basic concepts, theories, terms, and research findings that are of central importance to psychology. The amount of overlap will vary depending on the topic. In general, the lectures are not designed simply to repeat or explain the chapters. Rather lectures may introduce material that is not in the text, and time will be devoted to films and demonstrations so that you can learn about psychology in ways not possible through the textbook alone. Therefore, as you may find in many of your other classes, there is a lot of material in the assigned chapters that will not be covered in class, and which you will need to learn on your own. That text material will be included in exams.
COURSE COMMUNICATION INFORMATION Instructor: Jacqueline Pickrell, PhD (206) 616-4251 Health Sciences Bldg, D583a by appt. Guthrie 224 Wednesday 1:30-2:20pm T.A. fellow Carly Loyer 685 2906 Guthrie Annex 4, Room 103, Thursdays, 11am - 12noon T.A. Adriana Germano 685 2906 Guthrie Annex 4, Room 103, Fridays, 4-5pm T.A. Tae Young Patrick Kim 685 2906 Guthrie Annex 4, Room 103, Tuesdays, 10-11am Peer facilitator Peer facilitator Sierra Boyce Yuhui Mao Class website: CANVAS The course syllabus, class policies, assignments, grades, answers to exams, and other materials of interest will be posted there. We try to keep the website up to date, however I reserve the right to introduce new material or update material in the classroom that may not be posted to the website. Class attendance is essential because what is presented in class serves as the final word. EMAIL: Sending Email messages to the TAs. Questions about exams, review sessions, grading errors, etc., please send to the TA s at: picintro@uw.edu. PLEASE include your full name and student ID number in correspondence so that they may efficiently address your needs and concerns. Also, be sure to enter something informative in the subject line (e.g., left-handed desk; bilingual student, missing grade for exam 1). Please be patient for replies they will make every effort to respond to your email within 24 hours. Please, do not send repeat messages. Sending Email messages to the Professor. My email address is jpick@uw.edu. I sincerely like to hear from my students - but please do not send email to me that should go to the TA. Please write directly to me: (1) if you have been instructed by the TA or me to do so, (2) if you have a personal problem or dilemma; or (3) if you have questions that only the professor can deal with (e.g., excused absences, incomplete, failing grade, disasters, illness, and complaints). Be sure to enter something informative in the subject line (e.g., appointment to meet; illness in family; question about lecture, travel with team). If you would like to meet, please suggest at least TWO times that are possible for you. I will then check my schedule and try to arrange a meeting. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. Course Discussion Board: The course discussion board can be accessed by going to Canvas and click on Discussions. The discussion board is a forum for you to seek and provide help about course-related content. Please post content-related questions on the discussion board before submitting them to the course email account. It is possible to post questions and responses as an anonymous user. Anonymous posts are only anonymous to your peers, not the discussion board administrators (i.e., Dr. Pickrell and the TAs). Dr. Pickrell and the TAs will monitor the board regularly to ensure that information on it is accurate and appropriate. However, Dr. Pickrell and the TAs will generally refrain from posting to the board, as it is YOUR opportunity to learn from each other and discuss the course with one another. REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR THE COURSE: Schacter, D. L., Gilbert, D. T., Wegner, D. M., & Nock, M. K. (2014). Psychology 3 rd Edition, New York: Worth Publishers. LaunchPad: http://www.macmillanhighered.com/launchpad/schacter3e/2422528 (Links to an external site.) DO YOU NEED HELP? If you have problems registering, purchasing, or logging in, please contact Customer Support. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the online form or by chat OR Monday-Friday from 4:00am to 12:00am PST and Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 am to 12:00 am PST by phone at 877.587.6534. GRADING POLICIES: Exams: There will be 2 Midterm Exams and a Final Exam. Each midterm exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions, worth 1 point each, and are noncumulative. The Final Exam consists of 50 multiple choice questions, worth 1 point each, 40 questions from the material since the second midterm and 10 points from earlier material from the course. Exam questions are based on ALL material presented in lecture and ALL material in the assigned chapters (even if the textbook material is not discussed in lecture). 1. Exam Materials. To take an exam, you must have each of the following: 1) Scantron (i.e., mark sense) form so that your test can be computer scored. These forms can be purchased at the U.W. bookstore. We will not be supplying scantron forms in class. 2) 2 SOFT LEAD #2 PENCILS WITH ERASER 3) STUDENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER and Photo ID 1. Exam Score Delays. If you make an error filling in the bubbles on your scantron exam form for your student number, name, or test version, this will cause a delay in getting your exam score to you. You either will not be able to find your student number on the list of exam scores, or your student number will appear with no score next to it. In either case, you will need to go to the T.A. office hours and help the TA find your computerized form. Please be careful in filling in this information. 2. Make-Up Exams. Make-up exams will be granted only under legitimate, unavoidable circumstances (e.g., serious illness, family emergency). The standard make-up procedure will be to take a short-answer written make-up exam this quarter. If you are facing a unique circumstance (an illness, emergency, or whatever ) that you think may impair your ability to perform well on an exam, see me as soon as it arises
so that we can discuss whether a make-up or Incomplete will be granted. DO NOT WAIT until after you have taken an exam to tell me that your score was low because of some unique circumstance. ONCE YOU TAKE AN EXAM, THAT SCORE COUNTS NO MATTER WHAT. See me ahead of time. 3. Appeal Procedure. If your answer to an exam question is marked as being incorrect but you feel it is correct, you may contest the question by writing an appeal. The written appeal must be based on material presented in the book or in lecture (indicating chapter, page, line and specific quote); it cannot be based on your personal opinion or experience. Appeals for Exams 1 and 2 must be handed in to me (or placed in my mail box) within one week after the answer keys are posted. Appeals for the FINAL Exam are due in my mailbox no later than Monday, March 21 st at 5:00pm. I will review the appeal and give credit if appropriate. 4. Incompletes. Only students with special circumstances beyond their control who have obtained permission from Dr. Pickrell are eligible for a grade of Incomplete. 5. Online Quizzes and Video Activity Assignments (total 70 points): This is where we make use of the Learning Management Tools through the LaunchPad program. The course includes required readings and quizzes, and required online learning activities performed outside of class. Each activity promotes one or more of the course Learning Goals described earlier. To receive the points for the assigned readings and for a particular activity, it must be completed by the specific Due Date. No points will be awarded for an activity completed after its Due Date. Online Chapter Quizzes: (56 points): To encourage you to stay on-track with the reading schedule, 15 multiple-choice quizzes (open book) will be assigned throughout the quarter. Each chapter quiz will be worth 4 points. These are required online activities, performed outside of class. You ll be able to access the activities from the Launchpad website. EXAM 1 CHAPTER QUIZZES: CH 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ALL 5 QUIZZES DUE 01/26 BY 11:59 PM EXAM 2 CHAPTER QUIZZES: CH 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 ALL 5 QUIZZES DUE 02/19 BY 11:59 PM FINAL EXAM 3 CHPT QUIZZES: CH 12, 13, 15, 16 ALL 5 QUIZZES DUE 03/11 BY 11:59 PM Online Video Activities: (14 points): There will be 7 online video activities, each worth 2 points. These are required online activities, performed outside of class. Each activity must be completed by its Due Date. No points will be awarded for an activity completed after its Due Date. You ll be able to access the activities from the Launchpad website. You will view a video and following the video you will answer a few questions about what you ve watched. Full credit is given upon completion of watching the video and answering the questions on the video quiz. 4. Extra Credit Participation in Research. Extra credit points can be earned by participating in research approved by the Department of Psychology for that purpose. You will receive more information in class soon. The Psychology Subject Pool http://web.psych.washington.edu/subjectpool contains information and is the place where a. you register to participate in the extra credit program, and b. you search for available experiments and sign up to participate in them. For each 2 hours of research participation your grade point will be raised by 0.1, up to a maximum amount of 0.3 grade points (i.e., 6 hours of participation maximum). Your point total for the course will be calculated and then the extra credit grade points will be added to produce your final course grade. 5. Final Course Grades. The grading system in this course applies to all students equally. At the end of the quarter, grade points will be assigned according to the standard UW grading scale. You should view the scale as a guaranteed minimum grade scale. If you achieve a given point total, your final course grade cannot be any lower than the grade on the scale. CLASS MEETINGS: Cell Phones: Please turn your cell phone off before entering class. Ringing cell phones disrupt the class. Texting: Just because texting is silent it is disturbing and disrespectful to me and those around you, so please wait until class is over to send or view those messages. Laptop Policy: Some instructors ban all laptop use in class. Why? Because data collected from previous large classes indicates that 50% of students who don t use laptops are distracted by classmates who inappropriately use laptops during lecture (e.g., to do email, surf the web) and 20% report being distracted even when laptops are appropriately used solely for taking notes. IF you are using a laptop to take notes, please sit on the LEFT side of the classroom (from the student point of view). IF you are using a laptop for any other purpose please do not attend class that day. Lecture Outlines, Lecture Recordings, and In Class Films/Videotapes Lectures will be screencasted (i.e. recorded) and available online. Look for Panopto Recording on the left scroll bar on our course website. (Screencasts are useful if you miss a lecture or want to listen to lecture material again. However, they are not a substitute for regularly attending class. NOTE: Stuff happens, and some days electronic gremlins may cause screencasting equipment to malfunction. If so, you ll need to get lecture notes from a classmate. Finally, I will be showing segments of films and videotapes during some lectures. You will need to be in class to see these films/videos. For several reasons, in a class of 345 students we cannot arrange ʺindividual showingsʺ for students who miss a film or videotape. ADDITIONAL RESORCES: Disability Resources for Students (DRS). To request academic accommodations due to disability, please contact DRS, in Mary Gates Hall (206) 543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from DRS please present it to me personally, not to the TAs so we can discuss the accommodations you might need in this class. I will then assign a TA to you who will be responsible for facilitating any accommodation you might need.
CLUE: We are participating in the Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment. CLUE sessions are weekly discussion/review sessions for large lecture courses like ours; the format is up to the CLUE session leader to determine, but some are lecture-style, some are facilitated discussions, and some are a mixture of both. More about this in class. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Read the statement of academic responsibility found at http://web.psych.washington.edu/writingcenter/writingguides/pdf/acadresp.pdf You are responsible for knowing all of the material contained therein. Of particular relevance to this course, please pay close attention to the sections on cheating on exams. Students suspected of violating UW policies will receive notice of the suspicion, and may be subject to the following penalties: a grade of 0 for that test/paper, being reported to the committee on academic conduct, and failing the course. Grade Calculations: Course GPA will be based on the percentage of total points you have earned out of the total points possible. 3 Exams - 130 pts Online Quizzes 56 pts Online Video Activities TOTAL = 14 pts 200 possible points. GRADE PERCENTAGE POINTS 4.0 96 192 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 90 180 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 85 170 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 80 160 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 75 150 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 70 140 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 65 130.9.8 *.7 60 120 *Be aware that 0.7 is the lowest passing grade. Any grade below that is a 0.0 (the grades 0.1 to 0.6 are not used at UW). Finally, to establish a class atmosphere in which you can ask questions and in which I can have discussions with the class and perform demonstrations, I ask that if you come to class, please come to learn. If you want to chat with classmates, read the newspaper, shop online, text with friends, eat, drink, etc., then please go elsewhere. If a classmate asks a question during lecture, please show them respect by not starting to talk. Remember, no one is taking attendance or making you come to class. So come to class because you want to, and because you wish to learn about psychology. For my part, I will do my best to make lectures informative and interesting. Thanks. Professor Pickrell