Fall 2004 0.5
Credits
Psychology 110 L
Demonstrations for Fundamentals of
Psychology
Catalog Description: This lab is offered only in the fall semester and is restricted to
incoming freshmen Psychology majors. The lab will be taken in conjunction with
the section of PSYCH 110 for first year Psychology majors. It will be team
taught by the psychology faculty and will entail exercises, simulations, and
applications. This course is required only for students who enter the
University as freshmen Psychology majors and who are enrolled in the Psychology
majors’ fall section of PSYCH 110. Students who transfer into psychology need
only to take PSYCH 110 or its equivalent. The course is graded pass/fail. The
course is open only to Psychology majors.
Time & Place: W
Instructor: Christie Karpiak,
Ph.D. Office: AMH 129
Phone: 941-5886 e-mail: karpiakc2@scranton.edu
Office Hours: M & F
Required Text:
Hock, R. R. (2002). Forty Studies
that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological
Research (4th Ed.).
Lab Goals:
This lab will involve
demonstrations, exercises, engaging activities, and presentations on topics
that correspond with the course content of Psychology 110. The idea is to
provide opportunities for you to see in action and actively engage with
material from many of the central research areas within the field of psychology,
simultaneous with our class discussion of these areas. As with the course, this
lab experience can help you begin to identify areas that are most interesting
to you. An added bonus, and one that can prove of great value as you proceed
toward your degree, is the opportunity to meet and learn about the interests of
your psychology faculty here at the
Evaluation:
The lab is graded on a
pass/fail basis. A pass is earned by having excellent attendance, passing the
short papers from 10 of the demonstrations, and earning a passing grade on your
presentation of the assigned subject from the lab text (see below).
Attendance: If
you miss three or more labs you will fail.
Papers: A paper is assigned for each demonstration. Questions
to help guide your response to each demonstration are listed below. These
papers should be brief (no more than two double-spaced pages). Although
discussion of the lab with your classmates is encouraged, papers should contain
your own thoughts and observations. Mass-produced
responses will be graded as failed.
Papers
are due the Friday immediately following each lab and will be collected in
class. Late papers will not be accepted, so turn them in on time. If you are
not enrolled in the 110-9 course, you should submit papers on time via e-mail
attachment, Blackboard, or hard copy hand-delivered to my mailbox on the second
floor of AMH.
Presentation:
Working with a partner, you will learn as much as you can about one of the
classic studies from the Hock text and present it to the class in an
approximately 10-minute presentation. Your summary should include:
1. Explanation of the question(s) the study
was designed to answer
2. Clear
description and/or demonstration of the procedures the researchers used (e.g.,
participants, equipment, measures, what they did)
3. Results
and implications
4. Brief
treatment of any major findings since the original study, and/or current state
of knowledge about the topic
Presentations
will be graded using the form at the end of this syllabus.
Lab Schedule
(subject to change)
Date Topics covered in class Faculty in lab
Sep 1 Critical
Thinking, Science Karpiak
Sep 8 Research,
Evolution, Genes Hogan/Karpiak
Sep 15 Neurons,
Brain, Body Rhythms Cannon
Sep 22 Sensation
& Perception Cannon
Sep 29 Learning
& Conditioning Karpiak
Presentations Groups 1 - 4
Oct 6 Social
& Cultural Context Baril
Oct 13 Thinking
& Intelligence Hogan
Oct 20 Memory Buchanan
Oct 27 Emotion
& Motivation TBA
Presentations Groups 5 - 8
Nov 3 Personality Karpiak
Presentations Groups 9 - 12
Nov 10 Development Slotterback
Nov 17 Stress & Coping O’Malley
Dec 1 Psychological
Disorders Karpiak
Presentations Groups 13 - 16
Dec 8 Psychotherapy Norcross
Due Sept. 3:
Due Sept. 10:
1. Describe one of today’s demonstrations
2. Describe a pattern you noticed in your performance (and that of your partners) across the trials of that demonstration
3. What is one possible reason for the pattern you observed?
Due Sept. 17:
1. Describe one of today’s demonstrations
2. Describe the relevance of that demonstration to a topic from the 110-9 course text
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of that topic or the way researchers go about studying that topic?
Due Sept. 24:
1. Describe one of today’s demonstrations
2. Describe the relationship between that demonstration and a specific relevant topic from the 110-9 course text
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of that text material?
Due Oct. 1 (Groups that present today do not need to turn in this thought paper):
1. Which presentation did you find most interesting? Why?
2. Describe the relationship between the study presented and a topic from the 110-9 text
3. Develop one good question left unanswered by this study that you believe needs to be answered through future research.
Due Oct 8:
1. Describe one of today’s demonstrations
2. Describe the relationship between that demonstration and a specific relevant topic from the course text or from current events/news
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of that material?
Due Oct 15:
1. Describe one of today’s demonstrations
2. Describe the relationship between that demonstration and a topic from the text
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of that text material?
Due Oct 22:
1. Describe one of today’s demonstrations
2. Describe the relationship between that presentation and a topic from the text
3. How could the demonstrated concept be applied to improve study skills?
Due Oct 29 (Groups that presented do not need to turn in a thought paper):
1. Which presentation did you find most interesting? Why?
2. Describe the relationship between the study presented and a topic from the 110-9 text
3. Develop one good question left unanswered by this study that you believe needs to be answered through future research.
Due Nov 5 (Groups that presented do not need to turn in a thought paper):
1. Which presentation did you find most interesting? Why?
2. Describe the relationship between the study presented and a topic from the 110-9 text
3. Develop one good question left unanswered by this study that you believe needs to be answered through future research.
Due Nov 12:
1. Describe one key feature of the demonstration
2. Describe the relationship between that feature and a topic from the text (it does not necessarily have to be from the chapter on development)
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of the text material?
Due Nov 19:
1. Describe the demonstration
2. Describe the relationship between the demonstration and a topic from the text (it does not need to be from the chapter on stress & coping)
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of the text material?
Due Dec 3 (Groups that presented do not need to turn in a thought paper):
1. Which presentation did you find most interesting? Why?
2. Describe the relationship between the study presented and a topic from the 110-9 text
3. Develop one good question left unanswered by this study that you believe needs to be answered through future research.
Due Dec 10:
1. Describe one key feature of the demonstration
2. Describe the relationship between that feature and a topic from your text
3. In what way did the demonstration enhance your understanding of the text material?
Group
Topic
I. Coverage of Basic Content (completeness, accuracy)
a. research question
b.
procedures
c.
results
d.
recent findings
II. Quality of presentation
a. clarity of communication
b. demonstrations/examples/media
Total:
Each area is rated on a
5-point scale. Total points possible=30. Passing grade=20 points.