Psych 144: Dr. Oswald

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(Note: indicates weeks in which reading summaries must be submitted.)* PSYCH 144 COURSE SCHEDULE – Fall 2010
Date	Topic	Due (excluding lab assignments)
8/23	Intro to Course; Group Assignments
*8/25	1. Research Ethics; 2. Plagiarism	(Summary due on Friday at 5)
*8/30	1. Psychology as a Science; 2. Characteristics of Science; 3. Variables; 4. Stanovich, Ch.1 (see Course Documents);
9/1	The Science of Psychology
9/6	*NO CLASS - Labor Day*
*9/8	1. The Research Process; 2. Clinical Practice & Psychological Science; 3. Stanovich, Ch.4 (see Course Documents)
*9/13	1. Theories & Phenomena; 2. Theories, Facts, & Laws (see Course Documents) 3. The Research Question
9/15	Intro to Analysis; 1. Variables (review); 2. Measurement; 3. Scales
	9/20: Last day to withdraw without serious & compelling reason (and without a ‘W’ on transcripts).
*9/20	1. Applied vs Basic Research; 2. Validity; 3. Intro to Research Designs: the Continuum
9/22	1. Reliability; 2. Experimental Research; 3. Causation; 4. Stanovich, Ch. 5 (see Course Documents)
*9/27*	*DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (Blackboard submission must be completed before class)*	*Intro Section Due + copy of article*
9/27	1. Correlational Research; 2. Observational Research
9/29	* EXAM 1*
*10/4	1. Extraneous Variables; 2. Experimental Control
10/6	Discussion of Exam 1; 1. Treatment, Controls & Placebos; 2. Confounding Variables; 3. Experimental Research (review)
*10/11	1. Independent Groups/Randomized Experiments; 2. Matched Groups
10/13	1. Within-subjects Designs; 2. Carryover Effects & Counterbalancing
10/18	1. Factorial Designs
*10/20*	*DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (Blackboard submission must be completed before class)*	*Introduction + Method Sections Due*
10/20	Non-Experimental Designs: 1. Correlational Research (review), 2. Quasi-Experimental, 3. Developmental
*10/25	Small group designs (link tba)
10/27	1. Populations, Samples, & Sampling
11/1	Survey Research (lecture)
11/3	* EXAM 2 *
*11/8	1. Means & Standard Deviations; 2. Distributions; 3. Intuitive Null Hypothesis Testing; Descriptive vs Inferential Statistics (lecture)
11/10	Discussion of Exam 2; continued discussion of stats
*11/15	1. Central Tendency & Variability; 2. Distributions (review); 3. Stanovich, Ch. 11 (see Course Documents)
11/17	1. Data Analysis: t-tests; 2. Intuitive Null Hypothesis Testing (review); 3. Significance and p-values (lecture)
11/22	Research Project: Conducting inferential stats and writing Results section.
11/24	*NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break*
*11/29*	*DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS (Blackboard submission must be completed before class)*	*Results Section Due*
11/29	1. Statistical Relationships; 2. Relationship Strength
12/1	1. Data Analysis: Correlations
12/6	1. Main Effects & Interactions
12/8	LAST CLASS DAY: Poster Session – In Class
*12/8*	*FINAL PAPER DUE IN CLASS (Blackboard submission before 5pm.)*	*Final Paper Due*
12/15	* FINAL EXAM * (Wednesday, 11:00-1:00)