Psy 241 - Winter 2006 Schedule

Week

Topic

Readings

Assignments

1
(1/3)

Course Introduction
Variables
Psychology and Science

*Readings assigned are due the following class period

Ch. 3

In class: RM Pretest

Homework 1 - News Article Critique
(due Jan. 10 - in class)

2
(1/10)

Research Questions and Hypotheses
Ethics

Ch. 9

Homework 2 - Project: Research Design Proposal
(due Jan. 24 - in class)
Epistemology Extra Credit Assignment
(due Jan. 17 - in class)
RMT: Register/Install and Intro
(due by 6PM - Jan. 17)

3
(1/17)

Non-experimental Designs

Homework 3 - Online Ethics Training
(due Feb. 7 - in class)

4
(1/24)

Lab: Introduction to SPSS
Data Description and Graphing

*Class meets in SAC 232

Data Description Extra Credit
(due Feb. 7 - in class)'

5
(1/31)

MIDTERM EXAM

Ch. 7, 4

Homework 4 - Project: Final Proposal Submission
(due Feb. 14 - in class)

6
(2/7)

Reliability and Validity
Writing in Psychology

Appendix A (385-end)

7
(2/14)

Statistics
Lab: Chi-square

Ch. 11
*Class meets in SAC 232

No Homework 5

8
(2/21)

Control and Experimental Design

Homework 6 - Journal Article Critique
(due Feb. 28 - in class)

9
(2/28)

Lab: t-tests and project analysis

*Class meets in SAC 232

Experiment Extra Credit
(due March 7 - in class)

10
(3/7)

Poster Presentations

Final Papers Due - by 6 PM

11
(3/14)

FINAL EXAM

Tuesday, March 14
6-9 PM