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PSYC 121H
Honors
Introduction to Psychology
University of
Evansville
Syllabus: Click PSYC 121H SYLLABUS
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Examples of Good Papers:
Jennifer
Schottstädt (2007). Behaviorism: Walden Two
by B.F. Skinner. University of Evansville, Evansville, IN.
Anonymous (2006). Walden
Two and Nature versus Nurture. University
of Evansville, Evansville, IN.
Anonymous
(2005). Skinner’s use of metaphor in explaining the behaviorism
of Walden Two. University of Evansville, Evansville, IN.
Sarah
Underwood (2005). The Anarchiste. University of Evansville,
Evansville, IN.
Alice
Stinetorf (2004). The empirical reality of Walden Two.
University of Evansville, Evansville, IN.
Erin Walsh (2004). Too much science? University of Evansville.
Evansville, IN.
Erin
Wilhelmi (2004). Society with personality versus the Skinner
society. University of Evansville, Evansville, IN.
(Posted
with Permission of the Authors)
MAJOR
PAPER REWRITE OPTION:
Usually, you may rewrite and resubmit any paper to
raise your grade:
(1) You must correct all the errors marked in red by the
Instructor.
(2) For scores below B, you must also visit the Writing Center
(EXCEL Success Center in LB 253) for their review and help improving your
revision. Please mention that your Instructor requests they comment on
both organization and grammatical problems. The Instructor must
receive a Writing Center "Conference Summary" concerning your
visit. (You may always get help from the Writing Center for both new
assignments and revision assignments.)
(3) You must resubmit the file to TurnItIn.com as a Revision.
(4) You must resubmit a printout of your revision (stapled on
front of the graded copy) to the Instructor within 10 days of the paper's
return to you.
SELECTED RESOURCES AND
HYPERLINKS:
American Psychological Association at http://www.apa.org/ with
information for students at http://www.apa.org/students/.
Association
for Psychological Science at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/ with
information for students at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/apssc/
and http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/
(see Student Notebook).
Annual
Reviews of Psychology, Neuroscience, and many other disciplines
provide current reviews of specific areas in the major disciplines: click
http://psych.annualreviews.org/search.dtl for
psychology or http://neuro.annualreviews.org/search.dtl for
neuroscience—other disciplines may be selected. You can read the full
text of the psychology articles at our Library website: click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click All Databases, and then click Annual Review of Psychology.
Hardcopy Annual Reviews are available in our Library.
Google Scholar Search, new beta service, at http://scholar.google.com/ provide the
preferred higher-level literature when you can not access our library website.
Apparently, you have access to PsycINFO and Medline databases! You also
get some lower-level databases -- so use good judgment.
Internet
Mental Health website at http://www.mentalhealth.com/
provides diagnostic criteria and links for mental disorders.
UE
LIBRARY: To check the card catalogs of our library as well as other
nearby libraries, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, then
click ACE Catalog. You can access everything from your home PC
with your Student ID number.
MEDLINE
(National Library of Medicine) searches the neuroscience research
literature and provides abstracts of journal reports. To conduct a
search, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click All Databases, then click Medline. Enter the
key search terms for your topic. Print out important abstracts (or save
to a floppy or hard disk). If the journals are not in our Library, as
likely, order photocopies of the full-text articles through our Interlibrary
Loan service (assess http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click Request Forms, and then click the appropriate Interlibrary Loan
(ILL) Form).
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy is a useful resource that
reviews specific illnesses, together with their etiology, diagnosis, prognosis
and standard treatment. Free full-text version available online.
Search physical illnesses and psychiatric disorders at http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/.
Section on psychiatric disorders is greatly improved and now in synch with
DSM.
National
Association of Social Workers at http://www.socialworkers.org/ with
information for students at https://www.socialworkers.org/profession/overview.asp.
Psych
Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page at http://psychcentral.com/
emphasizes consumer information. Search option.
PsycARTICLES (APA)
searches APA journals and provided on-line access to full-text articles.
To conduct these searches, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click All Databases, then click PsycARTICLES. Enter the key
search terms for your topic. Read the HTML version but download the PDF
version for your Portfolio. You will need the Adobe 6 or 7 Reader (free
download).
PsycINFO (APA) searches the psychological
research literature and provides abstracts of journal reports. To conduct
these searches, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click All Databases, then click PsycINFO. Enter the key search
terms for your topic. Print out important abstracts (or save to a floppy
or hard disk). If the journals are not in our Library, as likely, order
photocopies of the articles through our Interlibrary Loan service (assess http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click Request Forms, and then click the appropriate Interlibrary Loan
Form).
Social
Psychology Network at http://www.socialpsychology.org/
provides a comprehensive list of links to both social and general psychology
sites. Search option.
Society
for Neuroscience at http://www.sfn.org/ for
general information about neuroscience and links to other related
websites.
Surgeon
General's Report on Mental Health, Dec 1999, at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html for
the consensus information on mental disorders, their origins and treatments.
Weiten Companion Website at http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_w=M20b&product_isbn_issn=0495319376&discipline_number=24
provides useful study aids for our textbook.
WRITING GUIDE HYPERLINKS:
>General
Websites: Provide short guides for specific aspects of writing….
Internet Public Library links for good writing at http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/links.htm#writing.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at http://www.powa.org/.
Purdue general writing guides at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/index.html.
UNC general writing guides at http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/.
Wisconsin general writing guides at http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html.
>Documentation
Styles: Pick a major and stay with it….
APA (psychology and social
sciences) new 2010 documentation at APA Formatting and Style Guide at Purdue, APA Style Essentials, APA Reference
Style - 6th edition 2010.
CBE (natural sciences) format and citation style at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html.
Chicago (history and some humanities) format and citation style
at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/chicago.html.
MLA (most humanities) documentation at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mla.html.
Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.
>Citing
your sources: Nothing is original….
Effective quoting tips at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/quoting.html.
Plagiarism information at http://www.aug.edu/sociology/plagiarism.html,
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html,
and http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/links_plagiarism.html
(links concerning the problem).
>Writing
errors that irritate your professors:
Common writing errors at http://chiron.valdosta.edu/mawhatley/writing.htm (links
to other lists). Also see William Strunk & E.B. White, The
Elements of Style.
>Thought
behind the writing: Be interested… Be logical….
Thesis organization and outlining tips at http://users.edte.utwente.nl/lanzing/cm_home.htm (see
example concept map).
Critical thinking websites at http://www.austhink.org/critical/, http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html, and
http://psy.otago.ac.nz/r_oshea/WFP/WFP2e/argument.html
(humorous).
Full-text Skeptical Inquire articles at http://www.csicop.org/si/online.html
(good examples of the critical attitude).
Personal journal information and workshop at http://www.writingthejourney.com/
(a habit for organizing your thoughts).
>Personal
growth:
You can get help from our Counseling center at UC 204 (488-2663
for an appointment).
>Searches
of databases through our Library:
To conduct a search, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click Online Databases, then click the appropriate database (Annual
Review of Psychology, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, and Medline).
When you get to the search engine, enter the key terms for your topic.
Print out important abstracts and download full-text pdf files (save to a
floppy, USB flash drive, or the hard drive). You may need to download the
free Adobe 7 Reader for pdf files.
If the journals are not in our Library, as likely, order
photocopies of the articles through our Interlibrary Loan service (assess http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/,
click Request Forms, and then click the appropriate Interlibrary Loan
Form).
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