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PSYC 121H

Honors Introduction to Psychology

University of Evansville

FALL 2011 HONORS INTRO

Syllabus: Click PSYC 121H SYLLABUS.htm

Class Calendar: Click PSYC 121H CALENDAR

Assignments and Grades: Click Blackboard Academic Suite

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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:

With the exception of the last paper, you may rewrite and resubmit papers 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) 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). 

National Association of Social Workers at http://www.socialworkers.org/ with information for students at https://www.socialworkers.org/profession/overview.asp.  

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. 

Weiten Companion Website at http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495811336&discipline_number=24&token= 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: 

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. 

MLA (most everything else) documentation at hhtp:// owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/.  Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.

>Citing your sources:  Nothing is original….

Plagiarism information at http://www.aug.edu/sociology/plagiarism.html, http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize, and http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/links_plagiarism.html (links concerning the problem).

>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 Ridgway University Center, Room 204 (488-2663 for an appointment).

TO FIND OUT MORE:

UE LIBRARY:  To check the card catalogs of our library as well as other nearby libraries, click http://libraries.evansville.edu/, then click ACE Catalog or A-Z Databases.  You can access everything from your home PC with your Student ID number (Off Campus Access): 

PsycINFO searches the psychological research literature and provides abstracts of journal reports. 

PsycARTICLES searches APA journals and provided on-line access to full-text articles. 

MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine) searches the neuroscience research literature and provides abstracts of journal reports.

 

ONLINE WEBSITES:

Internet Mental Health website at http://www.mentalhealth.com/ provides diagnostic criteria and links for mental disorders. 

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. 

Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page at http://psychcentral.com/ emphasizes consumer information.  Search option. 

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