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PSYC 121H
Honors Introduction to Psychology
University of Evansville
Syllabus: Click PSYC 121H SYLLABUS
Class Calendar: Click PSYC 121H SPRING CALENDAR
Assignments and Grades: Click Blackboard Academic Suite
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.
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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.
APA Format. Some information is available through http://libraries.evansville.edu/style/info.html (APA and Duke links): better overviews are available at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html, http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social_sciences/intext.html#6, and http://www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm.
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.
Libraries: To check the card catalogs of our library as well as other nearby libraries, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, then click ACE Catalog.
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 at http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/ or psychiatric disorders at http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/sec15.htm.
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 (social sciences) documentation at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html. Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.
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://www.sheridanc.on.ca/~vinall/Outlining_Tips.htm and 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:
For good general advice on overcoming procrastination and other common student problems check out http://www.potsdam.edu/content.php?contentID=2E1B9DDC8E874574BA0018FCDE6F9417. You can also get specific advice from our Counseling center at UN 135 (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).
LAST UPDATED 7 JAN 2008
PAST CLASSES:
2007
1. Graham Melendez, 2. Bethany Barry, 3. Ben Menke, 4. Danielle Nichols, 5. Jordan Gygi, 6. Shane Reuter, 7. Nick Schroeder, 8. Luke Stevenson, 9. Megan Vallowe, 10. Arthur Adye, 11. Andrew Lane, 12. Leandra Hicks, 13. Jennifer Schottstadt, 14. Clara (Annie) Shackelford, 15. Duong ("Ju-ong") Pham
2006
1 Raven Riley, 2 Katie Parchem, 3 Natalia Potrzuski, 4 Julia Dick, 5 Alex Thompson, 6 Bryce Mitchell, 7 Sierra Ryan, 8 Brandon Shufflebarger, 9 Ashlee Springer, 10 Laura Beyers, 11 Megan Atteberry, 12 Nicky Lodewyk, 13 Guy Wyant, 14 Errica King, 15 Adeel Siddiqui, 16 Eric Wenz.
2005
1. Bonnie Green, 2. Danielle Nagrodski, 3. Carly Black, 4. Sarah Underwood, 5. Beth Gion, 6. Jackie Rice, 7. Drew Schoenian, 8. Robyn Umans, 9. Marissa Stewart, 10. Tyler Shelton, 11. Emily Lloyd, 12. McLane Crowell, 13. John McCorstin.
2004
1 Becky Bruns, 2 Tara Smith, 3 Erin Walsh, 4 Alice Stinetorf, 5 Brad Hubartt, 6 Mallory Walker, 7 Erin Wilhelmi, 8 Bo Ouranos, 9 Waseaka (Teri) Bush, 10 Patricia Veronica Lin, 11 Eloho Okeze, 12 Roger Knight, 13 Bethany Rouch, 14 Andrea Gentry, 15 Marko Kangrga, 16 Amber Thibodeau, 17 Heath Tuley.