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L33 100B, Section 01
Freshman Summer Academic Program (FSAP) 2013
Instructor: Tim Bono, Ph.D.
E-mail: tjbono@wustl.edu
Class Location: Mallinckrodt 305
Class Meeting Time: 1:00pm-2:45pm MTWThF (6/17/13 to 7/19/13)
Psychology is the scientific study of the human experience. This course will introduce you to topics such as how the mind processes information and functions at a biological level; the mental processes that affect our memories, thoughts, and emotions; how children develop and come to know the world around them; how we form judgments and make decisions (and why rational people sometimes behave in irrational ways); and how personality traits we are born with interact with our social environment to give rise to our experiences. We also will cover the nature of mental disorders and how they are treated, along with the nature of happiness and what we can do to enhance our subjective wellbeing and life satisfaction. Further, this course is designed to help you think critically about portrayals of psychology in the media, and how to identify whether claims made about human phenomena are empirically-based and credible.
Format of course: Class meetings will consist of lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and films that complement our course of study. Your performance will be based on four exams.
Please note that we are covering the same amount of material in five weeks that is typically covered in 15 weeks during the regular semester. In order to do well, it will be important to keep up with the reading assignments as outlined in the course schedule on page four.
Textbook: Psychological Science by Gazzaniga, Heatherton, & Halpern (fourth edition)
Attendance: You are responsible for all material covered during class including lectures, films, remarks of guest speakers, and announcements. Lecture material will regularly diverge from the textbook and will be the basis of many exam items. Therefore, regular attendance is important to be successful in this class. If you will miss a class, it will be your responsibility to obtain notes from a classmate.
Exams: Exams (four altogether) will be administered in class on the following days:
Monday, June 24; Tuesday, July 2; Thursday, July 11; and Friday, July 19.
Exams will consist primarily of multiple choice questions, with the possibility of a few fillin-the blank or short answer items. Exam material will be drawn from readings and lectures from that section of the course only (that is, they are non-cumulative). Your best exam score will be worth 30% of your final grade, your lowest exam score will be worth
15%, and your remaining two exam scores will each be worth 25%. There are no make-up exams. Grade disputes must be made in writing within one week from when the grades are posted, and must include a) what test item you are questioning; and b) the textbook pages or lecture material that form your rationale for the appeal.

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Quizzes: There will usually be 1-2 quizzes each week. Quizzes will be announced the class before and will be based on the reading assignments and lecture material that have been covered since the last quiz or exam. You may drop your lowest quiz grade. The combined average of your remaining quiz grades will count toward 5% of your final grade. Although quizzes do not count toward a substantial part of your grade, they are important because they give you retrieval practice with the course content, which has been shown to strengthen memory for the material and ultimately improve performance on the exams.
(We will talk about how this works during the unit on Attention and Memory!)
Breakdown of Grade:
Highest Exam
Exam
Exam
Lowest Exam
Quizzes
Total
% of Grade
30%
25%
25%
15%
5%
100%
Extra Credit up to1.5%
A+ 97-100%
A 93-96%
A- 90-92%
B+
B
B-
86-89%
83-85%
80-82%
Grading scale:
C+ 76-79%
C 73-75%
C- 70-72%
D+ 66-69%
D 63-65%
D- 60-62%
F <60%
Academic Integrity: The work you do in all courses at Washington University is expected to be your own. The penalties for violations of Academic Integrity (such as copying answers on an exam or other forms of plagiarism) are severe. They include receiving a failing grade for the course, and sanctioning by the University Judicial Board.
Please refer to the following website for the full policy: http://www.wustl.edu/policies/undergraduate-academic-integrity.html
I am responsible for reporting all cases of suspected academic dishonesty to the Dean’s office. Feel free to ask about this at any time if you would like further clarification.
Special Accommodations and Student Educational Services: Students who need special learning accommodations because of disability should contact me as soon as possible.
Academic resources are available at Cornerstone: The Center for Advanced Learning
(located in Gregg Hall on the South 40, 935-5970, http://cornerstone.wustl.edu
).
Course evaluations: The final course evaluation for Psychology 100B will be administered online: http://evals.wustl.edu
Course evaluations provide an important mechanism for you to provide feedback about your experience in this course and are taken seriously by faculty and administrators in the Psychology Department. Thank you in advance!
Course website: This syllabus and other relevant course materials, including exam scores, will be made available at <https://bb.wustl.edu>.

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Psychology in the Media.
Psychology is everywhere once you start to look for it. You can earn extra credit by bringing in illustrations of any topic discussed either in class or in the book. Illustrations could be articles, comic strips, advertisements, pictures, or other media drawn from a newspaper, magazine, internet clip (e.g., YouTube), TV show*, song lyric*, or web site not already mentioned in class or in our readings. Entire movies or books are not acceptable, though you may feel free to submit particular clips or excerpts that are relevant. YouTube clips that explicitly address a psychological principle, such as a psychologist discussing or demonstrating a particular phenomenon, will not be accepted. If you are in doubt about whether a particular source is acceptable, please ask.
All submissions must include the following :
1) All reference information (date, volume, issue number, page numbers, or URL if applicable). Do not write on the illustration itself.
2) A paragraph describing how the illustration demonstrates a particular psychological principle, along with the corresponding textbook page(s) and/or lecture date.
*If you email the assignment, please include the topic (e.g., “parenting styles” or “cognitive dissonance”) in the subject line of the email.
If you submit a YouTube clip , please include the following:
1) The channel name
2) The clip title
*If the clip is longer than two minutes, please indicate the times that are most relevant to the concept being illustrated.
To receive credit for a TV show or song lyric you will need to provide one of the following:
1) a link online where the show or song may be accessed;
2) a DVD or CD of the relevant TV segment or song; or
3) a verbatim reproduction of the relevant TV segment (equivalent of a script) or the entire song lyric.
*Additionally, you must explicitly link the lyrics or script content to the psychological concept being illustrated.
You may submit up to three illustrations over the summer, but no more than one in a given week. Also, each must demonstrate a different psychological principle. Illustrations, which will not be returned, must be submitted by July 18 at the beginning of class. Each is worth up to 0.5% added to your final grade. Therefore you may earn up to a maximum of 1.5% extra.

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Monday, June 17
Chapter 2: Research Methodology
Tuesday, June 18 Chapter 3: Biology and Behavior (pp. 73-104)
Wednesday, June 19 Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
Thursday, June 20
Friday, June 21
Sensation and Perception, continued
Chapter 5: Consciousness (pp. 181-204)
Monday, June 24
Tuesday, June 25
EXAM 1 on Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5
Chapter 6: Learning
Wednesday, June 26 Chapter 7: Attention and Memory
Thursday, June 27
Friday, June 28
Monday, July 1
Attention and Memory, continued
Chapter 9: Human Development
Human Development, continued
Tuesday, July 2
Wednesday, July 3
Thursday, July 4
Friday, July 5
Monday, July 8
Tuesday, July 9
EXAM 2 on Chapters 6, 7, and 9
Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence
No class in observance of Independence Day
Chapter 10: Emotion and Motivation
Emotion and Motivation, continued
Chapter 12: Social Psychology
Wednesday, July 10 Social Psychology, continued
Thursday, July 11
Friday, July 12
Monday, July 15
Tuesday, July 16
EXAM 3 on Chapters 8, 10, and 12
Chapter 13: Personality
Personality, continued
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
Wednesday, July 17 Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Thursday, July 18
Friday, July 19
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
EXAM 4 on Chapters 13, 14, 15, and Positive Psychology
This schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the course instructor.
In the event of a change, an announcement will be made in class.