PSYCHOLOGY 100B
Winter 2008
INSTRUCTOR: Professor Iris Firstenberg
OH: Mon 9:00-10:00 Franz 2460
email: ifirsten@ucla.edu (Be sure to put Psych 100B in the subject line)
MASTER TAs: Adi Jaffe
OH: M 3-5pm
Franz 2460email: psych100b@gmail.com
Curtis Yee
OH: T 11am-1pm
Franz 2460email: psych100b@gmail.com
TEXTS
TB: Research Methods, 7th Edition (McBurney & White)
WB: Workbook for Research Methods
PM: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition
Week
Lecture
• Welcome &
Overview
1/07 –
• Basic
1/11
research
methods &
terms
1
2
1/14 –
1/18
• Basic Design
Issues
Readings
Lab 1
Lab 2
• TB: Ch. 1 & 5
• WB: Course Goals,
Requirements &
Procedures
• WB: Writing
method & results
• PM: As needed
method & results
• Intro. & name
learning
• Lab schedule &
Procedures
• Conduct Exp. 1 &
Tabulate data
• Exp.1 Method Exercise
• Discuss writing a
Method section
• ASSIGN: WS #1
• ASSIGN: method section
• TB: Ch. 6 & 7
• WB: Sections
relevant to writing
• PM: As Needed
• Analyze Exp 1 data
• Graph Exp. 1 results
• Critique method
using Edit Guide (WB)
• Discuss Exp.1 results and
Stroop effect
• Exp.1 Results Exercise
• Conduct Exp. 2, score,
• & tabulate data
• QUIZ 2
• DUE: Method section
• ASSIGN: Method:
Part 2
• QUIZ 1
• DUE: WS #1
• DUE: Method: Part 2
(plus original & critique)
• ASSIGN: WS #2
3
1/21 –
1/25
Martin
Luther King,
Jr. Day
• No Lecture
• TB: Ch. 8 & 11
• WB: Team Project
Information
• WB: Relevant
Exercises
• PM: As Needed
• Discuss Exp.2 design
& method
• Group and Project
Choices
• Discuss one-way ANOVA
& post hoc comparisons
• Analyze Exp.2 data
• Discuss Exp.2 results
• ASSIGN: WS #3
• ASSIGN: Topics &
Teams; Seed Articles
• DUE: WS #2
• Complex
Designs:
1/28 –
Factorials
2/01
4
• TB: Ch. 12
(not on exam 1)
Seed Articles
• Critical Evaluation I
• DUE: WS #3
• Hypothesis Testing:
Parts I & II
• Discuss Projects; go over
Team Project Info in WB
• QUIZ 3
PSYCHOLOGY 100B
Winter 2008
Week
Lecture
• Factorial
Designs &
2/04 –
Interactions
2/08
5
Readings
• WB: Project
Proposal Exercise
• PM: As needed
• Seed Articles
Lab 1
• Discuss Project
Proposal
Exercise in WB
• Meet in Teams to
Discuss Seed Article
• Literature Search
Lab 2
• Evaluation of Factorial
Designs Exercise (WB)
• Meet in Teams to discuss
Seed Article & Proposal
• QUIZ 4
• ASSIGN: Proposal
6
• EXAM 1
2/11 –
2/15
• WB: Relevant
Exercises
• PM: As Needed
• Finish Evaluation of
Factorial Design
Exercise
• Counterbalancing
Exercise
• DUE: Project Proposal
• Holiday
President’s
2/18 –
Day
2/22
7
No Lecture
• Quasiexperimental
2/25 –
methods
2/29
8
• Nonexperimental
3/03 –
methods
3/07
9
10
3/10 –
3/14
• EXAM 2
• TB: Ch. 2 & 3
• TB: Ch. 4 (To use
as writing guide)
• WB: Relevant
Exercises
• PM: As Needed
• Data Analysis of
Factorial Design
Exercise
• Discuss results section
for a factorial design
• TB: Ch. 14
• Critical Evaluations: II
• Meet in Teams
• Discuss writing an
Introduction
• Meet in Teams: Discuss
feedback on proposals
• ASSIGN:
First Submission
(Title Page, Introduction,
Method, References)
• Discuss writing a
discussion section
• Graphing with Excel
• Meet in Teams re
Projects
• DUE: First Submission
• ASSIGN: Final Project
Report
• TB: Ch. 9 & 10
• TB: Epilogue
• Data Collection
• WB: As Needed
• PM: As Needed
• Data Analysis
• Meet in Teams to
discuss results
• ASSIGN:
Preliminary Data
Analysis (WB)
• Hypothesis Testing: III
• Finalize projects
• Schedule data collection
• QUIZ 5
• Finish data collection
• Data Analysis
• Oral Reports
3/17: DUE: Final Project Report, Franz 2527, Between 1:00-5:00 PM. You need to turn in:
Two Copies of Final Project Report (one paper & one to Turnitin.com); (2) Copy of SPSS
output; (3) Copy of graded First Submission; (4) Copy of any newly cited materials. Also,
please note that no other student enrolled in Psych 100B can turn in your materials for you.