Syllabus PSY1101, Sections B,C and D. Introduction to Psychology: Foundations
Course Information
Course title:
Introduction to Psychology: Foundations
Course
number:
PSY1101
Professor:
Dr. K. Campbell
Meeting
day(s):
05 September- 03 December, 2013
Course Description
Course
Objectives:
The goals of this course are to provide an overview of the vast field of psychology and to
illustrate the scientific methods used to study behaviour.
Course
Sections:
There are several different sections of this course in both English and French. Each student is
assigned to a specific section: A, B, C, D, E, or F. Due to the large number of students registered
in this course (over 3500), we have to control the registration in the different sections. When
you register, you are automatically assigned to one section. If, for a serious reason, you wish to
change section, you should meet, before the deadline, with an academic advisor of your faculty.
A professor and a teaching assistant are assigned to each section. Each Intro professor follows a
similar procedure. Thus, all Intro sections are substantially the same in content and approach.
Course Timetable
Section
B
C
D
First Lecture
Tues, 10:00-11:30
Mon, 08:30-10:00
Tues, 13:00-14:30
Second Lecture
Thurs, 08:30-10:00
Thurs, 10:00-11:30
Thurs, 11:30-13:00
Where?
Montpetit 203
Montpetit 203
Montpetit 203
Grade Breakdown
Exam
Midterm 1
Midterm 2
Final Exam
Research Requirement
Percentage
25%
Date
Thurs, 10 Oct
26%
45%
4%
Thurs, 21 Nov
See exam schedule.
11 Sep-03 Dec
Student evaluation/exams.
The passing mark for this course is 50%. The final exam, identical for all English sections, is
worth 45% of your final grade. The final exam, containing 100 multiple choice questions, will be
based on the textbook ONLY. The date of the final exam is set by the central administration of
the University, and it is often scheduled at the end of the exam period. THEREFORE, WE
STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSULT THE EXAM SCHEDULE BEFORE PLANNING ANY TRIPS
OR HOLIDAYS.
Of the remaining 55%, four marks will be attributed to participation in research projects (see
below). The allocation of the remaining 51% will be determined Dr. Campbell. Thus, Dr.
Campbell is responsible for only 51% of your final grade, not 100%!
The mid-term exams are set by Dr. Campbell. These are also multiple choice exams. The midterm exams are based on material provided in the lectures. Some of the material given in the
lectures is not available in the textbook. You are thus responsible for this lecture material, even
if it is not in the textbook! Summaries of the lectures are available on this website. Still, these
are summaries of the lectures. You will not be able to understand the lectures based strictly on
these summaries. If the information is given in the lecture, you are responsible for it, even if it is
not provided in the summaries and even if it is not in the textbook.
Absence from exams:
Midterms
For midterms, arrangements should be made with your professor (K. Campbell). Absence due to
illness must be justified by a medical certificate which should be presented to the professor in
charge of your section together with a copy of the appropriate request form (Request for a
deferred mark (DFR), which may be obtained at your academic secretariat) duly completed.
These should be presented to your professor within 5 working days following the exam.
GOING ON HOLIDAYS IS NOT A VALID REASON. MISREADING THE EXAM SCHEDULE IS NOT A
VALID REASON.
Final exam
Arrangements regarding the final exam must be made with the course coordinator (Prof.
Younger) or his assistants, not Dr. Campbell. The same procedure for absence from a midterm should be followed. Thus, absence from the final exam must also be justified by appropriate
document(s) together with a copy of the appropriate request form (Request for a deferred mark
(DFR), which may be obtained at your academic secretariat) duly completed. These should be
presented to the course coordinator or his assistants within 5 working days following the exam.
Again, you need to bring this information to Dr. Younger, not to Prof. Campbell. Only Dr. Younger
can give you permission to miss the final exam.
Student card: IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO ANY EXAM, THE STUDENT CARD MUST BE
PRESENTED.
Participation in research: Integrated System of Participation in Research (ISPR).
The ISPR gives students the opportunity to learn about ongoing research in psychology through
the experience of participating in studies. The system is about cooperation between researchers
and students; students learn about psychological studies and their methodologies while
contributing directly to the advancement of research.
Research participation accounts for four points of your final grade. Participation options include
completing online surveys, participating in laboratory studies, or viewing educational films about
psychology followed by short questionnaires. Generally, 1 point is earned for each hour of
participation, with details listed online in study descriptions. To earn all four points, at least one
point must be earned in person, from either a lab study or film. Lab study spaces fill up quickly,
so availability may be limited at the end of the semester. The ISPR opens for students on
September 11 at 9:00 AM, and the deadline for completing all participation is December 3 at
midnight.
ISPR participation site: http://uottawa.sona-systems.com. To login (on or after 11 September):
***UserID: your UOttawa email address, Password: your seven-digit student number
Other ISPR Information, including the student orientation video:
http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/integrated-system-participation-research
For other questions, contact ISPR Administration at: ispr@uottawa.ca
Professor's Information
Name:
Dr. Kenneth Campbell
Email:
p1101kc@uottawa.ca
Office
location:
Vanier 3044
Office hours:
Thursdays 13:00-16:00
If you have a problem, please contact me. There may be many students trying to meet with me
at my office at any one time. It is therefore probably best to first send an email and we can try to
resolve any problems this way.
Phone:
562-5800 ext. 4294. BUT, I prefer emails (see below); phone calls are not encouraged. There is
admittedly a delay before emails can be answered. You will not gain priority by phoning.
Obviously, if you have an urgent problem, please do telephone or as indicated below, send an
email with a subject heading “URGENT”.
There are approximately 700 students enrolled in Prof Campbell's sections. It is always best to
EMAIL rather than to telephone. Nevertheless, given the number of students in this course, it will
take some time to reply to your email. Again, you will not gain priority by phoning Dr. Campbell.
This would be unfair to students who follow the email procedure. (In short, if there is a long
email queue, you cannot jump the queue by phoning directly).
As a general rule, your questions should be directed to the email address
p1101kc@uottawa.ca rather than Dr. Campbell’s personal email. This email is read by both Dr.
Campbell and the teaching assistant (TA). If you have an urgent matter, please indicate this in
the subject of your email (i.e., type “URGENT” in the subject heading). Urgent matters are
examined immediately.
Please do not send an email about matters that can be found on this web site (lecture dates,
exam dates, etc). Again, there is usually a queue of emails to be answered. If the answer is
available on this web site, expect a nasty reply to your email, indicating that you should be
respecting other students who do have valid concerns and who are waiting for a response.
Should a personal situation arise, which you do not want to be read by the TA, you may contact
Dr. Campbell directly (kcampbel@uottawa.ca).
Fax:
Fax? Who uses fax? Scan your document and send it as an attachment to an email message.
Teaching Assistants
Name:
Paniz Tavakoli (ptava069@uottawa.ca)
Nancy Wallis (nwall043@uottawa.ca)
Course Coordinator
Name:
Dr. Alastair Younger
Email:
psyundergrad@uOttawa.ca
Office:
Tel:
VNR3002
613.562.5801 (no extension)
Teaching asst:
Christina Beeson (cbeeson@uottawa.ca)
Jenna Boulanger (jboul064@uottawa.ca)
I (K. Campbell) am responsible for 3 sections: B,C and D. As explained in the Exam Guidelines, I
set the exams for both midterms (in October and November). These are worth a total of 51% of
your mark. A final exam, held in December, is worth 45%. This exam is common to all sections
of Intro Psychology, whether you take the course in English or in French and regardless of what
section you are in. For this reason, there is a central coordinator, Dr. Alastair Younger, for the
course. It is Dr. Younger who writes the questions for the final exam. Under normal
circumstances, you should not need to contact him. BUT, if you do have a problem with your
final exam (for example, you need to miss the exam), contact Dr. Younger and not me. Again,
to repeat: Please contact Dr. Younger or his assistants with regards to final exam deferral. For
any questions concerning midterms or course content, contact Dr. Campbell.
Textbook Inf Textbook Information
Required Psychology (10th Ed.) by David G. Myers
Text:
The textbook is entitled "Psychology" (10th
Edition), by David G. Myers. It is used for
both PSY1101 and PSY1102. It is available
at the University Bookstore. We strongly
suggest that you buy your own copy; it is a
recent document on modern psychology and
it covers the course program efficiently and
pleasurably. Online student resources are
available at the following website:
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers10e/.
The final exam is based entirely on readings
from this textbook. This is a NEW textbook
for 2013. You probably will be able to find a
used copies of the older 9th edition. There
are some differences between the 9th and
10th editions (obviously) and you will lose
information if you do not have the more recent, 10th, edition.
You can purchase both new and used copies of the 9th Edition of this textbook at
the university bookshop. The student’s federation (SFUO) operates and
independent bookshop, the Agora. They might have copies of this book at their
AGORA bookshop (http://www.agorabookstore.ca/?lang=en). It should be
somewhat cheaper than at the university bookshop. They also have used copies.
You can also purchase an online eBook for about $75. This is the same, identical
textbook except it is an ecopy and you gain access to it for 1 year only. For this
reason, you can only read the ecopy online; you cannot download a hard copy. You
will also gain access to other on-line resources. Follow the link at the Myers’ web
site to see the available options.
Web Study Guide/Summaries
summ
Text:
Lectures
An outline of ALL class lectures can be found at this site. Click on "Lecture Outlines"
in the Course Menu.
Online
There is a web site that contains summaries of each chapter in the textbook. The
address is: http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers10e.
This site also contains an excellent Study Guide, sample exam quizzes and valuable
links. It is well worth the visit. You will need to register to use the free on-line
resources. You can take on-line quizzes. You will see that there is an option to
allow your Professor to monitor the results of your quizzes. I never monitor your
personal results.
Lectures/Readings:
Lesson:
The course is divided into a series of overlapping “lessons”. The material for these
lessons will be found both in the textbook and in the lectures.
Readings: Readings for the lesson are found in the Myers’ textbook and the exact pages for
the readings are provided. Classroom lectures are also used to expand on these
lessons. Again, the lectures are NOT identical to the readings in the textbook. You
will find the “Lecture Outline” summaries for each section on Virtual Campus for
Sections B,C and D.
Section 1
Lesson:
Prologue: The Story of Psychology/Thinking Critically with Psychology Science
Readings: Myers Prologue and Chapter 1, pp. 1- 45
Lecture Outlines, "Schools of Psychology" and "The Scientific Method"
Section 2
Lesson:
The Biology of Mind
Readings: Myers Chapter 2, pp. 46-83
Lecture Outlines, "The Brain" and "Neuronal Transmission"
Section 3
Lesson:
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Readings: Myers Chapter 3, pp.84-127. Lecture Outlines, “Consciousness-Attention”,
“Consciousness-Sleep” and “Consciousness-Drugs”
Section 4
Lesson:
Sensation & Perception
Readings: Myers Chapter 6, pp. 216-263;
Lecture Outlines, "Sensation", "Perception”
Section 5
Lesson:
Learning
Readings: Myers Chapter 7, pp. 264-297
Lecture Outlines, "Learning"
Section 6
Lesson:
Memory
Readings: Meyers Chapter 8, pp. 298-335
Lecture Outlines, "Memory"
Section 7
Lesson:
Motivation and Work, Emotion
Readings: Myers Chapter 11, pp. 402-457; Chapter 12, pp. 458-486.
Lecture Outlines, "Motivation", “Emotion”