MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM COURSE OUTLINE COURSE NAME: Experimental Psychology – I: Learning COURSE NUMBER: PSYC281 (3710281) TEACHING PERIOD: Fall 2012 CONTACT DETAILS Name Dr. Nic Hooper Office R-137 OFFICE HOURS Wednesday TEACHING SCHEDULE Tuesday 8.40 – 10.30 Wednesday 8.40 – 10.30 Phone E-mail 0392-6612918 Hooper@metu.edu Internal: 2918 .tr 1.30 – 3.30 Room tz17 Room tz17 IMPORTANT: Please note that the instructor reserves the right to make any necessary changes to this course outline as may be needed. The instructor reserves also the right to change or modify course materials or deadlines in response unforeseeable circumstances. . Page 1 of 6 SECTION A: GENERAL INFORMATION UNIT WEIGHTING 4 Credits (4-0) PRE-REQUISITES NONE CO-REQUISITES NONE ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE PSYC101, particularly the topics of learning, cognition and perception. ACADEMIC RULES AND REGULATIONS Please familiarise yourself with the METU academic rules and regulations. Read the documents on the following web pages: http://www.ncc.metu.edu.tr/studaffairs/acadrules.php http://ww.mc3.edu/gen/polpro/st_acad_code_of_ethics.html ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS Attendance is compulsory. Failure to maintain a regular attendance record and to participate in all class discussions may seriously undermine a student’s ability to satisfactorily complete the unit as some of the materials to be covered in exams will be available only in lectures. Please also refer to the assessment details. TEXTBOOK Mazur, J.E. Learning and Behavior. (6th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. In order to improve the quality of teaching and learning your feedback as a student for this unit is very much welcomed. STUDENT FEEDBACK SECTION B: COURSE DETAILS Objectives Outcomes After completing this course you will be able to discuss and use the concepts, principles, and processes derived from the experimental analysis of behavior in your approach to your world. You will be able to relate these principles to applied behavior analysis and its impact on the behavior of yourself and others. You will be able to explain and discuss the various principles involved in the applied study of behavior change You will be able to identify how applied behavior analytic techniques could be used to solve socially significant problems You will have conducted a behavior change project to improve behavior of yourself or others You will have collected, graphed, and visually analyzed data from said project You will have fluent understanding of terminology of applied behavior analysis . Page 2 of 6 SECTION C: ASSESSMENT DETAILS ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION /INTERTEACH BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PROJECT FLASHCARD TESTS MID TERM FINAL EXAM REFERENCING SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS Attendance and active participation is expected in every lecture and when assessing this component active participation will also be considered, therefore mere physical presence is not the key to satisfactory completion of this task. In order to facilitate active participation students will have to teach each other during interteach lectures. Weighing: 10% Assessment: A behaviour modification project (1500 words max) Due date: To be handed in January 3rd Weighing: 25% Assessment: 5 flash card tests Dates: See below Weighing: 25% (each quiz is worth 5% of the overall grade) Coverage: topics covered between the latest and previous flashcard test Format: Multiple choice and short answer Date: Wednesday 31st October Weighing: 20% Coverage: all topics covered to this point Format: Essay question Date: TBA by METU-NCC Weighing: 20% Coverage: all topics covered to this point The psychology referencing requirement is the American Psychological Association (APA) style of referencing. See http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/citation/apa.html for some basic information regarding APA style referencing. A hard copy of assignments should be submitted on the due date, at the beginning of the lecture. Please note that no email submissions are allowed. If you are unable to submit your assignment on time please contact me as soon as you can. Important: Please think the environment and do not put your reports in plastic sleeves. RESUBMISSION . No resubmission is possible. But you are entitled the right to object to your grade If you believe that your exam paper or assignment has been marked in error. In such cases, please contact me as soon as possible. Page 3 of 6 SECTION C: ASSESSMENT DETAILS (CONTINUED) GRADING SCALE MAKE-UP EXAMS . PERCENTAGE COURSE GRADE COEFFICIENT 90-100 AA 4 85-89 BA 3.5 80-84 BB 3 75-79 CB 2.5 70-74 CC 2 65-69 DC 1.5 60-64 DD 1 50-59 FD 0.5 49 and below FF 0 Incomplete I N/A Withdrawn W N/A Make-up exams are only possible for those students who had compelling reasons that prevented them from attending an examination and this should be substantiated by a medical certificate. In such situations, please contact the lecturer as soon as possible. Page 4 of 6 ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY – NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS STUDENT NAME STUDENT NUMBER UNIT NAME AND NUMBER PSYC281 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY – I: LEARNING LECTURER DR. Nic Hooper TITLE OF ASSIGNMENT LENGTH (EXACT NO. OF WORDS) DUE DATE DATE SUBMITTED CAMPUS OF ENROLMENT METU NCC DECLARATION I hold a copy of this assignment that I can produce if the original is lost or damaged. I hereby certify that no part of this assignment/product has been copied from any other student’s work or from any other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment. No part of this assignment/product has been written/produced for me by another person except where such collaboration has been authorised by the subject lecturer/tutor concerned. Signature:………………………………………………………………………. Note: An examiner or lecturer has the right not to mark this assignment if the above declaration has not been signed . Page 5 of 6 Week Beginning Block 1 Block 2 24 September Introduction + ABCs of Applied Behavior Analysis Exercises 1 October Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis Flashcard test and exercises 8 October Reinforcement Interteach and exercises 15 October Prompting and Fading Flashcard test and exercises 22 October Shaping and Chaining (Note: there will only be the Tuesday class this week due to the public holiday) No second lecture 29 October Exercises (shaping and chaining) and Review Mid term exam 5 November Extinction and Differential Reinforcement Interteach and exercises 12 November Punishment Flashcard test and exercises 19 November Discrimination Training Interteach and exercises 26 November Generalization Training Flashcard test and exercises 3 December Maintenance Interteach and exercises 10 December Counterconditioning Flashcard test and exercises 17 December Behavior management project Behavior management project 24 December Behavior management project Behavior management project 31 December National Holidays Review/ Consultation week . 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