P217: Thinking Clearly About
Psychology
P217: Thinking Clearly About
Psychology
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Instructor: Dr. Colleen Brenner
Office: Kenny Bldg, room 3507
Telephone: (604) 822-4650
Email: cbrenner@psych.ubc.ca
Office Hours: MWF 12-1, or by appt.
Class website: www.psych.ubc.ca/~cbrenner
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TAs:
Section 2
Name: Conny Lin
Office: Kenny Bldg, rm 3514
Email: conny@interchange.ubc.ca
Office Hours: MWF 12:30-1:30
Section 4
Name: Dilys Leung
Office: Kenny Bldg, rm 1912
Email: dilys@psych.ubc.ca
Office Hours: by appt.
P217: Thinking Clearly About
Psychology
• Required Textbooks
• How to Think Straight About Psychology (8th Edition) Keith E. Stanovich
• Methods in Behavioral Research (9th Edition) Paul C. Cozby
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Attendance
• Evaluation
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Research Experience Component (REC): 5%
Homework: 5%
Midterm Exam: 35%
Final Exam: 55%
P217: Thinking Clearly About
Psychology
• Grade Distribution and Scaling
• Class Mean = 63-67 (SD=14)
• Exam Days
• Missed Examinations
• Viewing Exams
• Regrade requests
• Academic Misconduct
• Course Schedule
• Subject to change!
P217: Thinking Clearly About
Psychology
• Important Points on the Schedule
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Homework #1 Due Monday, September 29th
Midterm Review Session Wednesday, October 15th
Midterm Exam Friday, October 17th
Homework #2 Due Friday, November 7th
Final Review Session Friday, November 28th
P217: Thinking Clearly About
Psychology
• Public Misconceptions about psychology
• Dr. Phil McGraw
• Psychology sections in bookstores
A Little About Me
• Ph.D. from Indiana University
• Clinical Science
• Post-doc at IUPUI
• Research Interests
• Cognitive Neuroscience of Schizophrenia &
Bipolar Disorder
• Genetics