PSYC309 Sensation & Perception Lab

Fall 2007

Section 201: Monday 8:30 am - 10:20 am

Section 202: Monday 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

Instructor: Arika Cronin

Email: acronin@gmu.edu

Office: David King ...

Office Phone: (703)993-...

Office Hours: TBA

*Or by appointment

Classroom: Innovation 330

Text: Sensation & Perception 7th Edition, E. Bruce Goldstein, Thomson-Wadsworth, ISBN-13: 9780534558109

Web Page: www.hfac.gmu.edu/mpeters2/Courses/PSY309/psy309.html

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Lab Overview

Psychology 309 is a Writing-Intesive course, and the lab section partially fulfills that requirement. You will be participating in three lab projects (experiments) over the course of the semester, with each project becoming progressively more detailed (as noted in the grades below).

You are allowed to redo your first two assignments, and your redos can earn you up to half of the missed points on those assignements. I highly encourage you take advantage of these opportunities, as the 2nd and 3rd assignments build on the skills learned in the previous assignments.

The lab assignmentss are designed to reinforce the material covered in the lecture portion of PSYC309. Through readings, write-ups, experiments, you will investigate how the two concepts of sensation and perception play complimentary but various roles in our environment. The lab section is also intended to give you the opportunity to bring up any questions about the material covered in the reading, assignments, or lectures.

Grading

Your participation for this lab will be worth 33% of your total PSYC309 grade and is determined as follows:

Lab 1 write-up:	15
Lab 2 write-up:	30
Lab 3 write-up:	45
Lab participation:	10
Total:	100	points

NOTE: This schedule is very preliminary and is subject to change.

Week	Date	Schedule	Work due
1	27-Aug	Preview of class. Sign up for lab 1?
2	3-Sep	Labor Day - NO CLASS
3	10-Sep	Lab 1
4	17-Sep	APA format, go over data
5	24-Sep	Lab 1 due	Lab 1
6	1-Oct	Go over lab 1
7	9-Oct	Run in Exp 2 - Class meets on Tuesday
8	15-Oct	Go over Lab 2 data
9	22-Oct	Go over writing up Exp 2, + methods section and other new stuff
10	29-Oct	Exp 2 due	Lab 2
11	5-Nov	Go over lab 2
12	12-Nov	Run in Exp 3
13	19-Nov	Writing detailed introduction and discussion sections.
14	26-Nov	Exp 3 continued
15	3-Dec	Lag 3 due	Lab 3

HONOR CODE: Working in a group to discuss course material is encouraged, but all assignments submitted for the lab (unless otherwise specified) should represent your own work. All homework assignments are to be completed individually. Any Honor Code violation will result in a zero for that assignment. All provisions of the GMU Honor Code will be followed in this class, and are further detailed in the university catalog.

DISABILITY HELP: If you are a student with a disability and you need academic accommodations, please see me and contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at 703-993-2474. All academic accommodations must be arranged through that office.

Add/Drop Deadline for courses:

Last day to add – Sept. 11^th

Last day to drop – Sept. 28^th

*Syllabus is subject to change.