PSYCHOLOGY Section 4 (CIRS 1250): MWF 12 pm 102

Section 5 (CIRS 1250): MWF 2 pm Instructor: Dr. Del Paulhus Instructor information: Office: 3519 Kenny Building E-mail: dpaulhus@psych.ubc.ca Office Hours: Thursday 3-4 pm Phone: 822-3286

TA information William Hall Kenny 3328 wmhall@psych.ubc.ca Klint Fung Kenny 1910 fung@psych.ubc.ca

Office hour: Office hour: Course web site: Wednesday 3-4 Monday 3-4 http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~dpaulhus/teaching/jan_2013 /

COURSE SCHEDULE (approximate) COURSE EVALUATION & EXAMS READINGS EXAM MARKS Week Topic Readings The marks for each examyour will two be posted the course weband site. At the end of the course, examson will be averaged your Required: Lindsay, D.S., Paulhus, D.L., J.this (2003). Although grades are not usually scaled up & orNairne, down in course,will I be extra credit points will be added. The contribution of the exams JANweighted 2-4 Appendix A Psychology: theOverview Adaptive Mind (3rd Canadian Chapters reserve the right to do so. Students who wish(i.e., toedition). inspect their exams may by the number of chapters covered 3 vs. 5). and methods 673-677 9-16. do so byalso visiting the teaching assistant office hours. You are required to do two writingduring exercises in class.
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ATTENDANCE Optional: There are also additional learning aids (e.g., study guide; PERSONALITY - continued PsychLink CD-ROM) which are go optional but can be useful in directing The material taught in class will beyond the textbook material. The EXAMINATIONS attention to INTELLIGENCE: material you should know. class material assumes that you have been keeping up in the text. If you JAN your 21-25 Ch 9 have to miss a class, you are responsible for getting class notes from Each exam will cover only reading and lecture material since the last another student. If an exam or test is everything missed, a medical note from a of So, the midterm exam covers from the beginning JAN exam: 28-FEB 1 INTELLIGENCE - continued COURSE MATERIAL physicianThe is required in order to avoid receiving zero for that January. final exam covers everything after a the midterm exam. FEBPsychology 4-8 DEVELOPMENTAL Ch 10 assignment. is Please hand thestudy note in the instructor as soon you the scientific ofto behavior and the aim of as this course Midterm Exam will 50 multiple questions. It will return to school. Refer tomajor the of UBC Calendar for acomplex more detailed is to introduce you to consist all areas of this choice very topic. A FEB 11-15 DEVELOPMENTAL - continued cover material since the beginning of the discussion of medical problems. broad range of psychological theories andTerm. research will be introduced that explain behavior at many different levels from the15 biological to the ** MIDTERM EXAM ** February Final CLASSROOM Exam may BEHAVIOR contain both multiple choice and short answer social. Thethe content only include textbook and disruptions, lecture material If you disrupt class will by excessive chatting or other you FEBquestions. 18-22 READING BREAK covered since the midterm. will beof asked leave. behavior distracts the other students and of Those you to who took Such Psychology 101 covered fundamental aspects FEBbehavior, 25-MAR 1 MOTIVATION & EMOTION Ch. 11 me, the instructor. Turn cell phone off before class starts. examining the your evolutionary and biological roots of behavior, Make-up Exam: If have a perception, doctor's note (with phone number), and the processes ofyou sensation, learning, memory, and you MAR 4-8 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Ch 13 may ACADEMIC be able toDISHONESTY do a make-up exam. It has to be done as soon as possible consciousness. -social cognition after the original Academic dishonesty exam will date. not It be will tolerated likely consist and a report of essay will questions be passed on rather to Dean than multiple-choice. of your faculty. In pastmore yearscomplex this has led to penalties ranging In the Psychology 102, we investigate psychological MAR 11-15 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -relationships from receiving a grade of zero for the whole course toand being expelled processes and issues such as the nature of motivation emotion, from the and university. Please read the UBC Calendar (Student defining measuring intelligence, personality, the effects of stress, Note 1 : The Registrar's Office schedules the final exams any time during Discipline) fortreatment the University's policies on cheating and plagiarism. the origins and of psychological disorders, social MAR 18-22 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Ch 14 April. You must ensure that you are available throughout that period. This policyon will be enforced. Please do not risk your academic career. influences behavior. MAR You 25-29 should bring THERAPIES picture I.D. (e.g., student card) to all examinations. Ch 15 Note 2: DONT MISS THE MIDTERM EXAM. will take place on This material will be presented in lectures, films, It demonstrations and APR 3-5 STRESS & HEALTH 16 February 15. If you cannot attend (e.g., sports team, early vacation), then text material. There will be topics covered in the classes that are not Ch in EXTRA CREDITS do not take this course. the text and topics in the text not (maximum covered in class. You be You can gain extra credit for that this are course 3% for the will entire Other holidays: Feb 11; March 29; April 1.** FINAL EXAM ** DATE TO responsible for both in examinations. Lecture headings will be posted BE ANNOUNCED course) by participation LATER in accredited psychological experiments or by early morning before project. the lecture. However, may REC.credits. be corrections completing a library Details are onthere this link: up to 5 pm on the day of the lecture.
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