PSYCHOLOGY 103: INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY

Fall 2014 Section 1: Mon Weds 5:30-6:50 PM Jav 100

PROFESSOR Nancy Franklin
nancy.franklin@stonybrook.edu
TA Tamara Rosen
tamara.rosen@stonybrook.edu
Psychology Building B, Room 359B
Office Hours: Mondays 2:45-3:45 and
Wednesday 4:00-5:00
TA Amanda Levinson
amanda.levinson@stonybrook.edu
Psychology B, Room 371
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00-2:00 and
Tuesdays 4:00-5:00.
SUBJECT POOL BUSINESS ONLY:
Cindy Forman M-F Business Hours psychsp@stonybrook.edu 631-632-7027
TEXT: Gerrig Psychology and Life (20th Ed.)
ALSO REQUIRED: NXT clicker (from Turning Technologies). Will be used for frequent in-class
quiz questions, starting as early as the 3rd day of class. They are available at the university
bookstore and online through Turning Technologies. A very helpful set of instructions for
purchase, registration, and use (as well as tech support contact information) is posted in our
Administrative Documents folder under Documents on bboard. Register your device on
blackboard immediately in order to earn points. (Log in to blackboard. At the menu on the left
side of the PSY 103.1 page, click Tools. Scroll almost to the bottom. Click TurningPoint
Registration Tool (right column). Device code: 6 digit number on the back of your clicker, below
the bar code. Click Submit.) Bring your clicker to class every day, starting the third day.
TURNING TECHNOLOGY HOTLINE FOR CLICKERS: (866) 746-3015 7AM 9PM.
Study Guide & MyPsychLab are NOT required but may be useful for helping you study. If youre
considering buying a previous edition of the book to save some money: Editions differ somewhat.
If you want to save money and don't mind (quite a bit of) extra work, you can bring your edition
to the Reserve Room in the Main Library, so you can compare to your old edition to the current
one and note all new content.
GRADING WILL BE BASED ON:
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1. Exams: Information from the text and lectures will be tested in 3 (noncumulative) midterms and 1
cumulative final. (See p.4 for schedule). All midterms consist of 30 multiple-choice questions. Well
drop the lowest midterm score; the final will count. No alternative times or make-ups will be given
for any exam. (So if you miss a midterm, that will be the score you drop.) The final (which cant be
dropped) consists of 50 questions. Sorry, but no alternative times are allowed for any of the tests,
including the final (on Dec 11th). If you miss a midterm, it will be the score that is dropped.
2. You Make The Call: Throughout the semester, lectures will periodically contain You Make The
Call challenges that youll answer with your clicker. Rather than being pop quiz questions, these will
ask you to predict the outcome of a situation we wont have discussed yet. There will be 47 You
Make The Calls, each worth 1 point. Well drop 7 for each person, for a total possible of 40 points.
You will earn a point for each YMTC simply by answering with your clicker during the allotted time.
You dont have to get a question right in order to get credit; you simply need to click in your answer.
You are responsible for having your clicker in class every day, keeping it powered, making sure its
registered for the course, and setting it to the lecture halls channel.
To register your clicker, log in to blackboard. At the menu on the left side of the PSY 103 page,
click Tools. Scroll almost to the bottom. Click TurningPoint Registration Tool (right column).
Device code: 6 digit number on the back of your clicker, below the bar code. Click Submit.
3. Research participation: Participating in laboratory research offers you a first-hand view of
psychological research. You must participate in 5 hours or its equivalent by 5:00 PM, Friday, Dec 5th,
and you must complete the first 3 hours by 9:00 PM, Monday, Oct 27th. Each hour of participation is
worth 5 pts for this class, for a total of 25 pts. If you fail to keep an appointment or if you arrive late,
you will be penalized 1 hour. Guidelines for this requirement are on bboard. Issues with any study
should first go to the experimenter listed for that study and then should be taken up with the Subject
Pool Director (Cindy Forman) if the experimenter fails to respond. General questions about the
Subject Pool should go to Cindy Forman at 631-632-7027. Email psychsp@stonybrook.edu.
Best 2 Midterms (worth 30 points each) + Up to 40 YMTC Points
+ Final (worth 50 points) + Experiment Participation Credits (worth 25 points)
Grade
158 - 175 (90%-100%)
A Range
140 - 157 (80%-89%)
B Range
123 - 139 (70%-79%)
C Range
105 - 122 (60-69%)
D Range
Do not count more than 40 YMTC pnts, even if you answered more than 40 in-class questions.
Finer distinctions will be made when all the scores are in at the end of the semester.
4. Bonus points: Every semester we get hundreds of questions that have already been answered
on the syllabus, on bboard, and/or in class. To deter this, everyone starts with 2 bonus points. To
retain these points, do not ask me or the TAs (by email or in person) questions that are already
answered on the syllabus or elsewhere on bboard. The most updated version of the syllabus is
always available on Blackboard. To be clear, everyone starts with the bonus points, and if you ask
any of us a question that is answered on the syllabus or bboard, you lose them. We will, of course,
answer your question, but well also let you know that youve lost the bonus points. Save us the
time (and yourself the points) by checking for answers on your own.

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Blackboard postings and messages. Information will be posted at

http://blackboard.stonybrook.edu. I expect to send out occasional emails via Blackboard, which
will forward the message to your official University email account. This is most likely through
http://www.stonybrook.edu/mycloud, but you may verify your official Electronic Post Office
(EPO) address at http://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/checking-or-changing-your-mail-forwardingaddress-in-the-epo. If you forward your official University email to an off-campus account, I cant
be responsible for any undeliverable messages. You can set up Google Mail forwarding using
these instructions http://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/setting-up-mail-forwarding-in-google-mail.
Tech support: (631) 632-9800 or supportteam@stonybrook.edu.
Further exploration (optional). Lots of optional resources (practice tests, sample demonstrations,
videos) are available through MyPsychLab, which is packaged free with new textbooks. But beware:
MyPsychLab allows only limited time on the site before auto-logging you out.
PSY 103 IN THE CONTEXT OF SBUs EDUCATIONAL MISSION FOR STUDENTS TO
UNDERSTAND, OBSERVE, AND ANALYZE HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIETAL
CONSTRUCTS: Humans are social creatures. Examining a list of human behaviors and
experiences including forms of communication and expression reveals the important meaning that
takes place in the context of human interaction, either between individuals or among small and
large groups. Our need for social connection and community, or shared experiences, often leads to
the construction of societies and to a social interdependence that is both essential and inevitable.
Further, the social sciences find ways to understand the important relationships among all humans
that can range from the very intimate to the larger political and economic connections we have to
one another and to the larger groups to which we belong. The study of these kinds of behaviors
in such fields as anthropology, economics, history, linguistics, political science, sociology and
psychology, among othersinvariably includes the necessary ways that groups assign values to its
members, to their behaviors, and to the symbolic outcomes of these interactions. Finally, it is the
ever-changing nature of the social world that makes its study at once uniquely complex and utterly
fascinating.
REQUIREMENTS SATISFIED BY THIS COURSE: DEC F and SB new curriculum HBS.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify and distinguish major concepts and phenomena that form the basis of psychological
research.
2. Critique and draw scientifically valid inferences from the methods of inquiry in psychology,
including observation, hypothesis development, data collection, experimentation, and the
evaluation and application of evidence.
3. Represent basic premises and hypotheses of various types of theory that organize predictions
and evidence in psychology.
4. Learn to interpret and form educated opinions about psychological issues.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Each student must pursue his or her academic goals honestly and be
personally accountable for all submitted work. Representing another person's work as your own is
always wrong. Faculty are required to report any suspected instances of academic dishonesty to
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the Academic Judiciary. Any form of academic dishonesty in this course will be reported to the
University's Academic Judiciary, with a minimal recommended penalty of an F for the course and
notation of academic dishonesty on the transcript. For more comprehensive information on
academic integrity, including categories of academic dishonesty, please refer to the academic
judiciary website at http://www.stonybrook.edu/uaa/academicjudiciary/
CRITICAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT: Stony Brook University expects students to respect
the rights, privileges, and property of other people. Faculty are required to report to the Office of
Judicial Affairs any disruptive behavior that interrupts their ability to teach, compromises the
safety of the learning environment, or inhibits students' ability to learn.
DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS): If you have a physical, psychological, medical, or
learning disability that may impact your course work, please contact Disability Support Services,
Educational Communications Ctr Bldg, 631-632-6748. Theyll determine with you any necessary
and appropriate accommodations. All information and documentation is confidential.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EXAMS: If you have a special request for exams, such
as using a dictionary that translates from English to your native language, you must have this
approved by Dr. Franklin before the exam date.
Reading, Lecture, And Exam Schedule On Next Page.

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PSY 103.1

FALL
2014

N. Franklin
LECTURE SCHEDULE (PAGES OF TEXT GIVEN IN PARENTHESES)
(You definitely want to keep up with the reading!)
Aug

25
An Introduction To The Field
27
Scientific Thinking (pp. Chapter 1)
Sep
3
Research Methodology (Chapter 2)
8
Biology, Evolution, Brain (Chapter 3)
10
Biology, Evolution, Brain II
15
Biology, Evolution, Brain III
17
Ethical Issues
22
Sensation & Perception (Chapter 4)
24
Consciousness (Chapter 5)
29
EXAM 1 (regular class time and place)
Oct
1
Learning (Chapter 6)
6
Memory (Chapter 7)
8
Cognitive Processes and Psycholinguistics (Chapter 8)
13
Thinking, Problem Solving, Reasoning, & Decision Making (Chapter 8)
Note: 3 experiment hours must be completed by October 27th
15
Intelligence, Creativity, & Assessment (Chapter 9)
20
Physical and Cognitive Development (Chapter 10)
22
Social, Gender, & Moral Development (Chapter 10)
[Note that P/NC deadline is October 24th.]
[Note: First 3 experiment participation hours must be completed by Oct 27th.]
27
Motivation (Chapter 11)
29
EXAM 2 (regular class time and place)
Nov
3
Emotion (Chapter 12)
5
Health & Stress (Chapter 12)
10
Personality (Chapter 13)
12
Psychopathology (Chapter 14)
17
Psychopathology II
19
Psychotherapy (Chapter 15)
24
Social Psychology I (Chapter 16)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Dec
1
Social Psychology II
3
EXAM 3 (regular class time and place)
Note : Subject Pool requirement must be completed by December 5th.
11
8:30 PM (at regular location) FINAL EXAM
HAVE A GREAT BREAK!
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