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Abnormal Psychology (Thursday, 12/01/2005, 1:00 p.m.)
CLASS IS NOW CLOSED
Jenny looks around at the assembled students. "Okay, guys, looks like I have some serious laying down of the law to do on you. I didn't want to do this. I figure you're all good kids, but I notice Drusilla let you guys get away with pretty much not doing a thing in class if you didn't want to. That changed when I took over, and not all of you got the picture."
"This school's a privacy advocate's nightmare. Every classroom has cameras. I gave you guys a pass on past participation and attendance. I could go and ask for access to the surveillance logs for records of both, and yet, I haven't. What, are you guys thinking that because of that, you can take advantage of me?" She shrugs. "Time to start out by clarifying my policies."
"Miss a week's worth of classes, and you get detention. That's two classes. Not two consecutive classes. Same with homework. Starting with Tuesday's work, which I notice a lot of you didn't turn in. Miss turning in your overdue homework by December 13th, and you get detention. This doesn't count the experiment proposal, which I already said you guys would get detention for if you didn't finish it up by today. And I do grade you on participation. Anyone that got a zero for participation on Tuesday? I'm giving you once chance only to make up that participation electronicallyin an OCD thread to be posted via e-mail. I won't be allowing that for today's class or any other classes. And guys? Electronic participation doesn't excuse you from homework assignments."
"All of your homework from now until the end of the term--which is coming up really soon, guys--builds on the prior assignment. Some of you haven't turned in the experiment proposals yet, or even given me the name of your partner. So. Those of you who haven't turned in proposals are getting paired up with who I choose, and you're getting detention, just like I said in class on Tuesday. The students getting detention are: Bagoas Bontecou, Raven Darkholme, Faith Lehane, Draco Malfoy, and James Sawyer. Please turn in your proposals by the end of class today. You will not receive full credit for them, as they're all overdue, but you will receive credit. Your pairings are written on the whiteboard with the class notesat the bottom of the post. Cameron, you haven't turned this in at my request, so you're not going to receive detention and you will receive full credit."
"See the class notesat the bottom of the post written on the whiteboard for optional extra credit."
"If any of you are worried about doing all the work while your partner does nothing, then pleasesave the links and send them to me save your notes and show them to me in order to prove who has done what work."
"Now. Let's talk about experimental design. You guys have some great proposals. I really like what I've seen, and everything I've received through today is acceptable. Now. What's next? How are you going to design your experiment? Pair up into your groups, talk about the tasks you're going to ask your fellow students to do. Come up with four tasks, tell me what they are, and tell me what you think they'll accomplish in relation to your experiment. Tell me how many students you think you need for an acceptable sample size. I'm thinking a bare minimum of five, but if you can get more, or want to, then by all means, go for it. If your partner has a scheduling conflict and can't make it to class today, find someone else to talk to. Feedback from others helps researches maintain an unbiased view."
"If you don't have a hypothesis or an expected result, then you guys can come up with one today. Be sure to put all your homework in the correctthread bin for me."
"I'll be available if you have any questions on experimental design. Or, you know, any questions. After class, I'll be taking these over to Professor Maclay for the Ethics classes to review--they're taking the place of your standard hospital or university Ethics Board--and then we'll get started on final approvals and then running the experiments next week."
Class Notes - 11/29/2005
Final Experiment Pairings
Mitchell, Cameron/Darkholme, Raven
Lehane, Faith/Malfoy, Draco
Bontecou, Bagoas/Sawyer, James
The Scientific Method
1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena.
3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations.
4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.
Optional Extra Credit
Write a 100 word essay on a famous psychologist or psychiatrist and his or her contribution to the field. If you have done this already as your alternate assignment for the "What I Learned From The Class Project" essay, then write a 100 word essay on a particular field of psychology. Please see me if you have a question about what is or is not acceptable here. You may only do one essay for extra credit, not both.
Please remember that electronic participation counts as extra credit if you were in class that day and participated.
James, Paige - I need notes from your teachers and a copy of your class schedules. Just have them drop me an e-mail.
Cameron - If you haven't already, see our school's tech guy and get one of those classroom solution things I heard announced yesterday by Dean Bristow, then ask one of your friends in the class to transcribe Tuesday's homework for you. I'll give them extra credit for the transcription. And when you get opposable thumbs, you can toss me an e-mail for electronic participation credit.
Attendance/Participation/Homework Grades For 11/29/2005
Addams, Wednesday - dropped from class and school
Anders, Samuel T. - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Atreides, Jessica - Electronic Attendance 100%; Participation 100%; Homework 0%
Bontecou, Bagoas - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Broots, J.C. - Attendance 100%; Participation 100%; Homework 100%
Callisto - Attendance 100%; Participation 50%; Homework 100%
Crane, Jonathan - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Darkholme, Raven - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 100%; Extra Credit 100%
Harkness, Jack - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Lehane, Faith - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Mal Doran, Vala - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Malfoy, Draco - Attendance 0%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Matthews, Paige - Electronic Attendance 0%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Mitchell, Cameron (TA) - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
O'Neill, Jack - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Sark, Julian - dropped from class and school
Sawyer, James - Electronic Attendance 0%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
St. Clair, Medusa - Attendance 100%; Participation 100%; Homework 100%
Useful Links:
Ms. Calendar's Voice Mail
Ms. Calendar's E-Mail
Wikipedia: Psychology Experiments
Links to Approved Experiment Proposals:
Atreides, Jessica/Broots, J.C.
Harkness, Jack/Matthews, Paige
Anders, Samuel T./Mal Doran, Vala
Callisto/O'Neill, Jack
Crane, Jonathan/St. Clair, Medusa
OOC: When turning in missing homework, even if you're not technically in class that day due to schedule conflict, please use the OCD threads I will be setting up for them. It makes my life and my grading much, much easier. Thank you!
OOC: OCD Comment threads are coming shortly. ETA: Done! Comment away!
ETA: Some students have detention. Better check behind the cut tags to find out if you're one of them.
ETA: What To Discuss To Make-Up 11/29/2005 Participation
Also, participation and homework go via slowplay (I know at least one of you is in Oz and therefore can't post at normal hours for most of the gamers here) until I start grading the class. That's usually either the day before or the day of the next class.
Jenny looks around at the assembled students. "Okay, guys, looks like I have some serious laying down of the law to do on you. I didn't want to do this. I figure you're all good kids, but I notice Drusilla let you guys get away with pretty much not doing a thing in class if you didn't want to. That changed when I took over, and not all of you got the picture."
"This school's a privacy advocate's nightmare. Every classroom has cameras. I gave you guys a pass on past participation and attendance. I could go and ask for access to the surveillance logs for records of both, and yet, I haven't. What, are you guys thinking that because of that, you can take advantage of me?" She shrugs. "Time to start out by clarifying my policies."
"Miss a week's worth of classes, and you get detention. That's two classes. Not two consecutive classes. Same with homework. Starting with Tuesday's work, which I notice a lot of you didn't turn in. Miss turning in your overdue homework by December 13th, and you get detention. This doesn't count the experiment proposal, which I already said you guys would get detention for if you didn't finish it up by today. And I do grade you on participation. Anyone that got a zero for participation on Tuesday? I'm giving you once chance only to make up that participation electronically
"All of your homework from now until the end of the term--which is coming up really soon, guys--builds on the prior assignment. Some of you haven't turned in the experiment proposals yet, or even given me the name of your partner. So. Those of you who haven't turned in proposals are getting paired up with who I choose, and you're getting detention, just like I said in class on Tuesday. The students getting detention are: Bagoas Bontecou, Raven Darkholme, Faith Lehane, Draco Malfoy, and James Sawyer. Please turn in your proposals by the end of class today. You will not receive full credit for them, as they're all overdue, but you will receive credit. Your pairings are written on the whiteboard with the class notes
"See the class notes
"If any of you are worried about doing all the work while your partner does nothing, then please
"Now. Let's talk about experimental design. You guys have some great proposals. I really like what I've seen, and everything I've received through today is acceptable. Now. What's next? How are you going to design your experiment? Pair up into your groups, talk about the tasks you're going to ask your fellow students to do. Come up with four tasks, tell me what they are, and tell me what you think they'll accomplish in relation to your experiment. Tell me how many students you think you need for an acceptable sample size. I'm thinking a bare minimum of five, but if you can get more, or want to, then by all means, go for it. If your partner has a scheduling conflict and can't make it to class today, find someone else to talk to. Feedback from others helps researches maintain an unbiased view."
"If you don't have a hypothesis or an expected result, then you guys can come up with one today. Be sure to put all your homework in the correct
"I'll be available if you have any questions on experimental design. Or, you know, any questions. After class, I'll be taking these over to Professor Maclay for the Ethics classes to review--they're taking the place of your standard hospital or university Ethics Board--and then we'll get started on final approvals and then running the experiments next week."
Class Notes - 11/29/2005
Final Experiment Pairings
Mitchell, Cameron/Darkholme, Raven
Lehane, Faith/Malfoy, Draco
Bontecou, Bagoas/Sawyer, James
The Scientific Method
1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena.
3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations.
4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.
Optional Extra Credit
Write a 100 word essay on a famous psychologist or psychiatrist and his or her contribution to the field. If you have done this already as your alternate assignment for the "What I Learned From The Class Project" essay, then write a 100 word essay on a particular field of psychology. Please see me if you have a question about what is or is not acceptable here. You may only do one essay for extra credit, not both.
Please remember that electronic participation counts as extra credit if you were in class that day and participated.
James, Paige - I need notes from your teachers and a copy of your class schedules. Just have them drop me an e-mail.
Cameron - If you haven't already, see our school's tech guy and get one of those classroom solution things I heard announced yesterday by Dean Bristow, then ask one of your friends in the class to transcribe Tuesday's homework for you. I'll give them extra credit for the transcription. And when you get opposable thumbs, you can toss me an e-mail for electronic participation credit.
Attendance/Participation/Homework Grades For 11/29/2005
Anders, Samuel T. - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Atreides, Jessica - Electronic Attendance 100%; Participation 100%; Homework 0%
Bontecou, Bagoas - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Broots, J.C. - Attendance 100%; Participation 100%; Homework 100%
Callisto - Attendance 100%; Participation 50%; Homework 100%
Crane, Jonathan - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Darkholme, Raven - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 100%; Extra Credit 100%
Harkness, Jack - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Lehane, Faith - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Mal Doran, Vala - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Malfoy, Draco - Attendance 0%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Matthews, Paige - Electronic Attendance 0%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Mitchell, Cameron (TA) - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
O'Neill, Jack - Attendance 100%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
Sawyer, James - Electronic Attendance 0%; Participation 0%; Homework 0%
St. Clair, Medusa - Attendance 100%; Participation 100%; Homework 100%
Useful Links:
Ms. Calendar's Voice Mail
Ms. Calendar's E-Mail
Wikipedia: Psychology Experiments
Links to Approved Experiment Proposals:
Atreides, Jessica/Broots, J.C.
Harkness, Jack/Matthews, Paige
Anders, Samuel T./Mal Doran, Vala
Callisto/O'Neill, Jack
Crane, Jonathan/St. Clair, Medusa
OOC: When turning in missing homework, even if you're not technically in class that day due to schedule conflict, please use the OCD threads I will be setting up for them. It makes my life and my grading much, much easier. Thank you!
OOC: OCD Comment threads are coming shortly. ETA: Done! Comment away!
ETA: Some students have detention. Better check behind the cut tags to find out if you're one of them.
ETA: What To Discuss To Make-Up 11/29/2005 Participation
Also, participation and homework go via slowplay (I know at least one of you is in Oz and therefore can't post at normal hours for most of the gamers here) until I start grading the class. That's usually either the day before or the day of the next class.
Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
I'm thinking we'll need to:
1)ask for volunteers for the experiment. If we set up outside somewhere with a table advertising free taste tests of a new product, I bet we can get more than five participants.
2)ask them to listen to the descriptions of the "different" products
3)ask them to taste each one
4)then ask them to give us which they preferred and why
I'm thinking most people will assume there is a difference because we told them there was, that a few might claim they just can't taste it, but that many will claim a preference. We can then compare their choices with the descriptions we gave in order to see how the one affected the other.
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
Suggested Sample Size- at least 10, 5 per group, control and test group.
Hypothesis - Done (right Jack?)
Suggested Tasks - Change the toughess of words the group have to remember, ie really simple words, cat, dog etc and harder works like hypothermia etc- would the harder words stick out more and be remembered more easily or the easy ones since they're more well know? My guess simple words would be remembered more.
Have groups learn with some other stimuli/distraction in the room, music/background noise etc, this would decrease words remembered.
(only suggested 2 cos well I'm on my own here!)
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
- Pit members of the test group against each other directly, to see if more direct competition increases retention
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
Sample size: Approximately ten people.
Hypothesis/Prediction: Done.
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
Sample Size: 6-8
Hypothesis/Prediction: Done
Re: Current Homework - Experimental Tasks, Sample Size, Hypothesis/Prediction (If Needed)
1. Ask for volunteers for experiment, they should be unaware of the experiment’s actual purpose as that would bias the outcome.
2. Ask the volunteers to choose between the two cards.
3. Give the volunteers back their cards, switching them for members of group M.
4. Ask volunteers to explain why exactly they chose their card.
Sample Size:
Between 10 and 20, giving groups C and M a minimum sample size of 5 and a maximum of 10.