PSYC101 Lecture 1 PDF

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What to Expect in PSYC101 • Watch

• 2 x 1 hours lectures each week (No lecture on the very last Wednesday of trimester)

• Read

• Required textbook readings for each topic – Psychology: 5th Australian and New Zealand Edition

• Do

• Learning activities – e.g. self-test quizzes

• Additional resources • Moodle discussion board to discuss, help others, consolidate knowledge • Extra learning activities available e.g., videos in e-text, practice questions on Orion) to help consolidate knowledge

Study Schedule – (from unit guide on Moodle) Week/Dates

Topic

Lecturer

Week 1

The Science of Psychology

Dr Belinda Craig

Week 2

Research Methods

Prof Lewis Bizo

Week 3

Learning

A/Prof John Malouff

Week 4

Memory

Dr Bruce Stevenson

Week 5

Biological Psychology

Dr Deborah Apthorp

Week 6

Sensation and Perception

A/Prof Navjot Bhullar

Week 7

Consciousness

Dr Graham Jamieson

Weeks 8 & 9

Mid-trimester Break

Study Schedule – (from unit guide on Moodle) Mid-trimester Break

Weeks 8 & 9 Week 10

Developmental Psychology

Dr Natasha Loi

Week 11

Emotion and Motivation

A/Prof Nicola Schutte

Week 12

Dr Dominic McNeil Applications and Extensions of Dr Will Coventry Psychology Dr Graham Jamieson Applications and Extensions of Psychology Trimester 1 Exam Period

Week 13 Weeks 14 & 15

Required Textbooks

Exam/Quiz content

For a detailed guide to writing the Essay

Orion

What you can expect from us • Lectures happen live on campus and are recorded for online students • Resources for each new topic will become available week by week • We will monitor Moodle discussion forums regularly • Topic specific discussion forums will be checked by the topic lecturer • Lecture recordings will be uploaded to Moodle ASAP • This could be quick or slow depending on UNE IT systems

• We will do our best to support you through this unit

What we expect from you • Communicate respectfully with staff and other students • Adhere to Student Conduct rules in person and online • Use Moodle forums to ask unit related questions • All students will benefit from the question and answers • Help each other on the discussion forums • Personal matters come directly to me

What we expect from you • Be a self directed learner • Check unit guide, assessment information, discussion forums, and textbook to make sure the answer to your question is not already there

• Keep Moodle a learning environment • It is fine to use Moodle to connect and form study groups • Use other platforms for extended social chat

Assessment

Assessment Assessment

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Additional Information

Online research studies will be 4 available for online students. Research Participation Opportunities will start to become available from Week 2 of Trimester Mid-Trimester Quiz will cover 1-5 Topics 1-5

Laboratory Work 5%

No

Participation in research studies within the discipline. (or alternative readings and multiple choice quiz)

Online MidTrimester Quiz

5%

No

Online Mid-trimester assessment: Multiple choice, matching exercises

Essay

35% Yes

Online EndTrimester Quiz

5%

Essay 1200 Words End-Trimester assessment: Multiple choice, matching exercises

Psychological Essay on the effectiveness of Self Testing End of Trimester Quiz will cover topics 6-9

Multiple choice Length: 2 hrs 15 mins

The final exam will cover the entire trimester (Topics 1-10). Questions will be drawn from lectures and the textbook

No

Final Examination 50% Yes

Learning Outcomes

2, 4, 5 and 6 1-5

1- 5

Due Date

Open: Week 2 Close: 2nd June 2019 @ 23:59

Open: 10th April 2019 @ 2pm Close: 17th April 2019 @ 2pm 6th May 2019 @ 23:59 Open: 22nd May 2019 @ 2pm Close: 29th May 2019 @ 2pm During Final Exam Period Exact date will become available later in Trimester Exam period

Assessment • Find more detailed information on Assessment on the Moodle site

Mid and End Trimester Quizzes (5% each) • 2 x Online quizzes (open book) • Each quiz has 40 Multiple Choice Questions • Each quiz is open for one week • Once started you have 70 mins to complete the 40 MCQs • Start at least 70 mins before the end of the time window the (quiz closes when it closes even if you are mid-quiz)

• Mid-trimester quiz (topics 1-5) • End-trimester quiz (topics 6-9)

Research Participation Opportunities (5%) • Get experience with psychological research by being a participant in psychological research happening in the school • RPOs open from end of Week 2 to final day of trimester • Many online options for online students • Must complete 3 hours (6 points) of RPOs for full 5% • If you do not want to participate in research contact me [email protected] for access to links and resources to complete the alternative tasks

Essay (35%) – must attempt • 1200 Word Psychological Essay in APA style • Topic – ‘Evaluate the effectiveness of self-testing as a way for university students to study for the PSYC101 final exam.’ • Only use provided readings • You can get started right away—Detailed info and readings are available on Moodle • More resources (incl. online lecture on essay writing) are under the essay link

Avoiding Academic Misconduct • UNE uses sophisticated software to detect plagiarism • It detects passages of text copied from articles, websites, and past and present student assignments

Avoiding Academic Misconduct • Paraphrase straight away • When making notes from other sources put it in your own words straight away • You will never have to remember whether the words were yours or not • In psychology we very rarely use direct quotes • No need for any direct quotes in the PSYC101 essay

• Don’t forget to cite • When you write about an idea that is not yours, indicate the original source of the idea even if you write the idea in your own words

• Don’t reuse work from other units • Submitting your own work that was prepared for a previous assessment is a form of self plagiarism • Each new unit means preparing a new assignment • Self cite if necessary

Avoiding Academic Misconduct • Be careful working together • There is a fine line between general talk about assignments with study buddies and collusion • Collusion (submitting work that is partly produced by another individual and claiming it as your own) is Academic Misconduct • Make sure your assignment is your own work • Keep assignment chat general

• Do not share your current or past assignments with other students • Well meaning students trying to help by giving their assignment to a friend as an ‘example’ have run into trouble when the friend submitted the exact assignment as their own.

• Start preparing for assessments well in advance

Final Exam (50%) – must attempt • Final exam will take place in exam period • Exact date will be available later in trimester • 100 MCQs in 135 mins (all topics covered) • Supervised exam options • On Campus • In Exam Centre • Online

Online Supervised Exam • Online supervised exams are an option for this unit • Take your exam on your computer in your own space • Research suggests that information is more accurately recalled in the environment it was learned • Supervised via webcam

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