Psychology 240-- Recitation Syllabus – Spring 2000

Policies and Schedule

Goal:

Recitations will be used to serve 3 primary purposes:

(1)Supplement and review lecture material as needed or requested

(2)Provide in-class and hands-on demonstrations of important social psychological concepts

(3)Serve as a forum for developing and carrying out group research projects

Attendance, participation, and grades:

Your grade in recitation directly constitutes 5% of your overall course grade. However, your attendance and participation in recitation also indirectly affect your overall course grade in two ways: (a) exams may cover material presented and reviewed in recitation, and (b) your research paper will be based on group activities conducted during recitation throughout the semester (you will be given specific grading criteria for this assignment soon).

Attendance in recitation is mandatory and participation is expected.During 12 of the weeks, attendance will be taken near the end of the hour. You must be there 10 of the 12 times to get full credit. For every absence after the 2 “freebies,” you will lose ½% of the 5% that constitutes your attendance grade.

Recitation Schedule

(This is a loose guideline – changes will be announced during recitation)

Date Topic/Activity

Jan 19-21

Introduction, syllabus distributed, review of research methods

Jan 26-28

Class activity (attribution)

Feb 2 - 4

1^st meeting of research groups, Class activity (self)

Feb 9 -11

Video (prejudice), 2^nd meeting of research groups (turn in research idea)

Feb 16-18

Class activity (perceiving groups), 3^rd meeting of research groups (turn in hypotheses and summary of research plan)

Feb 23-25

Class activity (attitudes), 4^th meeting of research groups (begin preparing/outlining materials)

Mar 1-3

Class activity (attitudes and behavior), turn in research materials

Mar 8-10

Video (conformity and obedience), 5^th meeting of research groups (finalize materials)

Mar 22-24

Class activity (survey demo), group meetings as necessary

Mar 29-31

Class activity (group interaction), group meetings as necessary

Apr 5-7

No formal recitation….come if you need help.*

Apr 12-14

Class activity (aggression), Class activity (helping)

Apr 19-21

Group presentations, Research papers due

Apr 26-28

Final Exam review*

* Attendance is optional (i.e., no attendance will be taken these days).

Date	Topic/Activity
Jan 19-21	Introduction, syllabus distributed, review of research methods
Jan 26-28	Class activity (attribution)
Feb 2 - 4	1^st meeting of research groups, Class activity (self)
Feb 9 -11	Video (prejudice), 2^nd meeting of research groups (turn in research idea)
Feb 16-18	Class activity (perceiving groups), 3^rd meeting of research groups (turn in hypotheses and summary of research plan)
Feb 23-25	Class activity (attitudes), 4^th meeting of research groups (begin preparing/outlining materials)
Mar 1-3	Class activity (attitudes and behavior), turn in research materials
Mar 8-10	Video (conformity and obedience), 5^th meeting of research groups (finalize materials)
Mar 22-24	Class activity (survey demo), group meetings as necessary
Mar 29-31	Class activity (group interaction), group meetings as necessary
Apr 5-7	No formal recitation….come if you need help.*
Apr 12-14	Class activity (aggression), Class activity (helping)
Apr 19-21	Group presentations, Research papers due
Apr 26-28	Final Exam review*