P217: Thinking Clearly About Psychology

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P217 Thinking Clearly About Psychology
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P217 Thinking Clearly About Psychology

• Instructor Dr. Colleen Brenner
• Office Kenny Bldg, room 3507
• Telephone [phone]
• Email cbrenner_at_psych.ubc.ca
• Office Hours MWF 12-1, or by appt.
• Class website www.psych.ubc.ca/cbrenner
• TAs Section 2 Section 4
• Name Conny Lin Name Dilys Leung
• Office Kenny Bldg, rm 3514 Office Kenny
  Bldg, rm 1912
• Email conny_at_interchange.ubc.ca Email
  dilys_at_psych.ubc.ca
• Office Hours MWF 1230-130 Office
  Hours by appt.

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P217 Thinking Clearly About Psychology

• Required Textbooks
• How to Think Straight About Psychology (8th
  Edition) Keith E. Stanovich
• Methods in Behavioral Research (9th Edition) Paul
  C. Cozby
•  Attendance
• Evaluation
• Research Experience Component (REC) 5
• Homework 5
• Midterm Exam 35
• Final Exam 55

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P217 Thinking Clearly About Psychology

• Grade Distribution and Scaling
• Class Mean 63-67 (SD14)
• Exam Days
• Missed Examinations
• Viewing Exams
• Regrade requests
• Academic Misconduct
• Course Schedule
• Subject to change!

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P217 Thinking Clearly About Psychology

• Important Points on the Schedule
• Homework 1 Due Monday, September 29th
• Midterm Review Session Wednesday, October 15th
• Midterm Exam Friday, October 17th
• Homework 2 Due Friday, November 7th
• Final Review Session Friday, November 28th

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P217 Thinking Clearly About Psychology

• Public Misconceptions about psychology
• Dr. Phil McGraw
• Psychology sections in bookstores

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A Little About Me

• Ph.D. from Indiana University
• Clinical Science
• Post-doc at IUPUI
• Research Interests
• Cognitive Neuroscience of Schizophrenia Bipolar
  Disorder
• Genetics