Psychology 1230: Adolescence

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Psychology 1230 Adolescence

• Don Hartmann
• Spring 2005
• Lecture 1a Introduction

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Administrative Announcements

• The classroom location has been changed from some
  distant location on the third floor of the
  Business Bldg. to Behavior Sciences 102

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WEB Discussion Topic ?

• No WEB discussion topics have yet been placed in
  the Discussion Forum

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Handout Summary

• Handout WEB
• Date Date
• 1. HO-Syllabus 08/24 08/05
• 2. HO-Class Locator 08/24
• 3. HO-Inform. Sheet 08/24 08/05
• 4. HO-TA Application 08/24 08/05
• 5. Lect. 1a Introduction 08/09

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Overview

• Introductions
• The professor
• The students
• Slide Show Format
• Classroom Rules
• Syllabus Highlights
• Next Lecture.
• 1b How to Succeed in Psych. 1230
• Discussion of handouts on Class Participation
  WEB Discussions

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Introductions The Professor

• Education
• Research Theoretical Orientation
• Health Considerations
• Developmental Events
• Miscellaneous
• Residence, kids, grandkids, oddities
• Other Distractions
• More can be learned about the instructor at
  http//www.psych.utah.edu/hartmann/hartmann.html

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Professorial-Induced Distractions
Oxygen
Stories
Candy
But first, a few distractions.
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Introductions The Students

• Some demographics on typical class membership
• Gender ?30-35 ? 65-70
• Class year Fr2o So30 Ju25 Se25
• Majors
• Lots of Psych, Undeclared, Bus, Ed, Fine Arts
  Hard Sc
• A Smattering of Soc, Eng, FCS, Med-Related
  Hist
• A pinch of Math, Exer, Comm, PolySc,
• Students with unknown or error-message email
  addresses Please contact the registrar.
• Change how we get to know one another Change
  seats, Visits w/instructor, Turn arounds.., Etc.

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Slide Show Format

• Lecture Topic
• Administrative Stuff, including handout summary
  WEB discussion assignments
• Supplementary References
• Overview
• Lecture Presentation
• Summary

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Classroom Rules

• Handout folder at right of lectern
• What to call the instructor? Either Don or Dr.
  Hartmann is OK. But not Mr. Hartmann or Hey you!
  
• Late Comers Avoid walking down the center of the
  classroom instead walk down side of room until
  you find a seat.
• If you must leave early, tell me before class and
  sit near the door.
• Names Use your first name when asking/answering
  a question
• Turn off cell phones
• No self-selected making out

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Rules of the Game

• See relevant section on WEBsite
• General principles
• Class of what we scientifically know about
  adolescents (the folks) and theoretical
  speculations about what this might mean
• Please, no fair supporting your arguments with
  religious appeals
• Deal with hot issues with sensitivity, and
  possibly light humor
• Again, be sensitive to the feelings of others

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Office Hours, etc.

• Office Hours TTh 1100-1200, W 1145-100
• I like visitorsfor any sensible reasonincluding
  information about graduate school, how to beat
  the system, recipes for interesting food, advice
  about child rearing etc.

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Text/Lectures

• Required Text Santrock's Adolescence (10th
  edit.), 2005.
• My lectures will not come from the text -- they
  may amplify text material, supplements it, or
  disagree with it. But my lectures will not cover
  all of the material in the text. But all of the
  text is your responsibility.
• The text has a lot of interesting features good
  introductions and summaries of important points
  glossary with new terms defined interesting
  graphics and cartoons, and generally good
  substance. Also, check out the index at end of
  bookvery useful.
• Some of you may want to get the Study Guide to
  complement the textor you may win one by
  visiting me!

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Syllabus Highlights Emphases

• Content cognitive development issues, peer
  parental relations, hot topics (drugs, sex,
  aggression)

Style informality, class participation,
cooperative learning, personal reflection
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Syllabus Highlights Miscell.

• Information Sheet
• Class Locator

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Syllabus Highlights WEB Site

• The address below will take you to the present
  WEB site
• www.psych.utah.edu/2005_fall_1230_001 (Note What
  looks like spaces is actually underscores.)
• There find discussion forum, handouts, lectures,
  and other delicacies. Check it out!

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Syllabus Highlights Required Assignments
Projects

• Project (Weight20) 1 required
• Required Autobiographical term paper
• Supplemental Puberty Me,
  Parent/Adolescent Interview
• Interview with teens
• Exemplary Models available at Marriott

Are we there yet?
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Class Participation

• Check the handout
• Complex
• My experimental method of inducing you to get
  things done on time
• Requires your participation (and record keeping).
  If our records disagree, the instructor has the
  edge
• I will call on 2-3 randomly selected classmates
  each class period. If you are not present when
  your name is called, I will deduct 2 points from
  your class participation total.

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Syllabus Highlights Extra-credit

• Serving as class TA (see handout)
• Complete a supplemental project
• Participate in WEB discussions
• Engaging in cooperative learning (i.e., editing).
  I forgot to mention that you can earn up to
  3exam points for editing someones supplemental
  or autobiographical term paper.
• Miscellaneous E.g., e-mailing me cartoons for
  the class writing congresspersons writing
  film/book reports visiting the professor

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Requirements Exams

• Exams (Weight 60--20 for each of 3) 3 regular
  midterm exams (MC Essay), 1 optional final
  comprehensive MC exam
• 80 of MC exam questions come from study guides,
  so everyone should receive at least a B- on every
  quiz
• No other make-up exams other than the one
  scheduled during final exam week
• Highest scorer 10090-99 As 80-89 Bs
  70-79 Cs etc.
• Count highest 3 exams
• Non-frivolous appeals always possible
• Review session prior to each midterm

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My Effort (1)

• I want your experience in Psychology 1230 to be
  successful. To that end I will do at least the
  following
• use your input for determining the content of the
  class
• make study guides available and take much of the
  quiz content from the study guides
• give you the opportunity to appeal your answers
  to quiz itemsor most anything else
• schedule an optional makeup quiz
• offer you multiple opportunities to gain extra
  credit

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My Effort (2)

• schedule 3 hours of office hours weekly for
  discussions of anything relevant to the class or
  to your own development
• facilitate your getting acquainted with your
  class members
• encourage you to use my office hours and
• put the lectures on PowerPoint slides and make
  themor a reasonable facsimileavailable prior to
  the class when they are delivered.
• The rest is up to you! If you should find
  yourself falling behind, please let me listen to
  your story, and attempt to help you get
  straightened out.

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The Schedule

• Be certain that you attend both to the tentative
  schedule and to the schedule on the Class
  Participation handout.

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Summary

• The Professor, the Students, and the Class
• Be sensitiveor at least funny
• Remember to reinforce one anothers good
  behavior!
• Next Time
• Lecture How to succeed in Psych. 1230 (1b)
• Discussion Handouts on Class Participation on
  WEB Discussions
• Go in Peace!