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Office: 183
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Spring 2011 e-mail: rdray@rollins.edu |
NOTE: Please
contact me either in class or by e-mail for appointments. Phone calls rarely
find me and I check voice mail far less than e-mail!
This Senior Seminar in Behavioral Psychology is a
special-topics course for upper-division majors studying psychology. It
requires completion of all Core Requirements in Psychology as a pre-requisite
or concurrent enrollment in those other courses. Topical coverage in this
course will typically include conceptual and historical foundations of all the
topics normally covered in an Introductory Psychology course, but with emphasis
placed on integrating the landmark research, theories, and contributors.
Course Goals
As a result of this
course, a successful student will be proficient in producing an appropriate
taxonomy for describing the varieties of interest and subject areas of study in
psychology as well as:
1) enduring psychological research
examples and findings;
2) landmark research programs in
psychology and the personal/social factors which gave them prominence;
3) a sampling of the most
influential articles and books in the history of psychology;
4) identification of schools of
thought and theories in psychology; and
5) influences of other disciplines
on psychological research.
Students will recognize major researchers or theorists and
will correctly associate them with their respective contributions, including
their contributions to research methods and principles.
All original article readings will be available on BlackBoard
as pdfs...no Textbook will be used
Activities and Their Relevance to Evaluation
1. Classroom activities range from lectures and discussions to
"thought" laboratory exercises, workshops and peer teaching. Students
will study some of the historically significant research via articles and video
archives, and may construct Òconceptual experimentsÓ representative of various
areas of the discipline. Such conceptual experiments may even culminate in
simulated data and data analysis to illustrate the principles or phenomena
being studied. One in-depth term paper and full-class oral presentation
outlining an historically significant idea or trend
will also be assigned.
2. Testing and Grading: We will have three
tests and a final of approximately
equal value, with the total of the four accounting for approximately 80% of the
total final grades. The other 20% will come from the term paper and
presentation described above. All tests will be association, essay, concept
mappings and/or oral format. The grading is based on percentage of total points
earned divided by total number of points available within the course, with
percentages translating into letter grades as follows:
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96-100 = A |
92-93 = B+ |
84-86 = C+ |
71-72 = D+ |
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94-95 = A- |
89-91 = B |
76-83 = C |
67-70 = D |
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87-88 = B- |
73-75 = C- |
65-66 = D- |
Our Commitment to Students with Disabilities
Rollins College is committed to equal access and does not
discriminate unlawfully against persons with disabilities in its policies,
procedures, programs or employment processes. The College recognizes its
obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 to provide an environment that does not discriminate
against persons with disabilities.
If you are a person with a disability on this campus and
anticipate needing any type of academic accommodations in order to participate
in your classes, please make timely arrangements by disclosing this disability
in writing to the Disability Services Office at (box 2613) - Thomas P. Johnson
Student Resource Center, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, FL, 37289.Appointments
can be scheduled by calling 407-646-2354 or email: gridgeway@rollins.edu
The Honor Code and You
Honest (adj) – 1.
Marked by or displaying integrity; upright
2. Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine
3. Equitable; fair
4. a) Characterized by truth; not
false / b) Sincere; frank
5. a) Of good repute; respectable /
b) Without affectation; plain
6. Virtuous; chaste
Honor (n) – Principled uprightness of character;
personal integrity
Integrity (n) – Steadfast adherence to a strict moral
or ethical code
Virtue (n) – Moral excellence and righteousness;
goodness
Responsible
(adj) – 1. Involving personal accountability or ability to act without
guidance or superior authority
2.
Able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable
for one's behavior
3.
Able to be trusted or depended upon; reliable.
Definitions Quoted Directly from The American Heritage_
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright _ 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Downloaded from www.dictionary.com on 8/17/06
The Honor Code is About a Culture of Integrity, Not About
Rules:
As a student at Rollins College, you belong to a community
where the members (i.e., students, faculty, and administration) have agreed to
abide by an Academic Honor Code. Although this code includes rules, judicial
processes, and sanctions for dishonesty, its primary purpose is not as a system
of enforcement and punishment. At
its base, the Rollins College Academic Honor Code recognizes that you are a
responsible individual embodying the characteristics of honesty, honor,
integrity, and virtue. Because you are this type of individual, we are proud to
have you as a member of our community. The Honor Code is not about being a good
student, it is about being a good person. We trust
that you are a good person and hope that you will never violate this trust.
As an individual of honesty, honor, integrity and virtue, we
acknowledge that you would never engage in acts of plagiarism, cheating, unauthorized collaboration, fabrication, or lying, nor would you submit
work prepared for another course for a current assignment without the
professor's permission, facilitate
academic dishonesty, or violate
testing conditions (see definitions below). We also acknowledge that, as a
responsible style='font-size:10.0pt'> member of
your community, you would feel obligated to report
an honor code violation if you had knowledge of one occurring.
If you do not think that you can live up to these
expectations, if you are not fully committed to the principles of the honor code,
or if you simply believe that this whole policy is unrealistic and nonsensical,
you do not belong at Rollins College – we wish you well, but please find
another school that is better suited to your world view.
Definitions
from the Rollins College Academic Honor Code:
1. PLAGIARISM.
Offering the words, facts, or ideas of another person as your own in any
academic exercise.
2. CHEATING.
Using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study
aids in an academic exercise. This
includes sharing knowledge of previously administered or current tests. The keeping of tests, papers, and other
assignments belonging to former students is prohibited. Use of external assistance (e.g., books,
notes, calculators, conversations with others) in completing an "in
class" or "take home" examination, unless specifically
authorized by the instructor, is prohibited.
3. UNAUTHORIZED COLLABORATION. Collaboration, without specific
authorization by the instructor, on homework assignments, lab reports, exam preparations,
research projects, take home exams, essays, or other work for which you will
receive academic credit.
4. SUBMISSION OF WORK PREPARED FOR ANOTHER COURSE. Turning in the same work, in whole or in
part, to two or more instructors, without the consent of the instructors in
both courses.
5. FABRICATION.
Misrepresenting, mishandling, or falsifying
information in an academic exercise. For example, creating false information
for a bibliography, inventing data for a laboratory assignment, or representing
a quotation from a secondary source (such as a book review or a textbook) as if
it were a primary source.
6. FACILITATING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY. Helping another student commit an act of
academic dishonesty.
7. VIOLATION OF TESTING CONDITIONS. Looking at other students_ answers,
allowing other students to look at your test, and working past allotted time
are just a few examples where test conditions may be considered to be violated.
8. LYING. Lying
is the making of a statement that one knows to be false with the intent to
deceive. It includes actions
such as (a) lying to faculty, administrators, or staff; (b) falsifying any
college document or record by mutilation, addition, deletion, or forgery; or (c)
lying to a member of the Honor Council or judicial affairs officer.
9. FAILURE TO REPORT AN HONOR CODE VIOLATION. Failure to report occurs when a student
has knowledge of or is witness to an act in violation of the Academic Honor
Code and does not report it within five class days.
Honor
Code Statement
Membership in the student body of Rollins College carries
with it an obligation, and requires a commitment, to act with honor in all
things. Because academic integrity is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge
and truth and is the heart of the academic life of Rollins College, it is the
responsibility of all members of the College community to practice it and to
report apparent violations.
The following pledge is a binding commitment by the students
of Rollins College:
The development of
the virtues of Honor and Integrity are integral to a Rollins College education
and to membership in the Rollins College community. Therefore, I, a student of Rollins
College, pledge to show my commitment to these virtues by abstaining from any
lying, cheating, or plagiarism in my academic endeavors and by behaving
responsibly, respectfully and honorably in my social life and in my
relationships with others.
This pledge is reinforced every time a student submits work
for academic credit as his/her own. Students shall add to all papers, quizzes,
tests, lab reports, etc., the following handwritten abbreviated pledge followed
by their signature:
"On my honor, I have not given, nor
received, nor witnessed any unauthorized assistance on this work."
Material submitted electronically should contain the pledge;
submission implies signing the pledge.
This Syllabus is a projection
of my best intentions in conducting this course, and circumstances almost
always arise which require some alterations of goals, content, assignments or
schedule. I, therefore, reserve the right to change any element of this
Syllabus at any time by a simple verbal announcement of these changes during
class.