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Psychological Research Workshop : PSY 408 (3 credits)

PSYCHOLOGY CLASS
Spring Term

Psychological Research Workshop :  PSY 408 (3 credits)
MWF  9:00am - 9:50am (Moreland 130B)
Instructor:      Dr. John Edwards

Description:   This course is a participation format research course that will require students to engage in a number of activities that commonly take place in investigations of Social-Cognitive Psychology. Students will be asked to complete a number of personality inventories and social judgment assessments and to engage in a series of guided meditations.   The results of these assessments will be discussed. Students will experience psychological research first-hand and in the process come to understand the relationship between psychological constructs and the operationalizations used to assess them.

Pre-requisites: 
None.  No prerequisites.  All majors can enroll in this.

Requirements:
Attendance is mandatory. You must attend every class. And you must be on time!
Homework will be assigned
No graded tests. No graded exams.
Grading is Pass/No Pass   

Restrictions:
Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are ALL eligible.
Course is limited to the first 21 students who register
Students who have already taken PSY401 can not enroll in this class.
Students who have already taken Dr. McCulloughs/Edwards PSY499 "Psychology of Meditation" class can not enroll in this class.
You must attend the first class. There are no exceptions to this.
You must get the permission of the instructor.

HOW TO REGISTER!

  1. Pick up a "closed class/course registration waiver" form (yellow) from the Psychology Department main office.
  2. Fill it out: Name, ID, CRN#58026 for PSY401 Research
  3. Get it signed by Dr. Edwards
  4. Hand it in to the Department office, at which point you will be able to register for it online. (3 credits)

Psy Majors:  This course will contribute 3 credits of 400-level elective toward your major.

Deadline:   You must report to the first class meeting on time (9:00am, Monday, March 28 in Moreland Hall room 130B). Those who report to class late may be forced to drop this course.

Note
Summary reports of the data collected from this class may be used for research purposes and written up for publication.