PSYCH 10 – Introductory Psychology

Fall 2019
Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00pm – 5:50pm
Room: La Kretz 110

Contact Information
Instructor: Dr. Courtney Clark
Email: courtneyclark@ucla.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 1-3 pm and by appointment in Franz Hall 3189

Lead Teaching Assistant: Andrew Sanders

Email: ajsanders@g.ucla.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 1-3 pm in Life Science 5818

Email Policy
Content questions: Please come to office hours or post on the discussion board
Personal issues: Email the instructor

Teaching Assistants
 Sashel Haygood  Eldon Hsiao  Raihyung Lee
 Dillon Murphy  John Priniski  Katie Silaj
 Mary Vitello

Teaching Assistant Office hours

All TA office hours will be in the Life Science Building RM 5818. Listed below are all the
Psych10 TAs – you are welcome to attend any of these office hours
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10am-11am Stassja/Vivian
11am-12am Hunter/Katie Eldon/Dillon Liz/Christine
12pm-1pm Margot/Nora Mary/Suzanna
1pm-2pm Andrew
2pm-3pm Raihyung/Sashel Andrew
3pm-4pm

Course Description
Welcome to Psych 10! Psychology is the scientific study of thought and behavior. This course is
designed to give you a brief overview of the field of Psychology and to provide you with insight
into why we think and behave the way we do! Over the next 10 weeks, we will cover many
fascinating topics in psychology including neurophysiology, sensation and perception, memory,
thinking, developmental, social, and clinical psychology. We will also discuss some of the
innovative methodologies that researchers are using to study these topics.

In this course, we are committed to providing an atmosphere for learning that respects diversity.
Given that some of the topics we cover (e.g., mental health) may be of a personal nature, you
are expected to approach all discussions in this course with respect and compassion for your
fellow students and their experiences.
This course has 4 hours of lecture per week. Most weeks, one of our course hours will be spent
doing an interactive in-class lab. Dates for the in-class labs are listed on the course schedule
below. Six hours of psychological research and a grade of C or better required of all
departmental premajors. P/NP or letter grading.

Course Outcomes/ Learning Objectives:

1) To develop an understanding of the depth and breadth of psychology as a science.

In this class we will evaluate findings from various subfields of psychology. You will have the
opportunity to work collaboratively with your peers to generate predictions and assess scientific
claims. You will also experience various psychological phenomena for yourself in our in-class
demonstrations.

2) To learn to critically evaluate psychological research and to assess how psychology applies
to your everyday life

In our psychology labs, you will test yourself in a series of psychology experiments (e.g., you will
measure the size of your experience of a perceptual illusion, you will measure your implicit
biases using the Implicit association test) and interpret your results. You will also debate
whether the experiments discussed in class adhere to ethical guidelines and evaluate how
psychological science is communicated through media and scientific channels.

3) To develop a research question and design an experiment to investigate that question

In groups, you will design a correlational and experimental study to test your own research
questions related to the course material. You will collect data from your peers and communicate
your findings in a final written research report.

Course Materials

Textbook:
Spielman, R.M., (2017). Psychology, OpenStax. Retrieved from:
https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology

The textbook for this course is a FREE online, open-access textbook. You may access all of the
readings by visiting the link above. A PDF version of the textbook is also available on CCLE. If
you would prefer a hard copy of the textbook, you can purchase it online through the OpenStax
website.

In-class participation: iClicker

 We will be using iClickers for in-class participation. You may use an original iClicker,
iClicker+ or iClicker2. Clickers can be purchased at the UCLA bookstore or online
through amazon.com, iclicker.com, (other sites have them too).
 Please make sure to register your iClicker on our CCLE site.

NOTE: Responding in class for another person (by using their clicker) or having someone
attend class and respond for you is academic misconduct and will be treated as such.
 Course Outline
Please note that this outline is subject to change depending on the needs of the class. Any changes will
be announced in class.
In-class
Week Date Topic Readings Labs Other
Introduction to Psychology Ch 1
0 Sept 26
Research Methods Ch 2
1 Oct 1
Oct 3 Research Methods Ch 2
Neuroscience Ch 3 Lab 1 Quiz 1
2 Oct 8
Oct 10 Neuroscience Ch 3
Oct 15 Sensation & Perception Ch 5 Lab 2* Article Analysis 1
3
Oct 17 Sensation & Perception Ch 5
Learning Ch 6 Lab 3 Quiz 2
4 Oct 22
Oct 24 Memory Ch 8 Lab 4
Midterm (In class) Article Analysis 2
5 Oct 29
Oct 31 Memory Ch 8
Language & Thought Ch 7 Lab 5*
6 Nov 5
Nov 7 Language & Thought Ch 7
Developmental Ch 9 Quiz 3
7 Nov 12
Nov 14 Developmental Ch 9
Social Ch 12 Lab 6 Quiz 4
8 Nov 19
Article Analysis 3
Nov 21 Social Ch 12
Psychological Disorders Ch 15, 16 Lab 7
9 Nov 26
Nov 28 Thanksgiving (no class)
th
Psychological Disorders Ch 15, 16 Lab Report due Dec 3
10 Dec 3
Graduate Research Research Requirement due Dec 5
th
Dec 5
presentations
* indicates a group lab

Grading Scheme
i. Quizzes on CCLE: 5%
 4 multiple-choice quizzes
ii. iClicker In-Class Participation: 5%
 Lowest three scores are dropped
iii. Article Analysis: 3%
 3 article analysis reports
iv. In-class Labs: 6%
 Lowest lab score is dropped
v. Mini-assignments: 1%
 Distributed over the quarter
vi. Final Lab Report: 10% [Due Dec 3th at 11:59pm]
 Write-up of your group lab project. Instructions will be posted on CCLE.
vii. Midterm: [Oct 29th] 30% (28% individual portion, 2% group portion)
  Covers all lectures, labs, and assigned readings covered up until that point.
viii. Final Exam: [Dec 12th; 11:30-2:30] 40%
 Cumulative; covers all course content.

Research Requirement: you must either participate in six hours of research experiments or
write three abstracts on articles from psychology journals by December 5th. Failure to complete
this requirement will result in automatic failure of the course. See the “Frequently asked
questions” section of our CCLE site and this website for details:
https://www.psych.ucla.edu/undergraduate/subject-pool-experiment-participation/sona-instructions-for-undergraduate-participants

Grading Scale
A+ 97% + B+ 87-89% C+ 77-79% D+ 67-69%
A 93-96% B 83-86% C 73-76% D 63-66%
A- 90-92% B- 80-82% C- 70-72% D- 60-62%

Please note that grades on the border (e.g. 89.5%) will be rounded to the nearest whole number
(i.e., .50 and above rounds up; .49 and below rounds down). If we deviate from this model, it
would only be to help your grade.

Incompletes: To receive an Incomplete, you must have completed more than half the course
with passing scores. Be sure to check with the Undergraduate Advising Office and instructors if
you are planning to take an Incomplete.

Course Resources

Course Webpage - CCLE

The website associated with this course is accessible via https://ccle.ucla.edu. Among other
materials, you will find our video Bruincast here.

Course Discussion Board (Optional)

We will be using Piazza for class discussion. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching
staff, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza. If you have any technical issues in
using the discussion board please email Piazza directly: team@piazza.com.
Find our class page by clicking on the Piazza link on CCLE.

Review Sessions (Optional)

There will be two optional review sessions lead by Andrew Sanders. The sessions are designed
to help you to review the material before the midterm and final exam, and give you the
opportunity to ask clarification questions. No new material will be presented during the review
sessions. The dates and times for the sessions will be announced on CCLE.

Course Policies

Absence and Late policies

There are no make-up quizzes or exams. We acknowledge that life happens (e.g., illness, family
emergencies, etc.) and that is why we have so much flexibility built into the grading scheme. If
you have a long-term illness or other emergency, please contact the instructor.

If you are absent for an individual lab you may make up 2 of the 4 points by completing the
worksheet outside of class and submitting by the deadline. For the group labs, you cannot make
up points if you miss class—your group needs you! If you leave class more than 5 minutes early
for any lab, you will lose one point.
For the final lab report, there will be a late penalty of 10% per calendar day (i.e., including
weekends and holidays).

Accommodations
Any student who requires accommodation because of a documented disability (e.g., learning,
physical, sensory, or mental health disabilities or medical conditions) should contact the
instructor at the beginning of the quarter. Students with documented disabilities should contact
the Center for Accessible Education, CAE (formerly, the Office for Students with Disabilities
or OSD), at (310) 825-1501 in A255 Murphy Hall (http://www.cae.ucla.edu) to make
arrangements for reasonable accommodations. Please note that even if students have received
accommodations in prior quarters for other classes, along with being registered with CAE,
students must contact CAE about accommodations at the beginning of each quarter.

Academic Dishonesty
All academic dishonesty will be handled according to university guidelines. Cheating,
plagiarism, and all other forms of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will result in a
zero on the exam or assignment.

According to the UCLA Student code, Section 102.01:

“Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the use of unauthorized materials, information, or study
aids in any academic exercise; the alteration of any answers on a graded document before
submitting it for re-grading; or the failure to observe the expressed procedures or instructions of
an academic exercise (e.g., examination instructions regarding alternate seating or conversation
during an examination).”

“Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use of another person’s work (including words,
ideas, designs, or data) without giving appropriate attribution or citation. This includes, but is not
limited to, representing, with or without the intent to deceive, part or all of an entire work
obtained by purchase or otherwise, as the student’s original work; the omission of or failure to
acknowledge the true source of the work; or representing an altered but identifiable work of
another person or the student’s own previous work as if it were the student’s original or new
work.”

Please see https://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/Individual-Student-Code#academicdis7

for more information. All academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Students:
http://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/Academic-Integrity.

Student Resources

A comprehensive list of student services and resources can be found by visiting the following
webpage: https://www.psych.ucla.edu/undergraduate/undergraduate-student-services/helpful-
resources-for-ucla-students

Academic Workshops and Tutorials

Academics in the Commons at Covel Commons
free workshops on a wide variety of issues relating to academic & personal success
www.orl.ucla.edu (click on “academics”) (310) 825-9315
https://reslife.ucla.edu/academics/

Undergraduate Writing Center

One-on-one consultations with students to help with academic writing.
https://wp.ucla.edu/wc/

Counseling & Psychological Services

Wooden Center West: (310) 825-0768 www.caps.ucla.edu

Letters & Science Counseling Service

A316 Murphy Hall: (310) 825-1965 www.college.ucla.edu

Center for Accessible Education

A255 Murphy Hall: (310) 825-1501, TDD (310) 206-6083; www.cae.ucla.edu

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

106 Bradley Hall: (310) 825-1681; www.internationalcenter.ucla.edu
Resources to support undocumented students: https://equity.ucla.edu/know/immigration/

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center

Student Activities Center, B36: (310) 206-3628; http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/

Student Legal Services

A239 Murphy Hall: (310) 825-9894; http://www.studentlegal.ucla.edu/

Dean of Students Office

1206 Murphy Hall: (310) 825-3871; http://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/

Sexual Misconduct and Mandatory Reporting

Faculty and TAs are mandated reporters under the UC Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual
Harassment. This means that if a professor or teaching assistant should become aware that you
or any other student has experienced sexual violence or sexual harassment, they are required
to report this to the Title IX office.

Title IX prohibits gender discrimination, including sexual harassment, domestic and dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking. If you have experienced sexual harassment or sexual
violence, you can receive confidential support and advocacy at the following centers:

CARE Advocacy Office for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

CAREadvocate@caps.ucla.edu, 1st Floor Wooden Center West, 310-206-2465
Counseling and Psychological Services (provides confidential counseling to all students)
http://www.counseling.ucla.edu/, crisis line available 24/7 at 310-825-0768.

You can also report sexual violence or sexual harassment directly to the University’s Title IX
Coordinator (2241 Murphy Hall, titleix@conet.ucla.edu, 310-206-3417). Reports to law
enforcement can be made to UCPD at 310-825-1491.