SUMMER 2018: ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY 200 COURSE SYLLABUS INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor: Robert Gray E-mail: grayrob6@msu.edu (Please put PSY200 in the subject line) Office hours: By appointment. Use email the email address above. I am available for online discussion, questions, and other class-related help. Please email me if you have any questions. I will check my e-mail intermittently; it is reasonable to assume that I will answer all messages within 24 hours on weekdays and within 48 hours on weekends. However, I reserve the right to not respond to e-mails about assignment requirements that arrive less than 24 hours before the assignment is due. COURSE MATERIALS Required Textbook: Goldstein, E.B. (2015). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience, 4th edition + COGLAB 5 Printed Access Card. If you have not taken Psychology 101 recently, I also suggest that you order an old version of an Introductory Psychology book to refresh yourself on the background knowledge required for the course. Honors Option- None There is no Honors Option available for this class. CogLab Access Code is Required! Your textbook covers topics that will not be revisited in the online lectures but will be included on quizzes and exams. It is strongly recommended that you keep up with your reading assignments in addition to completing the online lectures. Because the online lectures attempt to hold your interest and help you integrate the information, they will not always follow the book. Webpage: As this is an online course, most of the class resources will be posted on the course webpage on D2L. This is where you will find online lecture materials, online discussion groups, interactive activities, and course announcements. Your assignments will be turned in using this website, and all of your assessments (quizzes and exams) will occur on this website. For more information about the online format of this course, please see the section labeled “The Online Nature of this Course”. COURSE CONTENT Course description: Cognitive psychologists study a variety of mental processes that most of us use every day. Consider the familiar process of meeting a friend for dinner at a restaurant. How do you locate
SUMMER 2018: ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY 200 COURSE SYLLABUS INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor: Robert Gray E-mail: grayrob6@msu.edu (Please put PSY200 in the subject line) Office hours: By appointment. Use email the email address above. I am available for online discussion, questions, and other class-related help. Please email me if you have any questions. I will check my e-mail intermittently; it is reasonable to assume that I will answer all messages within 24 hours on weekdays and within 48 hours on weekends. However, I reserve the right to not respond to e-mails about assignment requirements that arrive less than 24 hours before the assignment is due. COURSE MATERIALS Required Textbook: Goldstein, E.B. (2015). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience, 4th edition + COGLAB 5 Printed Access Card. If you have not taken Psychology 101 recently, I also suggest that you order an old version of an Introductory Psychology book to refresh yourself on the background knowledge required for the course. Honors Option- None There is no Honors Option available for this class. CogLab Access Code is Required! Your textbook covers topics that will not be revisited in the online lectures but will be included on quizzes and exams. It is strongly recommended that you keep up with your reading assignments in addition to completing the online lectures. Because the online lectures attempt to hold your interest and help you integrate the information, they will not always follow the book. Webpage: As this is an online course, most of the class resources will be posted on the course webpage on D2L. This is where you will find online lecture materials, online discussion groups, interactive activities, and course announcements. Your assignments will be turned in using this website, and all of your assessments (quizzes and exams) will occur on this website. For more information about the online format of this course, please see the section labeled “The Online Nature of this Course”. COURSE CONTENT Course description: Cognitive psychologists study a variety of mental processes that most of us use every day. Consider the familiar process of meeting a friend for dinner at a restaurant. How do you locate
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