Seminar in Social Psychology Fall 2008

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Seminar in Social Psychology
PSYC 522
Fall 2008
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Course Materials

• Syllabus
• How to Read a Journal Article in Social Psychology - by Jordan & Zanna
• Samples of Evaluation Criteria from a few different sources

Class Materials

Class Discussions First Day Introducing Social Psychology Social Cognition Social Perception The Self Attitudes and Attitude Change Conformity Group Processes Prosocial Behavior

How to Evaluate Research Progression of Weekly Assignments Evaluating the Introduction Evaluating the Method - Part 1 Evaluating the Method - Part 2 Evaluating the Results section Evaluating the Discussion Evaluating - Overall analysis The Peer Review Process

Relevant Websites

other PsychWiki pages with info about interpreting research Research Methods class website Statistics class website Understanding and interpreting statistics Statistics.com glossary Glossary from Howell textbook StatSoft statistical glossary Explanation of statistical symbols Reporting Statistics - Summary Chart Decision Trees Decision Tree from Field's Textbook Decision Tree from T&F Textbook Decision Chart from UCLA Stats Evaluating Published Research Online Tutorial by Wadsworth Publishing

Overview of APA Formatting APA Style Essentials APA Research Style Crib Sheet APA Formatting and Style Guide Correct format for References APA Style Guide Reference List: Basic Rules Getting Started with APA Style Correct format for Citations APA Citation Style In-Text Citations: The Basics Text Citations