Office:	314 Holland Hall	Phone:	646-3138
Email:	wolfeu@stolaf.edu
Office Hours:	M 1-2:30, W 12:50-1:50

(website: http://www.stolaf.edu/courses/current/Psychology/238/)

Chapter outlines are posted on the website. Sometimes study questions are added to the outline. All readings should be done prior to class. Lectures will focus on select topics in the book and will also include information not covered in the book. You are responsible for all information covered in class and the assigned reading.

The project (to be done in groups of 3 or 4) consists in a 15 minute presentation and a 10-15 page paper on any topic in Biopsychology that interests you. It can be a literature research project or a small experiment or study.

I am fully aware of the difficulties often arising from group projects. Chuck Huff has some excellent guidelines for group work posted on his website. Please refer to it before starting work with your group: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/huff/classes/Intro/Groupguide.html#Advice

Our TA Eleni Pinnow is also an excellent resource person who is available to help you with any questions. She will have a folder in the Psych Office in which you should leave all assignments.

• Your group project can be on any topic related to biopsychology. It has to be an in-depth exploration of the topic, so your focus cannot be too broad. It has to go beyond the material covered in class and in the textbook.
• Use APA style for your paper. The electronic style guide (official APA version, up to date) is available at: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
• Create one Reference section for the entire paper, instead of one for each subsection.

• Use powerpoint slides. Keep slides simple. Remember that you are now the specialist on your subject, and your audience knows only very little about it!
• Make a handout for audience members (no more than one page) illustrating the main points you want them to learn
• Relate individual parts of presentation to each other
• Practice your presentation on a "non-expert" audience; make sure they understand the main points
• Make sure you stay within the time limit (absolute max: 20 minutes)
• When presenting try to speak freely, i.e. avoid reading from your notes.

Academic Honesty

When writing papers, annotated bibliographies, or posters for psychology classes, one follows the same citation rules covered in English classes. Namely, you must properly cite all your sources, indicate direct quotes, and otherwise follow the St. Olaf Student Handbook regarding plagiarism. You are responsible for knowing and understanding the plagiarism policies of the college, which are available in the St. Olaf Student Handbook and on-line (http://www.stolaf.edu/stnlife/thebook/student/academic/plagiarism.html). Thus you cannot plead ignorance if your assignments contain plagiarized material and such assignments will receive an automatic zero.