Lectures

An outline for each set of lectures is presented with corresponding textbook chapters and pages. Students have found such outlines helpful when taking notes and later organizing them.  Web-based and pdf versions of the PowerPoint slides used in the lecture are also available. Downloading and reviewing the lecture outlines or slides is not a substitute for attending lectures. I guarantee that you can not do well in the course without attending.

Stanovich
Overview (powerpoint, pdf)

Introduction:  What do psychologists have in common?
         Chap. 1 - Psychology is Alive and Well (and Doing Fine Among the Sciences) (lecture outline, PowerPoint, pdf)

Falsification & Operationalization (Stanovich Chaps. 2 & 3) 
         Chap. 2: Falsifiability (handout) (Amsel's Conceptual Model)
         Chap. 3: Operationism and Essentialism (presentation) (What scientists believe that they can not prove)

Systematic empiricism (Stanovich Chaps. 4, 5, 6)
        Chap. 4: Testimonials and Case Study Evidence (presentation) (Placebo control as therapy)
        Chap. 5: Correlation and Causation (presentation) (Causality and correlation in ADHD research)
        Chap. 6: Getting Things Under Control (presentation) (Scientists say “prove it”)

Scientific progress (Stanovich Chaps. 7, 8, 9)
        Chap. 7:  "But It's Not Real Life!" (presentation) (Defending Lab Studies)
        Chap. 8:  Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome (presentation) (Wikipedia on scientific progress)
        Chap. 9:  The Misguided Search for the "Magic Bullet" (presentation) (Neither Nature nor Nurture, but their Interaction)

Probability and Statistics In Psychology (Stanovich Chaps. 10, 11)
        Chap. 10: The Achilles' Heel of Human Cognition (presentation)  (Irrational Reasoning)
        Chap. 11: The Role of Chance in Psychology (presentation)  (APS Slams Clinical Psychology  APA's Response)

Conclusion (Stanovich Chap 12)
       Chap. 12: The Rodney Dangerfield of the Sciences (presentation) (Psychology as a Science: Teaching and Learning)

Principles of Research (Lecture Outline)
Lecture 1:  Science and doing Research (PowerPoint, pdf) (Proposal Assignment 1) (quiz 1)
Lecture 2:  Measurement Issues (PowerPoint, pdf) (Definition of Terms) (Proposal Assignment 2) (quiz 2)
Lecture 3:  Choosing Designs and Subjects (PowerPoint, pdf) (Proposal Assignment 3) (quiz 3)
Lecture 4:  Evaluating Research and Proposing the Next Step (PowerPoint, pdf) (quiz 4)
Tutorial on Theories (pdf) and Ethics (pdf)
               Writing the proposal
               Essay and Study Guide for Exam 1         
 

Independent Group Design (Lecture Outline) 
Lecture 5:  Independent group designs (PowerPoint PDF) (quiz 5)
Lecture 6:  Null hypothesis testing (PowerPoint PDF) (Quiz 6)
                 Statistical Work Sheet
                 SPSS Tutorials (In case you need a refresher course)

Research Project:  Context Effects on Mathematical Reasoning

READINGS

Alibali, M. W., Knuth, E. J., Hattikudur, S., McNeil, N. M., & Stephens, A. C. (2007). A longitudinal examination of
     middle school students’ understanding of the equal sign and equivalent equations. Mathematical Thinking and
     Learning, 9, 221–247.

Amsel, E., Klaczynski, P. A., Johnston, A., Bench, S., Close, J., Sadler, E., & Walker, R. (2008). A dual-process account
     of the development of scientific reasoning: The nature and development of metacognitive intercession skills. Cognitive
     Development, 23, 452-471.

Herscovics, N., & Linchevski, L. (1994). A cognitive gap between arithmetic and algebra. Educational Studies in
     Mathematics, 27, 59-78.

Kornell, N. (2012, November 17).  US Math achievement: How bad is it? [Psychology Today blog, Everybody is stupid
      except you]. Retrieve from  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/everybody-is-stupid-except-you/201211/us-math-
      achievement-how-bad-is-it.

Knuth, E. J., Alibali, M. W., McNeil, N. M., Weinberg, A., & Stephens, A. C. (2005). Middle school students'
     understanding of core algebraic concepts:  Equivalence & variable. ZDM, 37, 68-76.

ADDITIONAL FILES

Research review write up
Research Review (please use as a guide)
APA Style T/F Test
Hypotheses (cut and paste)
Questionnaires
Demographic Data (pdf format)
Results (pdf format)
Results Section (cut and paste)
APA PAPER CHECKLIST
Abstract (please use as a guide)

Complex Designs (Lecture Outline)
Lecture 7:  Within-subjects design  (PowerPoint, pdf)
Lecture 8:  Multiple independent variable effects (PowerPoint, pdf)
Lecture 9: Verbal, statistical, and graphical representations of ideas: Main and interaction effects (PowerPoint, pdf)
                Quiz 7 Quiz 8
                Simple Graphing Assignment  (See slides 16 - 20 of Lecture 7)
                Complex Graphing Assignment (see slides 30 -35 of Lecture 8)