Psychology 001 - San Jose State University



Psychology 001

General Psychology

First Impression Paper

2 short essays @ 5% each

– you will write a short paper approximately 2 pages, no more than 3 due On the second day of class.

– You will NOT do research for it.

– You will give an account of what jobs a psychologist performs and what challenges does a psychologist encounter during the course of a day.

– This is pass/no pass, counts for 10 points

– On the final exam you explain how your perspective has changed.

Science Daily Assignment

10 pts Each / Chapter

• Each class you will come prepared with a printed article from Science Daily based on the topic from the chapter for that class which will be used for in-class discussion. (1 page, name and “reaction paragraph”)

• The Reaction Paragraph will articulate what you found interesting about the article and how it relates to a minimum of one key term from the chapter for that week’s lecture. Underline the key terms.

• Go to Science ( click on the “GO” next to the search window ( in “in entire site” select “Mind & Brain”

• Type your search terms in the “Search” window.

• You are looking for “News” articles. DO NOT SELECT ADS BY GOOGLE.

• Pick a news article you find interesting. Write a paragraph which includes a minimum of one key term from the chapter.

• At the bottom of the News Article will be a reference to the JOURNAL ARTICLE which is the source for the news article. Do a search for the original journal article and printout the Citation (Author names, Title, Journal, Volume, Issue, pages) and Abstract.

• On the back of the abstract print out write the hypothesis, independent and dependent variables, with a little summary of what they found.

You will be handing them into me every week.

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