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Assignments

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SES # TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
L1 Why Research in Psychology?
L2 The Validity of Intuitions
R1 Idea Generation
L3 Perception 1-page proposal for your project (to TAs) (PDF)
R2 Writing
L4 Memory Submit a 4-page proposal (to writing TA) (PDF)

COUHES application for individual project due (PDF)
R3 Probability
L5 Emotions and Self-control
R4 Survey Design
R5 Field Experiments Submit survey (in pairs), collect 20 respondents, and suggest improvements (PDF)
L6 Decision Making
Midterm
L7 Behavioral Economics A draft of the paper without the results but saying how you would interpret the results if it works and if it doesn't work. If you have results, even partial, add them (PDF)
R6 Descriptive Statistics
L8 The Psychology of Money
R7 Experimental Design
L9 Labor and Compensation Submit data from the "Class Study" project (to be included in Final Exam) (PDF)

Supporting Files

Class Study Survey (PDF)
Class_Study_Data.xls (XLS)
Class_Study_Data_(all).xls (XLS)
R8 T Test and ANOVA
L10 Groups (Norton)
R9 Rules for Presentations
L11 Negotiation (Curhan)

Submit final paper (PDF)

Grading Rubric for Paper (PDF)

R10-12 Presentations
L12 Summary and Q&A
Final Exam