Grades

COURSE GRADE KEY:

The course grade is based on the percentage of total points you have earned out of the possible 500 for the course. Here are the final grade ranges:

450-500............A

400-449............B

350-399............C

300-349............D

THERE IS NO PATTERN FOR THE COLORS. I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SEE DISTINGUISH YOUR LINE OF SCORES IF THERE WAS SOME COLOR!

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Codename	Attend Bonus	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	Outline	Questions	FLA1	FLA2	FLA3	FLA4	FLA5	Midterm	Final	Total
Elgar	10	4	2	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	26	30	30	30	30	94	145	498
Gershwin	10	5	5	5	5	5	2	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	29	30	30	25	30	92	133	481
Verdi	10	4	2	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5		26	29	25	30	30	51	107	403
Mahler		4	2	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	0	5	4	0	0	5	0	5	5	5	5	26	30	27	28	30	60	113	394
Poulenc	10	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	3	4	28	25	25	30	25	64	92	393
Bartok		2	5	5	4	5	5	3	5	4	5	3	5	5	4	5	4	0	0	5	5	5	5	28	25	27	26	30	100	120	445
Ravel		3	5	0	5	3	4	4	0	5	4	4	0	5	5	4	5	0	5	4	4	5	5	27	24	25	20	27	46	115	363
Satie	10	4	5	3	4	4	2	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	30	30	30	30	30	100	150	508
Sibelius	10	4	0	3	3	4	5	2	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	24	27	25	28	27	39	88	359
Haydn	10	4	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	29	28	30	30	25	85	143	474
Foure	10	5	3	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	30	29	30	30	30	100	135	496
Strauss	10	2	3	4	0	2	0	5	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	26	23	25	24	27	78	115	406
Tchaikovsky	10	2	5	3	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	28	25	25	28	30	96	142	473
Prokofiev	10	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	29	30	26	28	30	76	127	458
Gounod	10	4	5	0	0	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	5	5	0	4	3	5	3	4	0	19	25	25	30	44	92	326
Scarlatti	10	5	3	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	25	30	26	29	30	58	130	442

Final Exam Details:

May 4, 10:30- 12:30 (120 minutes)

BRING your pencil and (optional) bluebook to use with any NEW questions!
50 multiple choice questions
- 36 new questions from the second half of the course
- 14 recycled questions from the midterm
8 total essays
- 5 new essay questions taken from the discussions and lectures
- 3 recycled essay questions taken from the midterm
Similar in format, difficulty, and structure to the midterm!

WORTH UP TO 150 pts!!!

Midterm Details: Available to be picked up from the psychology office!

March 11, 11- 12:15 (75 minutes)

36 Multiple Choice: Requires a scantron (university provided) and pencil, bluebooks are optional
- Taken from material discussed in class
  - (if it was on a slide, but not discussed it will not be on the test, if it was discussed, but not on a slide it may still be on the midterm)
- 8 total essays (including 1 as extra credit/optional)
  - Most of these will be taken directly from the in-class discussion questions
  - Some of these will cover more complex and sophisticated ideas from class
On test taking
- Study in groups, say things out loud, think in terms of putting together evidence from experiments with theories
- During the test start with the things you are most comfortable with
- For pacing and to give yourself enough time consider doing essays at the beginning or mixed with the multiple choice
- Blue books must be EMPTY coming to the exam. They are to be used for questions on which you are uncertain. If you write in your bluebook about material related to the multiple choice question on which you are uncertain, and your answer clearly demonstrates appropriate knowledge you will earn FULL credit for the question, even if you selected a choice different from the answer key!

LINK to a website that describes proper APA style - use this to guide your format for the FLAs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Link to www.turnitin.com

On WWW.TURNITIN.COM you can now turn in your electronic version of your paper for antiplagiarism testing. You will need to create an account. Please submit the paper to the PSY 428 class with the class code '3065736' and the password 'perception'.

Description of the FLA's (from the syllabus):

Fun Little Assignments (FLAs) :FLAs will be your opportunity to play around with some of the experiments and ideas in Perception. For each FLA you should pick 1 article from the website to read for background. Then you will follow the online instructions on how to do the quick experiment. After completing the experiment you will write a short paper (400 to 600 words) that summarizes the article you read, and how the experiment went. Please turn in a typed, APA-style manuscript on the due date (12 pt Times-New Roman Font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced, etc).

Your article summary should give a short paragraph of introduction (what is interesting about this topic), then a few sentences describing what happened in the article you read using proper citations (NOTE** not having citations, or using improper citations are forms of plagiarism!). While you should discuss the article you read do not ever, not even once, for no reason whatsoever, use direct quotes. Always put things into your own words, even if they are not as poetic and scientific-y as the original ones. After you finish describing the article, discuss the fun little experiment you did! Tell me about your experience and the results you found when you did the test. There will be questions regarding the FLA online that you can use to guide your discussion. To close the manuscript, state clearly whether you think your results fit with the article that you read!

Grading will be completed using the following system: well-written, complete articles of the correct length will earn up to 30 pts. Deductions will be taken for partially incomplete articles, articles over/under the word limit, and badly written articles with poor or very incomplete summaries. Before credit is granted for completion of an assignment you MUST submit your FLA to http://www.turnitin.com – the anti-plagiarism website. 30 pts per FLA, 150 pts possible.

FLA summary: Pick 1 article to read, and read it. Do the experiment described in the FLA. BRIEFLY write about the article you read and the FLA activity you did (400-600 words). State whether your activity was in agreement with the research you read about. TURN IN A PAPER COPY of the FLA to the professor on time, turn in an electronic copy of the FLA to www.turnitin.com.

Links to the FLAs: