Grading System

The following types of student evaluation will be used. The percentage weight that each item carries is given in parentheses.

Term 1 (50% of Final Grade):

(a) Midterm--Exam #1 (30%): 10 October 2007 (in regular class time)
(b) Research Assignment (20%): 14 November 2007
(c) End of Term--Exam #2 (50%): During the December Exam Period (i.e., 5-19 December 2007)

Term 2 (50% of Final Grade)

(a) Midterm--Exam #3 (40%) 15 February 2008 (in regular class time)
(b) Project (20%): 28 March 2008
(c) Final--Exam #4 (40%): During the April Exam Period (i.e., 15-29 April 2008)

Notes on the Examinations

The exams are not cumulative; that is, they cover only previously untested reading and lecture material. For example, Exam # 2 covers everything since the material covered in Exam # 1, etc. That being said, you should be aware that the content presented later in the course does build on the content presented earlier on in the course.

The examinations noted above will employ the multiple-choice format, and will be closed-book. Short-answer-, fill-in-the-blank-, or short-essay-type questions might also be included on Exams #2 and #4..

There will be topics covered in the classes that are not in the text and topics in the text that are not covered in class. You will be responsible for both in the examinations. That is, all readings and all lecture material will be tested.

The registrar’s office schedules the end of term exams any time during the exam periods noted above. You are responsible for ensuring that you are available throughout that period.

You should bring picture I.D. (student card) to all examinations.

All multiple choice questions on the exam will require that you use Scantron sheets to record your answers. Here is an example of what a Scantron looks like.

It is a university regulation (see the UBC Calendar) that students may not view their final examinations (in this course: the exam you will write during the April examination period) without special written permission from the Dean’s Office. During such a viewing students and professors are prohibited from discussing the grading. If you are unhappy with your grade on the final examination, you may officially request from the Registrar’s Office (within 4 weeks of the announcement of the final grades) that your examination be remarked (see the UBC Calendar).

Grades

Here you can find your exam grades (once they are graded of course).

You can request that your grade not be posted (an e-mail to the instructor will suffice). If you do so, you can come to the office hours of the teaching assistant to see your grades. If you wish to inspect your exam, you may do so by visiting the teaching assistant during office hours.

1. Exam #1 grades.

2. Term 1 Research Assignment grades. Note: There are three columns on this page:
(1) Student number.
(2) Deliverable 3 (/100). This is your individual grade for your annotated bibliography. Your team's grade may or may not be different from your grade depending on how your team allocated their contribution points.
(3) Term 1 Research Assignment (/100). This is your grade for the Term 1 Research Assignment, which includes your grades for deliverables 1, 2, and 3. Please note that if you scored higher on deliverable 3 than you did on deliverable 2, this number comes only from your grades from deliverables 1 and 3.

3. Exam #2 grades.

4. Term 1 Summary grades.

5. Exam #3 grades.

6. Pop Quiz #1 Grades. Recall: This is pass/fail; a pass earns you one bonus mark towards your Term 2 grade (i.e., half of a mark towards your final grade).

7. Pop Quiz #2 Grades; Summary of Pop-quiz bonus marks. The "total" is the total bonus marks you have earned towards your Term 2 grade from pop-quizzes.

8. Term 2 Project grades. Please note: If you handed in your project late then your grade might not be posted yet.

9. Exam #4 grades.

10. Term 2 Summary grades.

11. Unofficial Final grades. Please note: Your final grade is not official until it appears on your transcript; these grades include the extra credits (up to a maximum of 4; see below) that you earned while taking this course.

Extra-Credit Scheme

You can gain extra credit for this course (up to a maximum of 4% for the whole course) by participating in accredited psychological experiments or by completing library projects.

Experimental Participation. You can earn one credit point (1%) for each hour of participation in experiments. Students are required initially to request a HSP user account using the self-creation tool. You can then browse advertised experiments for credit, view available time slots, sign up for experiments, and register or check on the course credits you have earned. At the end of each term a credit summary will also be posted on the Psychology department website. The Research Participation System opens the first week of September for the Fall Term session.

Library Option. As an alternative to experimental participation, students may obtain extra credit by completing a library project. Such projects consist of reading and summarizing (in written form) a recent peer-reviewed research article in a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the American Psychological Association (APA), the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), or the Psychonomic Society. The article must have been published within the last 12 months, and the summary should be about 500 words in length. The student will receive one credit point (1%) for each article summary. Article summaries, together with copies of summarized articles, must be submitted to Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, in Kenny 2013, at least 10 days before the end of classes in each term.

More details about both options can be found here.