Welcome to Psych 7

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Welcome to Psych 7

• Introductions
• Discussion Sections
• The Research Requirement

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The Psych 7 Research Requirement

• Purpose
• to get some first-hand experience with research
• Options
• 1) Be a participant in experiments
• or
• 2) Write a research paper

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Why the requirement?
To enhance your understanding of the nature of
psychological research, it is important that you
get some first-hand experience.

• Participate in experiments - Your participation
  as a subject in experiments will give you a
  chance to have direct contact with research, and
  thereby you will acquire a better idea of what a
  psychological experiment is actually like.
• Write a research paper - Writing this paper
  should provide a learning experience comparable
  to that of participating in ongoing research.

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The Psych 7 Research Requirement

• If you dont complete the research requirement by
  the specified deadlines, your Psych 7 grade will
  be reduced
• e.g. if you had an A- you will receive a B
• if you had a C, you will get a C-

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Option 1 Participate in Experiments

• For Fall 07, you need
• 6 Credits
• a one hour (or less) experiment 1 credit
• over an hour (up to two hours) 2 credits

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Check Your U-mail Account

• For information about your U-Mail account, go to
• http//www.umail.ucsb.edu/

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User ID Password

• Once you have registered in the course, an email
  will be sent to the email address you have listed
  in GOLD. In most cases, this is your U-Mail
  address. Look for the email containing your User
  ID and Password for the Psychology Research
  Participation Sign-Up website.
• If you have not already registered in the course,
  or have not yet activated your U-Mail account,
  you should receive the email within a few days of
  doing so.

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Theyll e-mail you your User ID and Password

• From "Psychology Research Participation Sign-Up"
  ltwwwsubpool_at_psych.ucsb.edugt
• To gaucho_at_umail.ucsb.edu
• Subject Psychology Research Participation
  Sign-Up Login Information
• Your login information for Psychology Research
  Participation Sign-Up is listed
• below.
• User ID gaucho
• Password ab1234
• Please go to http//ucsb.sona-systems.com to
  login to the system.
• If you have any questions, please email
  wwwsubpool_at_psych.ucsb.edu

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How to Sign up for Experiments

• Go to
• http//ucsb.sona-systems.com
• Enter the User ID and Password that were sent to
  your U-Mail account

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Acknowledge Your Rights
Click Yes if you agree to the terms
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When you log on, youll see this screen
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Online Pretests
When you log in for the first time, you will be
asked if you want to participate in an online
Pretest. This is an optional survey that consists
of a few questionnaires and demographics, which
should take 40-45 minutes. You can choose to
participate immediately, or if you wish to
participate at a later time, you may choose to do
so. However, if you choose to participate in the
pretest, you MUST do so within the first two
weeks of the quarter. The pretest survey can be
accessed on the My Profile" page if you would
like to complete it at another time during the
first two weeks of the quarter.  Participation in
this Pretest is totally voluntary. If you do
choose to participate, you will receive one
credit towards your Psych 7 research requirement,
AND it may qualify you for studies for which you
might not otherwise qualify. BE ADVISED  You
MUST complete the entire survey, and hit submit
at the end, or the system will NOT record your
responses.  This means that your data will not be
saved, and the system will have no record that
you participated. So, if you want to participate
in Pretesting, you should only do it when you
will have the full 45 minutes to devote to
completing the questionnaires. If you are under
the age of 18, you may not complete this
questionnaire. Thanks in advance, for your
cooperation. The Psychology Departments
researchers appreciate you participation!
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You can access your profile here
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• If you want, you can edit your Profile
• if you mostly use another Email Address, you can
  change it
• you can change the password they gave you to one
  you are more likely to remember
• you can also access the Pretest from the Profile
  screen at any time during the first two weeks of
  the quarter.

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To sign up for experiments
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Youll see a list of currently active studies --
note the Restrictions -- click on Timeslots
Available to see the available times
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You will be shown more information about the
experiment To see available time slots, click
View Time Slots
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Review the available times Then click the
appropriate Sign Up button
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Your Signup was Successful!
Write this information down on your Tally Sheet
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Study Name/Description __________________________
_________________________________
Study Name/Description __________________________
_________________________________
Study Name/Description __________________________
_________________________________
Be sure to write down all the information, and
bring Tally Sheet to each experiment.
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Keep Track of Your Experiments
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To keep track of your experiments
You can cancel an appointment up to 24 hours prior
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Show up to experiments on time!

• NOTE
• If you miss an experiment or are late, you will
  receive a 1-credit penalty
• For each penalty you receive, the number of
  credits you must earn will increase

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• This person signed up for three experiments
• one is still more than 24 hours away,
• one he attended (and got 1 credit),
• one he missed (and got a negative credit)
• So, the total experiment credits hes earned so
  far 1
• And due to a failure to appear for an experiment,
  
• the number of credits he must earn has increased
  from 6 to 7

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If you forget your password, you can access
Click here to retrieve it! on the main page and
they will e-mail it to you.
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Your Rights

• No experiments will involve psychological or
  physical harm.
• When you arrive, the study will be explained to
  you. You are free to choose not to participate.
• Further, if during a session, you feel distressed
  and wish to withdraw, you may terminate your
  participation. You will not be penalized for
  refusing to participate and will receive the
  appropriate Research Requirement credit.

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Your Responsibilities

• Please show up on time
• Being late will probably earn you a negative
  credit
• Read the specifications
• e.g. Dont sign up for Males Only if you are
  female
• Assume the experiment will take one full hour
• unless it says otherwise when you sign up

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Also.

• If you are Under 18 Years of Age
• need parental consent form
• If you are repeating Psych 7
• still need to fulfill the requirement
• If you know your name wont appear on the
  registrars class list for Psych 7
• contact the Subject Pool Coordinator (see
  handout)
• Any questions or concerns?
• see the UCSB Research Participation website help
  links
• contact the Subject Pool Coordinator

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Option 2 Research Paper

• More details in the handout
• Review articles from List of Acceptable Journals
  (see handout)
• Should take same amount of time as participating
  in experiments

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Due Dates

• KEEP TRACK OF THESE DATES!
• The last day to participate in experiments
• November 30, 2007
• NO experiments are run during finals week and
  there are no experiment makeup dates after the
  last day of experiments.
• The paper is due
• November 30, 2007 by 400 PM (Psych East, RM
  1813)
• Please refer to handout for more details.