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PERSONALITY SYLLABUS
P170S FALL 2016
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2pm to 3:20pm in HIB 100
INSTRUCTOR & TA INFORMATION
Name:

Email:

Office:

Dr. Joanne F. Zinger (Instructor) joanne.zinger@uci.edu SBSG 4306

Emily Wong (Undergraduate TA)
Emma Grisham (Graduate TA)
Jacob Rode (Graduate TA)
John Michel Kelly (Graduate TA)

efwong@uci.edu
egrisham@uci.edu
jrode@uci.edu
jmkelly1@uci.edu

SBSG 4101
SBSG 4246
SBSG 4231
SBSG 4231

Office Hours:
Mon & Tues 10am to 11am
Tuesdays from 9am to 10am
Tuesdays from 12pm to 1pm
Thurs from 12:30 to 1:30pm
Thurs from 5pm to 6pm

DISCUSSION SECTIONS
The TAs will hold optional weekly discussion sections 4 times per week (see below), in Week 1 through Week 10. Feel
free to attend whichever discussion section best fits your schedule on any particular week.

Mondays from 12pm to 12:50pm in SSTR 103 with TA Emily

Mondays from 2pm to 2:50pm in HH 143 with TA Jacob
Tuesdays from 5pm to 5:50pm in RH 188 with TA Emma
Thursdays from 4pm to 4:50pm in RH 188 with TA John Michael
COURSE MATERIALS

Texbook (Required). Funder, D. (2016). The Personality Puzzle (7th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (ISBN 978-0393-26514-9). You can purchase this book at the UCI bookstore (price TBA). The book can also be purchased on amazon
(or similar websites) for approximately $135 (new) or $115 (used), and it can be rented on amazon for about $29. Finally,
you can purchase an electronic copy of the book for approximately $55 at:
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/webad.aspx?id=4294991353. While it is best if you purchase, rent, or borrow your own
copy of the text, I have put a copy of our book on reserve at Langson Library.
NOTE: If you have/can find a 6th (or 5th) edition of the book, it is OK to use that instead. (The 4th edition is probably OK
too, but I do not recommend the 3rd edition or older, as those much older editions are too outdated). That being said, if
you use the 4th, 5th, or 6th edition of the book, it is ultimately your responsibility to find out what the differences are
between the two editions and act accordingly. Also, if you are using one of the older editions, please be aware that the
ORDER of the chapters is sometimes different in the older editions compared to the newest edition. Therefore, pay more
attention to the TITLE of the chapter as opposed to the NUMBER of the chapter and please come see one of us during
office hours if you have any questions about how the older editions map on to the newer editions.
I-Clicker (Strongly recommend - especially if you want to earn extra credit). If you have not already purchased an iclicker, you will need to do so at the UCI bookstore (the same i-clicker can be used for multiple classes) or from an online
source (e.g., amazon.com). You should bring (and use) your i-clicker every lecture. Either "generation" of iclickers (Gen1
or Gen2) are OK to use - but it must be an iclicker brand (and not some other brand of clicker device).
Register your clicker at the i-clicker website: http://www.iclicker.com/registration/. Supply your last name, first
name, your 8-digit UCI student ID number, and the serial number on the back of your clicker.
Your iclicker needs to be re-registered every academic year so if you have not registered in the last few weeks,
please be sure to register it before Week 1!
If your i-clicker serial code has rubbed off and you registered your i-clicker at any point in the past, go to
http://www1.iclicker.com/find-an-iclicker to find your iclicker number. If that doesnt work, please come see me
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Explores theories of why people behave the way that they do and how they got that way. You will study the works of
Freud, Jung, Skinner, Maslow and other major theorists and practitioners of psychology.
EVALUATION
You will the have the opportunity to earn up to 300 points in this course.

Syllabus Quiz
1 syllabus quiz at 3 pts (1% of your course grade)
Midterm Exam
2 exams at 48 points each = 96 points (32% of your course grade)
Discussion Board
10 postings at 3 points each = 30 points (10% of your course grade)
Term Paper
1 paper at 69 points (23% of your course grade)
Student Presentation
1 group presentation at 18 points (6% of your course grade)
Defense Mechanism Assignment
1 defense mechanism assignment = 12 points (4% of your course grade)
Final Exam
1 final exam at 72 points (24% of your course grade)
THE CLASS WEBSITE

There is a website for this class where you can read announcements, read/post messages to other students on a message
board, download course material, and view your scores for the quizzes and final exam. Please check this website often
(ideally, every day) to keep on top of class information. You can reach our website from the UCI EEE site
(http://eee.uci.edu). Your textbook has a very helpful website, which has chapter reviews, chapter quizzes, vocabulary,
and chapter activities! The website address is http://wwnorton.com/college/psych/personalitypuzzle6/welcome.aspx .
LEARNING THE MATERIAL
My goal in this course is for you to thoroughly and completely learn all of the information in the assigned chaptersTo
achieve this goal, my lectures will follow along pretty closely with the book, although I will also incorporate videos,
surveys, demonstrations, and other activities to help enhance your learning and to allow you to gain a deeper
understanding of the material. My lectures will touch upon many of the major topics presented in these chapters - but in
most cases, the book will go into more detail than I will. Therefore, it is important BOTH to attend lecture AND read the
book, as each serves to reinforce the other. You might think of the lecture as a preview of or review of (what I
consider to be) the most interesting and important sections of the chapters. It really does take multiple exposures to a
body of material to really thoroughly understand it and to get it to "stick" in your long-term memory, hence the
importance of both hearing it in lecture and reading it own your own.
To assist you with your note-taking, I will post (sometimes slightly modified) copies of my powerpoint lecture slides on
our course website in the LECTURE SUPPLEMENTS section. I will make every effort to have slides posted no later
than midnight the day before the lecture. In addition, I will post a few open-ended questions that you should be able to
answer based on each lecture, as well as a website or two related to the chapter that you may find interesting. Finally, you
will also be provided with a review sheet before each exam (I will try to get this to you at least a week in advance).
If you do miss a lecture, there are few things you can do to catch up on the material. (1) If possible, get a copy of the
lecture notes from a friend/classmate. Dont know anyone in the class? This is a great excuse to introduce yourself and
make a new friend! (2) Carefully read and study the chapter associated with the lecture you missed. (3) After reading and
studying the chapter (and article, if relevant), check the questions in the Lecture Supplements section and make sure you
can answer all of them. (4) If there are any questions that you cant answer or if you have any questions about anything
you read in the chapter please come see one of us during office hours and we would be happy to go over any material
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Please note: During lecture, if you need me to repeat something or need me to slow down, please raise your hand and let
me know! Furthermore, if you raise your hand and I don't see you (which can certainly happen in such a large class),
please go ahead and say, "Dr. Zinger! I have a question!". Help me help you!
OFFICE HOURS
We are committed to being available to help students outside of class. In addition prompt responses to your emails and
Message Board posts, someone will be available to meet in person during office hours on Mondays, Tuesdays, &
Thursdays (see page 1 for exact times and locations). If you would like to meet with one of us but you are unavailable
during our regularly scheduled office hours, please do not hesitate to make an appointment with one of us. During office
hours, we are happy to answer any questions about the class/material, answer any questions about broader
education/career issues, or help you study/discuss better study techniques. Come on by!
DEFENSE MECHANISM ASSIGNMENT
The Defense Mechanism Assignment is designed to help you gain a deeper understanding of and apply the concept of
defense mechanisms that we talk about in lecture and/or that you read about in the book. Late assignments will be
accepted, but with the following penalties: One day late = 2 points off; two days late = 4 points off; three or more days
late = 6 points off. Points will be deducted according to these guidelines regardless of the reason it is late. You are always
welcome to pass in the assignment before it is due.
QUIZZES AND EXAMS
Online Syllabus & Related Materials Quiz. To succeed in this class, it is imperative that you become familiar with all
of the information in this syllabus and the portfolio handout. To encourage you to carefully read and learn this
information, you will have an ONLINE QUIZ on the information found in this syllabus. This quiz will consist of 6
multiple choice questions (each worth 0.5 points).
Online Midterms. Online midterm exams will consist of 25 multiple choice questions (each worth 1 point), 17 shortanswer question (each worth 1 point), and 1 essay questions (worth 6 points). The first midterm will cover all material we
have covered in the class until that point; the second midterm will cover everything we have covered in the class since the
first midterm. There will be separate links for the multiple choice questions, for the short answer questions, and for the
essay questions you must take these separately (you must complete one before beginning the other but you can
complete them in any order that you wish).
Online Final Exam. The Online Final Exam will be CUMULATIVE and will include 40 multiple choice questions (each
worth 1 point), 26 short answer questions, and 1 essay question (worth 6 points).
Wait, what? All quizzes and exams (including the final exam) are online?!? Yes, you read that correctly! All of our
quizzes, midterms, and the final exam will be online. I have chosen to put the quizzes and exams online for a few
reasons: 1) They are more environmentally-friendly. No need to make hundreds of pages of photocopies that are only
going to be recycled a few hours after the exam; 2) They are more efficient. The TAs do not have to run the scantrons
through a machine, you dont have to buy a scantron, I can see your (and the whole class) performance at the touch of a
button, and you can see your multiple-choice scores as soon as you finish the quiz/exam; 3) They are more comfortable.
You can take your quizzes/exams in an environment that is comfortable for you at a time of day when you feel the most
alert instead of being squished in an uncomfortable classroom right after lunch; and 4) They leave more time for in-class
instruction. Instead of spending valuable class time giving you quizzes and tests, I can use that time to go over more
topics, go into more detail about certain topics, bring in guest speakers, do hands-on activities, and/or watch useful videos.
There are a few rules about online quizzes/exams that you should be aware of:
1) There is a time limit for each quiz/exam. You will have 12 minutes to complete the syllabus quiz, 50 minutes to
complete the multiple-choice section of each midterm, 34 minutes to complete each short answer section of each
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multiple-choice section of the final exam, and 52 minutes to complete the short answer section of the final exam, and 10
minutes to complete the essay section of the final exam. Although there are time limits, the EEE system does not actually
"kick you out" after time is up. As such, you will need to keep track of how long you are spending on each quiz/exam and
make sure to finish before time is up (I recommend setting the timer on your phone to "warn" you when you have 2
minutes left). You will be penalized 1 point for every 1 minute that you go over the time limit.
2) You must hit SUBMIT once you have completed the quiz/exam for your answers to be saved/sent to me.
3) Each quiz/exam can only be taken once, and once you start it, you must complete it, so please be sure to take it at a
time and place where you will not be interrupted.
4) These quizzes/exams should be taken independently (without help from anyone else!). Getting help from a friend,
family member, or classmate (or working together with a classmate) on the quizzes/exams is considered CHEATING, and
it is not allowed. Any students who are caught doing this will receive a ZERO on the quiz/exam in question (and will be
referred to the Associate Dean/Academic Conduct Committee). Similarly, if I suspect that a student might cheat on a
quiz/exam, I reserve the right to require that student to take all quizzes/exams during office hours. Also, as an additional
measure to discourage cheating, please note that your quiz/exam questions will be randomly selected from a "quiz bank"
that contains three times the number of questions that you will be given. This means that each student's quiz will contain
a different set of questions. Finally, if you see any classmates working together on a quiz/exam, please tell me right away
so I can investigate the situation.
5) Although you are NOT allowed to get help from friends, family, classmates, etc. during the quizzes/exams, you ARE
allowed to use your book/articles/notes during the quizzes/exams. However, because the quizzes/exams are timed, you
will only have limited time to look up information if you do not already know the material very well and you rely too
heavily on your book/articles/notes to answer the questions, you will likely feel very rushed and/or not have enough time
to answer all the questions. As such, I recommend that you study for these quizzes/exams as if they are not open
book/articles/notes and then only use your book/articles/notes to check your work if you have any remaining time after
answering all the questions.
Missing Online Exams. You will have a fairly large window (usually at least 24 hours) to take the online quizzes/exams,
and you are expected to complete the quiz/exam during before the window closes. However, we understand that events
sometimes arise that may prevent you from completing the quiz/exam during the open window. Heres what you need to
know about missing quizzes/exams:
1) If you do not take the syllabus quiz during the open window, you will receive a 0 for this quiz, regardless of the reason
you missed it (including if you joined the class late). However, if you do miss the syllabus quiz, you can make up for
those missed points by taking advantage of the various extra credit opportunities that are offered (given that you can earn
up to 15 points of extra credit and given that the quiz is worth only 3 points).
1) Acceptable reasons for missing an exam include illness, family emergencies, university-sponsored conflicts, and
evacuation due to natural disaster (e.g., fire, earthquake). Vacation plans, employment obligations,

being confused about the quiz/exam window days/times, and simply forgetting to take
the quiz/exam are not acceptable reasons for missing an exam.
2) If you know in advance that you will need to miss an exam for an acceptable reason, you must let us know as soon as
you become aware of the conflict.
3) If you miss a midterm for an acceptable reason and you have documentation of this reason (e.g. doctor's note), you
must contact us immediately (e.g., within 48 hours). Make-up quizzes/exams will not be given. Instead, students who
miss a midterm for an acceptable reason, have documentation, and contact us immediately will receive a score that is
equivalent to the score of the midterm that they do actually take.
4) If you miss the final and you have a documented reason (e.g., doctors note), you must contact us immediately. Makeups for the final exam will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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5) In all cases (midterm or final), if you do not have documentation, you do not have an acceptable reason, and/or you do
not contact us immediately, you will receive zero points for the quiz or exam that you missed. You definitely do not want
to receive a zero on an exam, so you should take every step to keep this from happening!
MESSAGE BOARD
On the message board, you can post questions, make comments, and answer/respond to other peoples questions and
comments. I will post some questions/topics to give you ideas re: what to talk about but really, any questions,
comments, or responses related to the course are appropriate for the discussion board. You should make at least one
original (new thread) post and at least one reply post (response to someone elses thread) during Weeks 1-2, then again
during Weeks 3-4, then again during Weeks 5-6, then again during Weeks 7-8, and then again during Weeks 9-10. You
will need to make at least 2 postings during each two week period to receive full discussion board points.
EXTRA CREDIT: You may earn extra credit in several ways.
Opportunity #1: Outside Activities.
Option 1A. You may participate in laboratory research. You may participate in up to 4 hours of experimental research for
extra credit. You will receive 1 extra credit point for every hour you participate, for up to 4 points (1 point for 1 hour, 2
points for 2 hours, etc). To sign up to participate in an experiment, go to https://uci.sona-systems.com. There you will find
instructions for signing up for experiments and receiving credit for participation. Once you have logged in, you will find
a list of experiments the order of the list is random and changes. Associated with each experiment is a brief comment;
be sure to check the comments as they include criteria for participation for example, some experiments require people to
be native speakers of English, while others may require participants to be native speakers of Chinese.
Option 1B. You may elect to read current articles that are relevant to our personality lectures or textbook. These articles
may come from newspapers, magazines, psychology journals, or book chapters (other than your textbook); articles from
websites are OK only if they are associated with legitimate news sources (e.g., LA Times, OC Register, etc.). For each
article, you should write a brief summary (at least one FULL page, double-spaced, typed with 1 margins, nothing larger
than 12-point type) and indicate how it relates to the content of our class. You need also to attach a copy of each article
with your summary. You may complete up to 4 summaries, for up to 4 extra credit points (1 point per summary).
Summaries are due to the EEE dropbox before Thursday, December 1 st at 9:00pm.
Option 1C. Occasionally throughout the quarter, I may learn of different events happening around campus that I think you
will be benefit from, or I may come up with an activity that I think will be interesting or useful to you. As these
events/activities come up, I will announce them in class (and on the course website) and will allow you to earn 1EC by
attending/participating in the activity and showing some evidence of your attendance/participation. The form of evidence
may vary but will usually taking the form of writing a brief essay (e.g., 1 paragraph) about the event (what you did and/or
learned, thoughts and/or reflections, etc.). You may participate in up to 4 of these events/activities, for up to 4 extra credit
points (1 point per event/activity).
Opportunity #2: Random Extra Credit. Every class, we will have activities and questions that will require the use of an
i-clicker. We will keep track of who comes to class and participates in these activities by downloading the i-clicker data.
In addition, each week, the TAs will keep track of who attended/participated in discussion section. Sometimes,
participation in lecture or discussion will translate into one extra credit point. However, you wont be told until the
following week WHICH activity was counted for extra credit. Indeed, I will use a random number generator to determine
which activity (Tuesday lecture, Thursday lecture, or discussion) will count for extra credit (hence the name Random
Extra Credit). The more times you participate, the greater your chances of earning the points but you MUST use an iclicker (that is registered to your name) in order to be counted for the lecture-based extra credit opportunities (see page 1
of this syllabus for more info on the iclicker). Please note that using multiple iclickers in class (e.g., clicking in for your
friends who are absent) is NOT allowed this constitutes CHEATING. Students who are caught doing this will not be
eligible for random extra credit during the week in which they are caught, and repeat offenders may lose their extra credit
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Opportunity #3: Course evaluations. Toward the end of the quarter, you will receive an email inviting you to fill out an
online evaluation of me/this course (as well as a separate evaluation of the TAs/discussion section). Your answers to this
evaluation will be anonymous and we will not be able to read the evaluations until after the quarter is over, but we will
receive a list of students who filled it out. If you fill out the evaluation of me/this course and at least one TA evaluation
by the deadline, you will be given one extra credit point.
Combining extra credit options. To some extent, you may combine these options. Opportunity #1 (outside activities)
should be thought of as ONE option, in which you can earn a MAX TOTAL of 4 points. Within those 4 points, you may
mix and match (e.g., 2 research studies, 1 article, and 1 campus event), but no more than 4 points will be given for this
option. Opportunity #2 (Random Extra Credit) and Opportunity #3 (evaluations) should be thought of as completely
separate opportunities participation in Opportunity #1 (research) does not affect your ability to earn points for
Opportunity #2 (random EC) or Opportunity #3 (evaluations). You could potentially earn all 4 points for Opportunity #1
(outside activities) AND up to 10 points for Opportunity #2 (random EC) AND 1 point for Opportunity #3 (evaluations),
for a possible total of 15 EC points (which would, effectively, "boost" your grade as much as 5%).
TERM PAPER
Students will evaluate their own life in light of their own theory of personality. This will be an attempt to write what
Gordon Allport called a "psychological life history". Students will articulate their conceptualization of personality,
supported by appeal to existing theory, research, or their own creative argument, and use this as a context for selfinterpretation. Be sure you turn in your paper on time late papers will be penalized 6 points for each day late, regardless
of the reason they are late. Details about these papers can be obtained from the TERM PAPER HANDOUT.
DISCUSSION SECTION
Your teaching assistants will hold an optional weekly discussion section that you are encouraged to attend. You will likely
spend a good deal of this time on reviewing material from lecture and from the book. It is also your best opportunity to
ask questions about things from lecture or the text and to get to know your fellow classmates. Activities done in
discussion section will be included in the Random Extra Credit, meaning that you MAY earn extra credit for your
attendance/participation but please note: to be added to the list, you must arrive on time and stay for the entire 50
minutes. Please do not be disrespectful to your TA and your fellow students by arriving late and/or leaving early. Data
from previous classes suggest that there is a relationship between discussion section attendance and test performance. For
example, in a recent (similar) course, students who attended fewer than 3 discussion sections scored an average 85% in
the class, whereas students who attended at least 3 discussion sections scored an average of 91% in the class. Thats the
difference between a B and an A-!
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Your attendance in class is expected. If you miss more than three lectures, there will be
consequences. The 4th absence will result in a half letter grade deduction on your final course
grade. Each absence after that will result in an additional half letter grade drop. If you miss more
than 13 lectures, you will earn a failing grade unless you officially withdraw from the course.
GRADE DISAGREEMENTS
Occasionally, a student may believe that they deserve a higher grade on an assignment or an essay question than they
actually received. Likewise, from time to time, students may sometimes believe that there is more than one right answer
to a multiple choice question, and that the item they chose, while marked wrong, should actually be correct. While we
will make every effort to grade assignments, grade essay questions, and write test questions in the fairest way possible, no
one is perfect. If you believe that you deserve more points than you have earned on a particular assignment or exam, you
must state your argument in writing and pass in a typed argument to the Grade Disagreement EEE dropbpox (hand written
or emailed arguments will not be accepted); please include your full name and your email address on this document. You
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must turn in these arguments within ONE WEEK of receiving the grade/score in question. After one week, you
grade/score is permanent.
GROUP PRESENTATION
You and a group of up to 6 of your fellow classmates (maximum group size = 7 people total) will be in charge of a 10-13
minute class presentation in which you review material from one section of one of the chapters. You should provide a
typed outline of your presentation in which you summarize the major points of the section you have chosen. Also, please
prepare a Powerpoint Presentation for at least some of your presentation. You should email me your outline and your
Powerpoint, as I will post them on the course website. Feel free to be creative! You may also want to:

Engage the rest of the class in critiquing the chapter section to identify faults in logic and/or design,
With the rest of the class, explore new ideas extending the reading to possible new studies, professional
consultation, and real world applications,

Bring in examples or applications from videos, the internet, etc., and/or

Provide class activities to illustrate the ideas and/or research methods (simulations, questionnaires, etc.).

It is important that everyone in the group plays an equally important role in the preparation and/or delivery of the
presentation; please note that your group members will be rating you (and you, them!) on your effort, and that rating will
play a role in your score for the presentation. Also, please practice your presentation beforehand to make sure you get the
timing down right! You will be surprised how quickly 10-13 minutes can go byand because we need to make sure that
we get through ALL of the groups in the allotted time period, each member of your group will be penalized 2 points for
every 1 minute over 13 minutes that your presentation lasts! A good rule of thumb is that it often takes about 1 minute
to go over a slideso, for a 10-13 minute presentation, plan on having about 10-13 slides. Please note that you do not
have to (and likely will not be able to) cover EVERYTHING from the chapter section in this short time, so just pick the
sub-topic(s) that you think are the most interesting, most difficult, and/or most important.
Note: If you are giving you presentation in our lecture classroom, you should include at least one iclicker question during
your presentation. (I will show you how to use the iclicker feature on the computer).
The deadline to form groups and sign up for presentation time slot is Friday, October 28 th at 9pm. The sign-up sheet can
be found at: http://tinyurl.com/jhse6vo
POINT BREAKDOWN & GRADES
Grading is done a straightforward point system there will be no curve! Simply add up all your points and see below:
If you earn..
Your grade will be
278 to 300 points (93 to 100%)
A
269 to 277 points (90 to 92%)
A260 to 268 points (87 to 89%)
B+
248 to 259 points (83 to 86%)
B
239 to 247 points (80 to 82%)
B230 to 238 points (77 to 79%)
C+

If you earn
Your grade will be
218 to 229 points (73 to 76%)
C
209 to 217 points (70 to 72%)
C200 to 208 points (67 to 69%)
D+
188 to 199 points (63 to 66%)
D
179 to 187 points (60 to 62%)
DLess than 179 points (Below 60%)
F

At the end of the quarter, when all scores are totaled, here is how I handle fractions of a point: If the fraction less than .5
(e.g., 250.49), will round down to the nearest integer (e.g., 250). If the fraction is .5 or over (e.g., 250.5), I will round up
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Scores for all assignments will be posted on the online gradebook on EEE, and the online gradebook data will be used to
calculate your final grade in the course. When we release your scores, please check them right away! If you find
discrepancies/potential errors, please bring them to our attention as soon as possible.
Please note that I do not GIVE you a grade, you EARN your grade! Your grade reflects ONLY the quality of work you
have done over the quarter and is NOT subject to change on the basis of how much I like you, how many times you visit
me during office hours, how difficult your personal life has been this quarter, how much you beg, or anything of the sort.
Grades are NOT open to negotiation (other than in the form specified in the Grade Disagreement section, above).
PLAGIARISM POLICY
Giving credit where credit is due. Credit must be given for every direct quotation, for paraphrasing or summarizing a
work (in whole or in part) in one's own words, and for information that is not common knowledge. It is the writer's
responsibility to ensure that submitted papers are free of plagiarism. All UCI courses include instruction in the proper way
to credit sources and thereby avoid plagiarism. Be aware that, because each student has his or her own writing style, and
because convenient software exists to match online texts, plagiarism is relatively easy for instructors to detect, and the
consequences can be devastating to a student's academic career. Submitting work that you did not write with your name
on it is grounds for failure in the course. UCI takes academic honesty very seriously, and instructors are required to report
any instances of plagiarism to the student's academic dean who keeps a permanent record of the offense.
The most common offense. The most common form of plagiarism that I have come across is when students use the exact
words of someone else, do not put quotes around those words, and then end the phrase with the author and year in the
parentheses. While I appreciate the ATTEMPT at citing the source (putting the author and year at the end), if you have
used the exact words of someone else and those exact words are not in quotes, you have committed plagiarism. To be
more specific, the rule I will be using is: if you have used 6 or more words from another source and those words are
not in quotes, this constitutes plagiarism and you will, at the very least, receive a 0 for the section of the assignment in
which the plagiarism occurred. I dont know how to be any more clear about this. Not your words + not in quotes =
plagiarism.
Writing tip. When summarizing the work of others without using direct quotes, you should read their work (e.g., journal
article or textbook), study it a bit, and then PUT THE ARTICLE OR BOOK AWAY. Only when it is not in front of you,
tell us what the article or book section was about IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Only then is it okay to cite the author & year
without quotation marks around the words.
Recycling papers. Also, it is NOT OKAY to use sections of a paper that you have completed for another class, as this
puts you at an advantage over other students who have written their portfolio or article summary 100% from scratch for
this class. Turning in work that you already got credit for in another class may not technically be labeled plagiarism, but
it still definitely falls under the category of academic dishonesty, and it is not allowed; please see Item #3 under
"dishonest conduct" in the UCI Academic Honesty Policy:
http://senate.uci.edu/uci-academic-senate-manual/part-iii-appendices-of-the-irvine-division/academic-integrity/
Turnitin.com. All assignments will be uploaded to the turnitin.com website (we will upload them for you), and this
website is VERY GOOD at detecting academic dishonesty. Students who plagiarize or "recycle" even small portions of
their assignments will, at the very least, receive a 0 for the assignment.
SENDING EMAILS
We do enjoy receiving emails from students, and you should feel free to shoot us an email if you have a quick question or
concern. However, we ask that you adhere to the following simple but very important guidelines:

Tell us who you are! This includes telling us your first and last name. Strangely enough, we do not have ESP.

Tells us which class you are emailing about! I am teaching multiple courses this quarter, and I still dont have
ESP.
Please check the syllabus before asking us your question! The syllabus is very wise.
Consider coming to office hours! Sometimes questions are more easily answered in person.
Dont forget the Message Board! If you have a question that you think other students may be able to answer OR
that you think other students might benefit from hearing our answer, consider posting the question on the message
board in lieu of emailing us. I check the message board on a regular basis.
Use a proper greeting! You may call your TAs by their first name, but I prefer that you call me Dr. Zinger or
Professor Zinger.
Be professional! Make sure there are no errors or type-os in your message and most importantly, ask yourself,
Is the tone of my message professional and respectful? Would I send an email with this tone, wording, and/or
type of request to a boss or supervisor? If the answer is no to any of these questions, please REVISE the
message before sending to make it more appropriate.
One at a time, please! Please only send your email to one of us at a time; in other words, do not email all of us at
the same time with the same message. If you email me or one the TAs with a question/concern, please allow us
up to 24 hours to respond. If you do not receive a response from a TA within 24 hours, please email me (and
indicate in your email that you already emailed a TA but did not get a response). Alternatively, if you do not
receive a response from me within 24 hours, please email one of the TAs (and indicate in your email that you
already emailed me but did not get a response).

Who should you email Dr. Zinger or one of the TA? And if one of the TAs, which one? Good question! For the
most part, any of us can answer your questions/concerns, but sometimes, one person is a better choice than another:
For general questions about the course, assignments, or the message board, it is best to email one of the graduate
TAs.
For questions about discussion, it is best to email the TA whose discussion you attended (or plan to attend).
For questions regarding course material, it is best to email the TA who teaches the discussion section that you
most regularly attend. If you are unable to attend any of the discussions, it is best to email the one of the
undergraduate TA (Emily) with your questions.
For questions or issues related to the online exams or related your iclicker, it is best to email Dr. Zinger.
LECTURE ETIQUETTE
While we do strongly encourage you to attend lecture, I would like to remind you of the importance of being courteous to
your fellow classmates while in class. With a lecture hall of this size, I know it is very tempting to have a conversation
with your classmates during class. However, when you talk with your neighbor, you are not only getting in the way of
your OWN learning, you are also getting in the way of the learning of those around you, as these conversations are VERY
DISTRACTING to your fellow classmates who are trying to pay attention to the lecture. Although the best course of
action would be to hold off all neighborly communication until AFTER lecture, if you must communicate with your
neighbor, I BEG OF YOU to please pass them a note, send them an email/IM, send them a text message, or step
outside...but do not speak! It is my experience that most students are very respectful of this request - but even ONE
PERSON who is talking (or even whispering) can ruin the concentration of the entire class. Don't be that one student!
Also, if you do come to class, please plan to stay for the ENTIRE CLASS. You should do your best to arrive on time (or,
ideally, early), and while I do have some understanding of students who accidently (and occasionally) arrive a little late
(given that it can sometimes not be avoided), I have much less understanding for students who leave early. Class will go
for the entire 80 minutes (1 hour & 20 minutes); please plan your schedule accordingly. This means you should not
schedule work, meetings, or other appointments in a way that would require you to leave class early.
LAPTOP USAGE
Many of you use a laptop during lecture (presumably to) take notes. I encourage laptop users to consider whether this is
the best approach for them. A study done by some of my students in my SE10 (Research Design) class found that in-class
laptop users, on average, had a lower GPA than non-laptop users. You may wish to experiment for a few weeks and

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compare your learning/performance for weeks that you used your laptop versus weeks where you did not. Also, if you do
decide to use a laptop in class, I cannot discourage you strongly enough from using it for ANYTHING EXCEPT taking
notes. I realize that checking your email, instant messaging, surfing the web, and checking your facebook page is usually
more entertaining than taking notes (I even caught someone watching an episode of Gray Anatomy once!), but your
learning will surely suffer as a result. We, as humans, can only pay attention to so many things at once and if you are
trying to multitask while listening to lecture, your comprehension of the lecture material will surely suffer as a result.
In fact, those same SE10 students also asked people the degree to which they multi-task in this manner (with their laptop)
during lecture; they found a medium negative correlation between multi-tasking and GPA, such that students who did
more multi-tasking during lecture had lower GPAs. This type of multi-tasking not only can hurt your
learning/performance, it also robs you of the experience of truly being PRESENT in the present moment, truly
EXPERIENCING your current environment, and truly ENGAGING in the class. Do not rob yourself of these things!
Because it can be distracting for those who are NOT using a laptop (or other electronics) to be able to view the activities
of those who ARE using electronics (especially when electronics users are doing things other than taking notes), I am
going to designate one (or more) sections of our classroom as a TECHNOLOGY-FREE ZONE. If you choose to sit in
this zone, you are implicitly agreeing not to use a laptop, tablet, cell-phone, or any other electronic device at any point
during lecture. If you wish to use any of these devices, please sit in the TECHNOLOGY-ALLOWED ZONE.
DR. ZINGER IS ON FACEBOOK!
Thats right, Ive created a fan page for myself! If you have a facebook account, you may wish to consider liking me!
You can find the page by typing in Dr. Zinger into the search box in the upper right hand corner of your facebook
homepage, and then clicking on the like link that is near my picture. If you would like to learn more about me, about
psychology, about the Department of Psychology & Social Behavior, about events and opportunities going on around
campus, and/or about what it is like to be professor, you might want to try it out! [Please note that becoming my fan is
NOT the same as becoming my friendI will NOT be able to see your facebook page NOR will your status updates show
up in my news feed].
NOTE: Facebook limits the number of posts you received from "fan pages", unless you explicitly tell it that this is a page
you really want to receive posts from. If you want to ensure that my (or any of your favorite fan pages') posts show up in
your newsfeed, in addition to "liking" my page, you should also do the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Open the Fan Page you want to continue to receive posts for.
Mouse over the gear wheel icon next to the Like box and click it.
Click Add To Interest Lists
Create an interest list name and all of the posts you want to see from any Fan Page youve Liked will now show up.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week

Date & Time

Lecture Activity/Topic

0
0

Reading

Assignments Due/Notes

NO Discussion During Week 0

Thurs, Sept. 22nd

Syllabus & Course Overview

Syllabus, Term
Paper Handout

Welcome to P170S!

Fri, Sept 23rd at 1:00pm through Sat, Sept 24th at 9pm: Take Syllabus Quiz (12 minutes)

Discussion Week 1: Do introductions and talk about (and/or do activities related to) Chapters 1, 2, 3, or 4

Tues, Sept. 27th

Personality Tests & The Goals of

Personality Psychology

Chapters 1 & 3

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Thurs, Sept. 29th

Personality Research Methods,

Personality Traits, Situations, and
Behavior

Chapter 2 & 4

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Discussion Week 2: Talk about (and/or do activities related to) Chapters 5, 6, and/or 7

Tues, October 4th

Personality Judgment, Stability,

Development, and Change

Chapter 5 & 7

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Thurs, October 6th

Using Personality Traits to

Understand Behavior Part I

Chapter 6

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Sunday, October 9th at 9pm is the deadline to make your Week 1-2 posts

Discussion Week 3: Review for Midterm #1

Tues, October 11th

Using Personality Traits to

Understand Behavior Part II

Chapter 6

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Thurs, October 13th

The Mind and the Body: Biological

Approaches to Personality

Chapter 8 & 9

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Fri, Oct 14th at 1pm through Sat, Oct 15th at 9pm: Take Midterm #1 (which covers Ch. 1-9)
50 mins for Multiple Choice portion, 34 mins for Short Answer portion, and 10 mins for Essay portion

Discussion Week 4: Go Over Midterm #1 and talk about and/or do activities related to Chapter 10 and/or 11

Tues, October 18th

Basics of Psychoanalysis

Chapter 10

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Week

Date & Time

Lecture Activity/Topic

Thurs, October 20th

Psychoanalysis After Freud: NeoFreudians, Object Relations, and

Current Research

Reading

Assignments Due/Notes

Chapter 11

The deadline to register to

vote is Oct. 24th! You
easily register online at:
http://registertovote.ca.gov/

Sunday, October 23rd at 9pm is the deadline to make your Week 3-4 posts

Discussion Week 5: Talk about and/or do activities related to Chapters 12 & 13

Tues, October 25th

Experience & Awareness:

Humanistic & Cross-Cultural
Psychology Part I

Thurs, October 27th

Experience & Awareness:

Humanistic & Cross-Cultural
Psychology Part II

Deadline to form groups and sign up for presentation time slot is Friday, October 28 th at 9pm. The sign-up
sheet can be found at:

Chapter 12 & 13

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Chapter 12 & 13

Defense Mechanism
Assignment due to EEE
dropbox before 9pm

http://tinyurl.com/jhse6vo
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Discussion Week 6: Review for Midterm #2

Tues, November 1st

Learning to be a Person:
Behaviorism & Social Learning
Theories

Chapter 14

Thurs, November 3rd

Personality Processes: Perception,

Thought, Motivation, & Emotion

Chapter 15

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Fri, Nov. 4th at 1pm through Sat, Nov 5th at 9pm: Take Midterm #2 (which covers Ch 10-15)
50 mins for Multiple Choice portion, 34 mins for Short Answer portion, and 10 mins for Essay portion
Sunday, November 6th at 9pm is the deadline to make your Week 5-6 posts

Discussion Week 7: Go Over Midterm #2 and talk about and/or do activities related to Chapters 16 & 17

Tues, November 8th

The Self: What You Know About

You - ONLINE
(no in-person class meeting)

Chapter 16

Lecture will be posted

online to give you time to
vote!

Thurs, November 10th

Personality, Mental Health, &

Physical Health

Chapter 17

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Week

Date & Time

Lecture Activity/Topic

Reading

Assignments Due/Notes

Discussion Week 8: Student Presentations

Tues, November 15th

Student Presentations

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Thurs, November 17th

Student Presentations

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Sunday, November 20th at 9pm is the deadline to make your Week 7-8 posts

Discussion Week 9: Student Presentations

Tues, November 22nd

Thurs, November 24th

10
10

10

10

10 Finals

Student Presentations

NO CLASS University Holiday

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Term Paper due to the

Canvas dropbox before
9pm
Happy Thanksgiving!

Discussion Week 10: Student Presentations & Review for Final Exam
Tues, November 29th

Thurs, December 1st

Student Presentations

Review for Final Exam

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Extra Credit Article

Summaries due to the
EEE dropbox before 9pm

Sunday, December 4th at 9pm is the deadline to make your Week 9-10 posts
Fri, December 2nd at 1pm through Thurs, December 8th at 1:30pm:
Take Final Exam (cumulative)
80 mins for multiple choice portion, 52 mins for short answer portion, and 10 mins for essay portion