| Psychology 392:
Section 3 |
| Seminar in Junior
Writing: |
| Topics in Cognitive
Psychology |
| Spring 2006 |
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| "By writing much, one learns to write well." |
| -Robert Southey |
| Course
Instructor: Michael
Stroud |
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| Class Meetings: |
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| Seminar: Tuesday and
Thursday
9:30 - 10:45 am |
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| Office Hours: Tuesday
and Thursday 11:00 - noon and by appointment |
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| Machmer, Room W - 25 |
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| Email: mstroud at
psych.umass.edu |
Click on the images below to access course content.
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| Syllabus |
Campus
Conditions |
Assigned
Readings |
UMass Eye
Tracking Lab |
Writing
Assignments |
| Click HERE for some nice tips for writing well courtesy of Dr. Paloutzian. |
| Check
out the three resume templates from MS Word below constructed through
the Resume Wizard: |
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| Resume
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Resume
2 |
Resume
3 |
| Click
HERE for the MS Word
cover letter template shown in class today. |
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| Click
HERE for the powerpoint from today's
lecture regarding some tips on assignment 4 and the GRE. |
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| Click
HERE
for some example resume templates. |
Some nice information
regarding things you can do with your psychology degree besides
graduate school: |
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| Click
HERE for a link to a
nice
website for searching for graduate programs. Click HERE for the timeline handed out in class regarding applying to graduate school. |
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| Click HERE
for a link to the cool demo we did in class today. |
Click HERE for the official GRE website. |
Click HERE for
a link to the 10 steps for writing an essay we discussed in class. |
 Click HERE for a PDF of Heather's presentation on children and the media |
 Click HERE for some writing exercises that may actually improve your writing. *Thanks to John Stifler for lending his work |
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| Look for New
APA information in the
"Writing Assignments" section below |
Duck
Quizzes |
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Click to access PsycINFO
Clck HERE for a Quick step guide to using PsycINFO
Click HERE for a blank grade sheet to track your progress in the course.
New York Times articles about the importance of writing:
The Fine Art of Getting it Down on Paper, Fast
What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence
My New Year's Eve Fortune
The Duck quizzes have been added. I was pleased to see that as a class you averaged 19.4/20. Good work!!!!
Your
final grade has been
added to the link below. Have a great summer!!!!
Click HERE
for a tally of the points.The Duck quizzes have been added. I was pleased to see that as a class you averaged 19.4/20. Good work!!!!