Evaluation

PSY 511 course performance will be evaluated based on the following scheme:

Component	Points	% of Grade
Quizzes	10 pts * 3 quizzes = 30	33.3
Participation	15 wks * 2 pts/wk = 30	33.3
Paper	30 pts	33.3
TOTAL	90	100

For clinical area graduate students

Quiz 1 covers material related to biology-related discipline specific knowledge (DSK).

Quiz 2 covers material related to cognitive-related discipline specific knowledge (DSK).

Quiz 3 covers material related to affect-related discipline specific knowledge (DSK).

Classroom participation and the final paper assess advanced integrative knowledge (AIK).

For students to receive a passing grade (B or better for the course, they must receive a passing grade (B or better or Satisfactory) for each assignment or activity designed to assess DSK and IAK. Students have one opportunity to re-do an assignment if they do not initially receive a passing grade.

Grading Scheme

Points	Percent	Grade
100+	100+	A+
94-100	94-99	A
90-93	90-93	A-
87-89	87-89	B+
84-86	84-86	B
80-83	80-83	B-
77-79	77-79	C+
70-76	70-76	C
60-69	60-69	D
<59	<59	F

Paper

Please write a critical review in the style of a Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) commentary. The target of your review could be a published article in BBS or an article published in another journal. Examine some existing BBS papers in your areas of interest to see how authors choose to structure their commentaries. Typically, a BBS commentary is restricted to 1,000 words, but you have latitude to write up to 2,500 words.

Do’s

Always put your last name and first name in the file name of all documents you submit. For example, gilmore-rick-psy-511-2021-final-paper.docx works fine.
Submit your paper as a MS Word document or as a Google drive document that I can comment on using the track changes feature.
Include a cover page and title. Make sure to add page numbers.
Unpack and define all acronyms when you first mention them. Define or explain technical terms and concepts.
Include all end-of-paper citations in a format that is convenient to you and easy to extract from your reference manager.
Include author-date citations in the text.
Use double-spacing.
Run spell-check on your paper before you submit. I also suggest reading your paper out loud as a way to catch run-on sentences, awkward phrasing, and odd word choices.