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7/24/16 1 www.caleblack.com PSY 1133 Applica-ons of Psychological Science Syllabus www.caleblack.com Thoughts Guiding Class Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.David Hume Keeping an open mind is a virtue, but not so open that your brains fall out.James Oberg www.caleblack.com

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PSY1133Applica-onsofPsychologicalScience

• Syllabus

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ThoughtsGuidingClass

•  “Extraordinaryclaimsrequireextraordinaryevidence.”

•  DavidHume

•  “Keepinganopenmindisavirtue,butnotsoopenthatyourbrainsfallout.”

•  JamesOberg

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RequiredText

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Goals&Objec-ves

•  Increasecri-calthinkingskills

•  Learnhowtoapplyscien-fic/empiricalmodesofthinkingtovariousphenomena

•  Learnthedifferencebetweenscienceandpseudoscienceandhowtheyexplainthings

•  Understandwhywearesoeasilyfooledwww.caleblack.com

ClassTips

•  Lectureslidesarepostedonline

•  Readbeforecomingtoclass

•  Cometoclassreadytodiscussthereadings

•  Cometoclass…period

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Donot…

•  Talkwhilesomeoneelseistalking

•  Beafraidtoaskques-ons

•  Haveyourphoneonduringclass

•  Sendmeemailswithanyofthefollowing:–  Thx,u,r,dude,l8r,lol,omg,nocapitalle[ers,allcapitalle[ers,noname,“Mr.Lack,”etc.

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Do…

•  Askques-ons

•  Thinkcri-cally

•  Berespec]ulofothers

•  Sendmeemailsintheformofale[er

•  Askques-onswww.caleblack.com

Grading

•  150points–Mediacri-ques(5@30)

•  250points–Exercises(5@50)

•  100points–Reflec-onques-ons(10@10)

•  500points–PseudoscienceinHealthfair

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