HW: Read this New York Times article on the Wikipedia/Rorschach Test controversy.

Write a response to turn in on Monday. Where do you stand on the issue? Do you think all such information should be available on Wikipedia, or does this invalidate a valuable assessment tool?

HW: Take this personality test.

Either print out your results or copy them and bring them with you. You should have a four-letter "type" as well as a description of the type and some celebrities who share your type.

HW: Study for unit test on Sleep and Dreams, Monday, January 25th.

Be sure to refer to the review guide to help you study. If you need to supplement your notes with other information, try some of the resources below:

The National Sleep Foundation

Neuroscience for Kids (Hey... why not?)

BBC

WebMD on sleep disorders.

Paper due Friday:

I: Title page
II: Abstract
III: Introduction
a. Pavlov & Classical conditioning
b. Skinner & Operant conditioning
c. Purpose and hypothesis
IV: Method
a. Participants
b. Materials
c. Procedure
i. Describe magazine training in general
ii. Describe what you/subject did
iii. Describe bar press training
iv. Describe what you/subject did
V: Results
VI: Discussion
a. Interpret results: did they support hypotheses?
b. Limitations
c. Implications for application or suggestion for future research.
VII: References
VIII: Figure caption
IV: Figure (Cumulative record print-out)

ALSO: Final version of lab report due Friday. Don't forget to include a copy of your cumulative record as the last page.

HW: Record your sleep habits between now and class on Friday. Be sure to take note of the following:

* When did you got to bed? Did it take you long to fall asleep?
* How did you sleep? Did you wake up much during the night?
* When did you get up in the am? How many hours of sleep did you get? Did you have difficulty getting up?
* Did you have any periods of drowsiness during the day? Did you use caffeine to stay alert? Did you nap?

Your records should cover Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night and the time between.

PEER REVIEW:

1. Be sure the author has covered all of the sections listed below.
2. Be sure there is no use of first or second person anywhere in the paper (i.e. I, we, you, etc.)
3. Be sure that each section contains the appropriate information.
4. Check for grammar, punctuation, spelling.
5. Check for style: is the paper written in an academic style? There should be no slang.
6. Check for the following passive style:
"The hypothesis is..." "The materials are..." "The participant is..." "The results are..."

Your lab should include the following:

I: Title page
II: Abstract
III: Introduction
IV: Methods
a. Participants
b. Materials
c. Procedure
V: Results
VI: Discussion
VII: References
VIII: Figure caption
IX: Figure

HW: Complete Results section of lab.

- How long did the acquisition period take?
- How frequently did Sniffy exhibit the bar press bx. at the beginning of the experiment?
- How often did he bar press by the end?

- Be sure to stay away from attributing human cognitive processes to the mouse! Let the numbers prove that the learning occurred.