Psychology Department policy on Psy 105 out of class activities
•	You must receive 4 credits of out-of-class activities if you are registered in PSY-105
•	If you do not receive all 4 credits, you will not receive a grade.  An incomplete will be assigned instead.
•	If you miss or come late to an experiment you signed up for, you will have a 1 credit deduction. 
•	After 2 penalty credit deductions, you will not longer be able to use experiments to complete your credits
•	All credits must be completed by the last day of class
How to Receive Credits
•	Participate in experiments
•	Read and summarize articles from a Psychology Journal
•	Any combination of the above two
Summarizing Journal 
Articles
•	2 double-spaced typed pages with the title of the article, author names, and journal title, year of publication
•	Discuss:
•	What the author is trying to accomplish in the work you read about
•	Why you chose this topic
•	What conclusions the author reached
•	Give a basic description of what took place in the study
•	Any problems or weaknesses in the research that you notice or that were discussed in the article
•	Why you think the study is interesting
Psychology Journals
•	Journal of Abnormal Psychology
•	Psychological Science
•	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
•	Journal of Applied Psychology
•	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory
•	Behavioral Neuroscience
Using the online system to sign up for studies
•	Go to the link found on the psychology department website (under research, and then click on “student research participation”).  Here is a direct address:
http://uncw.sona-systems.com/

•	Enter your userid and password (both will be emailed to you after the drop/add date. 
•	Click on active studies – then click on study info/timeslots to see if there is a time available. 
•	Choose study you wish to participate in…make sure you write down the correct time and place for the study as well as the name of the principal investigator.