User:Regretscholar/Social Cognition (PSY 327)

This course is a 300-level course composed of junior and senior psychology majors. Students will work in teams of 3-5 students. Groups will create a plan to improve an existing wikipedia page, which they will post to the talk page. They will make draft edits in the sandbox of a group member, and each student will perform an independent peer review of the draft edits. Based on this feedback, groups will make final changes to the page. Students will submit individual reflection papers about what they learned from the assignment via our course Learning Management System.

Our course is participating in the APS Wikipedia Initiative

Topics addressed are:
 * Actor observer bias
 * Affective forecasting
 * Availability Heuristic
 * Counterfactual thinking
 * Dual process theory
 * Hot cognition
 * Misattribution of Arousal
 * Overchoice
 * Social Perception

Week 1 (2015-01-26)

 * Overview of the course
 * Selection of preferred topics

Week 2 (2015-02-02)

 * Group assignments

Week 3 (2015-02-09) & 4  (2015-02-16)

 * Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.

Annotated Bibliography (submitted via Niihka LMS)

Week 5 (2015-02-23)

 * Discuss the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.


 * See Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.


 * Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
 * A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Week 6 (2015-03-02) -- Week 10 (2015-04-06)

 * Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette
 * Introduce use of Sandboxes
 * Q&A session with instructor about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.


 * Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.


 * Create a User page, and then click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.


 * Create an initial draft of your group's revisions in the Sandbox of the designated Editor for your group.


 * Complete the survey link here to ensure that I grade the correct sandbox. Google Form

Week 11 (2015-04-13) & 12 ( 2015-4-20)

 * Peer review assignments


 * Complete this Google Form to log your username.
 * Peer review the draft posted in the group's Sandbox. Leave suggestions on the Sandbox talk page.  Be sure you are signed in! SIGN THIS POST!
 * Copy-edit the reviewed article. Save these changes, being sure to make a note in the Edit summary.

Week 13 (2015-04-27) & 14 (2015-05-04)

 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. If you disagree with a suggestion, use talk pages to politely discuss and come to a consensus on your edit.
 * Move your sandbox articles into main space.
 * If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
 * If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow these instructions on how to move your work.

Week 15 (2015-05-04)

 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article. You can find a handy reference guide here.


 * Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.