This is the course website for the Stanford Psychology Honors Program. The Honors Program in Psychology is designed for Psychology majors who wish to pursue a full year of intensive supervised independent research during their senior year. Students in the program will acquire a broad background in psychology as well as a deep background in their chosen area.
In the fall quarter, we will focus on career development, acquiring valuable research skills, and on discussing our research projects. In the winter quarter, we will focus on reading and discussing research papers that are relevant for our projects. In the spring quarter, we will focus on how to present our research in writing, as well as in poster and oral presentations.
Ellen Markman | Kayla Good | Julie Cachia | |
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Role | Instructor | Teaching assistant | Teaching assistant |
Email (@stanford.edu) | markman | kagood | jcachia |
Office hours* | By appointment | Book appointment | By appointment |
* We warmly invite you to join us for office hours! You don’t have to have a specific question in advance - you can check in just to say hi if you want :) We’re also here in case you want help with project troubleshooting, planning for project updates, career advice, etc.
During fall quarter, the class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-4:20pm in Encina Center 464.
In this course, we will:
FALL QUARTER
You can click on the blue links in the Class column to get more information about each session.
Day | Date | Theme | Class | |
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1 | Tuesday | September 26 | Welcome | |
2 | Thursday | September 28 | Career ๐ | VPUE and CareerEd |
3 | Tuesday | October 3 | Career ๐ | About the NSF & Hume Writing Center |
4 | Thursday | October 5 | Skills ๐คน | Organizing your work |
5 | Tuesday | October 10 | Career ๐ | NSF Panel |
6 | Thursday | October 12 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
7 | Tuesday | October 17 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
8 | Thursday | October 19 | Skills ๐คน | Open Science and Ethics |
9 | Tuesday | October 24 | Career ๐ | Grad School Panel |
10 | Thursday | October 26 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
11 | Tuesday | October 31 | Skills ๐คน | Citation Management (Zotero) |
12 | Thursday | November 2 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
13 | Tuesday | November 7 | No class | |
14 | Thursday | November 9 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
15 | Tuesday | November 14 | Career ๐ | Applying to be a lab manager |
16 | Thursday | November 16 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
17 | Tuesday | November 21 | No class - Thanksgiving break | |
18 | Thursday | November 23 | No class - Thanksgiving break | |
19 | Tuesday | November 28 | Presentation ๐ฌ | Presentations: Project updates |
20 | Thursday | November 30 | Skills ๐คน | R Intro |
21 | Tuesday | December 5 | Skills ๐คน | Visualizing Data in R |
22 | Thursday | December 7 | No class | |
Community ๐ | End of quarter social event |
We’ll do introductions and discuss the plan for the course, including class norms and learning goals.
Representatives from The Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) as well as Stanford Career Education (CareerEd) will join for a discussion about resources that are available to you here at Stanford.
We’ll spend the first 30 minutes of class discussing the requirements for the (NSF GRFP).
Then, Chris Kamrath from the Hume Writing Center will be joining us to talk about the resources available to you as you write your NSF proposals (and your honors thesis later in the year).
We’ll discuss tips and strategies for staying organized as you work on your honors thesis.
We’ll be hearing from recipients of NSF GRFP awards (as well as honorable mentions).
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
We’ll discuss open science, preregistration, replication, ethics/sampling (recruiting participants, informed consent).
Useful links
A discussion about how to apply for grad school. A panel of PhD students will join us for the discussion.
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
A tutorial on how to use Zotero to organize papers and generate APA-style references.
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
Democracy day!
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
A discussion about how to apply for lab manager positions. A panel of current PhD students who were lab managers in the past will join us for the discussion.
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
Enjoy your break!
Enjoy your break!
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
We’ll go over the basics of R, including importing and wrangling data.
We’ll go over the basics of visualizing data in R.
Two students will share their project ideas with the rest of the class. Each student presents for 20 minutes, followed by a 20 minute discussion.
We’ll have a pizza dinner together at Treehouse :)
We expect that you attend each of our course meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays in person. However, if something comes up, please let us know and we can make arrangements for you to make up your absence. Unfortunately, we can’t offer remote attendance via Zoom this quarter, but we are happy to send you a class recap (and we will of course post all relevant materials and slides on Canvas).
And of course, your health is the top priority, so if you are sick or have ANY potential symptoms of COVID-19, flu, RSV, a cold, etc., please email us (when you can) and stay home and rest!
Our primary focus is to make this course useful for all of you. Thus, this fall, the honors seminar will be offered as pass/fail or for a grade.
Here is the breakdown of what we expect from all of you:
Being respectful of each other: - Focus on giving constructive and uplifting feedback. - Try to avoid providing demoralizing feedback. - Be critical of ideas, not people. - Consider presenterโs preferences for questions and interruptions.
Actively listening when others are speaking: - Minimize phones and other screens so as to not distract others. - At the same time, recognize that paying attention can look different for different people.
Open-mindedness and inclusivity: - Be receptive to feedback when you receive it. - Understanding that everyoneโs coming from a different background. - Clarify field-specific jargon when necessary. - Having a shared understanding that there are no silly questions.
Students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability should initiate the request with the Office of Accessible Education
(OAE). Professional staff will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend reasonable accommodations, and prepare an Accommodation Letter for faculty dated in the current quarter in which the request is being made. Students should contact the OAE as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone: 723-1066, URL: http://oae.stanford.edu).
Stanford offers several services that might be of help:
We welcome feedback regarding the course at any point. Please feel free to email us directly, or leave anonymous feedback for the teaching team by using this form.