| The class was good overall. I enjoyed the examples provided on
video tape and the discussions that followed. Also, it was my first
experience with what I would consider a "real" seminar type course.
Other instructors have attempted this, but not with as much success I believe
you have had. I found the feedback you gave us regarding our presentations
to be extremely valuable and appreciated the manner and timeliness in which
it was received. |
The website proved useful for identifying your expectations by providing
a sample paper that you deemed as acceptable. |
I enjoyed the format of the course. You were able to make it
interesting to endure. Unfortunately, I don't believe that I learned
much that could be applied to I/O Psychology. I understand that your
area of expertise is Social Psych and not I/O, but I would find a way to
make it more applicable to I/O. Maybe that was what the reaction
papers were for. I attempted to relay the readings to my field, however,
sometimes it was quite a stretch and other times impossible. |
Also, you might want to relay the amount of information available on
your website other than just saying that it is out there. I didn't
realize how much useful information was accessible until the course was
over. And quite frankly didn't have the time to just go purusing
through it in the beginning of the course. However, if you had mentioned
some of the items that were available, I may have used it more. While I
appreciated not having to take a formalized exam, the weight of the paper
was rather frightening. I suppose that is the trade off. |
| The course provided a good in depth understanding of Social Psychology.
The use of different media types (video, handouts, demonstrations, and
discussion) was both enjoyable and useful in achieving a greater understanding
of social psychology. |
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I also felt that it was unfair that this course contain the same level
and amount of work as the doctoral students (PSCY 9710) yet this course
was only a master’s level program. I feel as though you approached
us from a doctoral training guise and not from a master’s candidate. |
Overall however, I enjoyed this class and learned quite a bit. |
| I enjoyed the course. I would take another course with Dr. Whatley
if I had the chance. I benefited from the open atmosphere of the
course. It made asking questions and making points very easy and
free from embarrassment. I also liked the high expectations Dr. Whatley
had of us. These expectations helped to raise my level of performance.On
the negative side, I would have liked more I/O relevance. The entire
class was I/O and it is a required course for the program. I feel
we would have benefited more if the material was tailored to the work place.
For example, could dissonance theory be used to increase employee performance
or attendance?I don't want to say the readings were overwhelming, but I
did find myself skimming the articles instead of reading them to write
my reaction papers. I don't know what you want to do about that. |
The website was very useful. I don't think every student went
to the website before the presentations. Doing so helped me have
my experiment in order for the presentation. It also helped in writing
the proposal. The checklist and sample proposal were especially helpful. |
I would have liked more instruction on some of the statistical requirements
for the proposal. I have taken several statistic classes, however,
I have never been exposed to a power analysis, contrast codes, manipulation
checks, etc. I feel that if these are supposed to be part of the
experiment and considering we have not been exposed to certain aspects
of the paper, then the class could have benefited by going over these aspects
in class.I believe the website could be improved by having the sample proposal
match up with the proposal checklist more. These are some things
on the checklist that the sample paper does not have. For example,
the results section of the proposal is not headed by the word "Planned
Analysis" as stated in the checklist. Another example is that there
is no Discussion section in the sample paper. |
I found the video clips very useful. Using Seinfeld clips makes
you aware of social psych topics in everyday life. |
| Excellent course |
The website was of great help, specially when writting the paper |
That class is great, I can't think of anything that can be done to
improve it. |
I enjoyed the class and I learned. |
| I really liked the use of video to assist in the teaching process |
I really appreciated the sample reaction papers and the guideline check
off for writting the papers |
Change the grading for the oral presentations. The option of 1-10 should
maybe be used for our evaluations. |
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| The course was very interesting - I liked the seminar format. I also
enjoyed the extensive use of videos and other materials that helped clarify
the topics discussed. |
The website was very good resource, however, I was largely unaware
of all the information it contained. While you had mentioned your website
at the beginning of the class, I did not really take the time to explore
it, as I was unaware of the extensiveness of the information. Perhaps if
you mention any related website sources that correspond to the current
topic in class, the students will get more out of it. |
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As for the class, since this class is a requirement for I/O students,
perhaps there could be more topics that directly related to business and
organizations. While a good deal of the material could be applied to training,
team building or employee motivation, a good deal of it did not seem like
it could be easily related to I/O. |