Finally, there will be opportunities for extra credit. Students can hand in up to two 2-page-long extra credit papers. Two…

Finally, there will be opportunities for extra credit. Students can hand in up to two 2-page-long extra credit papers. Two points can be earned for each paper (added to your final class average), but only 1 point will be awarded for substandard papers. The point of the paper will be to describe a current event or news story (from within the past year) in terms of theories and/or research covered in the course. (Do not, however, select a media report that is itself already about psychology research!) Although papers should include very brief summaries of the event or news story you choose to write about, the focus should be on describing the relevant aspects of social psychology and on clearly discussing the connection. You should apply two aspects of social psychology (no more, no less) to your experience. If you want to hand in two extra credit papers, the first one must be handed in by the first class meeting of the eleventh week of the semester (Monday, April 4). The second one must be handed in by the second-to-last class meeting (Wednesday, April 27). Papers must be handed in as hard copies, not as email attachments.