Extra Credit Opportunities
There are two ways you can gain extra credit. Both forms are in exchange for research exposure, and will consist of 4 percentage points being added onto your second-lowest exam score. You may do only one, not both.
1). You may participate as a subject in a research experiment by a faculty member in this department, and then write a half-page summary of the goals of that research project. In order to prove that you actually participated, you also need to turn in a signed form from the experimenter saying that you participated; blank copies are available here.
In order to maintain equity, there will be no "double-dipping" allowed that is, some experiments in this department are available for pay, and other courses may also provide extra credit for experiments. However, you cannot receive any other form of credit for any experiment which serves as extra-credit for this class. You are of course free to participate in additional experiments in exchange for these other forms of credit.
Here is information on some experiments currently ongoing; others will likely be added later in the semester:
- Language Development Lab: looking for participants for research on speech and language. Sessions take one hour, and involve listening to speech sounds and deciding what you think you heard. To set up a time, contact the lab at ldev@hesp.umd.edu or 405-2730.
- Description: participation is requested for normal hearing individuals
between 18 and 35. Free hearing test. If you qualify, you will sit in a
reclining chair and have a soft tip in your ear. Some moderate level
sounds will be presented. You will not have to respond, all you have to
do is sit and relax. You can bring a book or even take a nap! Those who have had multiple ear infections and/or head injuries
are not eligible. Study takes 1 -1.5 hours and takes place in LeFrak Hall. Contact Bria Johnson by email at BrJohnson@hesp.umd.edu or
briarjohnson@gmail.com.
- This experiment aims at understanding the perception of
vowel sounds by users of cochlear implants. The experiment is intended for
normal-hearing participants and take 4-5 hours spread across 2-3 visits
during weekday evenings. Contact Matt Winn at mwinn@hesp.umd.edu
2). You may read a language-related research article from a recent volume of Journal of Memory & Language, Applied Psycholinguistics, Brain and Language, or the Journal of Child Language, and write a 2- to 3-page summary and critique of the article.
(Other journals may also be acceptable; see me for prior approval).
Either form of extra credit assignment should be turned in by the end of class on December 12. No late assignments will be accepted.
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