PSYC 2773 Social Psychology Syllabus 010 Spring 2026

Plagiarism

Plagiarism, is defined in section 16.2 of the Code of Conduct: “Representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own. Plagiarism includes claiming credit for assignments completed by someone else.” All instances of intentional plagiarism on any major assignment for this course will lead to the immediate failure of the course with no opportunity for the student to withdraw. The instance of plagiarism will be reported to the Dean of Student Development. If the student has a second instance of plagiarism reported to the Dean of Student Development, the student may be suspended from the institution.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI programs can serve as helpful tools in the learning process. However, they cannot be used as a substitute for writing. Acceptable uses of AI for this course include assistance with grammar, spelling, and writing mechanics. However, using AI to generate content for a paper, assignment, or discussion post is considered plagiarism and is not appropriate use. Such use will result in, at minimum, a zero for the assignment without opportunity for resubmission, and may result in failure of the course.

Any use of AI must be properly referenced in the References. This source can provide guidance: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

Additionally, the chat input and output must be included in an Appendix.

Attendance:

Regular attendance is expected in accordance with college policy. If at midterm, you are not making satisfactory progress toward completing this course, then you may be administratively withdrawn from the course.

Late Assignments 
All assignments and discussion are expected on the due date assigned. Should unusual circumstances arise that delay your work, you may turn in your paper up to one week late with a deduction of a full letter grade for that assignment. After one week, the assignment may not be accepted unless unusual and unavoidable circumstances warrant an additional exemption. Late case studies are not accepted. Only two assignments may be submitted late. All late assignments must be submitted prior to the week of finals; no late work will be accepted during finals week.

Writing style: The official writing style for the course is APA Style. See Purdue Owl for a helpful resource.

All coursework must be typed unless otherwise noted. Abbreviations such as those used when texting (i.e., “u” instead of “you”) are NOT appropriate and work containing such abbreviations will not be graded. Instead, it would be returned to you for corrections, and you will immediately lose one letter grade for that assignment. Once you have made corrections, you may turn in the assignment for grading. You will lose an additional letter grade for each week the assignment is late.

Contacting the instructor: E-mail is the best way to contact me. I usually check my e-mail several times a day and strive to get back to messages within 24 hours. However the response time is lengthened to 48-72 hours over the weekend. Please use your KCC email account to email me as any other account might be flagged as spam and not delivered.

If you have read to this point of the syllabus and would like extra credit, use your KCC student email to send me a picture of your favorite animal to cstevenson@kcc.edu no later than by beginning of the second class. Please be sure to include which class the class number (PSYC 2773 010) in the subject line.