Instructor: Dr. Leon James, Professor of Psychology, UHM
Help Hours: Tuesday Office Hours: G201A 9:00 to 10:30
Thursdays: Crawford 101: 2:30 to 3:30
Wednesdays: Crawford 201: 1:00 to 3:30
Tuesdays: Porteus 635: 11:45 to 1:00
Tuesdays: Porteus 342: 2:15 to 3:30
Telephone: Psych office: 956-7614 (messages only)
e-mail: leon@hawaii.edu
URL: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/leon.html
Class time: Tuesdays 10:30 to 1:00 BUSAD D102 and Porteus 635
Course Description: WI/Psych 459
Traffic Psychology in Cyberspace
Seminar exploring the content and principles of traffic psychology defined as self-modification attempts in acquiring a more rational and sociable driving personality. Topics are based on self-witnessing reports and include managing one's negative emotions in traffic; the role of self-regulatory verbalizations in behavior; and a driving personality make-over. Weekly written assignments are typed and posted on the World Wide Web using campus computers or dial-in modems. Oral presentations by students and class discussions on Internet issues. Aimed and organized for computer novices since most students are unfamiliar with the Internet and UNIX operations.
Grades: Point system as follows:
Weekly Internet Reports
published on WWW Home Page 70 points
Oral presentations & class participation: 30 points
A=85 points; B=84-70; C=69-60; D=50-50; F=49
Absence penalty=-5 per class; Late work penalty=-3 per day late.
Textbook: All required reading for traffic psychology will be on the Internet. Several required booklets for Internet literacy will be in the Bookstore.