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Note: This is a tentative schedule; any changes will
be announced in
advance.
Monday May 3 Morning (9:00-11:30 am)
Introduction to the field of psychology: Topics, methods, practitioners,
researchers
Science of psychology
Course goals
READING: Pages 3-16, 19-21, 24-31
in Chapter 1 What is Psychology?
Pages 35-43, 45-60, 63-64 in Chapter 2 How Psychologists Do Research |
Monday May 3 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
How does your brain work?
Video -- segment showing neurons
ACTIVITY: Speed of neural transmission
Neurotransmitters (“brain chemistry”)
VIDEO-- Pleasure Centers in the Brain
| READING: Pages 101-111
in Chapter 4 Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain |
Tuesday May 4 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
QUIZ #1 (Neural transmission)
Neurotransmitters (continued)
Effects of drugs on the brain
VIDEO -- Brain Transplants in Parkinson's Patients [if available]
VIDEO -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
READING: Pages 111-114
in Chapter 4 Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
Pages 162-170 on drugs in Chapter 5 Body Rhythms and Mental States
Pages 601-606 on drug addiction in Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders
Pages 505-506 on prenatal development in Chapter 14 Development over
the Life Span
WEB: View animation showing how cocaine influences dopamine by clicking
here-- read the explanation, then click on "Add cocaine."
See how opiates influence dopamine (and also endorphin receptors,
though they are not mentioned by name) by clicking
here-- read the explanation, then click on "Add opiates."
See how alcohol influences GABA by clicking
here-- read the explanation, then click on "Add alcohol." |
Tuesday May 4 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
Functions of different areas of the brain, mapping the brain
Biological rhythms, eating and weight
VIDEO -- The Divided Brain
VIDEO -- segment on hypothalamus from Rhythms and Drives
READING: Pages 115-135 in Chapter
4 Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
Pages 427-435, 459-460 in Chapter 12 Motivation |
Wednesday May 5 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
QUIZ #2 (Brain areas)
Sleep
VIDEO -- segment from Sleep [if available]
Dreaming, why do you dream?
ACTIVITY: COMMON DREAMS
READING: Pages 141-145, 150-155
on in Chapter 5 Body Rhythms and Mental States
Pages 155-161, 176-177 in Chapter 5 Body Rhythms and Mental States |
Thursday May 6 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
Sensation and perception
How do your eyes see? How do you know what you're seeing?
VIDEO -- segment from Vision and Movement
ACTIVITY: Visual perception demonstrations
| READING: Pages 181-184, 190-203,
214-223 in Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception |
Thursday May 6 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
QUIZ #3 (Vision)
Memory and forgetting
Types of memory
Memory disorders
VIDEO -- Life without memory
READING: Pages 353-371 in Chapter
10 Memory
WEB: Test your memory by clicking
here
See a sheep brain dissected, with a focus on parts of the brain involved
in memory by clicking
here (click on the "Next" button to move through the
photos) |
Friday May 7 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
Memory and forgetting (continued)
Does hypnosis improve memory?
Can memories be repressed and then recovered?
VIDEO segment -- false memory, repressed memory controversy
READING: Pages 372-390 in Chapter
10 Memory
Pages 170-175 on hypnosis in Chapter 5 Body Rhythms and Mental States
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Monday May 10 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Dr.
Kathie L. Olsen, Associate Director with the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (The White House-- US Government)
Q&A for Exam 1
Last opportunity to re-take a quiz (#1, 2,
or 3)
Monday May 10 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
EXAM #1
Tuesday May 11 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
Conditioning and learning: Classical conditioning
IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT: APPLICATION OF CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
| READING: Pages 229-239 in Chapter
7 Learning and Conditioning |
Tuesday May 11 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
Conditioning and learning: Instrumental/Operant conditioning
Behavior modification
VIDEO-- pigeon being shaped [if available]
VIDEO-- behavior therapy with autistic children
READING: Pages 240-256, 262-263
in Chapter 7 Learning and
Conditioning
"Pigeons as baggage screeners, rats as rescuers"
"Spare the rod, save the nation" |
Wednesday May 12 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
QUIZ #4 (Classical conditioning)
Language and communication
Development of language
Is language uniquely human? Human attempts to teach language to other
species
VIDEO -- Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT DISCUSSED
NEW-->
Extra credit tour of Dr. Sue Astley's pigeon learning and memory lab
Meet at 1:00 inside the main entrance to West Science
READING: Pages 77-81 in Chapter
3 Evolution, Genes, and Behavior
Pages 341-347 in Chapter 9 Thinking and Intelligence
Pages 512-514 in Chapter 14 Development over the Life Span |
Thursday May 13 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
***Meet in video screening room Library 108***
QUIZ #5 (Language development)
Human attempts to teach language to other species (continued)
VIDEO -- Bonobo People
VIDEO -- segments from Keeli and Ivy: Chimps Like Us
| READING: Articles for assignment
(some available in class) |
Thursday May 13 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
Development of thinking (covered in reading only-- learn independently)
Intelligence and IQ testing
IQ testing and racism, classism
ACTIVITY: What do IQ tests measure? Are they culturally biased?
READING: Pages 514-519 in Chapter
14 Development over the Life Span
Pages 329-340 in Chapter 9 Thinking and Intelligence |
Friday May 14 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
QUIZ #6 (IQ)
BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ASSIGNED ARTICLE
Is intelligence inherited? determined by the environment?
Why are there differences between groups in average IQ scores?
VIDEO -- Environmental Stimulation and Brain Development
Why do smart people do dumb things?
Discussion of article “Beliefs that make smart people dumb”
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READING: “Beliefs that make smart people dumb”
(handed out in class)
Pages 87-94 in Chapter 3 Evolution, Genes, and Behavior
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Monday May 17 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT DUE AT 9:30
AM
***PRESENTATIONS BASED ON ASSIGNMENT***
Sexual orientation
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READING: Pages 440 (start at bottom)-448 in Chapter
12 Motivation
Pages 524-528 on gender in Chapter 14 Development Over the Life
Span
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Monday May 17 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
Sexual orientation (continued)
IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT: Assessing theories
about the causes of sexual orientation
Based on results of research on
sexual orientation
Q&A for Exam 2
Last opportunity to re-take a quiz (#4, 5,
6)
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READING: Sexual orientation material on course web
site (links above)
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Tuesday May 18 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
NO CLASS-- STUDY FOR EXAM
Tuesday May 18 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
EXAM #2
TAKE-HOME PERSONALITY TESTS WILL BE HANDED OUT IN CLASS
Wednesday May 19 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
BRING COMPLETED PERSONALITY TESTS TO CLASS
ACTIVITY: Find out about your personality
Personality and personality testing
What determines personality?
Stress and emotions, role of personality
How valid is a lie detector test? (covered in reading only-- learn independently)
READING: Pages 465-485 in Chapter
13 Theories of personality
Page 450 on TAT test in Chapter 12 Motivation
Pages 585-587 in Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders
Pages 549-562 in Chapter 15 Health, Stress, & Coping
Pages 404-406 on lie detection in Chapter 11 Emotion |
Thursday May 20 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
QUIZ #7 (Personality)
Sigmund Freud-- his life and his theories
READING: Page 18 in Chapter 1 What
is Psychology?
Pages 486-492 in Chapter 13 Theories of personality |
Thursday May 20 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
Sigmund Freud -- his life and his theories (continued)
Does scientific research support Freud’s theories?
| READING: Pages 492-493 in Chapter
13 Theories of personality |
Friday May 21 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
QUIZ #8 (Freud)
Symptoms, causes and treatment of mental illness
Depression and bi-polar disorder
Anxiety disorders
VIDEO-- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
VIDEO-- segments from Twitch and Shout
READING: Pages 580-584, 588-596,
615-616 in Chapter 16 Psychological disorders
Pages 622-628 in Chapter 17 Approaches to Treatment and Therapy, "Interpersonal
therapy" handout |
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Monday May 24 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
Symptoms, causes and treatment of mental illness (continued)
Schizophrenia
VIDEO-- Man with schizophrenia
VIDEO-- Segment from The Brain on prenatal development and schizophrenia
Dissociative Identity Disorder
VIDEO-- Three Faces of Eve
Monday May 24 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
QUIZ #9 (Schizophrenia)
How well does psychotherapy work?
Self-help movement
Fad therapies
Pop psychology
| READING: Pages 629-651
in Chapter 17 Approaches to Treatment and Therapy |
Tuesday May 25 Morning (9:30-11:00 am)
BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE UNABOMBER ARTICLE
Ethics in research and practice, defining mental illness
Discussion of “Unabomber” article
READING: Unabomber article (handed
out in class)
Pages 61-62 in Chapter 2 How Psychologists Do Research |
Tuesday May 25 Afternoon (1:00-3:00 pm)
The power of situations in determining behavior
Obedience to authority
Video-- Obedience
Q&A for Exam 3
Last opportunity to re-take a quiz (#7, 8,
or 9)
| READING: Pages 267-276, 303-304
in Chapter 8 Behavior in Social and Cultural Context |
Wednesday May 26 Morning (9:30-11:30 am)
EXAM #3
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