Course outline and daily activity schedule
Monday, August 28th --
Introduction: What is psychology?
Introductory videotaping exercise. Introduction of course procedures
and requirements. Students will learn how to access syllabus and software
through their laptops. Students should purchase course text and begin reading
chapter one.
Wednesday, August 30th
-- History of psychology
Weiten, Ch. 1
Psyk.trek: Psychology's timeline
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Friday, September 1st
-- Psychology's methodologies
Weiten, Ch. 2
Psyk.trek: 1) Experimental method, 2) Statistics: Central tendency
and variability; 3) Statistics: Correlation
Monday, September 4th
-- Psychology's methodologies (cont.); Cooperative exercise #1
Weiten, Ch. 2
Complete coop exercise #1 and bring it and your textbook to class
Wednesday, September
6th -- Biological basis of behavior
Weiten,
Ch. 3
Psyk.trek: 1)
Neuron and neural impulse; 2) Synaptic transmission, 3) Hindbrain and midbrain,
4) Forebrain: subcortical structures; 5) Cerebral cortex
Friday, September 8th
-- Biological basis of behavior (cont.); Cooperative exercise #2 + first
group project meeting
Weiten, Ch. 3
Psyk.trek: 1) Looking
into the brain; 2) Right brain, left brain; 3) How to do library research
Complete coop exercise
#2 and bring it and your textbook to class
Preliminary meeting
of each group project
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Monday, September 11th
-- (Resource session #1)
Use this time to complete psyk.trek modules; conduct group project
research on Infotrac, work in shared folder, or review for upcoming exam
Wednesday, September
13th -- Sensation and Perception
Weiten, Ch. 4
Psyk.trek: 1) Light and the eye, 2) Retina, 3) Vision and the
brain, 4) Perception of color
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Friday, September 15th
-- Perceptual Illusions
Weiten, Ch. 4
Psyk.trek: 1) Gestalt Psychology, 2) Depth perception, 3) Visual
illusions, 4) Sense of hearing
Monday, September 18th
-- Examination #1 (Ch. 1-4)
Study Weiten chapters 1-4 and associated Psyk.trek modules and review
sessions.
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Wednesday, September
20th -- Consciousness
Weiten, Ch. 5
Psyk.trek: 1) Biological rhythms, 2) Sleep
Friday, September
22nd -- Altered states of consciousness; Coop exercise #3
Weiten, Ch. 5
Psyk.trek: 1) Abused drugs and their effects; 2) Drugs and synaptic
transmission
Complete coop exercise #3 and bring it and your text to class
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Monday, September 25th
-- (Resource session #2)
Use this time to complete psyk.trek modules; work on group project,
work in shared folder or review for next exam
Wednesday, September
27th -- Learning models: Conditioning
Weiten, Ch. 6
Psyk.trek: 1) Overview: Classical conditioning, 2) Basic processes
of classical conditioning, 3) Overview: Operant conditioning
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Friday, September 29th
-- Issues related to learning
Weiten,
Ch 6
Psyktrek:
1) schedules of reinforcement, 2) reinforcement and punishment, 3) avoidance
and escape training
Monday, October 2nd --
Memory
Weiten, Ch. 7
Psyktrek: 1) Memory encoding, 2) Memory storage, 3) Physiology of memory
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Wednesday, October 4th
-- Forgetting
Weiten,
Ch. 7
Friday, October 6th --
Language
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Monday, October
9th -- Thought and problem solving; Cooperative exercise #4
Weiten,
Ch. 8
Psyk.trek: 1)
Problem solving
Complete cooperative
exercise #4 and bring it and your text to class
Wednesday, October 11th
-- (Resource session #3)
Use this time to complete psyk.trek modules; work on group project,
work in shared folder or review for upcoming exam
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Friday, October 13th Examination
#2 (Chapters 5-8)
Study Weiten chapters 5-8 and associated Psyk.trek modules and review
sessions.
Monday, October 16th --
Intelligence
Weiten, Ch. 9
Psyk.trek: 1) Types of intelligence tests; 2) Key concepts in testing
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Wednesday, October 18th
-- Issues related to mental ability
Weiten, Ch. 9
Psyk.trek: 1) Understanding IQ scores; 2) Heredity, Environment and
Intelligence
Friday, October 20th --
(October break -- no class)
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Monday, October 23rd --
(Resource session #4)
Use this time to complete psyk.trek modules; work on group project,
work in shared folder or review for next exam
Wednesday, October 25th
-- Motivation; Cooperative exercise #5
Weiten,
Ch. 10
Psyk.trek: 1)
Hunger, 2) Achievement motivation
Complete coop
#5 and bring it and your text to class
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Friday, October 27th --
Emotion
Weiten, Ch. 10
Psyk.trek: 1) Elements of
emotion; 2) Theories of emotion
Monday, October 30th --
Development
Weiten, Ch. 11
Psyk.trek: 1) Prenatal development,
2) Erikson's theory
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Wednesday, November
1st -- Developmental Theories and Issues
Weiten, Ch. 11
Psyk.trek: 1) Piaget's theory, 2) Kohlberg's theory
Friday, November 3rd --
Personality and Cooperative exercise #6
Weiten, Ch. 12
Psyk.trek: 1) Freudian theory,
2) Behavioral theory
Complete Coop #6 and bring
it and your text to class
Monday, November 6th --
Personality Theories and Issues
Weiten, Ch. 12
Psyk.trek: 1) Humanistic theory; 2) Biological theory
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Wednesday, November 8th
-- (Resource session #5)
Use this time to complete psyk.trek modules; work on group project,
work in shared folder or review for upcoming exam
Friday, November 10th
-- Exam #3 (Ch. 9-12)
Study Weiten chapters 9-12 and
associated Psyk.trek modules and review sessions.
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Monday, November
13th -- Stress and Heath
Weiten, Ch. 13
Wednesday, November
15th -- Issues related to stress and health; Group project #1
Weiten, Ch. 13
Group project #1: The role
of humor in stress relief and advertising
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Friday, November 17th
-- Psychological disorders; Group project #2
Weiten, Ch. 14
Psyk.trek: 1) Anxiety disorders
Group project #2: What is ECT? (Issues related to current use)
Monday, November 20th
-- Psychological disorders (cont.)
Weiten, Ch. 14
Psyk.trek: 1) Mood disorders
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Wednesday, November
22nd and Friday, November 24th -- No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
Monday, November 27th
-- (Resource session #6)
Use this time to complete psyk.trek
modules; work on group project, work in shared folder or review for final
exam
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Wednesday, November 29th
-- Psychological disorders (cont.); Group project #3
Weiten, Ch. 14
Psyk.trek: 1) Schizophrenic disorders
Group project #3: Institutional care of disordered persons and deinstitutionalization
Friday, December 1st --
Psychotherapy; Group Project #4
Weiten, Ch. 15
Psyk.trek: 1) Insight therapy
Group project #4: Art and
play therapies (What are they, where do they find their greatest use, how
effective?)
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Monday, December 4th --
Issues related to Psychotherapy; Group Project #5
Weiten, Ch. 15
Psyk.trek: 1) Behavioral
and medical therapies
Group project #5: Psychological
impacts of television on young children
Wednesday, December
6th -- Social behavior; Group project #6
Weiten, Ch. 16
Psyk.trek: 1) Attribution process; 2) Theories of love
Group project #6: Anti-smoking movement and attitude change
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Friday, December 8th --
Social issues
Weiten, Ch. 16
Psyk.trek: 1) Attitude change; 2) Prejudice
Tuesday, December
12th -- Final Examination (Ch 13-16) 10:30 AM- 12:30PM
Study Weiten
chapters 13-16 and associated Psyk.trek modules and review sessions.
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