Perspectives: What It Means To Be a Human Being

Sept 5 – Sept 7

Perspectives: What It Means To Be a Human Being


Notes on Perspectives

David Foster Wallace's Commencement Speech: "This Is Water"

Nail in the Head

Men and Women Talking Together

Psychology and Scientific Thinking
Lilienfeld: Chapter 1

Powerpoint for Ch. 1

Lecture Powerpoint for Ch. 1

Research Methods
Lilienfeld: Chapter 2

Powerpoint for Ch. 2

Lecture Powerpoint for Ch. 2

Homework Assignment #1: Krech and Rosenzweig: The Enriched Environment Studies

Sept 18 – Sept 21

QUIZ 1: PERSPECTIVES AND EARLY HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY--will be the first class day of the week.

Research Methods
Lilienfeld: Chapter 2

Powerpoint for Ch. 2

Lecture Powerpoint for Ch. 2

Sept 25 – Sept 28

Homework Assignment #1 due the first class day of the week.

QUIZ 2: RESEARCH will be the first class day of the week.

Biological Psychology
Lilienfeld: Chapter 3

Lilienfeld: Chapter 3 lecture PowerPoint

The Science of First Impressions

Oct 2 – Oct 5

Biological Psychology
Lilienfeld: Chapter 3

Four Neuromyths debunked

Oliver Sachs

UNIT EXAM #1 REVIEW

Oct 9 – Oct 12

Unit Exam #1 is scheduled the last class day of this week

Sensation and Perception
Lilienfeld: Chapter 4

Lilienfeld: Lecture PowerPoint: Chapter 4

"Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis"

Unit Exam #1
"Perspectives" lectures and Chps. 1 - 4

Oct 16 - Oct 19

Consciousness
Lilienfeld, Ch. 5

Powerpoint: Ch. 5

Lilienfeld: Lecture PowerPoint: Ch. 5

Lusk Powerpoint: Consciousness

Why We Sleep

General Instructions for Completing Assignments 2 & 3

Homework Assignment #2
Classical Conditioning

Homework Assignment #3
Operant Conditioning

First Draft of Homework Assignment #2 due the first class day of the week.

Final Draft of Homework Assignment #2 AND Homework Assignment #3 due the last class day of the week.

Learning
Lilienfeld: Chapter 6

Powerpoint: Ch. 6

Lecture Powerpoint: Ch. 6

Learning Theory Resource Sheet link

YouTube link to classical conditioning
classical conditioning

YouTube link to Little Albert Experiment Little Albert

QUIZ 3: LEARNING will be the first class day of the week.

Memory
Lilienfeld: Chapter 7

Powerpoint: Ch. 7

Lecture Powerpoin: Ch. 7

"Forgetfulness"

QUIZ 4: MEMORY will be the first class day of the week.

UNIT EXAM #2 REVIEW

Unit Exam #2 is scheduled the first class day of this week

Unit Exam #2: Chps. 5, 6, 7, 9

Homework Assignment #4: Personality Paper

Personality Type Test

Personality Type Profiles--Go to this website:
http://www.personalitypage.com/high-level.htmlClick here to access your personality profile after you have determined your personality type.

Myers Briggs Criticism

http://fortune.com/2013/05/15/have-we-all-been-duped-by-the-myers-briggs-test/

Homework Assignment #4 is due the first class day of this week

Quiz 5: Personality & Disorders will be the last class day of this week.

FINAL EXAM REVIEW

FINAL EXAM - click below for the the final exam schedule for your class period and exam date and time

Final Exam Schedule