PSYCHOLOGY 2301
SPRING 2018
Professor Barbara Lusk Stern
TENTATIVE CALENDAR
(subject to change)
DUE DATES FOR READINGS, HOMEWORK, QUIZZES, AND UNIT EXAMS |
READING ASSIGNMENTS, WEB LINKS, POWERPOINTS, TEST DATE REMINDERS |
HOMEWORK INSTRUCTIONS |
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Jan 16 - 18 | Perspectives: What It Means To Be a Human Being A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving
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Jan 22 - 25 Read Notes on Perspectives
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Perspectives: What It Means To Be a Human Being David Foster Wallace's Commencement Speech: "This Is Water" |
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Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 1 |
Psychology and Scientific Thinking Powerpoint for Ch. 1
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Homework Assignment #1: Krech and Rosenzweig: The Enriched Environment Studies
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Feb 5 - Feb 8 QUIZ 1: PERSPECTIVES AND EARLY HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY--will be the LAST class day of the week. Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 2
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Psychology and Scientific Thinking
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Feb 12 - Feb 15 Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 2 No class on February 14 and February 15. Please work on Homework Assignment #1 and prepare for Quiz #2, both scheduled next week.
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Research Methods Powerpoint for Ch. 2
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Feb 19 - Feb 22 Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 3 Homework Assignment #1 due the first class day of the week. QUIZ 2: RESEARCH will be the first class day of the week.
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Research Methods Biological Psychology Lilienfeld: Chapter 3 lecture PowerPoint The Science of First Impressions
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Feb 26 - Mar 1
THERE WILL BE NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AND THURSDAY, MARCH 1. PLEASE USE THIS TIME TO PREPARE FOR YOUR FIRST EXAM NEXT WEEK. Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 4 (pgs 120 - 127, 148 - 164)
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Biological Psychology
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Mar 5 - Mar 9
Unit Exam #1 is scheduled the LAST class day of this week
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Biological Psychology Sensation and Perception Lilienfeld: Lecture PowerPoint: Ch. 4 "Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis"
Unit Exam #1
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Mar 12 - Mar 15
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SPRING BREAK
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Read Lilienfeld, Ch. 5
Read Lilienfeld, Ch. 6
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Consciousness Lilienfeld: Lecture PowerPoint: Ch. 5 Lusk Powerpoint: Consciousness Learning
Learning Theory Resource Sheet link YouTube link to classical conditioning YouTube link to Little Albert Experiment Little Albert
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General Instructions for Completing Assignments 2 & 3
Homework Assignment #2 Homework Assignment #3
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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. QUIZ 3: LEARNING will be the last class day of the week.
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Learning
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Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 7
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QUIZ 4: MEMORY will be the first class day of the week. Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 9
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Memory Intelligence
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Intelligence Unit Exam #2: Chps. 5, 6, 7, 9
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Homework Assignment #4: Personality Paper Personality Type Profiles--Go to this website: Myers Briggs Criticism http://fortune.com/2013/05/15/have-we-all-been-duped-by-the-myers-briggs-test/ |
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Homework Assignment #4 is due the last class day of this week Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 14
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Personality
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Quiz 5: Personality & Disorders will be the first class day of this week. Homework Assignment #5 due the last class day of the week. Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 15 and 16
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Diagnosing Psychological Disorders Therapy
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Homework Assignment #5: Social Responsibility
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FINAL EXAM: Comprehensive |