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
& UNIT EXAM REVIEWS

Jan 16 - 18

Perspectives: What It Means To Be a Human Being

A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving

 


Jan 22 - 25

Read Notes on Perspectives

 

 

Perspectives: What It Means To Be a Human Being


Notes on Perspectives

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

Ted Talk: How the Rest of the World Lives

Nail in the Head

Men and Women Talking Together

 

Jan 29 - Feb 1

 

Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 1

Psychology and Scientific Thinking
Lilienfeld: Chapter 1

Powerpoint for Ch. 1

Lecture Powerpoint for Ch. 1

 

 


 

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


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

 

 

 


 

 

Psychology and Scientific Thinking
Lilienfeld: Chapter 1

Powerpoint for Ch. 1

 

 

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.

 

Research Methods
Lilienfeld: Chapter 2

Powerpoint for Ch. 2

Lecture Powerpoint for Ch. 2

 

 



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.

 

 

 

 

Research Methods
Lilienfeld: Chapter 2

Biological Psychology
Lilienfeld: Chapter 3

Lilienfeld: Chapter 3 lecture PowerPoint

The Science of First Impressions

Four Neuromyths debunked

Oliver Sachs


UNIT EXAM #1 REVIEW

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)




 

Biological Psychology
Lilienfeld: Chapter 3

 





 

 



 

Mar 5 - Mar 9

 

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

Last Day to Withdraw: Friday,March 9

 

Biological Psychology
Lilienfeld: Chapter 3

Sensation and Perception
Lilienfeld: Chapter 4
(pgs 120 - 127, 148 - 164)

Lilienfeld: Lecture PowerPoint: Ch. 4

"Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis"

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Mar 12 - Mar 15

 

 

 

 


SPRING BREAK



Mar 19 - Mar 22

Read Lilienfeld, Ch. 5

 

Read Lilienfeld, Ch. 6


 

Consciousness
Lilienfeld, Ch. 5

Powerpoint: Ch. 5

Lilienfeld: Lecture PowerPoint: Ch. 5

Lusk Powerpoint: Consciousness

Why We Sleep

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


 

General Instructions for Completing Assignments 2 & 3

 

Homework Assignment #2
Classical Conditioning

Homework Assignment #3
Operant Conditioning

 

 

Mar 26 - Mar 29

 

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.

 


Learning

Lilienfeld: Chapter 6

 

 

 

 

 





Apr 2 - Apr 5

 

Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 7

 

 

 

Memory
Lilienfeld: Chapter 7

Powerpoint: Ch. 7

Lecture Powerpoin: Ch. 7

"Forgetfulness"

 





 

 

 

 

 

UNIT EXAM #2 REVIEW

Apr 9 - Apr 12

 

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

Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 9


 


Memory
Lilienfeld: Chapter 7

Intelligence
Lilienfeld: Chapter 9

Powerpoint: Ch. 9

Lecture Powerpoint: Ch. 9

Rosenthal's "Bloomers"


 

 

 


 


 

Apr 16 - Apr 19

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




Intelligence
Lilienfeld: Chapter 9

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/

Apr 23 - Apr 26

 

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

Read Lilienfeld: Chapter 14

 

 


Personality
Lilienfeld: Chapter 14

Powerpoint: Ch. 14

Lecture Powerpoint: Ch. 14

Brief Version PPT: Ch. 14

 








FINAL EXAM REVIEW

 

 

Apr 30 - May 3

 

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

 


 



 

 


Psychological Disorders
Lilienfeld: Chapter 15

Diagnosing Psychological Disorders

Powerpoint: Ch. 15

Lecture Powerpoint: Ch. 15

Revised Brief PPT: Ch. 15

Therapy
Lilienfeld: Chapter 16

Powerpoint: Ch. 16

Lecture Powerpoint: Ch. 16

Revised Lecture PPT: Ch. 16




Homework Assignment #5: Social Responsibility

 

 

 

May 7 - May 11

FINAL EXAM


FINAL EXAM: Comprehensive