General Psychology
Professor Barbara Lusk Stern
Reading Assignments, PowerPoints, Videos & Web Sites

Unit 6: Consciousness

Readings:

Mandatory
Lilienfeld, Psychology, From Inquiry to Understanding, Ch. 5: Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 only

Optional
Peter Wehrwein, "Taming the Hidden Drowsiness Epidemic"
Jerome Groopman, "The Secrets of Sleep"
Roni Jacobson: "Nobel-winning sleep research: To avoid disease and live longer, don't take phone to bed"

PowerPoints:

Mandatory

Lilienfeld, Unit 6-ch. 5 Audio-lecture PowerPoint or

Lilienfeld, Unit 6-ch. 5

Watch the following video: Highly recommended

"Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams"

"Zimbardo on Hypnosis"

Listen to the following podcast:

Terry Gross, "Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life 'In An Underslept State'"