Psychology 101 Course Syllabus F'09

P= Psychology (Myers in Modules, 8th edition)

SR= Supplementary Readings (Maas)

SG= Study Guide (Straub)

PSM= PsychSim Modules (Ludwig)

PS= Power Sleep

MBTI=Myers Briggs Type Indicator

Complete all exercises in Straub (Study Guide) as you read each assigment in the Myers text (P).

Examination this week

Note: Readings are due in lecture on date indicated.

Week 1 Aug. 28	Week 8 Oct.12-16
Week 2 Aug 31-Sept. 4	Week 9 Oct.19-23
Week 3 Sept. 7-11	Week 10 Oct. 26-30
Week 4 Sept. 114-18	Week 11 Nov 2-6
Week 5 Sept. 21-25	Week 12 Nov. 9-13
Week 6 Sept. 28-Oct. 2	Week 13 Nov. 16-20
Week7 Oct. 5-9	Week 14 Nov. 23-27
	Week 15 Nov. 30-Dec. 4

August 28- Overview Lecture

SR Test of Psych Knowledge

SR Kohn

P Introduction

P Modules 1-3

August 31-Mind Control and Critical Thinking

P Modules 55-56

SR Milgram

PSM Not My Type

PSM Everybody's Doing It

September 2 -Mind Control and Critical Thinking

P Module 57-58

PSM Social Decision Making

SR Zimbardo et. al.

September 4-Mind Control and Critical Thinking

PS Maas xiii-44

SR Anderson & Zimbardo

September 7-Mind Control

PS 45-100

P Module 44

September 9-Dream Interpretation; Sigmund Freud

P Module 18

PS 101-132

September 11-Sleep Research

PSM EEG & Sleep

PS 133-162

September 14-Psychophysiology of Sleep and Dreaming

PS 163-204

(Psych 103 seminars begin this week)

September 16- Psychphysiology of Sleep and Dreaming

SR Kotler

September 18-Disorders of Sleep

SR Milgram and Sabini

SR Weil

September 21- Current Research on Sleep: Scientific Methodology

SR Kleiber & Devereux

SR Horn

PSM Helplessly Hoping

September 23- Scientific Methodology-- Guest Lecture Prof. Daryl Bem, "ESP: Is it real?"

P Modules 31-32

September 25-Naturalistic Observation

P Module 33

PSM Get Smart

September 28-Naturalistic Observation

SR Aronson

PSM Descriptive Statistics

PSM What's Wrong with This Study?

MBTI -- Complete and hand in to your TA at lecture on September 30th

Sept. 30-Systematic Assessment

SR Rosenthal

P Module 37, 45-46

PSM Correlation

October 2- Systematic Assessment

P Module 4-5

SR Robbins & Maas Interviewing

SG Review all assigned modules for Prelim I

Prelim 1 IN CLASS 10:10am Monday October 5th

October 7- Experimental Research

PSM Neural Messages

PSM Hemispheric Specialization

PSM Brain & Behavior

October 9n - No class due to NPR event set-up in Bailey

P Modules 6-7

PSM Dating and Mating

October 10-13-Fall Recess (No Psych 103 seminars this week)

October 14- Hypnosis

P Modules 19-20

SR Harary

SR Kandel & Kandel

PSM Your Mind on Drugs

October 16-Perceptual Organization

P Modules 12-13

PSM Colorful World

October 19-Nature-Nurture and Perception

P Modules 14-15

PSM The Auditory System

October 21-Factors Influencing Perception

P Modules 16-17

SR Kristof

October 23-Subliminal Perception

PSM Visual Illusions

SR Hidden Messages

SR Bower

October 26-Learning: Classical Conditioning

P Modules 21-23

PSM Classical Conditioning

October 28-Learning: Instrumental Conditioning

P Modules 24-26

SR Treffert

PSM Operant Conditioning

PSM Short Term Memory

October 30-Operant Conditioning: Behavior Modification

P Modules 27-29

PSM Iconic Memory

PSM Forgetting

November 2-Learning (continued)

P Module 30

PSM My Head is Spinning

November 4-TV & Society

P Modules 34-35

SR Catalfo

SR Rutter

PSM Hunger and Fat Rat

November 6-The Psychology of Advertising

P Module 36

SR Robbins Finance

SR Britt

SG Review all assigned chapters for Prelim II

Prelim 2 IN CLASS 10:10am Monday, November 9th

November 11-Conflict/Defense Mech.-- Guest Lecture Dave Myers, "Happiness"

P Modules 8-9

PSM Cognitive Development

November 13-Clinical psychology

P Modules 10-11

November 16-Clinical Psychology (Film: The Maze)

P Modules 38-40

PSM Catching Liars

November 18-Neuroses

P Modules 41-43

SR Maas Stress

November 20-Neuroses

P Modules 47-48

SR Goode

November 23-Neuroses

P Modules 49-50

PSM Losing Touch with Reality

PSM Mystery Client

(No 103 this week)

November 25-no class; optional discussion in Bailey Hall 10:10-10:45am

November 25-29- Thanksgiving Vacation : )

November 30 1-Psychoses

P Module 51

SR Szasz

SR Rosenhan

PSM Mystery Therapist

December 2-Psychoses

P Modules 52-53

SR Trotter (Love)

December 4-Last lecture

P Modules 54

SR Meyerhoff & White

SR Pittman

SG Review all assigned modules for final exam

Final Exam Bailey Hall. There is NO makeup exam.