Psychology 10, Fall 2009
Professor Halford H. Fairchild
Office:  203 Scott Hall, Pitzer College
Hours:  Mondays 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. and by appointment
Phone:  909-607-3056

Course Syllabus (Draft)
(Note:  This syllabus is online and is to be updated regularly with notes and other items of interest.  Students should visit the online version regularly.)

Texts: 

Essentials of Psychology, Fourth Edition, by Douglas A. Bernstein and Peggy Nash.  (ISBN-10: 0-618-71312-3).

Forty Studies that Changed Psychology (Sixth Edition) , by Roger Hock (Prentice Hall) (ISBN-13: 978-0-13-603599-2)

Date	Topic	Readings
9/1/09	Course Introduction	None.
9/03/09	What is Psychology?  Lecture Notes (old)	Chapter 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology (click for scanned copy) - Today's Quiz (Quiz, today,on this chapter and the two links below.) History of Psychology Research methods Statistics
	Bonus Links	William James - a Biography Wilhelm Wundt - a Biography Thanks to Jordan Myint for these links. A question for A students, according to the above links, who developed the "first" psychological laboratory? When?
9/8/09	Biology and Behavior	Chapter 2 - Old Quiz Covers Chapter 2 and the Notes this week (see hyperlinks). Today's Quiz Four Amazing Ideas in Psychobiology More on statistics (notes)
9/10/09	Readings in Biology & Human Behavior	Gazzaniga, M.S.  (1967).  The split brain in man.  (Hock, pp. 1-11). Rosenzweig, et al.  (1972).  Brain changes in response to experience (Hock, pp. 11-18) For an article of a girl raised in near isolation, see this link: Los Angeles Wild Child Bouchard, et al. (1990). Sources of human psychologcial differences: The Minnesota study of twins reared apart. Science, 250, 223-229. (Hock, pp. 19-27) Brain imaging - woman in vegetative state. Using an artificial arm. Fairchild's SR paper for today (updated) Exemplary Student Papers (Fall 2009): Kadija Amba, Rocio Brandau, and Sydney Calander
	Extra Credit Ops:	http://www.springerlink.com/content/d71n355263228708/ Read and review (1-2 pgs) the article on Glial Cells. Earn up to 50 points. Submit on 9/10/09. Find the article by Kuhnen & Knutson, 2005, on "neuroeconomics," read and write a 1 page or so review. 100 points extra credit. Submit by 9/17/09
	Bonus Learning	Picture of the week: click here Parts of the brain - Check this website out....fun and informative. No test or extra credit, but intrinsically rewarding. For an article of a girl raised in near isolation, see this link: Los Angeles Wild Child
9/15/09	Sensation and Perception	Films on vision and audition - Today's Quiz Chapter 3:  Lecture Notes psych10/p10Sensation&Perception.htm See this Amazing 3D street art: www.kurtwenner.com/street
9/17/09	Readings in Sensation & Perception	Gibson, E.J. & Walk, R.D. (1960).  The "visual cliff."  (Hock, pp. 27-34.) Fantz, R.L.   (1961).  The origin of form perception. Scientific American, 204, 61-72. (Hock, pp. 36-42.) Republican Extremism, LA Times, 9/14/09. (Write an S/R on this article as well.) Fairchild's SR paper for today
9/22/09	Consciousness:  An old Quiz Quiz for 9/22/09	Chapter 4:  Chapter Outline & Notes (Quiz only on Chapter 4) Powerpoint Lecture - New Powerpoint Notes (9/22/09) Supplemental Readings: Hypnosis & Healing. Facts about Sudden Infant Death Syndrom
9/24/09	Readings in Consciousness Fairchild's SR Paper	Aserinsky & Kleitman (1953).  Regularly occurring periods of eye mobility and concomitant phenomena during sleep; and Dement, W. (1960).  The effect of sleep deprivation. (Hock, pp. 42-48) Hobson & McCarley (1977).  The brain as a dream-state generator:  An activation-synthesis hypothesis of the dream process.  (Hock, pp. 49-56). Spanos, N.P.  (1982).  Hypnotic behavior: A cognitive, social, psychological perspective.  (Hock, pp. 56-64.) Mom's Smoking and SIDS (news article). Thanks to Jemima Barrios for sharing this article. Murder while sleeping
9/29/09	Learning   And old Quiz	Chapter 5 -Notes New York Times Article - Artificial Arm Monkeys Think and Move Artificial Arm
10/1/09	Readings in Learning Psychology Fairchild's S/R Paper for these readings	Pavlov, I.P. (1927).  Conditioned reflexes.  (Hock, pp. 65-72.) Watson, J.B., & Raynor, R. (1920). Conditioned emotional responses.  (Hock, pp. 72-79). Skinner, B.F. (1948).  Superstition in the pigeon.  (Hock, pp. 78-85.) Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S.A. (1961).  Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models.  (Hock, pp. 85-92.)
10/6/09	Memory - Old Quiz	Chapter 6 - Powerpoint Notes - Today's Quiz: p10Fall2009/p10Q100609.htm Optional Readings: Memories of Child Abuse (from APA Monitor) Keeping_Aging_Minds_Sharp (from APA Monitor) Music Training and Memory LA times - Brain Lab (8/7/07) More optional readings, from recent news reports: Brain Trauma from War and Sports What is a Concussion? How to treat a concussion.
10/8/09	Readings in Memory.	Tolman, E.C.  (1948).  Cognitive maps in rats and men.  (Hock, pp. 110-117). Loftus, E.F. (1972).  Leading questions and the eyewitness report.  (Hock, pp. 117-126) Kendler, K.S., IKarkowski, L.M., & Prescott, C.A. (1999). Fears and phobias: reliability and heritability. Psychologcial Medicine, 29, 539-553. PDF Fairchild's SR paper for today
10/8/09	OPEN HOUSE	4:30 - 6:00, Intercollegiate Departments of Africana Studies, Asian American Studies and Chican@-Latin@ Studies.
10/13/09	Thought, Language and Intelligence Instructor's Notes	Chapter 7:  An old Quiz Spring 2009 Quiz. Today's Quiz Bonus Notes: Scientific Racism Film: A debate on the SAT (Feb 26, 2001), CNN Instructor's Notes for 10/13/09
10/15/09	Readings in Thought, Language, and Intelligence Fairchild's SR	Rosenthal, R., & Jacobson, L. (1968).  Teachers' expectancies:  Determinates of pupils' I.Q. gains.  (Hock, pp. 93-100). Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences.  NY: Basic Books.  (Hock, pp. 100-109). Fairchild, H.H. (2001, Feb 26).  SAT's 'Halo Effect' casts a long shadow.  LA Times, p. B7. Fairchild, H.H. (2002, Feb 24).  SAT: the sacred cow of higher education.  Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, p. A21.    Letters on the Sacred Cow Earn 25 extra credit points for an SR paragraph or two on the following video: Or, here is the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJuEOaF84o
10/20/09	FALL BREAK
10/22/09	Motivation and Emotion Instructor's Notes	Chapter 8 - There will be no class today. Please read the Chapter, and the readings, and write your SRs. Find someone in class and discuss your reactions with him, her, or them.
10/22/09	Instructor's S/R Paper for today	Masters, W.H. & Johnson, V.E. (1966).  Human sexual response.  (Hock, pp. 158-168) Ekman, P., & Friesan, W.V. (1971).  Constants across cultures in the face and emotion.  (Hock, pp. 168-175). Lipton, Eric. Faces, too, are searched as U.S. Airports try to spot terrorists (NY Times, August 17, 2006). No CLASS TODAY: Please watch the video, A Miracle of Lilfe, all 7 or 8 segments, linked for next week. OUT OF CLASS ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY AND THE WEEKEND: Please interview two or three friends or acquaintances on the subject of COLLEGE STRESSORS. What stresses people out in college? What effects does this stress have on students? How do students cope with stress? The people you interview do not have to reveal their own stress history, but what they think in general about college students. Please write this up and bring it in on October 27.
10/27/09	Human Development Lecture Notes Film Notes	Chapter 9 - An old Quiz - Alabama Man Kills Family A Miracle of Life: Video Link
		What happed to "Little Albert"? American Psychologist article (October, 2009)
10/29/09	Readings in Human Development Fairchild's Newly Revised S/R Paper	Harlow, H.F. (158).  The nature of love.  (Hock, pp. 126-134) Piaget, J. (1954).  The development of object concept.  (Hock, pp. 134-142) Kohlberg, L.  (1963).  The development of children's orientations toward a moral order: Sequence in the development of moral thought.  Vita Humana, 6, 11-33.  (Hock, pp. 142-150) Langer, E.G., & Rodin, J.  (1976).  The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged:  A field experiment in an institutional setting.  (Hock, pp. 150-157). Children of Gay parents
11/3/09	Health, Stress, and Coping Group Exercise	Chapter 10 - An Old quiz
11/5/09	Readings in Health, Stress and Coping  (Not in straight page order)	Holmes, T.H., & Rahe, R.H.  (1967).  The social readjustment rating scale.  (Hock, pp. 175-183) Friedman, M., & Rosenman, R.H.  (1959).  Association of specific overt behavior pattern with blood and cardiovascular findings.  (Hock, pp. 210-217) Seligman, M.E.P., & Maier, S.F.  (1967).  Failure to escape traumatic shock.  (Hock, pp. 242-249).  Fairchild's Updated S/R Paper
11/10/09	Personality Lecture Notes	Chapter 11:  Today's Quiz Film Notes: Freud's Biography
11/12/09	Readings in Personality Fairchild's SR Paper	Rotter, J.B.  (1966).  Generalized expectancies for internal vs. external control of reinforcement.  (Hock, pp. 192-199) Bem, S.L. (1974).  The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42, 155-162.  (Hock, pp. 199-209) Triandis, H., Bontempo, R., Villareal, M., Asai, M., & Lucca, N.  (1988).  Individualism and collectivism: Cross-cultural perspectives on self-ingroup relationships.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 323-338.  (Hock, pp. 217-225).
		Film: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (explicit & uncensored)
11/17/09	Psychological Disorders What is abnormal?	Chapter 12:  An old Quiz Optional Readings:  Psychological Costs of War - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide
11/l9/09	Readings in Psychopathology Fairchild's SR Paper	Rosenhan, D.L.  (1973).  Who's crazy here, anyway?  (Hock, pp. 227-234) Freud, A.  (1946).  The ego and the mechanisms of defense.  (Hock, pp. 235-242). Calhoun, J.B.  (1962).  Population density and social pathology.  (Hock pp. 249-257).
11/24/09	Psychotherapy Film:	Chapter 13: Psychotherapy Notes An Old Quiz Another Old Quiz
11/26/09	Therapies Readings in Psychotherapy	Smith, M.L., & Glass, G.V.  (1977).  Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies.  (Hock, pp. 258-264). Wolpe, J. (1961).  The systematic desensitization treatment of neuroses.  (Hock, pp. 264-272) Murray H.A.  (1938).  Explorations in personality.  (Hock, pp. 278-296). Rorschach, H.  (1942).  Psychodiagnostics:  A diagnostic test based on perception.  (Hock, pp. 271-278).
12/1/09	Social Psychology	Chapter 14 - An Old Quiz Today's Quiz Today's Lecture Notes Social psychology methodology Final Extra Credit Chance: Do an SR on these readings: Troubled Children Child psychiatry Medicating Children with Problems Duedate for this extra credit: 12/1/09 (today).
12/3/09	Readings in Social Psychology Fairchild's SR paper on these readings	Festinger, L., & Carlsmith, J.M.  (1959).  Cognitive consequences of forced compliance.  (Hock, pp. 183-190) Zimbardo, P.G.   (1972).  The pathology of imprisonment. Society, 9(6), 4-8..  (Hock, pp. 287-295) Asch, S.E.  (1953).  Opinions and social pressure.  (Hock, pp. 295-300). Darley, J.M., & Latane, B. (1968).  Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility.  (Hock, pp. 300-308). Milgram, S. (1963).  Behavioral Study of Obedience.  (Hock, pp. 308-316). Knoll, Carina. (2009). Thanking her for opening my eyes. Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2009
12/8/09	Course Rap Up	Student Presentations:  What Psychology Means to Me! Professor's Rap Rap by Kayla, Becky, Colin and Chris (video) alternate Poem by Poesis Silagan-Bush (Spring '09) Rap by Savannah Ross (Spring '09) Poem by Kevin Riley (Spring '09) Rap by Schuyler Kruizenga (Spring '09) Fairchild, H.H. (1991).  Scientific racism: The cloak of objectivity.  Journal of Social Issues, 47(3), 101-115. Fairchild, H.H.  (1984).  School size, per-pupil expenditures, and school achievement.  Review of Public Data Use, 12, 221-229.
12/10/09	Course rap-up.	Note, this may become a "reading day."

Course Organization and Requirements

Attendance is required.  On Tuesdays, students will be subjected to lectures and films.  On Thursdays, these lectures and films may continue.  In addition, Thursdays are devoted to an exploration of our reader, "Forty Studies that Changed Psychology."  For each of the readings that are assigned on Thursdays, students are required to produce an "S/R Paper." 

S/R Papers.  "S/R" stands for "Stimulus/Response."  The "Stimulus," each day, is the day's reading assignment.  The "Response" is the student's reaction to that reading.  For each class session that has a reading assignment, students should write an "S/R" for each of the readings.  The "Stimulus" portion of the paper should be a very short summary or synopsis (1 or 2 paragraphs) of what the reading assignment was about.  The "Response" portion may be short or long -- and should provide your insights, reflections, thoughts, reactions, and/or questions to the reading material.  These "Responses" will be shared in class as part of our class discussion.  Students should come to class, each day, with their "S/R Papers" typed and ready to hand in.  "S/R Papers" will be worth up to 100 points.  Late papers, or papers handed "in absentia" (student was absent, but paper was handed in on time) receive 50% credit.

Tuesday Quizzes.  Each Tuesday, students should come prepared for a short quiz at the beginning of class.  Quizzes will cover the reading material assigned for that day, and may cover lecture and/or discussion material from one of the preceding classes.  Only the first five minutes of class will be devoted to these quizzes.  Students late to class or absent WILL NOT be able to make up the quiz.  Each quiz is worth up to 100 points.

Class Participation.  Classroom participation is strongly encouraged (but "talkers" should listen more).  Up to 500 points will be awarded for classroom participation. 

Grading

Grades will be based on work performed, and determined subjectively by the instructor.  Attendance is mandatory, as is class participation, so these items weigh heavily in grading.  Weekly quizzes and "S/R papers" are worth up to 100 points (50% off for late papers).  Class participation is worth up to 500 points.  "A" students receive 92% or more of the available points; "B" students 82% or more; etc.  Students on the margins receive minuses or plusses.  Students are heavily penalized for absences, see notes, above, regarding attendance.

Extra Credit Policy

Generally, extra credit will be limited to 250 points for the semester. Students may submit S/R papers for special events that they attend, and earn extra credit (up to 100 points per event). No extra credit work will be accepted in the last weeks of the semester (after November 30, 2009); therefore, do it earlier.