Texts: A. Zimbardo, Weber & Johnson, Psychology (Third Edition)

B. Hock, Forty Studies that changed psychology (Second Edition)
 
 

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Date Topic Readings

1-16 Introductions, Course Overview, Definition none
1-18 History of Psychology, Specialty Areas none

First Week Quiz (Closed, click for results)

1-23 Mind, Behavior and Science A: 1
1-25 Methodology/Statistics A: Appendix; B: Milgram (304+)

Second Week Quiz (closed, click for results)
1-30 Biopsychology A: 2
2-1 Physiological Substrates of Behavior B: Part 1
 

Third Week Quiz (closed)
2-6 States of Mind A: 3
         Lucid dreaming
2-8 Consciousness B: Part 2

Fourth Week Quiz (closed, click for results)
2-13 Psychological Development A: 4
2-15 Human Development B: Part 5

Quiz on Chapter 5:  Take Before 3/29
2-20 Sensation and Perception A: 5
2-22 Sensation and Perception

Quiz on Chapter 6: Take Before 3/29
2-27 Learning and Remembering A: 6
3-1 Learning and Conditioning B: Part 3

Quiz on Chapter 7:  Take Before 3/29
3-6 Cognitive Processes A: 7
3-8 Cognition & Memory; Midterm Quiz B: Part 4

3-13 SPRING BREAK :o)
3-15 SPRING BREAK :o)

Quiz on Chapter 8:  Take Before 3/29
3-20 Emotion and Motivation A: 8
3-22 Motivation and Emotion B: Part 6

Quiz on Chapter 9:  Take Before 3/29
3-27 Stress, Health, and Well-Being A: 9
3-29 Psychopathology B: Part 8
        Holmes & Rahe, pp. 173-180; Festinger & Carlsmith, p. 180-187

Quiz on Chapter 10:  Take Before 4/3
4-3 Personality A: 10
      B:   Rotter pp. 189-197; Kohlberg, pp. 197-205
4-5 Personality B
       Seligman, pp. 205-212; Friedman & Rosenman, pp. 213-220

Quiz on Chapter 11:  Take before 4/10
4-10 Intelligence and the Psychology of Differences A: 11
4-12 The SAT to be announced
         Fairchild, Scientific Racism (handout), Fairchild, SAT's 'halo effect' (handout)

Quiz on Chapter 12
4-17 Social Psychology A: 12
         B:  LaPiere, pp. 283-290; Asch, pp. 290-295
4-19 Social Psychology
         B:  Darley & Latane, pp. 295-305, Fairchild, Problems of the 21st century (handouts)

Quiz on Chapter 13
4-24 Psychopathology A: 13
         B"  Rosenhan, pp. 222-230; Freud, pp. 230-236
4-26 Psychotherapy
         B: Rorschach, pp. 237-243; Calhoun, pp. 243-251.

Quiz on Chapter 14
5-1 Therapies for Mental Disorder A: 14
        B:   Smith & Glass, pp. 253-259; Wolpe, pp. 259-267
5-3 Course review & evaluation
        B:  Murray, pp. 267-274; Whitehead, et al., pp. 274-281.

Weekly Writing - Assignments. This course is writing intensive and requires weekly reaction papers. For each of the assigned readings in Text B, provide a brief "thumbnail sketch" of the reading (in one or two paragraphs), and a brief "reaction statement" that provides your personal reaction to an aspect of the material in the article (in one or two paragraphs). For example, the reading for January 25^th includes one chapter (Milgram). For this chapter, write a brief "thumbnail sketch" and "reaction statement." In weeks where text B has more than one article, sketches and reaction statements should be prepared for each reading. Students may share their reaction statements in class as a stimulus to class discussion. These writing assignments will be graded on a 100-point scale (subjectively determined by the instructor on the basis of thoroughness, originality, effort, appearance and writing quality). Papers are due at the beginning of class (they are collected each Thursday). Late papers receive 1/2 credit. All papers may be re-written and re-submitted for re-grading within one week of their return to the student (late papers will still receive 1/2 credit).

Online Quizzes. Before class every Tuesday (except the first day of class), students must log onto the course web page, click the link for that week’s quiz, and complete the quiz. (When the link to the quiz is not posted on the course web page, e-mails will be sent to students with the appropriate link.) Quizzes will be opened no later than the Sunday evening before the Tuesday class, and closed at 8:15 a.m. on the day of class. Although students are encouraged to work alone, working with others is permitted. Each quiz is worth 100 points for a total of 1400 points.

Grading - Grades are determined on a point basis. Weekly papers (thumbnail sketch & reaction statements) are worth up to 100 points for a total of 1400 points. (Each week’s paper will be graded on a 70-100 point scale, although late papers—regardless of excuse—receive 50% credit.) The weekly quizzes are worth 100 points each for a total of 1400 points. Contribution to the class discussion is worth up to 1200 points (Each absence, regardless of excuse, subtracts 50 points from the total). (Class discussion will be subjectively graded on a 70 to 100 point scale, and that total will be multiplied by 12. Subtractions for absences are then taken from the grand total.) The grand total, therefore, is 4000 possible points. Final grades will be determined according to the following formula: A (92%+); A/B (88%-91.9%); B (82%-79.9%); B/C (78%-81.9%); C (72%+); C/D (68%+), etc. Additional reading assignments will be made on a regular basis. The requirements and grading formula are subject to change.