Homework (Other assignments will be added periodically) Week 1 (August 25) Understand a brief overview of psychology's subject matter, early history, and current theoretical approaches and explore the research methods and ethics that guide sociological research.
Week 2 (August 29) (Continue with objectives from Week 1) CHAPTER 1 EXAM SEPTEMBER 3 Week 3 (September 6) Outline the ways in which parts of the nervous system are organized into systems, as well as to differentiate the locations and functions of various brain parts. Emphasis will also be placed on related brain issues like sleeping, gender differences, and activity measurement techniques. Brain project due September 10
Week 4 (September 12) (Continue with objectives from Week 3) Nervous system analogy due September 14
NEUROPSYCH EXAM SEPTEMBER 16 Week 5 (September 19) Outline the cognitive, physiological, moral, developments throughout the life span. Psychoautobiography due September 26th Week 6 (September 26) Examine competing theories of personality development, with emphasis on their historical contexts and relation to one another.
DEVELOPMENTAL EXAM SEPTEMBER 30 Week 7 (October 3) (Continue with objectives from Week 6) Personality inventory project due October 12th Week 8 (October 10) Discuss the processes of memory and issues related to its faultiness. Personality inventory project due October 12th Week 9 (October 17) (Continue with objectives from Week 8)
Week 10 (October 24) Explore the theories of classical and operant conditioning, with emphasis on evaluating them for applicability to real life and human behavior. Classical conditioning assignment due October 27 th
LEARNING EXAM OCTOBER 29TH Week 11 (October 31) Examine several different categories of psychological disorders along with their causes, varieties, treatments, and related issues. Emphasis will also be placed on issues of overdiagnosis.
Week 12 (November 14) (Continue with objectives from week 12) PSYCH DISORDER EXAM NOVEMBER 19 Week 13 (November 21) Examine approaches to therapy, focusing on their relation to personality theories and methodology. Mock therapy session due November 27 th
Week 14 (November 28) (Continue with objectives from week 13) THERAPY EXAM DECEMBER 2 Week 15 (December 5) Explore the universality of emotion along with the culturally determined ways of expressing them, plus how they relate to psychological stress and accompanying physiological responses.
Week 16 (December 12) (Continue with objectives from week 15) EMOTION EXAM DECEMBER 17TH Week 17 (January 3) Explore the definition of intelligence and examine the validity and implications of intelligence tests. INTELLIGENCE EXAM JANUARY 7TH Week 18 (January 9) Review for final exam FINAL EXAM JANUARY 18TH