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Chapter 7: States of Consciousness
Mo 11/16 Have read pp 265-275
Tu 11/17 Have read pp 275-285
We 11/18
- Have read pp 285-293 - Quiz 7-1
Th 11/19 Have read pp 294-301
Fr 11/20
- Have read pp 301-306 - Quiz 7-2
Mo 11/23 Ch 7 Test
Chapters 5 & 6: Sensation & Perception
Th 10/22 Have read pp 193-198
Fr 10/23 Have read pp 199-203
Mo 10/26 Have read pp 203-211
Tu 10/27 Chap 4 interview assignment
due
We 10/28 Quiz 5-1
Th 10/29 Have read pp 212-218
Mo 11/2 Have read pp 219-228
Tu 11/3 Have read pp 231-236
We 11/4 - Have read pp 236-243 - Quiz 6-2
Th 11/5 Have read pp 243-247
Fr 11/6
- Have read pp 248-254
- Assignment due Monocular Depth Cues Print or attach two pictures on
8.5x11 inch paper (standard size). Identify (drawing arrows is the easiest way) two different monocular depth cues on each
picture (altogether, a minimum of four different cues must be identified). Each cue must be named and described in
a sentence or two that make it clear you understand how the cue works (e.g., "Interposition--I can tell the car is closer
than the tree because it partially blocks my view of the tree."). No word processing necessary on this assignment.
Mo 11/9 Have read pp 254-262
Tu 11/10 Quiz 6 (moved to Monday 11/9)
We
11/11 Test (moved to Tuesday 11/10)
Chapter 4 Development
Fr 10/9 Have read pp 135-142
Mo 10/12 Have read pp 143-150
Tu 10/13 Have read pp 150-158
We 10/14 Have read pp 159-171
Th 10/15 Quiz 4-1
Fr 10/16 Have read pp 172-182
Mo 10/19 Have read pp 182-190
Tu 10/20 Quiz 4-2
We 10/21 Chapter 4 Test
Tu 10/27 Adolescence Interview due
1. Conduct an informal interview (more like a conversation,
really) with someone who is at least 65 years old. You may interview a relative, neighbor, or member of your house of worship.
You may also call a nursing home to arrange to interview a resident. If you're having trouble finding someone to interview,
contact me.
2.
Do not tape record the conversation (it makes people nervous), but do jot a few notes as you proceed. Have some topics for
questions in mind before you go in, but be flexible and allow the conversation to follow its own course. Aim for a 30 minute
interview.
3.
The interview should be about adolescence as it was experienced by your interview subject. You may ask about school, friendship
and dating activities, family, part-time jobs, historical events (e.g., the impact of World War II or the Depression, etc.).
You may also ask about your subject's opinions of today's teenagers.
4. Prepare a two page report about your interview. Rather than trying to summarize
the whole conversation, restrict your paper to two or three topics that you found especially interesting. Make sure you include
your opinions about each of the topics you highlight (your opinion should constitute about half the paper) and a brief paragraph
at the beginning introducing the person you interviewed.
Chapter 1 Supplement Required for anyone who got a grade below C- on the Chapter 1 test Due Tuesday, September
29
1. Answer the following concerning correlation. a. What is a correlation? b. What is the difference
between a positive and a negative correlation? c. How can a correlation coefficient (r) be used to determine the strength and direction
of correlation? d. What cannot be concluded from correlational data? e. What practical use is
correlation appropriate for?
2. Explain how a health psychologist would attempt to demonstrate that aerobic exercise could reduce the level of
anxiety in people who suffer from anxiety disorders. In your essay, you should - name the type of research that would be used for this
issue.
- state a hypothesis
- identify a population and describe how a sample would be selected - identify the two experimental variables and describe
how they might be operationalized - identify the two groups - provide examples of confounding variables and explain
how they should be controlled - explain how statistics would be used to tell whether or not the hypothesis was true -
explain why replication is an important step in the process
Chapter 2: Neuroscience
Th 9/24 Have read pp 57-61
Fr 9/25
Have read pp 61-65
Mo 9/28 Have read pp 65-72
Tu 9/29 Have read pp 72-76
We 9/30 Quiz 2-1
Th 10/1 Have read pp 76-85
Fr 10/2 Have read pp 85-93 Mo 10/5 -
Have read pp 94-96 - Quiz 2-2 (delayed until Tuesday) - Brain
coloring due. Rules:
Titles in black. Subtitles (followed by a star) in gray. Name
and structure in the same color. Related structures (e.g., the frontal lobe, the speech center, and the
motor center) in different shades of the same color. Same color on both diagrams for any structure that
appears on both. Neatness counts!
Tu 10/6 Test (delayed
until Wednesday)
Chapter 1: Thinking Critically with Psychological
Science
Tu 9/8 Have read pp 19-24
We 9/9 Have read pp 24-30
Th 9/10 Have read pp 30-37
Fr 9/11 - Have read pp 37-41 - Quiz 1-1 (delayed until Monday)
Mo 9/14 Have read pp 42-46
Tu 9/15 Have read pp 46-53
We 9/16 Assignment due (delayed
until Thursday) An industrial-organizational
psychologist is interested in knowing whether receiving compliments make people work harder on an assembly line.
- Making
sure you identify both the population and the sample, explain how participants should be chosen for an experiment to answer
the psychologist's question.
- Create a hypothesis with operationalized variables that might be used.
- Identify
the IV and DV.
- Label and describe the groups involved.
- Identify 2 potential confounding variables and
explain how they could be adequately controlled.
Th 9/17 Quiz 1-2 (delayed
until Tuesday)
Mo 9/21 Chapter 1 test (delayed until Wednesday)
Prologue: The Story
of Psychology Th 8/27 - Have read pp 1-4
- Read syllabus. Have
parent(s) read letter and syllabus and sign slip.
- Write a 1-page introductory note.
Introduce yourself. Tell me something unusual or memorable about you. This assignment should be handwritten, not word processed.
Fr 8/28 Have read pp 4-9 Mon 8/31
- Have read pp 9-12
- Personal information sheet due
Tu 9/1 Have read pp 12-16
We 9/2 Prologue Quiz
Th 9/3 Prologue assignment due. Spend some
time exploring psychology on the net by choosing one of the four options below. Then, write a short paper (minimum length
2/3 of a page; maximum length 1 page). Your paper should have two paragraphs of approximately equal length. The first should
be a brief summary of the content of your choice (please include the URL). The second should be a personal opinion about the
site. - Listen to an episode of WNYC Radiolab at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/?gclid=CIvD59Odx5QCFQkmIgodpyXBkw Choose an episode that sounds interesting from the list on the right side. These episodes run for about an hour, but
they are the most professionally produced of the options.
- Listen to an episode
of Michael Britt's The Psych Files at http://www.thepsychfiles.com/ The best way to find an episode of interest to you is to use the Episode Map in the lower left corner of the main page.
- Listen to an episode of Chris Green's This Week in the History of Psychology podcast
at: http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/ These are interviews, and some are better than others. But if you're interested in history, this is the one for
you. The entry for October 2-8 is about William James and the publication of The Principles.
- Read two entries from Wray Herbert's We're Only Human blog at: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/ Wray Herbert is a journalist who has written about fascinating psychological research for many years.
- Listen to an episode of WNYC Radiolab at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/?gclid=CIvD59Odx5QCFQkmIgodpyXBkw Choose an episode that sounds interesting from the list on the right side. These episodes run for about an hour, but
they are the most professionally produced of the options.
- Listen to an episode
of Michael Britt's The Psych Files at http://www.thepsychfiles.com/ The best way to find an episode of interest to you is to use the Episode Map in the lower left corner of the main page.
- Listen to an episode of Chris Green's This Week in the History of Psychology podcast
at: http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts/ These are interviews, and some are better than others. But if you're interested in history, this is the one for
you. The entry for October 2-8 is about William James and the publication of The Principles.
- Read two entries from Wray Herbert's We're Only Human blog at: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/ Wray Herbert is a journalist who has written about fascinating psychological research for many years.
Fr 9/4 Prologue Test
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