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Individuals and Societies 101
Section 23, John J.B. Allen
Spring, 2007


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Tentative Schedule of Topics & Readings


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Date

Topic

Assigned Chapter Reading
(Online Quiz available
for those choosing that option)

 

 Week 1

1/10/07

Introduction and Administrative Overview

None

 

 

1/15/07

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

None

Psychology, the Discipline at the interface of Biology and Society

 

 

1/17/07

Survey

Myer’s Prologue (Quiz)

 

 Week 2

1/22/07

Introduction to Course

Myer’s Ch. 1 (Quiz)

 

 

1/24/07

Research Methods

Myer’s Ch. 1

The Stuff of Which We're Made: Biological Constraints
are not Destiny, but they are Constraints

 

 Week 3

1/29/07

Biological Basis of Psychology

Myer’s Ch. 2 (Quiz)

 

 

1/31/07

Biological Basis of Psychology

Myer’s Ch. 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Week 4

2/5/07

Biological Basis of Psychology

Myer’s Ch. 3 (Quiz)

 

 

2/7/07

EXAM #1

 

Rooted in Biology and Shaped by Experience

 

 Week 5

2/12/07

Imaging, Lateralization

Myer’s Ch. 2 (pp 69, 84-91)

 

 

2/14/07

States of Consciousness

Myer’s Ch. 7 (Quiz)

Paper #1
Due

Week 6 

2/19/07

States of Consciousness

Myer’s Ch. 7

 

 

2/21/07

Sensation and Perception 

Myer’s Ch. 5 (Quiz)

 

 Week 7

2/26/07

Sensation and Perception 

Myer’s Ch. 6 (Quiz)

 

 

2/28/07

EXAM #2

 

 

 Week 8

3/5/07

Pain
Motivation  

Myers Ch 5 (pp. 224-234)
Myer’s Ch. 12 (Quiz)

 Paper #1
Feedback
 

 

3/7/07

Emotion 

Myer’s Ch. 13 (Quiz)

 

 

 

Spring Break March 10-18

 

 

 Week 9

3/19/07

Emotion    (note podcast recovered!)

Myer’s Ch. 13

 

 

3/21/07

Learning and Conditioning  

Myer’s Ch. 8 (pp 313-326) (Quiz)

 

 Week 10

3/26/07

Learning and Conditioning   

Myer’s Ch. 8 (pp 313-326)

 

 

3/28/07

EXAM #3

 

Paper #2
Due

 Week 11

4/2/07

Learning and Conditioning   
Memory

Myer’s Ch. 8 (pp 326-347)
Schacter Gilbert Wegner Ch. 5

 

 

4/4/07

Memory   

Schacter Gilbert Wegner Ch. 5


Individuals And Their Interactions With The Social World,
Both Normal And Abnormal
 

 

 Week 12

4/09/07

Memory   

Schacter Gilbert Wegner Ch. 5

 

 

4/11/07

Memory    
Mental Abilities


Myer’s Ch. 11 (Quiz)

 

 Week 13

4/16/07

Mental Abilities
Developmental Psychology   

Myer’s Ch. 4 (Quiz)

 

 

4/18/07

EXAM #4

 

 

 

4/20/07

 

 

 Paper #2
Feedback
 
 

 Week 14

4/23/07

Social Psychology  
Personality

Schacter Gilbert Wegner Ch. 16
Myer’s Ch. 15 (Quiz)

 

 

4/25/07

Mental Disorders  

Myer’s Ch. 16 (Quiz)

 

 Week 15

4/30/07

Mental Disorders

Myer’s Ch. 14 (Quiz)

Last  Class Session

 

5/2/07

Treatment

Myer’s Ch. 17 (Quiz)

         

 

 

5/4/07

Final Day to Complete Quizzes if you wish to use the Quiz Replacement Option
 (Link to see which quizzes you must complete)

 

         

 

 

5/9/07

Final Exam
5-7 p.m. Wednesday

 


 


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