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Lecture & recitation assignments: The lecture assignments (chapters and pages) refer to the Gleitman text. Some chapters span multiple lectures. You may click on a highlighted lecture date for a brief topic outline or questions to think about for that day's material, and on the weekly "Lab Due" for the lab assignment due that week. In addition to Gleitman, there are readings, that will often be used as a basis for discussion in recitation. They are indicated simply by highlighted author name that can be found by clicking on the reading to get the pdf file.  These pdf files can be read using Adobe Acrobat reader which you can find at Adobe's website.  


Dates Assignments Topics
Viewpoint: Humans as Behaving Biological Organisms: What do neurons know? 
Aug 28 Introduction: pg. 1-8; Chapter 1  
Dement reading 
Introduction to the course, Psychology and its methods
Aug 29
No lab due Recitation
Aug 30 Chapter 1; Chapter 6, pg. 220-239; Chapter15 pg. 605-615 
(optional) Interesting study on sleep and creativity!
Sleeping & Dreaming
 
Sep 4 Chapter 6, pg. 239-end 
Repression reading, Sleepwalking reading, and Rat Dreams reading 
Departmental experimental requirement; Dreaming & Methodology 
Sep 5
Lab 1 Due: Dream Diary Recitation
Sep 6
Chapter 3, pg. 84-103 Brain Function & Evolution of Complexity
 
Sep 11 Chapter 3, pg. 103-114
Braitenberg reading
Film: "Awakenings" DH 2210 7:00-9:00
Neurons & Reflexes: A Model 
Sep 12
Lab 2 Due: Brain Imaging Recitation
Sep 13 Chapter 3, pg. 118-end; Chapter 12
Pinker reading (pg. 1-24)
Brain, Behavior & Thought
 
Sep 18
Film Showing & Discussion (in class): "Obedience"
Motivation & Emotion
Sep 19
Lab 3 Due: Nervous System
Sample Paper Topics Due
Quiz I
Review for Exam
Sep 20
Chapter 12
Pinker reading (pg. 24-end)
Motivation & Emotion
 
Sep 25 Chapter 7, beginning - pg. 278 Learning: Classical & Operant Conditioning
Sep 26 Lab 4 Due: Motivation
Paper Topic Due
Recitation
Sep 27 Chapter 4, beginning - pg. 160 
Sensory Systems
 
Viewpoint: Humans as Thinkers: How do we extract meaning from chaos? 
Oct 2 Chapter 4, pg. 160 - end; Chapter 5 
EXAM I REVIEW: DH 2210 7:00-9:00
The Visual System & Perception
Oct 3 Lab 5 Due: Illusions
Recitation
Oct 4 EXAM I
 
Oct 9 Chapter 5 
Loftus reading 
Perception & Attention
Oct 10 Lab 6 Due: Lateral Inhibition
Two Paper References Due
Recitation
Oct 11 Chapter 8
Memory 
 
Oct 16 Chapter 8
Stratton reading 
Memory Processes
Oct 17 Lab 7 Due: Short Term Memory Recitation
Oct 18 Chapter 8
Long-term Memory & Thinking
 
Oct 23 Chapter 9
Thinking
Oct 24 Lab 8 Due: Earliest Memory
Paper Rough Draft Due
Recitation: Discuss Earliest Memories 
Oct 25 Chapter 9
Problem Solving & Expertise
 
Oct 30 Chapter 10, pg 379-396, 413-415
Pinker reading
Film: Wild Child, PH 100 7:00-9:00
 Intro to Language
Oct 31 Lab 9 Due: Word Superiority Effect
Quiz II
Recitation
Nov 1
Chapter 10, pg. 396-end; Chapter 14
Schactel reading
 Development (Language & General)
 
Viewpoint: Humans as Developing and Social Beings: How do we become who we are? 
Nov 6 Chapter 14
EXAM II REVIEW: DH 2315 7:00-9:00
Cognitive Development
Nov 7 Lab 10 Due: Development Recitation
Nov 8 EXAM II
 
Nov 13 Chapter 13
Film: A Beautiful Mind, DH 2210 7:00-9:00
Attitudes & Beliefs
Nov 14 Paper Due
Recitation
Nov 15 Chapter 13
Sherif reading 
Attitude Consistency Theories
 
Nov 20 Chapter 13; Chapter 15, beginning - 622 
Milgram reading
Conformity & Obedience and Personality 
Nov 21/22 No class - Thanksgiving break
 
Nov 27 Chapter 2; Chapter 12, pg 473-478 
Koestler reading
Nature, Nurture, and Aggression
Nov 28
Lab 11 Due: Social Behavior Recitation
Nov 29 Chapter 15
Aggression/Personality
 
Dec 4 Chapter 16 
Nasar reading. 
Personality and Psychopathology
Dec 5 Lab 12 Due: Stress
Quiz III
Recitation
Dec 6 Chapter 17,Schizophrenia reading;  Treatment
 
Dec 15
Final Exam Review Session, Sat. 11:00 am to 1:00 pm DH 2210  
Dec 17
Final Exam, 8:30-11:30 a.m. DH 2210 (sections A,B,C,D,L,M,N) and DH 2315 (sections E,F,G,H,I,J,K)  

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