Course Outline and Schedule

Week

Topic

Activity/ Assigned Reading

1

Introduction to class/ syllabus

 

2

Nature of Psychology

Scope, Perspectives, Methods and Fields in Psychology

Chap 1, (Atkinson)

LONG EXAM

3

Biological and Developmental Psychology

Biological Basis of Psychology 

Take Online Quiz

Chap 2, (Atkinson)

Film showing

4

Psychological Development

LONG EXAM

5

Consciousness and Perception

Sensory Processes

Chap 3 (Atkinson)

6

Perception

Examples of visual illusions

7

Consciousness and its Altered states

Film showing

LONG EXAM (Midterm)

8

Learning, Remembering and Thinking

Learning and Conditioning

Chap 4 (Atkinson)

Film showing

9

Memory

 

10

Thinking

LONG EXAM

11

Personality and Individuality

Motivation and Emotion

Chap 5 (Atkinson)

12

Personality Theory and Assessment

Chap 6 (Atkinson)

LONG EXAM

13

Social Psychology and Psychopathology

Social Cognition and Influence

Chap 7 & 8 (Atkinson)

14

Psychological Disorders

LONG EXAM (Pre-final)

15

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16

*

 

17

*

 

18

Final Examination

 

*Note: This is intended to benefit you as guide for your study.  Please understand that the schedule is flexible and subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.