Class web site: http://students.cua.edu/81caggiano/psy201.htm

Office Location: 254 O’Boyle Hall

Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs., 3:00 – 4:00, or by appointment

Class Schedule

1/13 (Tu) – Introduction to Psychology

1/15 (Th) – History of Psychology (read Chapter 1)

1/20 (Tu) – Research Methods: Designing an Experiment (read Chapter 2)

1/22 (Th) – Research Methods: Ethical Issues (Chapter 2)

1/27 (Tu) – Social Processes and Relationships (read Chapter 17)

1/29 (Th) – Social Psychology (read Chapter 18)

2/3 (Tu) – Social Psychology (Chapter 18); REVIEW FOR TEST

2/5 (Th) – TEST 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 17, 18)

2/10 (Tu) – Biological Basis of Behavior: Brain Anatomy (read Chapter 3)

2/12 (Th) – Biological Basis of Behavior: Measuring Brain Activity (Chapter 3); PAPER

TOPICS DUE

2/17 (Tu) – Sensation (read Chapter 4)

2/19 (Th) – Perception (read Chapter 5); HOMEWORK #1 DUE

2/24 (Tu) – Mind, Consciousness, & Alternate States (Read Chapter 6); REVIEW FOR

TEST

2/26 (Th) – TEST 2 (Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6)

**** 3/1 – 3/5: Spring Break ****

3/9 (Tu) – guest lecture: Psychological Assessment (read Chapter 10)

3/11 (Th) – Learning (read Chapter 7)

3/16 (Tu) – Learning (Chapter 7)

3/18 (Th) – Memory (read Chapter 8); HOMEWORK #2 DUE

3/23 (Tu) – Memory (Chapter 8); COMPLETE REFERENCE LIST FOR TERM PAPER

DUE

3/25 (Th) – Cognitive Processes (read Chapter 9); REVIEW FOR TEST

3/30 (Tu) – Human Development (read Chapter 11)

4/1 (Th) – TEST 3 (Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10)

4/6 (Tu) – Motivation (read Chapter 12)

4/8 (Th) – *** No Class – Holy Thursday ***

4/13 (Tu) – Emotion, Stress, and Health (read Chapter 13)

4/15 (Th) – Psychological Disorders (read Chapter 15); TERM PAPERS DUE

4/20 (Tu) – Psychological Disorders (Chapter 15)

4/22 (Th) – Psychological Therapies (read Chapter 16)

4/27 (Tu) – *** Last day of class ***; Mental Health and Society (Chapter 15); REVIEW

FOR TEST

5/4 (Tu), 1:30pm – 3:30pm: FINAL EXAM (Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15, 16)