WEEK 1: Aug 26 & 28
Class: The Research Process
Lab: Psychology on the World
Wide Web
Assignment:
WEEK 2: Sep 2 & 4
Class: Research Reports
Lab: Literature Search in the Library
Assignment: Find and secure a research article [Report One]
WEEK 3: Sep 9 & 11
Class: Experimental Procedures
[QUIZ 1]
Lab: Report on a Research Article
Assignment:
WEEK 4: Sep 16 & 18
Class: Psychophysical Methods
Lab: Correlational Research
Assignment:
WEEK 5: Sep 23 & 25
Class: Sensation and Perception: General
Principles
Lab: Experiment on Depth Perception
Assignment: Write an APA style method section for the depth perception
study [Report Two]
WEEK 6: Sep 30 & Oct 2
EXAM 1: Tues Sep 30 (Sample Questions)
Class: The Visual System
Lab: Sensation on the Web
Assignment:
WEEK 7: Oct 7 & 9
Class: Measurement Issues; Descriptive
Statistics
Lab: Descriptive Statistics using SPSS
Assignment: Systematically alter the variability of a distribution
and describe the resulting changes in the standard deviation. [Report
Three]
WEEK 8: Oct 14 & 16
Class: Null Hypothesis Testing
Lab: No Class--Fall Break
Assignment:
WEEK 9: Oct 21 & 23
[QUIZ 2]
Class: Memory
Lab: Statistical Tests using SPSS
Assignment: Describe the relation between mean differences and within
group variability in producing statistical differences between groups.
[Report Five]
WEEK 10: Oct 28 & 30
Class: Classical Conditioning
Lab: Statistical analysis of class data
Assignment: Write a results section with a figure. [Report Six]
WEEK 11: Nov 4 & 6
Class:Operant Conditioning
Lab: Passive Avoidance study
Assignment:
WEEK 12: Nov 11 & 13
EXAM 2: Thurs Nov 13 (Sample Questions)
Class: Review session and individualized help
Lab:
Assignment:
WEEK 13: Nov 18 & 20
Class:Techniques in Psychobiology
Lab: Animal Surgical Procedures
Assignment: Write an introduction for a lesion study [Report Seven]
WEEK 14: Nov 25
[QUIZ 3]
Class: Brain Structure and Function
Lab: Hands-on neuroanatomy; comparative anatomy
Assignment:
Compare and contrast the brains and behavioral capacities of 4 animals [Report Eight]
WEEK 15: Dec 2 & 4
Class: Social Psychology and Social
Interactions
[QUIZ 4]
Lab:
Assignment:
FINAL EXAM: Thursday Dec 11, 12:00pm-2:00pm (Sample Questions)
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