UNCA Psyc101-003, Spring, 2009

Psychology 101:
General Psychology:
Brain and Behavioral Processes
Section 003, Spring Semester, 2009
Professor Stephen Houseworth

Dates of import

Additional readings

Dates of import	Article choices, Papers, Exams and such
Tuesday, 12may09 3pm - 5:30pm	Exam III
Tuesday, 12may09	Paper no. 4 of 4 due
Tuesday, 28april09	Paper no. 3 of 4 due
Thursday, 16april09	Paper no. 2 of 4 due
Tuesday, 14april09	Exam II
Thursday, 26february09	Biological-bases of mind & behavior paper due
Thursday, 19february09	Exam I
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Additional readings	Optional, but encouraged, readings
Ethics	Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: [html] [pdf]
(1) Introduction	Gardner, H. (1992). Scientific psychology: Should we bury it or praise it? New Ideas in Psychology, 10, 179-190. Markus, H.R. & Kitayama, S. (1991) Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224-253. Triandis, H. C. (2001). Individualism-collectivism and personality. Journal of Personality, 69(6), 907-924.
Text Readings	Zimbardo, P. G., Johnson, R. L., & Weber, A. L. (2006). Psychology: Core Concepts* (5th ed.): Allyn & Bacon.
by class	Text reading assignment 9: Chapter 8 (Thinking/Intelligence) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class	Text reading assignment 8: Chapter 7 (Memory) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class	Text reading assignment 7: Chapter 6 (Learning) n Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class on 02april09	Text reading assignment 6: Chapter 5 (Sensation/Perception) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class on 17march09	Text reading assignment 5: Chapter 4 (Development) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class on 24february09	Text reading assignment 4: Chapter 3 (Consciousness) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class	Text reading assignment 3: Chapter 2 (Biology & Brain) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class	Text reading assignment 2: Appendix (Statistics & Methodology) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*
by class	Text reading assignment 1: Chapter 1 (Introduction) in Zimbardo, Johnson, & Weber*

PAL	Psychology & Living Opportunities
Write-up Instructions	Submit two-paragraph write-up per event within one week of attending the event [PAL requirements include: hard-copies necessary; four (4) total hours for the semester] (a) list the event you attended, the date, person, title, length of event (how long; round up to nearest 30') (b) summarize the content (c) reflect upon - i.e. explain - the event's relevance (if any) to psychology. If there is no direct application to understanding matters of psychological interest, explain how such matters could have been incorporated.

Resources
Databases	Academic Search Premier Find Articles.com FreeMedicalJournals Google Scholar JSTOR Medline PsychInfo
Approved Psychology Journals (free access, use Ramsey Library portal)	GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY; GENERAL SCIENCE American Psychologist Annual Review of Psychology Canadian Psychology Current Directions in Psychological Science Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied Nature New England Journal of Medicine Psychological Bulletin Psychological Review Review of General Psychology Science Scientific American BIOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS of BEHAVIOR & MIND Annual Review of Neuroscience Nature Neuroscience Neurology Neuropsychobiology CONSCIOUSNESS Sleep & Hypnosis PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT Child Development SENSATION & PERCEPTION Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance LEARNING MEMORY Applied Cognitive Psychology THINKING & INTELLIGENCE
References	APA Formatting and Style Guide found at the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

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