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- Textbook: 2e psychology
- What is Psychology?
- Scientific study of mind and behavior
- Psychological Perspective
- Structualism
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Functionalism
- William James
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Sigmund Freud
- Gestalt Psychology
- Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohler
- Behaviorism
- Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
- Pavlov’s dog
- Humanism
- Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
Grades
- Exam 1 15% Exam 2 15% Final 20%
- 30 Multiple Choice, 10 Fill in Blank, 2 short answer
- Essay 1 10% Essay 2 10%
- Attendance 15%
- Worksheet 10%
- Participation 15%
- Extra credits 9%
Due before next class
- Read syllabus
- Read Textbook Chapter 3, Page 71-78
- Quiz next class
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Branches of psychology
- Biopsychology and Evolutionary Psychology
- structure and function of the nervous system
- Sensation and Perception
- sensory systems and the psychological experience
- Cognitive Psychology
- cognition and thoughts
- Developmental Psychology
- aging and maturation
- Personality Psychology
- behaviors and thought patterns
- Social Psychology
- individuals interact and relate with others
- Health Psychology
- biological, psychological, and sociocultural influences
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- personnel management, organizational structure and workplace
- Sports and Exercise Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- justice system

Hw:
- Read page 35-41
- Quiz next class
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- Cross-sectional design Vs. Longitudinal designs
- Correlation Vs. causation
- Illusory Correlation
- Experimental Hypothesis
- If…then…
- Population and sample
- Random assignment
- Random sampling
- Experimental Group and Control Group
- Manipulation
- Placebo effect
- Results
- Statistics
- Peer-reviewed journals
- General knowledge
- Ethics in animal research

Hw:
- Read page 71-78
- Second Quiz next Friday
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Biopsychology
- Evolution, Charles Darwin
- Cells of the nervous system
- Neurons and glial cell
- Neuron structure
- Dendrite, axon, myelin, sheath, terminal buttons
- Synapse
- Neuronal communication
- Neural transmitter
- Biological perspective
- Drugs
- Psychotropic medication
- Agonist
- Antagonist
- Nervous system
- Central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
- Somatic
- Autonomic
- Sympathetic
- Parasympathetic
HW:
- Read Chapter 4, p109-126, quiz next class, Essay 1 due Apr 28
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- Consciousness
- Homeostasis
- Circadian rhythm
- sleep/wake cycle
- Why do we sleep
- Stages of sleep
- Frequency and amplitude of brain activity
- Alpha, beta, theta, delta waves
- REM
- Dream
- Lucid dream
- Sleep disorder
- Insomnia
- Parasomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Hypnosis
- Drug
- meditation

HW
- Read Chapter 5, p145-168, quiz next class, Essay 1 due Apr 28

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2022). Psychology 2e. OpenStax
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Learning
- Classic conditioning
- Pavlov’s dog
- Behaviorism
- John B. Watson
- Little Albert Study
- Operant Conditioning
- positive/negative reinforcement
- Primary/secondary reinforcement
- B.F. Skinner
- Vicarious reinforcement/punishment
- Bobo doll experiment
HW:
- Read Chapter 7 and 8 P181-182 & P 213-214
- Essay 1 due 04/28
- Midterm 30 multiple choice, 2 short answers 1 hour 05/11
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- Concepts
- Natural, artificial
- Prototypes
- Language
- Language development
- Noam Chumsky
- Heuristic
- Availability heuristic
- Biases
- Anchoring, confirmation, hindsight
- Intelligence
- Binet, avg 100
- Nature vs nurture
Hw:
- Read Chapter 7 and 8 P181-182 & P 213-214
- Quiz next class, Essay 1 due 04/28
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Memory
- Encoding
- Automatic
- Effortful
- Types of encoding
- Semantic
- Visual
- Acoustic
- Storage models
- Short term memory
- Memory consolidation
- Rehearsal
- Implicit
- Explicit
- Brain departments
- H.M patient
- Repressed, recovered memories
- Biases
- Interference
Hw:
- Essay 1 due 04/28, midterm 5/14
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Lifespan development
- Physical
- Cognitive
- Jean Piaget
- Psychosocial
- Erik Erikson
- Continuous
- Discontinuous
- Freud
- Psychosexual theory
- Prenatal stages
- Infancy
- Motor skills
- Attachment styles
- Self-concept
- Parenting styles
- Authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved
- Adolescence
- Physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development
- Adulthood
- Early, middle, old
- Hospice, stages of grief
HW: Read Chapter 10 p321-322 and 342, Essay 2 due 05/25, Midterm 30 multiple choice, 2
short answers 1 hour 05/14
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Personality
- Phrenology
- Franz Gall
- Psychodynamic theory
- Freud
- Id, ego, superego
- Defence mechanism
- Psychosexual stages
- Alfred Adler
- Inferior
- Erik Erikson
- Carl Jung
- Analytical psychology
- Introvert, extrovert
- Karen Horney
Learning approaches
- Beahvioral, B.F. Skinner
- Social-cognitive, Bandura
- Julian rotter
- Walter Mischel

HW: essay 2 due on 5/25

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Social Psychology
- Interpersonal, intrapersonal
- Situational and dispositional influences
- Fundamental attribution
- Self-serving bias
- Just world hypothesis
Social roles
- Social norm and script
- Stanford prison experiment
Attitude
- Affective
- Behavioral
- Cognitive
- Cognitive dissonance
Aggression
- bullying

HW: essay 2 due 5/25

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Stress
Appraisal
Physical stress
Stress Regulation
Control and Stress
Social support

HW:
- Essay 2 due 5/25
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Psychological disorders
- Psychopathology
Cultural expectation
APA definition
comorbidity(DSM)
Anxiety disorders
- Fear vs anxiety
- Common
- Phobias
Panic disorders
Case studies

HW: Essay 2 due 5/25

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Personality disorders continued
- Cognitive theories of depression
- Suicide
- Schizophrenia
- Symptoms, facts, causes
- Dissociative disorders
- Borderline and antisocial
- ADHD
- Autism
HW:
Chapter 15 Quiz submission still available
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Mental health treatment
Treatment in the past
- Exorcism
- Asylum
Treatment today
- PSYCHOANALYSIS
- PLAY THERAPY
- BEHAVIOR THERAPY
- COGNITIVE THERAPY
- COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
- HUMANISTIC THERAPY
- BIOMEDICAL THERAPIES

HW:
Essay 2 resubmit, Quiz Chapter 16 due next class