Introduction to Psychology

Calendar

Lec #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	The Brain: Between the Ears, Behind the Eyes
2	Motivation and Emotion: “Reason Alone Cannot Move Us To Do Anything”
3	Learning: The Power of Association
4	Sensing: Gathering the Information	Paper 1 due
5	Attending: Limiting the Information
6	Perceiving: Interpreting the Information
7	Memory: What Do You Remember?
8	Cognition: How Do You Think?
9	Cognitive Development: How Do Children Think?
10	Language: What Do You Say?	Paper 2 due
11	Language Development: What Do Children Say?
	Midterm Exam
12	Intelligence: How Do We Know You Are Smart?
13	The Battle of the Sexes: Love and Evolution
14	Social Exchange: Romantic Economics
15	Attitudes and Behaviors: How Can We Be Controlled?	Paper 3 due
16	Who Are You? The Psychology of the Self
17	From Dissociation To Repression
18	Freud and Fairy Tales
19	Sleep and Dreams
20	Defining Mental Illness: Are Suicide Bombers Insane?
21	Causing Mental Illness: What Can Make You “Lose” Your Mind?	Paper 4 due
22	Successful Disasters: Eating Disorders
23	Successful Disasters: Date Rape
	Final Exam