Objective (By the end of the week,

you should be able to)

Homework (Other assignments will
be added periodically)
Week 1 (August 25) Understand a brief overview of
psychology's subject matter, early
history, and current theoretical
approaches and explore the
research methods and ethics that
guide sociological research.

Week 2 (August 29) (Continue with objectives from
Week 1)
CHAPTER 1 EXAM SEPTEMBER 3
Week 3 (September 6) Outline the ways in which parts of
the nervous system are organized
into systems, as well as to
differentiate the locations and
functions of various brain parts.
Emphasis will also be placed on
related brain issues like sleeping,
gender differences, and activity
measurement techniques.
Brain project due September 10



Week 4 (September 12) (Continue with objectives from
Week 3)
Nervous system analogy due
September 14



NEUROPSYCH EXAM SEPTEMBER
16
Week 5 (September 19) Outline the cognitive, physiological,
moral, developments throughout
the life span.
Psychoautobiography due
September 26th
Week 6 (September 26) Examine competing theories of
personality development, with
emphasis on their historical
contexts and relation to one
another.


DEVELOPMENTAL EXAM
SEPTEMBER 30
Week 7 (October 3) (Continue with objectives from
Week 6)
Personality inventory project due
October 12th
Week 8 (October 10) Discuss the processes of memory
and issues related to its faultiness.
Personality inventory project due
October 12th
Week 9 (October 17) (Continue with objectives from
Week 8)

Week 10 (October 24) Explore the theories of classical and
operant conditioning, with
emphasis on evaluating them for
applicability to real life and human
behavior.
Classical conditioning assignment
due October 27
th


LEARNING EXAM OCTOBER 29TH
Week 11 (October 31) Examine several different categories
of psychological disorders along
with their causes, varieties,
treatments, and related issues.
Emphasis will also be placed on
issues of overdiagnosis.

Week 12 (November 14) (Continue with objectives from
week 12)
PSYCH DISORDER EXAM
NOVEMBER 19
Week 13 (November 21) Examine approaches to therapy,
focusing on their relation to
personality theories and
methodology.
Mock therapy session due
November 27
th

Week 14 (November 28) (Continue with objectives from
week 13)
THERAPY EXAM DECEMBER 2
Week 15 (December 5) Explore the universality of emotion
along with the culturally
determined ways of expressing
them, plus how they relate to
psychological stress and
accompanying physiological
responses.

Week 16 (December 12) (Continue with objectives from
week 15)
EMOTION EXAM DECEMBER 17TH
Week 17 (January 3) Explore the definition of intelligence
and examine the validity and
implications of intelligence tests.
INTELLIGENCE EXAM JANUARY
7TH
Week 18 (January 9) Review for final exam FINAL EXAM JANUARY 18TH