Psychology
Fall Semester Schedule
Topic
Week 1 –
Unit 1 -Intro to Psychology
September 2-4 careers in psychology, Early psychologists,
Perspectives in psychology
Assignment
Read chapter 1
Psychsim 5: Psychology’s Timeline
Week 2 –
September 812
Unit 1
Quiz
Research methods, correlations, variables, central Read chapter 2
tendency, study types
Psychsim 5 : Descriptive Stats &
Correlations
Unit 1 Test
Week 3 –
Unit 2 – Body and Mind
Read chapter 3
September 15- Nervous system, neurons, neural transmission,
Psychsim 5: Brain and Behavior,
19
neurotransmitters, Structures and functions of
Hunger and the Fat Rat, Neural
the brain
Messages, Dueling Brains &
Hemispheric Specialization
Quiz
Week 4 –
Unit 2
September 22- hemispheres, plasticity, endocrine system, vision,
26
parts of the eye, taste , olfaction, audition,
kinesthesis, pain theories
Psychsim 5: Colorful World, The
Auditory System
Sensation Lab
Project 1 (Psych Study) Due 9/26
Week 5 –
Unit 2 (continued)
September 29October 3
Unit 3- Sensation, Perception and States of
Consciousness
Sensation and perception, principles of
perception, subliminal perception, ESP,
parapsychology
Week 6 –
Unit 3
October 6-10
Biological rhythms, sleep stages, sleep disorders,
dreams
Unit 2 Test
Week 7 –
October 13-15
Unit 3
Altered states of consciousness, hypnosis
Psychsim 5: Your Mind on Drugs
Unit 3 Test
Week 8 –
October 20-24
Unit 4 – Learning and Cognition
Classical Conditioning, operant conditioning,
other types of learning, Memory
Read chapters 6 & 7
Psychsim 5: Classical Conditioning,
Operant Conditioning, iconic
Memory, Trusting Your Memory
Quiz
Week 9 –
October 27-31
Unit 4
Memory, Forgetting, Thinking and Language,
intelligence
Read chapters 8 &9
Psychsim 5: Forgetting, When
Memory Fails
Unit 4 Test
Read chapter 4
Quiz
Read chapter 5
Psychsim 5: EEG and Sleep Stages
Psychology
Fall Semester Schedule
Week 10 –
November 4-7
Unit 5 – Development
Infancy and childhood, attachment,
temperament, parenting styles
Read Chapter 10
Developmental Psychology
Readings and Handouts
Psychsim5: Conception to Birth
Quiz
Psychsim 5: Cognitive
Development
Read Chapters 11 & 12
Quiz
Week 11 –
November 1014
Unit 5
cognitive development, adolescence, moral
development, aging
Week 12 –
November 1721
Unit 5
Adulthood, Old Age
Week 13 –
November 2426
Week 14 –
December 1-5
Unit 6 – Personality
Motivation and emotion, theories of personality
Unit 6
psychological tests, gender
Read chapters 15 & 16
Psychsim5: Not My Type
Unit 6 Test
Week 15 –
December 812
Unit 7 – Mental Health and Treatment
Stress and Health, Diagnosis, Psychological
Disorders, Anxiety, Mood, somatoform, and
Dissociative disorders
Read chapters 17 and 18
Psychsim5: Mystery Client
Psychsim5: Mystery Therapist
Quiz
Week 16 –
December 1519, 22-23
Unit 7
Psychological disorders continued, Schizophrenia,
Personality disorders
Read Chapter 19
Week 17 –
January 5-9
Unit 7
Psychological disorders continued, treatment
Unit 7 Test
Week 18 –
January 12-16
Unit 8 – Social Psychology
Read chapters 20 and 21
Project 3 (Culture Vision) Due
1/14
Psychsim5: Signs of Aging
Unit 5 Test
Project 2 (from project list) Due
11/19
Read Chapter 13 and 14
Psychsim5: Expressing Emotion
Helpful Links
Link to Psychsim Activities - http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/gray/content/psychsim5/launcher.html
Link to APA vocabulary - http://www.apa.org/research/action/glossary.aspx
Link to Textbook activities and practice http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/pRedirect?project=hrwonline&siteId=787&pageId=6281