1
Psyc 101 Schedule of Topics and Online Documents
The web address of this document is:
http://psych.fullerton.edu/navarick/101schedule.doc
or
http://psycfiles.com/101schedule.doc
To access the files listed here, enter,
http://psych.fullerton.edu/navarick/
or
http://psycfiles.com/
…then add the file name
I. INTRODUCTION
Psychology as a Science
File Name
Topic
psychterms.ppt
Defining psychology
Carnegie.pptx
Pseudoscience
Hess.pptx
Quantifying, qualifying findings
Methods1.ppt
Correlational research
101notes.doc
(Pages 1-3)
Correlational research
expmethod.ppt
Experimental method
Advertising.ppt
Experimental method
101notes.doc
(Page 3)
Evaluating experiments
101notes.doc
(Pages 3-4)
Using statistics to test reliability
101notes.doc
What is a theory? How is it tested?
2
(Page 4)
101notes.doc
(Pages 4 - 5)
A theory of “obedience”; Milgram’s
experiment; importance of operational
definitions for testing theories
“
Milgram.pdf
101notes.doc
(Page 6)
Psychology as a science: Determinism
(cause and effect) vs. free will
Freud.pdf
History of psychology: Psychoanalysis
and the unconscious
Mind.ppt
History: Approaches to
studying consciousness
101notes.doc
(Pages 6 – 7)
Concept of the “reflex” in philosophy,
biology, and psychology
101notes.doc
History: Approaches to studying behavior
(Behaviorism, pages 6 – 7)
Humanism.ppt
History: Humanism, free will, and
self-actualization (personal growth)
_____________________________________________________________________
II. THE DYNAMICS OF BEHAVIOR
The Processes of Learning and Motivation
File Name
Topic
Pavlov.ppt
Classical Conditioning: Basic terms
and principles
101notes.doc
(Pages 7 – 8)
Applications I: Conditioned phobias
101notes.doc
(Pages 8 - 10)
Applications II: Systematic Desensitization
101notes.doc
(Pages 10 - 11)
Applications III: Aversion Therapy
3
opcond.ppt
101notes.doc
(Pages 12 – 13)
Operant-abc.ppt
101notes.doc
(Page 13)
reinfpun.ppt
101notes.doc
(Pages 13 - 14)
Operant Conditioning Contrasted with
Classical Conditioning
“
Operant Conditioning: Framework for
analyzing behavior
“
“
Operant conditioning: Schedules of
reinforcement and their effects on behavior
schedules1.doc
“
schedules2.doc
“
101notes.doc
(Pages 14 - 16)
Applications: Behavior Modification
(“Applied Behavior Analysis”)
motivation.ppt
Motivation: Basic concepts
101notes.doc
(Pages 16 - 17)
Motivation basics: Maslow’s pyramid of
motives
101notes.doc
(Pages 17 - 19)
Motivation basics: 4 types of conflict
101notes.doc
(Page 19)
Hunger motivation: internal vs. external
causes
aggression.ppt
Aggression: Internal sources (instinct
theory) vs. external sources (psychosocial
theory)
“
war.ppt
101notes.doc
(Pages 20 - 23)
101notes.doc
(Pages 23 - 26)
“
Social needs: need for achievement,
fear of failure, fear of success
4
emotion.ppt
(Slide 1)
Emotion: Basic concepts
nervoussystem.ppt
“
101notes.doc
(Pages 26 - 27)
“
emotion.ppt
Theories of emotion: James-Lange,
Canon-Bard, Schacter-Singer, Lazarus’
appraisal theory, facial feedback
hypothesis
“
101notes.doc
(Pages 27 - 30)
stress.ppt
Stress
_____________________________________________________________________
Unit 3
III. THE INNER WORLD
Sensation, Perception, Consciousness, Cognition, and Memory
File Name
Topic
101notes.doc
(Pages 30 - 31)
Sensations: the simplest experiences;
how they are different from perceptions
101notes.doc
(Pages 31 - 32)
How sensations are studied: the field of
psychophysics; thresholds; Weber’s Law
101notes.doc
(Pages 32 - 35)
Color vision basics: electromagnetic
energy; structure of the eye;
rods. vs. cones
101notes.doc
(Pages 35 - 36)
Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory;
predictions when mixing colors
101notes.doc
(Pages 36 - 37)
Additive vs. subtractive color mixture
5
101notes.doc
(Page 38)
afterimages.pptx
Opponent-Process Theory; how it
explains negative afterimages
“
101notes.doc
(Pages 39 - 41)
Perception of depth
101notes.doc
(Pages 41, 46, 47)
Perceptual constancy (size, shape,
location)
101notes.doc
(Pages 39 - 41)
Optical illusions involving depth
perception and size constancy
eeg.ppt
Sleep and dreams: brain wave patterns
and the stages of sleep;
REM sleep (dreaming)
“
101notes.doc
(Pages 47 - 49)
dreams.ppt
Theories of dreaming
101notes.doc
(Page 49)
Altered states of consciousness:
meditation
101notes.doc
(Page 49)
Altered states of consciousness:
biofeedback
biofeedback.pptx
101notes.doc
(Pages 50 - 51)
hypnosis.pdf
“
Altered states of consciousness:
hypnosis
“
101notes.doc
(Page 49)
Ordinary consciousness:
thinking and reasoning
Piaget.pptx
Piaget’s four-stage theory of
intellectual development
memory1.ppt
Memory basics: encoding, storage,
and retrieval
memory1.ppt
Forgetting basics: storage failure
6
(e.g., decay) vs. retrieval failure
(e.g., interference)
interference.ppt
How researchers study interference
memory2.ppt
Atkinson-Shiffrin Multistore Model
of Memory
“
as2.ppt
memoryspan.ppt
How researchers measure the capacity of
short-term memory
Unit 4
IV. THE INDIVIDUAL IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
File Name
Personality.ppt
“
Topic
Theories of personality: an overview
Freud’s theory: id, ego, superego;
neurosis vs. psychosis
101notes.doc
(Pages 52 - 53)
Freud’s theory: defense mechanisms and
their relation to neurosis (anxiety
disorders)
psychosexual.pptx
Freud’s psychosexual theory of
personality development
101notes.doc
(Pages 53 - 54)
Evaluation of Freud’s legacy
Jung.ppt
Neo-Freudians: Carl Jung; the “collective
unconscious”; the theory of
psychological types
101notes.doc
(Page 54)
Application of Jung’s theory:
Myers-Briggs Type Inventory
Adler.ppt
Neo-Freudians: Alfred Adler and the
“inferiority complex”; comparison with
Freud
7
101notes.doc
(Pages 54 - 55)
Additional Adlerian concepts: style of life,
fictional finalism, social interest,
birth order effects
Rogers.ppt
Humanism: Carl Rogers and the problem
of conditional positive regard; conflict
between the real self and self-concept;
person-centered therapy
social1.ppt
Social Psychology: an overview;
nature of attitudes
Processes of attitude change:
persuasion
social1.ppt
101notes.doc
(Page 58)
Processes of attitude change:
subliminal advertising
social2.ppt
Processes of attitude change:
cognitive dissonance
101notes.doc
(Pages 55 - 57)
Types of cognitive dissonance
prejudice.doc
Destructive attitudes: prejudice
Asch.ppt
Behavior in groups: Asch’s experiments
on conformity
“
101notes.doc
(Pages 58- 59)
stanford.doc
Behavior in groups: the power of
social roles; Zimbardo’s Stanford
Prison Experiment
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Ψ