Psychology

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Unit 1  Introduction and Methods

1. Introduction to Psychology 7. Quiz 1:  Introduction to Psychology 13. Quiz 2:  Research and Methods
2. Experimental Psychology and Schools of Thought 8. Research and Methods 14. Special Project
3. More About Psychological Perspectives 9. Statistics 15. Review
4. Report:  Influential  Psychologists 10. Balancing Right and Wrong (Ethics) 16. Test
5. Psychological Fields and Careers 11. Experiment:  Bouba-Kiki Effect
6. Report:  Understanding More About Careers in Psychology 12. Essay:  What Would You Do?

Unit 2  Biopsychosocial Psychology

1. The Biology Behind Our Behavior 6. Motivation 11. Quiz 2:  Motivation, Emotion, Stress
2. Sensory Processes 7. Essay:  What Motivates You? 12. Special Project
3. Project:  Blind Spots 8. Values and Expectations 13. Review
4. Project:  Smell vs. Taste 9. Stress 14. Test
5. Quiz 1:  Biology and Sensory Processes 10. Essay:  Reflecting on Stress in Your Life

Unit 3  Developmental Psychology

1. Lifespan Development 6. What is Personality? 11. Quiz 2:  Personality
2. Piaget and Erikson:  Theories of Development 7. Free Will vs. Determinism 12. Special Project
3. Critical Periods 8. Essay:  Do You Have a Choice? 13. Review
4. Research:  Hereditary Conditions and Deformities 9. Personality Tests 14. Test
5. Quiz 1:  Lifespan Development 10. Essay:  Character Counts

Unit 4  Cognitive Psychology

1. What is Learning? 8. Project:  Serial Position Effect 15. Research:  Hypnosis
2. Conditioning 9. Quiz 2:  Memory 16. Quiz 3:  Thinking, Language, Consciousness, and Sleep

3. Observational Learning

10. Thinking 17. Special Project
4. Essay:  Who is Your Role Model? 11. Language 18. Review
5. Quiz 1:  Learning 12. Consciousness and Sleep 19. Test
6. Memory 13. Dreams
7. The Brain and Memory 14. Report:  Dream Analysis

Unit 5  Abnormal and Group Behavior

1. Abnormal Behavior 6. Obedience to Authority 11. Quiz 2:  Group Behavior
2. Mental Disorders 7. Altruism 12. Special Project
3. Treating Disorders 8. Social Influence and Conformity 13. Review
4. Report:  Medication 9. Project:  Conformity 14. Test
5. Quiz 1:  Abnormal Behavior 10. Essay:  How Can You Use Influence for Good?

Unit 6  Course Review and Exam

1.      Review

2.      Exam