Spring 2000
Monday, Wednesday 2:40 - 4:00 PM
150 Science Center
Professor Catherine Best
 

 
 
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If you wish to arrange for tutoring with a TA, contact David Umlor (Graduate TA).
Other Course Information:
Course Description: This course provides a survey introduction to contemporary research, theory and applications in the field of psychology. The course includes an introductory level presentation of major ideas and research findings in the major topic areas of the discipline:
  • Neuropsychology (biological bases of behavior)
  • Motivation
  • Learning
  • Sensory Systems and Processes
  • Perception
  • Memory
  • Thought Processes (Cognition)
  • Language
  • Infant Development
  • Cognitive and Social Development
  • Social Behavior and Mechanisms
  • Intelligence
  • Personality
  • Psychopathology (Abnormal Psychology)
 
Prerequisites: None -- this is in introductory course.

Required Textbook: Gleitman, Fridlund, & Reisberg (1999). Psychology. 5th Ed. NYC: Norton & Co.

(Optional Study Guide: Jonides & Rozin. Study Guide. NYC: Norton & Co.)

Attendance & Participation: Lectures will cover material that is not contained in the readings, so class attendance is essential. Please be punctual, and stay through the end of class. Tardiness and early leaving are visible and audible even in a large class, and are distracting to profs and students alike.

Honor Code: Operates implicitly in everything you do in this course.

Course Website: All important course information, including course information updates and useful web links, will appear here. The website has links to Guidelines for Psychology-in-Action assignments and Grade-Getter, which allows you to track your performance in the course whenever you wish.

 

 

updated 5/16/00 (DL, SW)