PSYCHOLOGY
1106
Introductory
Psychology I
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Psyc 1106 is now completed. (It will be offered again in September 2012.)
Grades have been submitted to the administration for posting on Web Advisor.
Do NOT write us asking for your grade, for we will not be available again until beginning of classes in 1107!
Any term papers not picked up before the final will be available from Steph at the beginning of classes in 2012.
The 1106 modules are still available below for downloading and review in preparation for Psyc 1107.
The lecture and lab websites of Psyc1107 are now open if you wish to preview what is to come.
Have a great holiday season! Hope to see most of you again in 2012.
SYLLABUS Required reading!
LECTURE
UNITS
Students may view, download, and even print out the PowerPoints Presentations for each lecture unit. However the links to these units will only be activated later in the week of the completion of the lecture--with exception of the those for the first week. They are made available as an aid to reviewing one's notes and memories from class. They are not a substitute for attending class. (Links to AV materials within these Powerpoints are not activated for both copyright reasons and technical reasons, but in many cases pointers to where to find the material on the Internet is included in the slide.)
• 01-Intro To Course (Sept. 12 & 13)• 02-Psychology As Science (Sept. 14 & 15)
• 03-Nature Of Science (Sept. 19 & 20)
• 04-Evaluating Science Critically (Sept. 21 & 22)
• 05-Value of Scepticism (Sept. 26 & 27)
• 06-Methods of Science (Sept. 28 & 29)
• 07-Doing Scientific Psychology (Oct. 3 & 4)
• 08-Descriptive Statistics (Oct. 5 & 6)
• Reading Week – No Classes (Oct. 10-24)
• 9-Experimental Methods (Oct. 17 & 18)
• Midterm Exam (Oct. 19 & Oct. 20)
• 10-Research Design (Oct. 24 & 25)
• 11-Neuroscience (Oct. 26 & Oct. 27)
• 12-The Brain (Oct. 31 & Nov. 1)
• 13-Brain Imaging (Nov. 2 & Nov. 3)
• 14-Evolutionary Psychology (Nov. 7 & Nov. 8)
• 15-Natural Selection (Nov. 9 & Nov. 10)
• 16-Nature Of Correlation (Nov. 14 & Nov. 15)
• 17-Experimental Inference (Nov. 16 & Nov. 17)
• 18-Sensation & Perception (Nov. 21 & Nov. 22)
• 19-Vision As Example (Nov. 23 & Nov. 24)
• 20-Other Sense Modalities (Nov. 28 & Nov. 29)
• 21-Consciousness (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1)
• 22-Altered Consciousness (Dec. 5 & Dec. 6)
• 23-Learning (Dec. 7 & Dec. 8)
Rules of decorum, which will be strictly enforced.
- Students are not to attend lecture (or lab) sessions other than the ones in which they are registered.
- Students are not to enter the lecture theatre after a lecture has begun. If you're late, you lose.
- Students are not to leave a lecture in progress without prior permission.
- Students are not to access cell phones, computers or iPods during lecture or lab without explict prior permission.
- Students are not to talk to their neighbours during a lecture, including during audio or video presentations.
- Students who miss a lecture should download the PowerPoints for the lecture and get someone's notes to fill it out. Students are entirely responsible for making up for any missed classes The same applies to the labs..
- Students are entirely and solely responsible for the textbook readings, and should study the textbook material on a lecture theme before the lecture.
- Students should contact Stephenie Hevenor regarding any questions concerning labs, term papers, or grade records.
- Students who miss deadlines are dead meat. We have hard hearts and no sympathy, so we accept no excuses.
- Students who have any serious, justified problems regarding anything above should contact either Steph or Ken immediately or before the problem interfers with abiding by these rules. After the fact excuses will be ignored.
TEXTBOOK
The textbook is Psychology: Frontiers and Applications (Fourth Canadian Edition) by Passer, Smith, Atkinson, Mitchell, and Muir. Reading the textbook and knowing the content is entirely the student’s responsibility.
The first 7 chapters are covered in Psyc 1106.
Chapters related to lecture material
should be perused before the lecture is
presented. See the syllabus for details.
Remember Pavlov's Principle: You can't teach a sleeping
dog (or student) new tricks!
Sincerely in peace within complexity,
Ken Stange
