Course Schedule   • General Psychology •  psyc 2301.80 

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    This class will meet weekly on Tuesday & Thursdays from 1:10 to 2:25 pm. 
Dates for lectures etc., tests & all presentation dates are noted in the schedule. 

Ψ   Study Regimen & online assignments              Ψ  Before the class meets: 

•  Read the textbook modules that will be covered. 
 •  Read the module outline provided on the Web Site at www.rcgates.com. 
  •  Do the Self Tests provided on the Web Site at www.rcgates.com.
 
   Usually a mini lecture followed by an interactive topic test will be given for each scheduled module. (Lectures 
are given with the assumption that the student has already read & studied the material scheduled to be covered 
on that day). On test days the last 30 minutes of the class period will be used for testing. 
 
Schedule:  

26 August - Overview
31 August - Module 1. Discovering Psychology 
  
02 September - Module 2. Psychology and Science 
07 September - Module 3. Brain's Building Blocks 
09 September - Module 4. Nervous System - Major Test 1! 
14 September - Module 5. Sensation 
16 September - Module 6. Perception 
21 September - Module 7. Consciousness, Sleep & Dreams 
23 September - Module 8. Hypnosis & Drugs - Major Test 2! 
28 September - Module 9. Classical Conditioning 
30 September - Module 10. Operant & Cognitive Approaches 
  
05 October - Module 11. Types of Memory 
07 October - Module 12. Remembering & Forgetting - Major Test 3! 
12 October - Module 13. Intelligence 
14 October - Module 14. Thought & Language 
19 October - Module 15. Motivation 
21 October - Module 16. Emotion - Major Test 4! 
26 October - Module 17. Infancy & Childhood 
28 October - Module 18. Adolescence & Adulthood 
  
02 November - Module 19. Freudian & Humanistic Theories 
04 November - Module 20. Social Cognitive & Trait Theories. - Major Test 5! 
09 November - Module 21. Health, Stress, & Coping 
11 November - Module 22. Assessment & Anxiety Disorders 
16 November - Module 23. Mood Disorder & Schizophrenia 
18 November - Module 24. Therapies. - Major Test 6! 
23 November - Module 25. Social Psychology (tested on part 2 of the final) 
25 November - Holiday 
30 November - Projects Due 
  
02 December - Review 

Finals: Week of 6th December - Day TBA -  Day:  9 December - Test starts at 1:10 pm