Date				Topic				Reading	


W 9/6		Welcome to the course -- 	        	the syllabus	
		What is Psychology?				


M 9/11 -W 9/13	Research in Psychology				Chapter 1	
		The mean and standard deviation			The Appendix


		PART ONE: YOUR SELF

9/18-20		Theories of Personality				Chapter 2

9/25-27		Development over the Life Span			Chapter 3

	
		PART TWO: YOUR BODY

		
10/2-4		Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain		Chapter 4

10/9-12		Sensation and Perception			Chapter 5

		
		FIRST EXAM 10/16



10/18		Career Papers

		PART THREE: YOUR MIND
10/23-25
		Thinking and Intelligence			Chapter 6

10/30-11/1	Memory						Chapter 7


		PART FOUR: YOUR ENVIRONMENT

11/6-8		Learning					Chapter 8

11/13-15	Behavior in Social and Cultural Context		Chapter 9


		SECOND EXAM 11/20



11/22		Film

		PART FIVE: YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

11/27-29	Psychological Disorders				Chapter 10

12/4-6		Approaches to Treatment and Therapy		Chapter 11

		PART SIX: YOUR LIFE

12/11-13	Emotion, Stress, and Health			Chapter 12

		
THIRD EXAM - FINALS WEEK